Tell me about getting clothes pressed...

[mom23boyz]

What does everybody do about their wrinkled clothes?

 

[mommasita]

There are laundry rooms in Decks 2, 6, and 7. Inside there are washers/dryers, and an iron and board. The iron and board are free to use, as there is a NO iron policy in your stateroom. This has always worked fine for us..OR...

You can have the cruiseline press anything you like. The charge is 50% less than the dry cleaning costs, and they have rush service as well..

HTH

 

[sk8ingmom]

Why the pressing fairy takes our clothes to be pressed the first afternoon & returns it to us by the next day!

I don't have a price list right in front of me, but it isn't very much for the 'pressing only' option & IMO well worth it!

 

[mommasita]

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=10054885&postcount=4 Link to pricing.

 

[spoon2003]

Why the pressing fairy takes our clothes to be pressed the first afternoon & returns it to us by the next day!

I don't have a price list right in front of me, but it isn't very much for the 'pressing only' option & IMO well worth it!

Another vote for the pressing fairy..not expensive and well worth the cost!

 

[micmse2003]

First cruise I ironed on board. Second cruise I listened to a suggestion. I bought a bottle of Wrinkle Release. I packed the bottled in several ziplocs and put it in checked lugguage. When I unpacked I used the spray and magically the wrinkles disappeared. I will do this again.

 

[TSirgey]

I sent all of our dress clothes with our room steward to be pressed the day we arrived, and it was back in our room the following day! This way, I didn't have to worry about DH's suit or shirts or my dresses getting wrinkled when we packed. I had all of that stuff ready in a garment bag when we packed. It was cheap and saved me trouble. I did not want to iron on vacation.

I used Downy wrinkle release for all of our shorts/day clothes. It worked great!

I also packed our things in ziploc bags which seemed to really work for wrinkles. Especially for my dd's clothes.

 

[mattmommy]

We packed everything in dry cleaning bags. 2 tuxes, 2 gowns and casual wear, nary a wrinkle. I did have to have a pair of beige capris laundered and pressed and it wasn't any higher than at home.

p.s. Tide to Go stick is a Godsend.

 

[jonesing]

Take them with me to the suana at the spa

 

[Ocean Breeze]

Take them with me to the suana at the spa

 

[disneylady]

I've been on a few cruises and have always done the ironing thing until this last cruise. I spent all of the first night ironing everything while my friend down the hall sat out on deck sipping margaritas.

Knowing that she was going to regret not doing the same as I, I went to dinner the 2nd night expecting to hear all of her ironing horror stories. Instead, she arrived earlier than us and looking so refreshed and starched. I asked her how many folks were in the laundry room ironing and she responsed with, "Where is that room anyway?" Bewildered, I asked how she got all her clothes so neatly pressed. She said, "Oh, I just handed them to my stateroom host yesterday and they brought them all back today while we were swimming." Then I followed with, "How many did you give them?" She said, "The whole weeks worth." I asked how much did it cost? She said, "Who cares! I'm on vacation."

What a concept! Guess how much ironing I did the rest of the week? NONE. And it was so worth it.

As long as you're only having them pressed, it really is worth the convenience and reasonaby priced.

Another piece of advice, Tide stick. We left our home all dressed in our matching Disney shirts in preparation for the embarkation photo, which we had dressed horribly for on all previous cruises. While waiting fof our flight to leave, my teenage daughter spills strawberry juice all down the front of her bright yellow shirt. There goes that nice picture! I pull out the Tide stick and go to work mumbling many not so nice mommy words. I get on the plane still grumbling until I look down at her shirt and realize that it had all vanished. I now refer to my endless supply of Tide Sticks as the Tide Stick fairies. They knew that I wanted that vacation to start off perfectly and they made it happen! Hooray for the Tide Stick fairies!!

 

[Diznyfan68]

Take them with me to the suana at the spa