Dream - Bag o' Laundry Deal?

[jdcml]

Does Carnival, or more specifically the Dream still do the all you can fit deal? If so, what day? It seems like in the past it was close to the end of the cruise so you could go home with clean stuff.

 

Thinking about the various options for doing laundry for the kids. Self serve isn't too far from us but I saw somewhere that it is $3 to wash and $3 to dry! That seems kinda high, but if we had to pay for each pair of shorts sent that would be even higher!

[serene56]

Do it your self will cost $6.00 to send out a weeks worth of clothes will cost you 15.00

 

Take your own detergent. On a sea day throw the clothes in the washer BEFORE you go eat breakfast- by the time you are done the washer is done.

Throw in the dryer- and get ready for the day-

[jdcml]

We have pretty port intensive schedule with four days in port between two sea days. If the $15 for a bag was mid week it might be worthwhile...

[SkyMaster]

Be VERY careful about what clothes you send to the laundry aboard ship. They use STEAM in the dryers, and apparently VERY HOT water in the washers. I sent a knit shirt that I've washed a bunch at home, with absolutely no problems, but when I got it back from the "wash and fold" on the ship it was small enough for my miniature schnauzer to wear! (He does look fetching in it however!) ;) Have a GREAT cruise, and send only stuff to the laundry that won't shrink! :cool:

 

"SKY"

[joybaby]

Washer/dryer, $3/load. Take $20 worth of quarters and a collapsible laundry bag. Pre pack dry detergent, Tide or whatever, put it in several zip lock bags. The washers are intense, wash only undies or things that aren't important. I always take a 10 pak of thin metal hangers, (then leave them in the cabin post cruise) a few clothes pins and it seems like it takes care of the laundry.

Not for me on a 7 day, but on a repositioning cruise this worked very well.:p

[SadieN]

Quarters can be purchased at Guest Services or at the Casino.

The Purex Sheets work well enough for vacation.

 

Please be mindful of the time when washing & drying. The only fight I've ever seen on a cruise ship was at the end of an Alaskan cruise on HAL in the laundry room.

Mother & Daughter's dryer was stopped the whole time I was washing & drying our clothes. They got seriously po'd that their laundry was removed from the dryer.

[luvmysox1]

I plan on packing light and I probably do my own if I need too.

[CHAMPDDS]

We filled up the provided bag (which was in the drawers) on Wednesday for some mid-week laundry...there were no specific markings,nor instructions...we left it very obviously positioned in the room for our steward to take...it was there when we returned at the end of the day, exactly where we left it, untouched...we probably should have written a note, or pointed it out verbally to the steward, but it never got taken to the laundry..FYI

 

David:D