Magical Express Luggage Tags

ha ha, i guess its just me then. Its so easy to do laundry while you swim though. :) You don't even notice your doing laundry. ha ha. Sometimes I took it a step further and washed everything before we flew home. That way i can unpack clean clothes at home and be done with it.

Now that i normally go to Disney solo though, I skip the laundry since its just me. ;)
How close is the laundry to the pool?
 
ha ha, i guess its just me then. Its so easy to do laundry while you swim though. :) You don't even notice your doing laundry. ha ha. ;)

A few thoughts:

I notice.

First, the location of the pool/laundry room depends on each different resort.

Second, I also strongly prefer my home washer/dryer over any others.

Third, I HATE having to wait for an empty dryer. I'd much rather be swimming.

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Mostly though- I'm only posting here to share a word of caution! Regarding the luggage tags. Our flight was supposed to land at 6:30pm. It was delayed 3 hours. When you use the tags, your luggage arrives approximately 3 hours AFTER YOU ARRIVE AT THE HOTEL.

That means, the tagged luggage didn't arrive until 1am!!! In our case, MOST of our luggage was carry-on.

Personally, if at all possible, I plan to avoid the luggage tags on future trips. I really only used them this trip because I wanted to bring a suitcase with liquids/snacks in it. I figured I had to check the liquids, so why not use the tags? The weather was nice, so I figured our flight would be on time, and our bag would arrive by 10:30pm. (I though it was 3 hours after you land, but it is 3 hours after you arrive at the hotel- so assume +4 hours after you land.)
 

I notice.
I meant it as a joke.

First, the location of the pool/laundry room depends on each different resort.
Yes, obviously. But most resorts at disney have laundry by a pool (either the main pool or quiet pool). And in my second post, i did ask which resort theyre staying at. The purpose of me asking was to point out where the laundry rooms are. And at a quick glance, I see that there are two pools at BC/YC with laundry...in addition to other non-pool locations.

Second, I also strongly prefer my home washer/dryer over any others.
Trust me, we all prefer our own washer/dryers. To each their own! But sometimes we sacrifice for convenience. In my case, i'd rather pack light and do laundry mid-trip because i knew my son and i would be taking midday swim breaks at the pool. Much easier this way.

Third, I HATE having to wait for an empty dryer. I'd much rather be swimming.
Out of all the times I did laundry, I never had to wait for a machine. :confused3 This is mostly in regards to both value and moderate resorts.

Mostly though- I'm only posting here to share a word of caution! Regarding the luggage tags. Our flight was supposed to land at 6:30pm. It was delayed 3 hours. When you use the tags, your luggage arrives approximately 3 hours AFTER YOU ARRIVE AT THE HOTEL.

That means, the tagged luggage didn't arrive until 1am!!! In our case, MOST of our luggage was carry-on.

Personally, if at all possible, I plan to avoid the luggage tags on future trips. I really only used them this trip because I wanted to bring a suitcase with liquids/snacks in it. I figured I had to check the liquids, so why not use the tags? The weather was nice, so I figured our flight would be on time, and our bag would arrive by 10:30pm. (I though it was 3 hours after you land, but it is 3 hours after you arrive at the hotel- so assume +4 hours after you land.)
Oh im with you on that! I'd rather lug my own suitcase and not rely on disney to ship it to my resort. I too learned the hard way. One time our luggage took over 4 hours to arrive! :eek: Awful!
 
I meant it as a joke.
I understood your tone was light, just wanted to share a completely different opinion/experience of doing laundry. My experiences doing laundry at WDW have sometimes been a comedy of errors.

We often visit WDW in spring, when weather's often a bit unpredictable. More than once, the long-term forecast said mid-70's, but actual temps were much cooler. Instead of the shorts we'd packed, we got stuck wearing jeans+3 shirts+ jackets every day. (and still shivering!)

Needless to say, it was also too cold to swim, and totally not what we were expecting.

