Serenade to add laundry facilities

[lovesthebeach2]

3 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Laundry is included on this voyage. Maybe 3 bags per week. But folks are leery of the quality 🙄 

I understand why they feel this way,  everything comes back a tinge of gray and over dried. 

[A&L_Ont]

13 minutes ago, Magicat said:

I can see the new thread coming already..."Laundry Machine Hogs!" 🤣

 

If laundry sits wet and clean in the washer for 20 minutes and they haven't tryurnrd/removed it, can I take it to the lost and found like a towel on a lounger?

[Charles4515]

10 minutes ago, BND said:

On the day before the cruise, we did a load of laundry while we ate breakfast and hung by the pool.  I packed enough clothes for the 13 night cruise and what we wore in FL, we washed and repacked it.  On longer cruises, we do utilize the free bag of laundry for underwear and t-shirts. 

 

I only utilize the free bag for underwear and t shirts after several ruined shirts. Packing for 13 days would mean too much luggage for me. I don't like lugging around luggage overseas. For cruises out of Florida I have booked hotels with laundry machines but never had a hotel in Europe with machines. I have switched to both travel pants and shirts and travel  underwear that could be washed in the sink and don't need ironing so in the future a laundry room probably won't be decisive. 

[John&LaLa]

1 minute ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

If laundry sits wet and clean in the washer for 20 minutes and they haven't tryurnrd/removed it, can I take it to the lost and found like a towel on a lounger?

 

I'll just use the Pinnacle Laundry🤣

[BND]

12 minutes ago, Charles4515 said:

 

I only utilize the free bag for underwear and t shirts after several ruined shirts. Packing for 13 days would mean too much luggage for me. I don't like lugging around luggage overseas. For cruises out of Florida I have booked hotels with laundry machines but never had a hotel in Europe with machines. I have switched to both travel pants and shirts and travel  underwear that could be washed in the sink and don't need ironing so in the future a laundry room probably won't be decisive. 

For evening/dinner I wear everything twice so I take enough for 7 nights but I do take enough of daytime outfits for everyday.  So, a few dresses and a couple pairs of capris and tops.   We go out of Baltimore a lot and drive there in just over an hour.   For Europe, we would pack differently.   Heck, for NE/Canada we packed differently because we could wear some clothes more than once.  Jeans and tops I wore over insulated ones.  On a 9 night CA/NE, I had two pairs of jeans.  On a 13 night Caribbean I need 13 pairs of shorts.  

 

For the World cruise, I'm sure I'd probably take 2-3 weeks worth of clothes at least so I wasn't doing laundry every week.   

[Joseph2017China]

1 hour ago, Charles4515 said:

I often have done 10 or 11 day cruises in Europe with pre and post cruises stays. So while I did not desire to do laundry I did do laundry. I also booked Princess for those combined cruises/land instead of other cruise lines because Princess has  laundry rooms. 

I go on two week trips every year, with part of days on a ship, and still, never did laundry. 

[Longford]

Possibly, a logistical nightmare.  How many cabins on each deck?  How many people in those cabins?  How many washers and dryers?  What to do when people forget their laundry is in a machine and others are waiting to use?  A one-off for the world cruise might be ok, but long term?  How has this worked on other ships?

[DaKahuna]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

I'll just use the Pinnacle Laundry🤣

 

 I'll just wear a bathing suit everywhere, all day, everyday.  

[John&LaLa]

13 minutes ago, Longford said:

Possibly, a logistical nightmare.  How many cabins on each deck?  How many people in those cabins?  How many washers and dryers?  What to do when people forget their laundry is in a machine and others are waiting to use?  A one-off for the world cruise might be ok, but long term?  How has this worked on other ships?

 

Princess folks seem to like it

[John&LaLa]

6 minutes ago, DaKahuna said:

 

 I'll just wear a bathing suit everywhere, all day, everyday.  

 

Technically we have about 7 or 8 of the 9 months in summer weather, so that should work

[DaKahuna]

1 minute ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Technically we have about 7 or 8 of the 9 months in summer weather, so that should work

 

 Indoors on a ship is usually comfortable enough to wear a dry bathing suit inside, despite the outside temperatures. 

[John&LaLa]

Just now, DaKahuna said:

 

 Indoors on a ship is usually comfortable enough to wear a dry bathing suit inside, despite the outside temperatures. 

 

Guessing you don't do the ice shows

[OSUZorba]

On 12/13/2022 at 5:32 PM, ONECRUISER said:

Nice! Yeah I always been one with Spinner wheel Luggage that never fit under Royal Beds

I can get mine under if I lift up on the edge a bit. The edge of the frame is a bit lower than the middle.

