Toranut97 Posted March 16, 2017 #26 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. Sorry for posting misleading and potentially harmful information. Sigh. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted March 16, 2017 #27 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Not so terrible, Toranut ... the point is that NOW all ships are using tokens. There were some brief moments in time when a couple of the ships used quarters ... :halo: Mura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootman4U Posted March 17, 2017 #28 Share Posted March 17, 2017 LOL! You are telling me there are people on these cruises who actually DO their own laundry? How Carnival:D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted March 17, 2017 #29 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I've never been on Carnival but yes, I do my own laundry. I don't like anyone else doing it! :D Mura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesnmphs Posted March 17, 2017 #30 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I also do my own laundry and have met very nice and interesting people who also do their own laundry. It is a great way to socialize. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted March 17, 2017 #31 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I also do my own laundry because I prefer to do it MY way it is a personal choice YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERRIER1 Posted March 17, 2017 #32 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Ditto. I do my own laundry on cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimandStan Posted March 17, 2017 #33 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Whatever was the resolution about the report , -which prompted this thread-, that person or persons unknown had purchased all of the remaining tokens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted March 17, 2017 #34 Share Posted March 17, 2017 LOL! You are telling me there are people on these cruises who actually DO their own laundry? How Carnival:D:D:D You will find that although there are many people with quite a bit of spendable income that cruise on Oceania many of us tend to be on the frugal side and try not to spend money needlessly. On cruises over a couple of weeks I usually do a load or two. It's no big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted March 17, 2017 #35 Share Posted March 17, 2017 LOL! You are telling me there are people on these cruises who actually DO their own laundry? How Carnival:D:D:D We're finding ourselves opting more often for longer cruises and use a combo of ship's and self-serve laundry (based usually on a seven day stock of mix/match clothing). Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBWC Posted March 18, 2017 #36 Share Posted March 18, 2017 JimandStan, they have tokens now but only give them out on the day you want to do laundry. You can't "pre-order". Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitob Posted March 18, 2017 #37 Share Posted March 18, 2017 JimandStan,they have tokens now but only give them out on the day you want to do laundry. You can't "pre-order". Sent from my iPad using Forums Not so You can get tokens at reception Limit 4 No requirement to do laundry same day And how would they know if you did?? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted March 18, 2017 #38 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Indeed, how would they know? But four is reasonable. I normally do two washes and two dries when I finally get around to doing laundry (one cold water, one permanent press). I don't try to stock up ahead of time anyway because I'd just lose the token. Mura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegasusGM Posted March 19, 2017 #39 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I do some of my laundry and some I send out. Hand washables I do myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie MeMe Posted March 19, 2017 #40 Share Posted March 19, 2017 You will find that although there are many people with quite a bit of spendable income that cruise on Oceania many of us tend to be on the frugal side and try not to spend money needlessly. On cruises over a couple of weeks I usually do a load or two. It's no big deal. Holland America last year had a laundry option for $7.00 a day per cabin -- all days of cruise so about $140 if I remember correctly. I really liked the service and every thing usually came out very well. Otherwise I also do a mixture of hand washables (bras/compression stockings), laundry room (shirts/some pants/underwear socks) and send out (hubby's pants ironed/dress shirts/blouses/ long dresses (to hide the compression stockings) ) Pretty much we take the same amount of stuff for 7 day as for 40 day trip. This coming trip in 2 weeks will be challenging -- HOT for all 20 days of cruise and 10 days pre and post (India/viet Nam/UAE/ Burma). Using trash bags (Glad flex force tall with Frebreeze) keeps the clothes from smelling. Cabin does not have a smell proof place to stash dirty laundry. If you each have your plastic laundry bag then can throw it in the bag which brought it. No shifting of weight when repacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie MeMe Posted March 19, 2017 #41 Share Posted March 19, 2017 JimandStan,they have tokens now but only give them out on the day you want to do laundry. You can't "pre-order". Sent