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When searching for cruises, there are usually descriptions of the rooms you can book but in the list of amenities there is no mention of power outlets. As spending a week or more on the sea requires to have some activities (and today we use a lot of electronic devices), I am wondering first if there are multiple plugs in the rooms, I expect at least 2 since the rooms are for 2 people.

I am also wondering what kind of plugs there are, i.e. is it the North American, UK or European plug system (or a different one) that is used? I expect that some shops will sell that on board of the cruise ship but I would prefer to be prepared.

So to sum up, are there multiple plugs in transatlantic cruise ships, and what type (North America/UK/Europe/other) are they? Or is the plug type depending on the country the ship was built in?

EDIT: As asked, let's say for example the cruise would be on the Costa Luminosa

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Very much depends on the cruise ship, and it's often based on their country of origin. Here are some examples:

in the help of P&O cruises (a British-American cruise line) :

Oceana and Britannia also have US 2 pin sockets in addition to UK 3 pin sockets

The standard electrical supply in the United Kingdom is 50HZ (cycles) and 240V.
The supply on board is:

Adonia -220V / 60HZ
Arcadia - 220V / 110V / 60HZ 
Aurora - 220V / 60HZ
Azura - 230V / 115V / 60HZ
Oceana - 220V / 110V / 60HZ
Oriana - 220V / 60HZ
Ventura - 230V / 115V / 60HZ

and Iglu, a UK cruise agent, lists many cruise lines :

**Cunard**

British three-pin, 220v sockets and 110v two-pin sockets are available.

**Costa Cruises**

Continental Europe 220v two-pin sockets

**Cruise and Maritime**

Continental Europe two-pin, 220v/110v sockets

**Disney Cruise Line**

US two-pin 110v sockets

**Celebrity Cruises**

A 220v Continental Europe two-pin socket and multiple US 110v two-pin sockets.

**Fred. Olsen**

Both US 110v two-pin sockets and Continental Europe 220v two-pin sockets

**MSC Cruises**

Both US 110v two-pin sockets and Continental Europe 220v two-pin sockets

**Norwegian Cruise Line**

US 110v two-pin sockets.

**P&O Cruises**

British 220v  three-pin sockets.

**Princess Cruises**

US 110v two-pin sockets

**Royal Caribbean**

US 110v two-pin sockets

**Carnival**

US 110v two-pin sockets

**Holland America Line**  

Equipped with both standard 110v and 220v outlets
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It will depend on the ship. Cunard seems to have one US + one UK plug officially, and if you search around you find some more (by unplugging TV etc.), but they have tons of British customers. Other cruise ships might have US + European.

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