[OSUZorba]

1 minute ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Guessing you don't do the ice shows

Don't think many people do on Serenade 😛

[DaKahuna]

1 minute ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Guessing you don't do the ice shows

 

 Good point.  Guess I could put pants and a shirt on for that.   😞

 

[time4u2go]

20 minutes ago, Longford said:

Possibly, a logistical nightmare.  How many cabins on each deck?  How many people in those cabins?  How many washers and dryers?  What to do when people forget their laundry is in a machine and others are waiting to use?  A one-off for the world cruise might be ok, but long term?  How has this worked on other ships?

It works very well on Princess. There's 1 or 2 laundry rooms on each passenger deck.  (Not sure if it's every single passenger deck, but most of them.)  Each laundry room has maybe 4 washers and 4 dryers.  Probably because relatively few people use the laundry facilities, there's typically no issues with availability.  Also I suspect those that do use the facilities use them at all different times of the day.  It's actually quite convenient and useful.

[Charles4515]

19 minutes ago, Longford said:

Possibly, a logistical nightmare.  How many cabins on each deck?  How many people in those cabins?  How many washers and dryers?  What to do when people forget their laundry is in a machine and others are waiting to use?  A one-off for the world cruise might be ok, but long term?  How has this worked on other ships?

It has worked fine on all the Princess ships I have been on. They have had them long term. Never had to wait for a washer or dryer.  Also Azamara, Oceania and QM 2 which I have been on have laundry rooms but I never used them on those. 

[Jimbo]

2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Wow, never heard that before 🤣🤣

Guess it might depend on some people's lives. Everyone is different.

[John&LaLa]

10 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Guess it might depend on some people's lives. Everyone is different.

 

YOLO

[ONECRUISER]

1 hour ago, OSUZorba said:

I can get mine under if I lift up on the edge a bit. The edge of the frame is a bit lower than the middle.

Yeah, nope Bed sticks up no matter where I place my Luggage. use to bring 2 large Bags now one set and store medium sized inside Larger Bag in the Closet

Edited December 15, 2022 by ONECRUISER

[heatherb1958]

I am always fascinated how Americans seem to send their underwear to the ship's laundry .  Me ?  Never , ever , ever , I value the elastic in my knickers to stay elastic and my white bras to stay white . I hand wash in the bathroom sink and hang on the line in the shower or use my hanger  that has clothes pegs on it.  Only ever used the ship's laundry once for tshirts and they were ruined , never again . Stuff dries overnight in the shower so long as you don't pack heavy thick tshirts . Heck I have even washed jeggings and they dried quickly . 

 

[Charles4515]

15 minutes ago, heatherb1958 said:

I am always fascinated how Americans seem to send their underwear to the ship's laundry .  Me ?  Never , ever , ever , I value the elastic in my knickers to stay elastic and my white bras to stay white . I hand wash in the bathroom sink and hang on the line in the shower or use my hanger  that has clothes pegs on it.  Only ever used the ship's laundry once for tshirts and they were ruined , never again . Stuff dries overnight in the shower so long as you don't pack heavy thick tshirts . Heck I have even washed jeggings and they dried quickly . 

 

 

If I think items are going to be sent to the laundry I pack items near end of life. I do have travel underwear now that is made to be hand washed and drys fast. Same with my pants. I pack performence pants that can be hand washed and they drys in a few hours and does not need ironing. Pole shirts and tshirts 60/40 fabric from Eddie Baur wash and hang up drys unwrinkled. 

 

I have a future goal of gettting my luggage on a cruise down to a carry on. 

Edited December 15, 2022 by Charles4515

[ILCTCRUISER]

3 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Princess folks seem to like it

Princess “loyalty ambassadors” will tell you, and I can confirm, that the most valued perk of being Elite on Princess is Free Laundry.  If Princess ever takes that away, I think there would be blood….

[Charles4515]

29 minutes ago, ILCTCRUISER said:

Princess “loyalty ambassadors” will tell you, and I can confirm, that the most valued perk of being Elite on Princess is Free Laundry.  If Princess ever takes that away, I think there would be blood….

I need one more cruise for free laundry on Princess but I won't book a cruise to just move up to Elite in their Captains Circle. 

[Cruise5life]

4 hours ago, Longford said:

Possibly, a logistical nightmare.  How many cabins on each deck?  How many people in those cabins?  How many washers and dryers?  What to do when people forget their laundry is in a machine and others are waiting to use?  A one-off for the world cruise might be ok, but long term?  How has this worked on other ships?

Princess has them on all ships I think.    Or newer ships at least.  
Every deck.