Hair Dryer

[Painter4me]

I read that personal hair dryers are not allowed, but flat irons are. Has anyone brought their own on board? Was it confiscated? I have long thick hair that takes forever to dry and the dryers on board in the room are terrible. 

[beachbell]

I haven't cruised as much as others but have sailed on Royal, Carnival, Princess, and Norwegian and have always brought a hair dryer on board with no issue. I wish someone could answer this question definitively because I have seen this question brought up often with conflicting answers. 

[Merion_Mom]

Hair dryers are not on the prohibited list.

Prohibited items:

• Firearms & Ammunition, including realistic replicas.
• Sharp Objects, including all knives and scissors. (Note: Personal grooming items such as safety razors are allowed. Scissors with blade length less than 4 inches are allowed.)
• Illegal Drugs & Substances
• CBD Oil / CBD Products
• Candles, Incense, Coffee Makers, Clothes Irons, Travel Steamers & Hot Plates. (Items that generate heat or produce an open flame. This includes heating pads, clothing irons, hotplates, candles, incense and any other item that may create a fire hazard. NOTE: The only exception to this policy are curling irons and hair straighteners. Matches and normal lighteners are allowed onboard. However ""torch lighters"" and novelty lighters that look like guns are not allowed onboard. Torch lighters emit a powerful concentrated flame, and therefore are prohibited.
• Hoverboards
• Martial Arts, Self Defense, and Sports Gear, including handcuffs, pepper spray, night sticks.
• Flammable Liquids and Explosives, including lighter fluid and fireworks.
• Hookahs & Water Hookah Pipes.
• HAM Radios
• Baby Monitors
• Electrical Extension Cords
• Dangerous Chemicals, including bleach and paint.
• Perishable Food & Meat Products
• Alcoholic Beverages (Note: On boarding day, each stateroom may bring up to two 750 ml bottles of wine or champagne. Guests who purchase alcohol bottles onboard, in a port-of-call, or bring more than the two permitted bottles on boarding day, will have their items safely stored by the ship. These bottles will be returned on the last day onboard for enjoyment once home. Alcoholic beverages seized on embarkation day will not be returned.)

[SECdawg]

I have always taken my own hair dryer. Never a problem. 

[Mabbiez]

I emailed Royal Caribbean about this a long time ago. My brother insisted they were not allowed but I did not see anything specific about hair dryers on the "allowed" or "prohibited" lists. I got an email back saying hair dryers are in fact allowed.

 

I have brought my own on every cruise. 

[davekathy]

16 hours ago, Painter4me said:

I read that personal hair dryers are not allowed, but flat irons are. Has anyone brought their own on board? Was it confiscated? I have long thick hair that takes forever to dry and the dryers on board in the room are terrible. 

Personal hair dryers are allowed. My wife has always brought her hair dryer and curling iron packed in our checked luggage. 

Edited December 17, 2021 by davekathy