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Disney Cruise Line Enforces Hair-Dryer Wattage Limits After High-Profile Confiscation on New Destiny

Company policy permits only lower-wattage units, with screening that can remove items exceeding stated limits.

Overview

  • Beci Mahnken, CEO of MEI Travel, reported that her personal hair dryer was confiscated during a sailing on the new Disney Destiny and later retrieved at the cruise’s end.
  • Disney’s website lists hair dryers as an exception to its appliance restrictions only if they are 110V/1500 watts max or 220V/2000 watts max, noting each stateroom includes a hand-held dryer.
  • The cruise line warns that unapproved items found during security screening will be taken and may delay luggage delivery to staterooms until late evening on embarkation day.
  • Certain styling tools such as curling irons and flat irons remain permitted under current policy.
  • Industry coverage has noted theories linking stricter enforcement to newer ship power constraints, though that explanation has not been independently confirmed.