from my iPad using Forums Probably because on most long trips the laundry breaks down -- those laundry machines are very popular. The laundry room is as good as the bar for meeting really interesting folks who have been literally everywhere. Very democratic -- on one Oceania Cruise Dottie the Cruise Director went and got a new iron (and then asked to be the first to use it (check it out for us). Some of my best stories are laundry in nature -- the quest for laundry machine really lets you get to know a place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taoscowboy Posted April 18, 2017 #42 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Interestingly, I encountered a young boy on Komodo Island trying to sell a laundry token to passengers! Perhaps it is a new currency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2onboardagain Posted April 18, 2017 #43 Share Posted April 18, 2017 With the ever increasing cost of doing a load of wash in a laundromat it was only a matter of time until they started installing credit card readers on the laundry machines. Perhaps we will be seeing machines that require sea pass cards? http://www.coinmach.com/our-technology/?gclid=CMz_j5r9rdMCFQlehgodbGgHww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azam71209 Posted April 18, 2017 #44 Share Posted April 18, 2017 We bring extremely light weight quick dry clothes on cruises. Guess it comes from the old days as backpackers. Hiking pants, golf pants and polo shirts for my husband, quick dry tops, skirts and pants for me, quick dry undies for both. Not so fashionable maybe but everything washes in the sink, stomp on it inside extra thick Oceania towels, hang and go have a glass of wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted April 18, 2017 #45 Share Posted April 18, 2017 pack correctly, and you wont have a problem... I dont care a hoot who does my laundry, as it allows me the bonus of free time. Having endured the "plesant" personalities in the laundry fighting for a machine, dumping anothers our to get theirs in... its not a rose garden. Cudos to those that fine warm fuzzy friendly people in their.... Most I have observed have the temperament of of Charlie Manson I reiterate pack well, do some things in the cabin but I avoid the waste of time, hours really if you put a stop watch on everything you have to do /endure ....rather simple and cost effective send it out...., not that much more. You can always get more money...you can never buy back time you wasted or spent. on your cruise... your call your choice on how you spend either.... is it worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted April 18, 2017 #46 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Some of us think so, Dan. You don't, which is your right. Then again, I for one don't spend hours in the laundry room. I have no more than two loads at a time. I put them in the machine at an hour when I can get a machine or two NOW. I come back five minutes before the wash is down and put it in the dryer. I come back again in time to fold it. It's not a huge waste of time for me. I have read about the Dragon Ladies of the Laundry Room and heard of unpleasant "others", but I personally have never encountered them. That goes back to my first Renaissance cruise in October 1999. Mura Mura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted April 22, 2017 #47 Share Posted April 22, 2017 We like "extended voyages" and find that a great time for doing laundry is on the second segment embarkation day just before muster. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted April 23, 2017 #48 Share Posted April 23, 2017 So if I might ask, just how expensive is it to have a laundry bag full of regular day-to-day clothes sent out to be done? Are TA gives us a bunch of OBC and we plan to allot about $40 - $50 per bag. Is that a reasonable estimate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted April 23, 2017 #49 Share Posted April 23, 2017 (edited) So if I might ask, just how expensive is it to have a laundry bag full of regular day-to-day clothes sent out to be done? Are TA gives us a bunch of OBC and we plan to allot about $40 - $50 per bag. Is that a reasonable estimate? Only longer cruises (over 14 days I think) have a bag special 20 items for $25 or close to that amount You pay by the item so depends on what you are sending out If you can stand using the laundry room it is $2 for a load to wash & $2 per load to dry ...soap is included found an old listing with prices ..gives you an idea at least http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=27238677&postcount=3 Edited April 23, 2017 by LHT28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toranut97 Posted April 23, 2017 #50 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Only longer cruises (over 14 days I think) have a bag special 20 items for $25 or close to that amountYou pay by the item so depends on what you are sending out If you can stand using the laundry room it is $2 for a load to wash & $2 per load to dry ...soap is included found an old listing with prices ..gives you an idea at least http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showpost.php?p=27238677&postcount=3 We did the transatlantic on Riviera 3/26 - 4/9. 14 days, the $25 per 20 item bag deal was offered twice. Donna Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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