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QUESTION: Do you use the laundry/dry cleaning service onboard? RCI is the only line we've been on and have never sent out anything to be cleaned, laundered or pressed.

But, with a longer cruise, could it be a good idea.....??

I have used the dry cleaning services on RCCL and I have been relatively pleased. I used it to dry clean the "suit" I wore on the way to Miami It was slacks and a blazer. I was a lot colder in Miami than I thought and I wanted to wear it home. It came back fine, but I don’t think it did as good of job as my local cleaners. I don’t know if I would send anything delicate with special buttons or embellishments. But something simple or even a man’s suit I would think it would be fine. I have also had a few things pressed, but again anything very expensive, or detailed , I don’t know…. But it is certainly handy to have available.

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This is such a great thread!! Thanks Indiana71 for starting it and everyone who has been posting. So I too read the whoooooollllle thread. I'm one of those people who won't post until she has read the ENTIRE thread (hence my limited number of posts :) ) I and I thought wow…. There are so many like me!!

I am definitely a chart list squares plan clothing maker. I do this very far in advance in fact it is definitely part of the whole traveling experience for me. It makes the trip seem real and exciting!!!

The funny thing about cruising especially to the Caribbean is that for me usually it makes packing a luxury. Usually when I travel any other way than by ship, really even on a ship outside of the Caribbean, I pack minimally. I tend to dress the way I do at home very simple classic tailored, sometime vintage or retro styles, which allows me to mix and match. But EVERYTHING fits in a carry on (and I don’t wear the same outfit twice ;) that’s where all of the charts come in)

But on a cruise I feel free, I don’t have to worry about carrying my bag over cobblestone streets and wonder if it will fit in the train, shutter at the looks of disapproval as my very large bag gets caught in a carousel door and they have to stop it so I can get my bag out :( The first 7 day cruise to the Caribbean I took I didn’t even know what to do with all of the extra space in my “Checked Bag” But I still make lists and plans But I don’t usually mix and match… I just wear everything once. Generally I have 2 ½ outfits planned for each day. Also I find on a Caribbean cruise I wear things I would not even think of wearing at home. Not the style necessarily but the pattern. I don’t usually wear bright colours or flowers, but on a Caribbean cruise I will wear flowers and prints. They still aren’t loud and tacky, but they are for ME. I think “well it is pretty obvious I’m a tourist so is everyone else” lol. Right now I am looking at two very similar dresses one in a dark burgundy and gold. The other is white with orange, blue and yellow flowers. Guess which one, I may take on the cruise, and which one I am going to wear to the ballet :D

Any earlier post (much earlier:D) was asking about scarves. I love scarves. I wear them a lot, especially traveling but at home too. I often use them in place of a necklace, sometimes as a hair wrap or head band, I also wear them as belts and once or twice even around my wrist. They are sooooo versatile and very light weight. And especially for me since I wear mostly solid colours mostly blacks. A bright or interesting pattern scarf brings a lot of colour and a bit pizzazz to my otherwise austere outfit ;)

Did I mention I LOVE this thread…?

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