Doing laundry onboard

[HarperCruisers]

We cruised Alaska last year and had a post-stay in Vancouver. IMO, I'd wouldn't do laundry on the cruise again...it took time away from enjoying the cruise for us.

 

[Bookwood]

Early morning laundry lady here. As someone else mentioned, I put my laundry in, go run, put it in the dryer, shower (I'm quick in the shower) grab my Kindle and wait for the dryer to be done. This has worked well for me on 2, 14 night cruises on Wonder and I'm planning on the same for our PC in May. On a 7 night I usually do laundry at least 1 time (sweaty work out clothes and anything else that is a must have) probably 3 times in 14 days. With a trip to DL when we finish the Panama Canal I may do it again just before packing to disembark. Tide pods are easy.

 

[CruisingSarah]

I find it really easy to do laundry onboard. I take with me a pop-up laundry basket and my own detergent pods, stain tablets and softener sheets. I put my laundry in, then set a countdown timer on my phone to return a couple of minutes before the load is due to finish. I return, transfer it to the dryer and set the timer again. The machines tell you the cycle length so it's easy to do this. We had a week near Barcelona prior to our cruise so I had laundry to do immediately we got onboard. I had it all done and dried before the lifeboat drill.

 

[lorimay]

Early morning laundry lady here. As someone else mentioned, I put my laundry in, go run, put it in the dryer, shower (I'm quick in the shower) grab my Kindle and wait for the dryer to be done. This has worked well for me on 2, 14 night cruises on Wonder and I'm planning on the same for our PC in May. On a 7 night I usually do laundry at least 1 time (sweaty work out clothes and anything else that is a must have) probably 3 times in 14 days. With a trip to DL when we finish the Panama Canal I may do it again just before packing to disembark. Tide pods are easy.

This is me!!! I am done before breakfast.

 

[Renysmom]

Where are the closest laundry rooms to the Concierge area? Previously I have stayed AFT and know where those rooms are.

Thanks.

 

[MrTracy]

I put my laundry in, go run, put it in the dryer ... Tide pods are easy.

I like that idea of putting in a load of laundry before an early morning run. The laundry rooms on the Wonder were not very roomy and, at times, not all of the machines were in working order. So anything I can do to find non-peak laundry times is a good thing. We tried doing laundry on the last sea day of the cruise. That was a mistake. We will plan differently next time.

 

[hardis5]

I like that idea of putting in a load of laundry before an early morning run. The laundry rooms on the Wonder were not very roomy and, at times, not all of the machines were in working order. So anything I can do to find non-peak laundry times is a good thing. We tried doing laundry on the last sea day of the cruise. That was a mistake. We will plan differently next time.

I'd like to do the same but on our last cruise, there was some kind person constantly stopping/opening machines that were not theirs, stopping one's cycle. I had a load of wash left soapy and wet I had to restart and dryers were opened on a number of people and not restarted (as if someone was doing intentionally). I ended up staying for most of my 2nd machines cycle reading in the space until all was done. If the group of us found out the culprit, there would have been the need for a forward deck detective agency to solve the kind persons "soap" incident.

 

[NCPAWPAW]

I do it, but my wife doesn't

 

[jennlindsey]

We did 2 quick small loads during our recent 7 night on the Wonder -- we were on deck 2 so no long treks to the machines. I was relieved to find that no quarters were needed, just a swipe of the card! Worked pretty well, though bulkier items like jeans came out slightly damp. I'm a special snowflake whose skin prefers unscented detergents, but a little Tide original scent did the trick on the day I spilled on myself at Palo (classy, huh?).

 

[n8nally]

I did laundry twice on my Dream FOUR nighter, lol!

I just cannot stand the salt/sand/chlorine hanging out in my bathing suits (which never got totally dry unless I put them in the dryer), and the thought of packing up nasty, sweaty, stinky teen boy undergarments and tees shirts in my clean luggage totally grosses me out! Even in a laundry bag!

We did two small loads and I put them in before the show, moved them to the dryer in between the show and dinner, and picked them up after dinner. It wasn't a big deal.

