{"id":4194,"date":"2017-06-22T06:53:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T10:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/?p=4194"},"modified":"2023-03-21T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:47:00","slug":"cruise-gear-usb-charger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/cruise-gear-usb-charger\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise Gear &#8211; USB Charger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney cruises are one of our favorite ways to vacation.&nbsp; One of the few issues we have experienced while on the ship (and travel in general) is how to keep all of our electronic devices charged up.&nbsp; As a family of four, we have a multitude of cell phones, iPads, and Kindles that need a recharge.&nbsp; We used to travel with a bag full of wall chargers and cables that went everywhere.&nbsp; This was a real problem once we boarded the cruise ship, since there are a limited number of wall plugs available.<\/p>\n<p>Our original solution was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00ATZJ5YS\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=backtothemous-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00ATZJ5YS&amp;linkId=2818a10639ca4d6775ee46122696a088\">Belkin 3-Outlet SurgePlus Surge Protector with Dual USB Ports<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/615t72m8vL._SX522_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4195\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/cruise-gear-usb-charger\/615t72m8vl-_sx522_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/615t72m8vL._SX522_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"522,257\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"615t7+2m8vL._SX522_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/615t72m8vL._SX522_.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4195\" src=\"http:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/615t72m8vL._SX522_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/615t72m8vL._SX522_.jpg 522w, https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/615t72m8vL._SX522_-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This works great when there is a need for more plugs, but less USB devices, to keep charged.&nbsp; It doesn&#8217;t work so well for charging four cell phones, two kindles, and two iPads.&nbsp; Disney Cruise Line also might not permit this to be used on the cruise ship since they forbid power strips (we think this would qualify).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, we settled on the following solution:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anker1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/cruise-gear-usb-charger\/anker1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anker1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1907,3154\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1492073797&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"anker1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anker1-619x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4196\" src=\"http:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anker1-619x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anker1-619x1024.jpg 619w, https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anker1-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anker1-768x1270.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anker1.jpg 1907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lnMbPT\">Anker 40 watt, 8 amp 5-port USB Charger Power Port<\/a>. It can charge up to five devices at one time.&nbsp; Since it uses a standard 110 volt plug, Disney doesn&#8217;t have a problem with it being used on board the ship.&nbsp; This allows us to keep all our devices charged up.&nbsp; When we purchased it, it was $23.99.&nbsp; We have used this over two cruises and lots of other trips as well.<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple versions of these available, including ones with four or six ports.&nbsp; Amazon also offers an Amazon Basic version of these chargers, we purchased a six port version for use at home.&nbsp; If you are finding yourself short on wall outlets, look into a multi-port USB charger!<\/p>\n<p>If you have enjoyed this article, please be sure to check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/cruise-information-page\/\">Disney Cruise Line information page<\/a>, which has useful hints as well as our cruise trip reports!<\/p>\n<div id=\"amzn-assoc-ad-8a437f06-fbde-4062-a457-cec49d7e3d13\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US&amp;adInstanceId=8a437f06-fbde-4062-a457-cec49d7e3d13\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney cruises are one of our favorite ways to vacation.&nbsp; One of the few issues we have experienced while on <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/cruise-gear-usb-charger\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,10,46],"tags":[57,112],"class_list":["post-4194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney-cruise","category-shopping","category-travel","tag-dcl","tag-dcl-disney-cruise-line","no-post-thumbnail","no-read-more-tag","no-sticky","use-excerpt","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10132,"url":"https:\/\/backtothemouse.com\/index.php\/the-dcl-dude-episode-51-sailing-to-alaska-dcl-or-rccl\/","url_meta":{"origin":4194,"position":0},"title":"The DCL Dude &#8211; 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