Power Voltage

[Natalie Simmonds]

I'm staying at an All Stars Resort next year and wanted to find out if anyone knew what voltage the plug sockets are there? The last time I was there I had a really difficult time charging any of my devices, and ended up damaging my battery pack because I'd obviously been using the wrong power for the sockets there. I want to make sure this time that everything will be able to charge without a problem (hopefully). Thanks in advance

 

[Natalie Simmonds]

Okay so I was able to find out that the sockets are 110V, which I can get a travel adapter converter for charging cameras/phones/camcorders so that's not a problem. The only issue is that its not compatible with hair dryers or straighteners, and this just wont work with the effects that the humidity has on my hair Has anyone solved this before? Cant seem to find a converter for heat producing appliances

 

[The Mom]

Unfortunately, you may have to shop for dual voltage appliances, and then still may have to use an adapter converter. I have been traveling internationally quite a bit recently, so have let my hair grow, and either wear it down in a braid, put it up, or treat myself to a local salon. My hair is also very, very dry, so I don't wash it every day.

Would it be possible for you to arrange a trip to Wal-mart, etc and purchase new appliances there? It might be cheaper in the long run. Or check to see if the hotel has a hair dryer available, so you only have to purchase a flat iron. Or, perhaps purchase them online before you leave home, to keep with your travel stuff?

A hat is also an option. Sorry I don't have any "real" solutions to your problem.

 

[Natalie Simmonds]

Unfortunately, you may have to shop for dual voltage appliances, and then still may have to use an adapter converter. I have been traveling internationally quite a bit recently, so have let my hair grow, and either wear it down in a braid, put it up, or treat myself to a local salon. My hair is also very, very dry, so I don't wash it every day.

Would it be possible for you to arrange a trip to Wal-mart, etc and purchase new appliances there? It might be cheaper in the long run. Or check to see if the hotel has a hair dryer available, so you only have to purchase a flat iron. Or, perhaps purchase them online before you leave home, to keep with your travel stuff?

A hat is also an option. Sorry I don't have any "real" solutions to your problem.

Yeah i was thinking that it might just be cheaper to buy an appliance suitable for travelling there, a lot easier too! Thank you for your suggestions

 

[Tiggerish]

Yeah i was thinking that it might just be cheaper to buy an appliance suitable for travelling there, a lot easier too! Thank you for your suggestions

That's really the only way. I travel back and forth to Europe a few times a year and have a flatiron for each side of the Atlantic.

You can even get a good reasonably priced flatiron in CVS if you can't get to Wal-Mart. There's a CVS directly on the route from the airport to WDW.

 

[King Racoon 77]

Y'all keep saying Flatiron and all i can visualize is this

 

[Tiggerish]

Y'all keep saying Flatiron and all i can visualize is this
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That's cuz you're a caveman.

 

[Weather_Lady]

Most hotel rooms off-property (and all hotel rooms on-property) have hairdryers. If you don't feel like purchasing a straightener, there's always the option of braiding your hair, putting it up, or just celebrating its natural texture! YMMV, but for me, one of the joys of being on vacation is being able to relax my usual beauty routine. There's no reason to strive for perfect hair and makeup when it's not going to last for more than a few minutes once I leave the hotel room and head out into the Florida weather, for a day of running around outdoors in the heat and humidity, walking miles, and jumping in and out of pools, and on-and-off water rides.

 

[King Racoon 77]

That's cuz you're a caveman.

We prefer the term Neanderthal

 

[DisAl]

Check with the resort where you are staying. They probably have irons available on request if there is not one already in the room. I know many motels have them but I don't remember about the Disney resorts. To be honest we never worried that much about how we looked while on a WDW vacation. The time of the year we go the heat and humidity will straighten out any wrinkles in a few minutes anyway.

 

[Monty]

**Happily male**

 

[Tiggerish]

Check with the resort where you are staying. They probably have irons available on request if there is not one already in the room. I know many motels have them but I don't remember about the Disney resorts. To be honest we never worried that much about how we looked while on a WDW vacation. The time of the year we go the heat and humidity will straighten out any wrinkles in a few minutes anyway.

We're not talking about that kind of iron.

This one's for hair. In the UK, it's referred to as a hair straightener. In (at least the northeastern) US, it's a hair iron.

I've just discovered that calling this a "flatiron" must be a very local (to me) colloquialism, because @Weather_Lady and I live on opposite ends of the same state and don't call it the same thing.

 

[ABQ]

**Happily male**

And nearly bald

 

[DisAl]

Sorry.... When you say flatiron in my part of the southern U.S. we think of an electric version of what Mr. Ferret 88 pictured.
What is that old saying? Something like "The United Kingdom and the United States, two countries separated by a common language."

 

[MisterPenguin]

That's cuz you're a caveman.

We prefer the term Neanderthal

Philistine.

You need an Iron Age equivalent.

 

[LAKid53]

As @Weather_Lady said, all Disney hotels have hair dryers. And most hotels now provide them. If you really can't live without a flat iron, I'd take the suggestion to visit a Wal Mart, Target or local drug store and purchase one.

 

[Weather_Lady]

Perhaps I should also have mentioned that each hotel room provides a clothing iron and ironing board. In case you are really in a bind, there's always this option...

 

[LAKid53]

Perhaps I should also have mentioned that each hotel room provides a clothing iron and ironing board. In case you are really in a bind, there's always this option...

That's so 1960s, lol.

A friend burned the top of my ear trying to iron my hair in high school.

 

[disneyworlddad]

I have heard there referred to as straighteners, irons, and flat irons.

 

[The Mom]

Perhaps I should also have mentioned that each hotel room provides a clothing iron and ironing board. In case you are really in a bind, there's always this option...

BTDT.