Mrs Bella Jones

[BellaJones]

Please could anyone tell me if ironing facilities are available in Allure balcony cabins?

[boulders]

No there are no ironing facilities for passengers. There is a pressing service and a laundry service.

[1025cruise]

Welcome to Cruise Critic.

 

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With regards to laundry, Royal Caribbean does not put self serve laundries on their ship. Also, do not bring your own iron, it will be confiscated.

[leaveitallbehind]

As mentioned, there are no self service laundry facilities on any RCI ships and irons are not allowed to be brought on board to use in your stateroom as they pose a fire hazard. However, there are fee based dry cleaning and laundry services available on board.

[Bonnie J.]

You can bring Downey's Wrinkle Release which you spry on clothes to get the wrinkles out- but do this in the morning to give time for it to work. You can find this with the detergents in any grocery store. You can also bring a steamer to do this.

[paul929207]

Royal Caribbean views laundry as a money maker. SO you must go thru them for cleaning and pressing

[cb at sea]

Neither RCI or Celebrity have any passenger laundry facilities.

[Fredr]

Don't let wrinkled clothes bother you. I know you want to look your best but on a ship the size of the Allure and the itinerary, wrinkled clothes should not be given a second thought.

[Lerin]

We find steaming items in the shower works quite well. :)

[hsaroya]

We were on Oasis for a Christmas sailing and my mom's iron was confiscated - she didn't know about the policy and we didn't think to mention it. Not sure if you're staying in a hotel for the night when you get to the port city, but we did and used the iron in the hotel room to iron all of our good clothes, put them in a thin garment bag and carried them on board, leaving the rest of the baggage for the porters. Worked well and it was free!

[alcpa1]

There are many threads about packing. You can do a search here on Cruise Critic and be overwhelmed....

There are you tube videos and google searches that will also give you great tips.

 

For us, the best method is to pack everything in either plastic bags and the thin dry cleaning bags for our clothes on hangers. Our over cautious approach resulted from luggage getting soaked on an airport tarmac. But it works.

 

Have a great cruise. Don't worry about your clothing, everyone else is in and on the same boat. And, before you ask....a steamer is also banned.