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Conference abbott::cruise_travel

Title:CRUISE TRAVEL
Moderator:XANADU::FAMULARO
Created:Thu Aug 04 1988
Last Modified:Thu Dec 12 1996
Last Successful Update:Wed Jan 01 1997
Number of topics:562
Total number of notes:2834

148.0. "Laundry Aboard...???" by DASXPS::ESSIG (Running down a dream...) Fri Aug 11 1989 13:25

  I have a question about the laundry service on cruise ships. I'm going on
my first cruise on the 27th of this month (honeymoon), on the Carnival ship
Festival. My question is did anyone out there ever use the laundry service on 
board a cruise ship? How was it? How long did it take? My suit cases aren't
all that big, so I'm planning on packing light so as to save room for
souvenirs. Which I'm sure will be many. :7)

Thanks in advance,
Mark
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148.1Hold the starch!CAMLOT::FAMULAROJoe, ZKO3-2T43, DTN381-2565Fri Aug 11 1989 14:2615
    Different ships offer different laundry services.  Most offer dry
    cleaning as well as regular laundry at a price.  Some have self service
    laundry which really comes in handy.  On Sitmar's Fairsky (now one of
    Princes Line's ships) you could bring your laundry down to the laundry
    room, the crew would wash and fold it, then you would tip them whatever
    you felt was appropriate.  If you wanted the clothes ironed the cost
    was minimal.

    Anyway, check the brochure or ask your travel agent what is offered on
    the Festival if you can't get an answer here.

    Have fun.

    Joe

148.2Hold that iron!CAMLOT::FAMULAROJoe, ZKO3-2T43, DTN381-2565Fri Aug 11 1989 14:306
    Oh ya, almost forgot.  If you have blue jeans washed on ship be sure
    you tell them NOT to iron them.  Nine months later my jeans still have
    a crease down each leg.  This has happened on two different ships.  The
    laundry people seem obsessed with ironing things, everything.


148.3Cheap at twice the cost.MUTT::DANIELDAN SODERQUIST DTN 441-2767Fri Aug 11 1989 16:227
    We used the laundry on the Sun Viking last March and the charges were
    less than you would pay at a hotel here in the states. We have not
    cruised with Carnival so am not sure what their policy is for charges.
    
    Hope these replies help.
    
    Dan S.
148.4Now you seeit...now you don'tNPOGRP::COOPERFri Aug 11 1989 18:3611
    
      My wife spilt some red wine on her white blouse.  Had it sent
    to the ships laundry and had it back the next day, no wine.  The
    charge was minimal.  this was on RCCL's Nordic Prince.  but
    just ask your cabin stoward.  They'll take care of you.  And there
    is usualy a discription of services in the ship/cruise line brochure.
    
    	Later
    
    George C.
    
148.5NCL ok tooPOCUS::LONDONTue Aug 15 1989 16:306
    We used the laundry service on NCL/Skyward.
    
    No problems and quick service.  Reasonable too.
    
    Doreen
    
148.6Good clean funLEVERS::CIARFELLASaabless and happyWed Aug 16 1989 16:5210
    
    
    My wife and I used the laundry on the RCCL Song of America.  We
    had suits, skirts, shirts, and dresses cleaned and pressed.  They
    did an excellent job (better than most cleaners I've been to).
    
    It was nice being able to just leave the clothes in the cabin with
    the cleaning order attached and coming back the next day to find
    them cleaned and pressed.
    
148.7DELNI::BASSETTDesignTue Aug 29 1989 22:225
    Don't they get very upset if you iron clothes in your cabin?  Something
    to do with being a fire hazard?  On the Jubilee they had a room for
    everyone to use (one on each floor) to iron your own clothes.
    
    Linda