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No self serve washer/dryer currently on Empress


jimlssi
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In response to my question to management, I received this email response:

"I do not believe the Empress is equipped with a self-serve washer and dryer."

I replied that they had one on the Queen, so why not the Empress? In this day of lighter packing due to weight/size restrictions on luggage, I think a washer dryer is a necessity on a cruise vessel. I hope that management reconsiders this while the boat is in refit mode. If you agree, please jump in and maybe management will read it here.

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Jim

St. Simons Island, Ga

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Jim,

 

I think it´s mainly because the AQ always had a free washer and dryer and as far as I remember the Empress of the North never had one ;).

 

BTW many (if not most) cruise ships do not have a guest laundry (free or for charge). But all of them do offer a laundry service (charge).

 

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I would be happy to pay for either a washer/dryer, or onboard laundry service, just to cut down on the packing. Not looking for a freebe. I recall on the American Clipper they had neither, so they made arrangements at one of the midweek ports for a one day laundry service ashore...that would work also.

Jim

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In those golden days of The Delta Queen Steamboat Co. a passenger could arrange with the Purser's Office on the DELTA QUEEN to have dry cleaning done off of the boat. If it was just laundry oft times a passenger could ask their maid to wash it using the crew's washer and dryer literally up behind the boilers.

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Just for a backup plan, I contacted the Chambers of Commerce in The Dalles, and Stevenson, which are kind of midway points for the week, and got the name of a self serve laundry mat in those towns. I plan to make that information available to the Purser when we board, if he doesn't already have it. We are on the third week of the 2014 season.

Jim

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