The last time I did laundry, we were at CR. The laundry room was a bit of a hike from our tower room. It is located in the Garden wing, and not even on the ground floor of the garden wing. It is confusing even to find it. (Laundry rooms are much easier to find at the newer hotels!) It is located part way down the hall on - I think- the middle of three floors? It is a rather obscure location, and there are no signs, except on the actual door. I always have a hard time finding it. I mean every time I try to find it.

Alas, I was with extended family; we pooled our laundry with the expectation that we'd ALSO share the work. I was such a fool! Nope, everyone else proceeded to fall asleep almost as soon as I first left the room! Grrr, I got stuck staying up until midnight by myself.

Except that the water parade happened just while I was trying to get the washer started. The only open washer was like jammed in a corner. At the time, you had to pay with your KTTW card (room key), but the card reader was squashed in such a way that I couldn't QUITE get it to read my card properly. Of course, just AFTER I got it started, another machine became available. I exited just as the water parade was finishing.

And so it went....

*****

The funniest laundry memory I have of doing WDW laundry came once when I was waiting to rotate laundry. Mine was still washing, but the woman beside me was ready to rotate. ALL the dryers were taken, but most of the loads had finished. People's laundry was just sitting there hogging the dryers.

She waited patiently for a few minutes, then finally said out loud, "Ah _____ it! It is my vacation time too!" And proceeded to sheepishly empty a dryer.

The way she said it was pretty funny. "It is my vacation time too!" became a joking meme for us the rest of that trip whenever someone took too long.
 
I understood your tone was light, just wanted to share a completely different opinion/experience of doing laundry. My experiences doing laundry at WDW have sometimes been a comedy of errors.

We often visit WDW in spring, when weather's often a bit unpredictable. More than once, the long-term forecast said mid-70's, but actual temps were much cooler. Instead of the shorts we'd packed, we got stuck wearing jeans+3 shirts+ jackets every day. (and still shivering!)

Needless to say, it was also too cold to swim, and totally not what we were expecting.

The last time I did laundry, we were at CR. The laundry room was a bit of a hike from our tower room. It is located in the Garden wing, and not even on the ground floor of the garden wing. It is confusing even to find it. (Laundry rooms are much easier to find at the newer hotels!) It is located part way down the hall on - I think- the middle of three floors? It is a rather obscure location, and there are no signs, except on the actual door. I always have a hard time finding it. I mean every time I try to find it.

Alas, I was with extended family; we pooled our laundry with the expectation that we'd ALSO share the work. I was such a fool! Nope, everyone else proceeded to fall asleep almost as soon as I first left the room! Grrr, I got stuck staying up until midnight by myself.

Except that the water parade happened just while I was trying to get the washer started. The only open washer was like jammed in a corner. At the time, you had to pay with your KTTW card (room key), but the card reader was squashed in such a way that I couldn't QUITE get it to read my card properly. Of course, just AFTER I got it started, another machine became available. I exited just as the water parade was finishing.

And so it went....

*****

The funniest laundry memory I have of doing WDW laundry came once when I was waiting to rotate laundry. Mine was still washing, but the woman beside me was ready to rotate. ALL the dryers were taken, but most of the loads had finished. People's laundry was just sitting there hogging the dryers.

She waited patiently for a few minutes, then finally said out loud, "Ah _____ it! It is my vacation time too!" And proceeded to sheepishly empty a dryer.

The way she said it was pretty funny. "It is my vacation time too!" became a joking meme for us the rest of that trip whenever someone took too long.
:lmao: I can see why you're not a big fan of doing laundry at the resort. :rotfl: That's funny, and unfortunate of course. And your right about the weather....i totally forgot that sometimes it really does get chilly in Florida. :laughing: Too chilly to swim! In that case it would be a bit of a pain to do laundry. Most of my stays have been at a value or moderate resort. And not a lot of people seem to do laundry there. Go figure. :teeth:
 


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