cruise_family Posted January 29, 2016 #1 Share Posted January 29, 2016 We are on the Epic next month and I am wondering the mid sail laundry bag offer is on. It's such great value at $27.99 and would help with the amount of clothing I have to take. If so, what day of the cruise did the bags come into our cabin? I knew it was coming and gave mine in the day it appeared in the newsletter and got the stuff back the next day. Except for our socks which disappeared for a few days, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare All-ready2cruise Posted January 29, 2016 #2 Share Posted January 29, 2016 We are on the Epic next month and I am wondering the mid sail laundry bag offer is on. It's such great value at $27.99 and would help with the amount of clothing I have to take. If so, what day of the cruise did the bags come into our cabin? I knew it was coming and gave mine in the day it appeared in the newsletter and got the stuff back the next day. Except for our socks which disappeared for a few days, LOL. Well, if you thought it was a great value at $27.99, you'll like the new price even better ... although I will say it could have gone back up but... it was only $19.99 when we cruised this past September. As far as when it's mid week and they don't do all the laundry on the same day so could be Wed. Thurs. but yes, back very quickly nicely pressed and folded with some hung on hangars. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise_family Posted January 29, 2016 Author #3 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Well, if you thought it was a great value at $27.99, you'll like the new price even better ... although I will say it could have gone back up but... it was only $19.99 when we cruised this past September. As far as when it's mid week and they don't do all the laundry on the same day so could be Wed. Thurs. but yes, back very quickly nicely pressed and folded with some hung on hangars. Enjoy Yippeeeeeee!! Fantastic, that is really helpful. Thank you. Is it wrong to be excited about cheap laundry?? We got so much done last time as we had spent 3 days in Miami before we sailed so we chucked all of that in too. I got loads in 2 laundry bags. The trick is to fold it up and not chuck it in, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare All-ready2cruise Posted January 29, 2016 #4 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Yippeeeeeee!! Fantastic, that is really helpful. Thank you. Is it wrong to be excited about cheap laundry?? We got so much done last time as we had spent 3 days in Miami before we sailed so we chucked all of that in too. I got loads in 2 laundry bags. The trick is to fold it up and not chuck it in, LOL. Hahaha, no not wrong at all, it's so much better than having to do your own laundry while on vacation. We were on a 25 day cruise (b2b) + 3 days pre in London and 3 days after in Florida... so I know what you mean. Have a great cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLady Posted January 29, 2016 #5 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Yippeeeeeee!! Fantastic, that is really helpful. Thank you. Is it wrong to be excited about cheap laundry?? We got so much done last time as we had spent 3 days in Miami before we sailed so we chucked all of that in too. I got loads in 2 laundry bags. The trick is to fold it up and not chuck it in, LOL. We put socks in the corners of the bags first, a rolled tshirt at bottom, then fill as much as possible with folded items, then squeeze briefs/panties into any spaces still left. We fit at least 5 days clothes in, sometimes as much as 7 depending on if long slacks or shorts. We fill it clear to the top, leaving the bag open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Nahoumi Posted January 30, 2016 #6 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Duct tape the bag closed, to prevent items from falling out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonyte Posted January 30, 2016 #7 Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) The price for the bag special was $19.99 on Getaway this month too. P.S. We too leave the bag open and have never had items missing. Edited January 30, 2016 by Demonyte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpmecruise16 Posted January 30, 2016 #8 Share Posted January 30, 2016 We fit a lot in the bag - $19.99 on getaway in January. We didn't duct tape it but we did fold the top down. Nothing was missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLady Posted January 30, 2016 #9 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Duct tape the bag closed, to prevent items from falling out. We fill it to the very brim, never had problem with anything falling out or missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawnino Posted January 30, 2016 #10 Share Posted January 30, 2016 On our Jade cruises there has never been an issue. Neither things missing nor "rough treatment". Of all the things NCL offers aboard, the laundry special seems like one of the better value-for-money props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Nahoumi Posted January 30, 2016 #11 Share Posted January 30, 2016 We always get our clothes neatly folded in a cute little basket, when they're returned from the laundry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonyte Posted January 30, 2016 #12 Share Posted January 30, 2016 We always get our clothes neatly folded in a cute little basket, when they're returned from the laundry. This seems to be a thing in the past now, this month on Getaway we got two bags of laundry on separate days back in the same kind of (new) paper bags that they were sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsnyc Posted February 28, 2016 #13 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Who brings duct tape on a cruise, lol??? Anyway, have to start packing for NCL Getaway cruise next week and came on to check if the midweek special was on. Glad to know I can likely expect it. I will bring a little bit of detergent to hand wash just in case, but that will suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdcatc12 Posted February 28, 2016 #14 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Who brings duct tape on a cruise, lol??? If you do, you can use it before you check-in to tape the luggage tags on your luggage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLady Posted February 29, 2016 #15 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Who brings duct tape on a cruise, lol??? ..... We do. We've used it to keep cabinet doors from opening in rough seas and also to keep empty hangers from clattering against each other with ship motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Chuckwagon Posted February 29, 2016 #16 Share Posted February 29, 2016 We are on the Epic next month and I am wondering the mid sail laundry bag offer is on. It's such great value at $27.99 and would help with the amount of clothing I have to take. If so, what day of the cruise did the bags come into our cabin? I knew it was coming and gave mine in the day it appeared in the newsletter and got the stuff back the next day. Except for our socks which disappeared for a few days, LOL. In my experience you don't have to wait for mid cruise, you can ask your room Stewart for the flat rate bag at any point during the cruise and they will get one for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonyte Posted February 29, 2016 #17 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) In my experience you don't have to wait for mid cruise, you can ask your room Stewart for the flat rate bag at any point during the cruise and they will get one for you. Laundry bags should always be available in your cabin closet (so no need to ask for one), but the steward does not handle the pricing, charges are made down in the laundry and the steward can't control how your items are billed if there is no special going on. Edited February 29, 2016 by Demonyte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifa Posted February 29, 2016 #18 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Do they separate lights and darks/colours or just chuck it all in the same machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pszaffveauhraunne Posted February 29, 2016 #19 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Do they separate lights and darks/colours or just chuck it all in the same machine? My understanding is that they wash it all together, in very very HOT water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifa Posted March 4, 2016 #20 Share Posted March 4, 2016 My understanding is that they wash it all together, in very very HOT water. And that has always been my concern. You would have to be very selective as to what you put in the bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogwarts fan Posted March 4, 2016 #21 Share Posted March 4, 2016 We got off the Gem on Wednesday and used the service. Our offer was one bag for $19.99. Our laundry was returned wrapped in tissue in a wicker basket, all pressed and folded. We had all colours and nothing was dyed, misshapen or damaged. We had the offer twice on our 10 day cruise. Would highly recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavesprite Posted March 4, 2016 #22 Share Posted March 4, 2016 We got off the Jewel on Sunday 2/28. It was a 14 night cruise and starting the 3rd night we had the "laundry special" paper in our cabin every night. It was $19.99. We were in a SC Suite (not haven) and the bag in our closet was a nylon bag and fit one weeks worth of clothes. It was a LOT of clothes. Something like 17 pairs of underwear, 18 tshirts, 8 pairs of shorts, two jeans, socks, pajamas). I couldn't believe how much that bag held. We did see the paper bags in the hallway full and they were about half the size of our bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmsnyc Posted March 5, 2016 #23 Share Posted March 5, 2016 We got off the Jewel on Sunday 2/28. It was a 14 night cruise and starting the 3rd night we had the "laundry special" paper in our cabin every night. It was $19.99. We were in a SC Suite (not haven) and the bag in our closet was a nylon bag and fit one weeks worth of clothes. It was a LOT of clothes. Something like 17 pairs of underwear, 18 tshirts, 8 pairs of shorts, two jeans, socks, pajamas). I couldn't believe how much that bag held. We did see the paper bags in the hallway full and they were about half the size of our bag. Do you mean that you got a larger nylon bag because you are in a suite, and everyone else in balcony or lower gets a paper bag ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavesprite Posted March 5, 2016 #24 Share Posted March 5, 2016 I'm not sure why we had the big nylon bag. At first I thought that they changed it for everyone but then I saw a neighbors bag being picked up and it was the old style paper bag. The nylon bag had a drawstring on top. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavesprite Posted March 5, 2016 #25 Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) We added 6 more tshirt a and pajamas after I filled out the form. I'm trying to post a picture.... Wish me luck! Edited March 5, 2016 by Wavesprite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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