Laundry Detergent

[socks68]

I was just wondering if it is possible to use liquid detergent in the washing machines on the Magic. I have only read about powder and tablets but never liquid. I know it's a silly question but with DL before the cruise I'm going to have to bite the bullet and do a few loads onboard.

 

[clh2]

You can use a liquid detergent on the washing machines on board. Because the machines are front-loading you want to use about 1/2 the amount you would use in a top-loading machine.

 

[socks68]

Thank you so much.

 

[poconoboatniks]

Target had travel size liquid laundry detergent for .99.

Poconoboatniks

 

[SandraLee]

Yup, got a couple of those travel size Tides for .99. What a deal.

And, Costco had single load trial sizes they were handing out for free! Got one of those, too.

 

[Corryn]

On our last trip I packed a big plastic baggie full of dry Tide detergent. I placed it into our luggage which was to be checked before boarding the plane.
My retired NYC police department husband was going throught the bag after I packed and I hear.....CORRYN, Are You Kidding ME!?!?!?! while holding up the bag.....
Until he said something, I didn't realize what it might look like if they x-rayed the luggage! To avoid any scandal, we left the baggie home and purchased Tide down in Orlando at a supermarket.

 

[tvguy]

There were problems this past Christmas at our airport with people packing cheese gift packs in their luggage. Is it cheese, or plastic explosive?

 

[aprilgail2]

I just bring a few packs of the tablets and use those. Can't find them much but i have some left from last cruise that I saved!
Plenty of people I know bring detergent in a ziplock bag though and I don't know any that have had a problem.

 

[tkd lisa]

I used liquid on our last cruise, since I couldn't find the tablets ANYWHERE! I just double bagged them in zip locks in case of leaking!

 

[UGAFan0829]

Of course if someone doesn't want to bother with packing any detergents, they have them onboard that you can buy. Just one less thing you have to worry about!

 

[DisneyElf]

I am still looking for the tablets -- otherwise we will take powder with - much easier to clean up if there is a problem.

I am not going to depend on the ships supply since they may run out before the end of the cruise.

 

[NYGiantsRule!]

I've been unable to find tablets for our upcoming cruise. I had them two years ago. Maybe they don't make them any more.

 

[glindamood]

NYGiantsRule! - I can't find the tablets anymore either. I continue to look, especially if I am in a different grocery store than my local ones but nothing yet. I used to use them up after a trip, now I wish I hadn't. Last time I just took ziplocks with measured amounts for one load in them. It did fill the spaces on the bottom of my suitcase between the handles.

 

[Princess Tink]

Someone on these boards told me they discontinued the Purex Tabs. You can search for this by Zip Code to see if a store near you still has any:

http://www.dialcorp.com/storelocator/storeloc2.cfm

Good luck! We weren't lucky enough to find one near us.

 

[pppiglet]

Vons in our area has the little Tide travel one load size for .59 cents! I just picked up four of them. It's wherever all the small sample/travel size things are located in your store. In mine it was by the makeup and shampoos. These will be real handy!

 

[RobinMarie]

http://www.tide.com/tidecoldwater/challenge.jhtml?display=sample

Free Sample of Tide Coldwater Detergent.

 

[aprilgail2]

I found the tablets at Big Lots..that was the only place around here that had them.

 

[pppiglet]

RobinMarie....thanks for posting. I was at that site a few weeks ago and it didn't work. (this time it did)

 

[3redheads]

My family is allergic to Tide, so I bought a small bottle of Woolite and it worked great!

 

[challada]

How much is a one load size packet of detergent on the boat? If it's like everything else and outrageous (ie, $5 or more), then, yea, I'll pack some...but if not, I don't want to mess w/it if I don't have to. Frankly, I don't want to mess w/doing any laundry and was just counting my kids pairs of undies to see if we can squeak by for our cruise/DL/Universal days!