No Laundry On Vacation!

[MomtoAlexnWilliam]

Another one who does laundry on long trips!!! I take the Purex sheets with me -- easy, no spills and cheaper than the laundry room stuff in the vending machines -- and head down to the laundry room with a good book while DH catches up on the computer in the room while the kids are sleeping. Much less stress and stink for me!

 

[gabriellyn]

I am with you, OP - I hate doing "work" on vacation - whether it's cooking or laundry. That's why God invented plastic bags - dirty clothes fit perfectly inside.

 

[Tink888]

My wife wants to do laundry on our upcoming 2-week WDW trip. I say pack enough underwear for 14 days, air out everything else if needed, and move on. Laundry is work, and there's no room for work at WDW. Spend time having fun and making family memories, not separating lights from darks. Who's with me???

Are you offering to do all the laundry when you get back home?

I'm in the laundry camp. No amount of airing out will get rid of 10 hour park days in 90 degree heat and crowds. Do laundry....if not for yourself....do it for the people around you.

All kidding aside, we travel a little lighter, pack a small container of detergent and we'll all head over to the laundry facilities which are located right near a pool at the resort. I toss a load in while DH grabs drinks, we swim, I toss everything in the dryer, we laugh, make a few memories and then an hour later we carry our clean clothes back to the room. Happy, refreshed and ready to hit the parks again in our Downy soft duds.

 

[MrsHeg]

I have to vote for doing laundry, with this heat we'll be changing quite often and I don't want to pack that much, and I definitely don't want to unpack funky sweaty clothes when we get home. I plan on relaxing by the pool and doing laundry.

 

[jennyl772003]

I always do laundry too. I suggest pre sorting the clothes. I bring 3 of those large clear plastic bags and when everyone undresses they sort by color right away. Then I throw those bags into a large suitcase and roll it to the laundry. It at leaves saves you the sorting step, and having to touch everyones yicky clothes.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

Nope--not me. Especially if you're going in the summer. You sweat enough and get grimy enough that there's no amount of "airing out" that will work. You can get some seriously funky clothes--and I don't mean funky in the good James Brown/Sly & The Family Stone way.

So you either bring at least 14 sets of clothes (probably more like 28 sets of clothes, since it's tough to put back on those smelly clothes after the afternoon break), or plan on doing wash.

And from one husband (who's done wash at WDW) to another: it's OK for the guys to do the wash, especially at WDW. Gets you major brownie points with the DW, if you know what I mean.

Agree 100%, and I do the laundry, not my wife. We go in August, and you can't wear clothes again in August. My wife needs more sleep than I do, so I do the laundry in the wee hours of the morning.

 

[branv]

I am not a clean freak, but...ewww...dirt and sweat do not air out. And anyone who thinks that Febreeze actually gets rid of those smells just ends up with the stank of perfumed dirty sock. Blech.

While some people are willing to do carry-ons, I find that now that EVERYONE is trying to avoid the fees, it's a mess and stressful. So I will pay to check my luggage. That doesn't mean I want to pay for the amount of luggage it would take to have a fresh change of clothes every single day, so I pack with doing laundry in mind.

We usually do laundry midway through in the evening while swimming at the pool. At the resorts I've done laundry, the pool was rather close to the laundry room (WL & Pop), so I pop the stuff in, go for a swim while it's going, throw on a cover up and flip-flops, move to dryer...well, you get the drift.

Though when we do DCL, I don't do laundry. I just splurge on the laundry services, which is especially better b/c a cruise means way more clothes: dressier for dinner and casual for day wear.

 

[tndisneyfan]

7 Days is the limit for us. Anything over that- we're doing laundry.

We do about the same. I don't have enough luggage to take enough clothes for two weeks.

 

[DVC4US]

I'm with you OP!! We, too, are going for 14 days and NOT doing laundry. There's 3 of us, so yep, that's about 54 total pairs of undies! (With a few extras thrown in.) We fly SWA, so luggage is not an issue. And I can never understand people wanting to have freshly laundered clothes to arrive back home with. Sure, no laundry to do when you get home, but I would still feel the need to wash them, if anything, just to get the packed up wrinkles out of them. Plus, with flying, chances are the TSA has pilfered through my suitcase (I found leaves in it the last time) therefore needing to wash it anyway.

No laundry on vacation!!!

Does that mean you are also bringing at least 28 outfits for everyone?(I don't even think I have that many outfits) I couldn't imagine going in the the summer heat and not washing clothes for 14 days. Most days during the summer I change outfits at least once a day, sometimes twice depending on how hot it is and how sweaty I get.