We are heading out on a 7-nighter on the Fantasy soon, and I have already packed the Tide Pods

 

[shoes99]

I'd like to do the same but on our last cruise, there was some kind person constantly stopping/opening machines that were not theirs, stopping one's cycle. I had a load of wash left soapy and wet I had to restart and dryers were opened on a number of people and not restarted (as if someone was doing intentionally). I ended up staying for most of my 2nd machines cycle reading in the space until all was done. If the group of us found out the culprit, there would have been the need for a forward deck detective agency to solve the kind persons "soap" incident.

I was sitting on the floor watching my washer and two women came in and started pulling on my washer door. Hey, that's not yours!! Oops, they had clothes in the dryer which on the DREAM was on the top row. Fortunately the cycle did not stop.. I watched people pulling on doors that were not theirs and on my dryer I had to call maintenance to show me how to reset in the middle of the cycle.

 

[brookmey]

We were gone for about 2 weeks total when we sailed to Alaska in August, so I knew we were going to need to do laundry on the ship. There was no way I was going to spend any part of my cruise in the laundry room or running back and forth, so I sent our laundry out to Disney to be cleaned. I packed enough socks and underclothes for us for 2 weeks, so our load was t-shirts, shorts, pants/jeans, and a few nicer things DH and I needed for dinner. The bill came to around $71 and my mom, who was with us, thought it was a waste of money, but for me it was money well spent. I do enough laundry at home, I was NOT going to do it on my vacation!

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

A tip on the elevators just outside on all decks there is a list of services decks and locations, there is a deck plan for your deck, the nearest laundry will be shown on that deck plan.

 

[Castillo Mom]

We own DVC so if we combine a WDW stay with cruise I might do one load of laundry but not on the ship.

 

[MrTracy]

I'd like to do the same but on our last cruise, there was some kind person constantly stopping/opening machines that were not theirs, stopping one's cycle. ... If the group of us found out the culprit, there would have been the need for a forward deck detective agency to solve the kind persons "soap" incident.

I know this doesn't really contribute to the conversation, but I just had to share that I got an image in my head of an explosive dye pack secretly placed in a running washing machine. Then some poor, umm, "kind person" would be scurrying back to his or her stateroom with a huge red splotch covering him or her from head to waist.

yeah... that might have been an evil thought.

Back more to the topic: With kids and a baby, and all of the layers I keep hearing about needing to pack for the Alaskan cruises, I'm glad that Disney saw fit to include some guest laundry rooms on the ships.

I noticed a discrepancy in prices mentioned. Some say it was $1 per load to wash and a $1 to dry. Others said $2. Were you meaning $2 total ($1/wash & $1/dry) or $4 total ($2/wash & $2/dry). I seem to remember it be $1 each on the Wonder this past February. Is it different by ship or did I just mis-read things?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I know this doesn't really contribute to the conversation, but I just had to share that I got an image in my head of an explosive dye pack secretly placed in a running washing machine. Then some poor, umm, "kind person" would be scurrying back to his or her stateroom with a huge red splotch covering him or her from head to waist.

yeah... that might have been an evil thought.

Back more to the topic: With kids and a baby, and all of the layers I keep hearing about needing to pack for the Alaskan cruises, I'm glad that Disney saw fit to include some guest laundry rooms on the ships.

I noticed a discrepancy in prices mentioned. Some say it was $1 per load to wash and a $1 to dry. Others said $2. Were you meaning $2 total ($1/wash & $1/dry) or $4 total ($2/wash & $2/dry). I seem to remember it be $1 each on the Wonder this past February. Is it different by ship or did I just mis-read things?

It's $2.00 to wash, $2.00 to dry a load. That said, the Wonder (at least on our cruises on her) was $1.00 to wash, $1.00 to dry. I can't confirm if it still is. At one time it was $1.00 each on all the ship, but 3 (at least) of them have changed.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

It's $2.00 to wash, $2.00 to dry a load. That said, the Wonder (at least on our cruises on her) was $1.00 to wash, $1.00 to dry. I can't confirm if it still is. At one time it was $1.00 each on all the ship, but 3 (at least) of them have changed.

$1 was a long time ago, now all $2 for the last two or three years.


MickeyMed Final 2014 2488 by Andrew D Porter, on Flickr


MickeyMed Final 2014 2487 by Andrew D Porter, on Flickr

Ship map near elevators with laundry clearly marked.