Kitty Ellas Mom Posted September 13, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 13, 2023 I know this has been brought up a lot on CC but I'm no good with the search engine. I'm on Caribbean Princess for 10 days starting next week and I know I need to do laundry halfway through. I use only unscented products. What do you recommend, or, is there something they sell on Princess that I can buy? I might do what I've seen others recommend, and handwash things like socks and underwear in my stateroom, then take the big stuff to the laundry room. I am hesitant to send it out b/c I don't think it would be done with unscented stuff, is that accurate? Thanks for any info. This is causing me a lot of stress b/c I typically just bring enough for a whole trip, but my trips are almost always a week or less. This 14 days total trip is a rare treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSmartOne Posted September 13, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Not sure what products are available for use in the laundry room on the ships, but we always take some laundry detergent sheets that you can buy on Amazon - specifically the unscented/free & clear kind (because I’m allergic to many things and cannot have scents on my clothing/soap/etc - plus the sheets travel SO much better than other options). I can also say that we used the laundry service on our last cruise on the Regal and I didn’t have any issues with scents from that either. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCX22 Posted September 13, 2023 #3 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Bring your own detergent and fabric softener. The laundry products dispensed in the guest laundry are all scented. If you have time and depending on your embarkation port, make a pit stop at a store before embarkation, so it doesn’t count against your weight limits if flying. It’s hard to find unscented laundry detergents outside of the US and Canada. I myself don’t like sending my clothes out because they use the same detergent for the towels and linens. It’s too harsh and isn’t good for the fibers of your clothes, but fine for heavy duty cotton of the ship’s wares. It’s $3 for a washer cycle and $3 for a dryer cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnesterz Posted September 13, 2023 #4 Share Posted September 13, 2023 I can't say for the Caribbean, but last month, the Emerald sold boxes of All and Surf detergent, also Snuggle fabric softener. The line probably buys by the pallet load for all ships. Neither product stated if it was unscented on the box, but I didn't smell a fragrence. If you have a reactive airways disease, probably best to bring your own for your own safety. As far as rinsing things at the sink, the liquid soap has a eucalyptus fragrance, in case that bothers you. The machines were $3 each, washer and dryer. Be aware the coins were different sizes, one to dispense the soap, another size to operate the machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj59 Posted September 13, 2023 #5 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Just bring your favorite detergent pods in a baggie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG&Lcruisingnewbies Posted September 13, 2023 #6 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Took our own detergent on Sky Princess last month. Most people in the laundry room did the same. I totally understand the stress about it. All of us have sensitive skin to varying degrees & there was no way we wanted to risk any allergic reaction. Take your own. You’ll be fine. Machines seem v good too. Didn’t notice any build up of other peoples detergents in the machine & we had no allergy reactions at all after using them with our own detergent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina del Mar Posted September 13, 2023 #7 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Suggest bringing your chosen detergent. Years ago used Purex 3 in 1 sheets…now difficult to acquire, other sheets are available. Have travelled many times with a bag of detergent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickie_bernie Posted September 13, 2023 #8 Share Posted September 13, 2023 I am currently on the Caribbean Princess and have used the soap and yes it is scented 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyoftheseas Posted September 13, 2023 #9 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Free and Clear laundry soap now comes in pods so that is what I would bring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BamaVol Posted September 13, 2023 #10 Share Posted September 13, 2023 From Sapphire this week. You’ll need to bring your own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyoftheseas Posted September 14, 2023 #11 Share Posted September 14, 2023 I was in the grocery store yesterday and they also have Free and Clear dryer sheets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted September 16, 2023 #12 Share Posted September 16, 2023 I bring All Free & Clear Pods...Tide also makes Free & Gentle Pods. We get free laundry since we sail in a suite, but after our last cruise...I'm going back to doing my own laundry. We brought brand new crew socks on our last cruise and after the 2 weeks, they looked like they were a year old since they have industrial washers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LACruiser88 Posted September 17, 2023 #13 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Here is what we always bring with us. They work great! They also come unscented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Ellas Mom Posted September 17, 2023 Author #14 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Thanks all. The responses were very useful when we went shopping. I ended up with some free and clear laundry sheets, which I've never heard of before, and one small travel size pouch we already had. We did buy some pods but with the sheets available they seemed more likely to break I'm transit, so we decided to just use those as home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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