I am definitely in the DO wash camp. This is why I love my DVC with the washer and dryer in the rooms. I put in a load before we go to the park and then I just change it over when we come back to the room. Even if I didn't have the washer and dryer I would still have to do laundry for any trip over 7 days.

 

[KYCruiseCrazy]

My wife wants to do laundry on our upcoming 2-week WDW trip. I say pack enough underwear for 14 days, air out everything else if needed, and move on. Laundry is work, and there's no room for work at WDW. Spend time having fun and making family memories, not separating lights from darks. Who's with me???

Take less laundry and wash clothes 1 day to have a day away from the parks. To charge your batteries. Always does us wonders on 10+ day trips!!

 

[whitneyNC]

I do laundry several times during a week. We don't check bags so about 4 outfits, and we're good with our carryons. Coming home with a bunch of dirty laundry stinks. No really.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

Our trip is over two weeks. I can't even imagine just airing out clothes! Summer at Disney equals hot and sweaty. I pack the kids 14 outfits, but we end up wearing two a day. After coming back from the parks in the afternoon we always shower being going out to dinner, and then new clothes.

It's really not so hard to do laundry at Disney. Most of the laundry rooms are right by the quiet pools. DH and the kids swim in the quiet pool and I sit at one of the tables and go back and forth to check/finish the laundry.

 

[Alesia]

You are vastly underestimating how much you're going to sweat. Listen to your wife.

 

[Pixiedust34]

We always do laundry at WDW. We travel during the hot months, and sometimes we'll go through 2 outfits each per day so we go through the clothes quickly. When it's hot and your clothes have been all sweaty, no one wants to wear the same clothes twice so laundry is a necessity. Sorry--"airing out" does not work when the heat and humidity are high. The clothes need to be washed.

Doing laundry at WDW is no big deal. You just plan for a time when you'll be at your resort for a few hours and do a load or two. While your laundry is being done, you can go swimming, relax with a book, have a drink at the pool bar, or just go to your room and chill for a while.

 

[BYC]

I couldn't go without doing laundry. It doesn't take that long, and I find it relaxing. Now COOKING! That is another thing all together. I refuse to even heat something in a microwave on vacation, and the only dishes I will do are our refillable cups!

 

[ValinWV]

I am with the "DO" Laundry group. I would hate packing for two weeks for five people without doing laundry at least once, maybe even twice. My DD's will go through two outfits a day they can't do anything without getting covered in food or dirt. Also, Disney in the summer, there is no airing out that smell of sweat. I do laundry during nap or pool time. Also, I hate coming home and bringing six loads of laundry to do as soon as I get home.

 

[kkacar]

I am in the "do laundry" camp. I live in Northwest Florida and just doing every day stuff makes you hot and sweaty. I can't imagine not changing in the afternoon. Like everyone says its easy and your nose and others noses will thank you.

kelli

 

[RMulieri]

I used to think that way...but with us staying in a 1bdr villa with washer and dryer...I just throw it in in the am and then switch it when we get back.But when we stay in regular rooms..No laundry

 

[lblume91]

And from one husband (who's done wash at WDW) to another: it's OK for the guys to do the wash, especially at WDW. Gets you major brownie points with the DW, if you know what I mean.

LOVE it!!!!

We usually have a sleep-in day mid-trip & go to the pool, let the kiddos swim while DH & I team up on the laundry. And, yes, his help is appreciated!

 

[SnowWhite607]

Here's my line to dh when he says, "don't do laundry: we're on vacation!"

"When we get home do you plan on emptying your suitcase into the hamper in our bedroom and letting our laundry elves tote it downstairs, sort it, wash it, dry it, fold it, carry it back upstairs & put it away?" To which the answer is always "yes" though he never says yes, he just remains silent. To which I then say (into the silence.)

"Guess what? We don't have any laundry elves. We have me. And I would rather come back at 3 o'clock on our last day & use multiple washing machines & dryers at the resort in a nice relaxed environment while you watch the kids at the pool & I read by myself in the sun and then fold the clothes while chatting to another smart Disney fan mom about her trip and then be taken out to a relaxing dinner at Epcot followed by Illuminations than do those same loads one load at a time in my dungeon of a basement with a toddler hanging on my leg while vacuuming & making Kraft mac & cheese followed by reading 10 books to said toddler for my nighttime entertainment."

To which he always replies, "I'll get the mesh laundry bags at Dollar Tree and a roll of quarters at the bank."

I did laundry last time at the ALK. It was not a problem, lounged around the pool with DD and switched it when it was time.

Last month on our week long cruise I did NOT do laundry. Our suitcases REEKED when I got home. Ugh, sweat and dirty clothes make for some smelly suitcases!