Self Service Laundry

[casandbliz]

I searched for this topic, but didn't find anything.

 

Does the Emerald Princess have self service laundry facilities on board? Any info is appreciated!

[voljeep]

yes

[Grburkart]

I’ll be on the Emerald in October and in my research, there are laundry facilities throughout the ship. If you go to deck plans on the princess website you can find the laundry room closest to your stateroom. 

 

Glenn

[Colo Cruiser]

12 minutes ago, casandbliz said:

I searched for this topic, but didn't find anything.

 

Does the Emerald Princess have self service laundry facilities on board? Any info is appreciated!

Yes pretty much on every deck.

As stated check out the deck plans.

[voljeep]

purchase tokens for washer and dryer  $ 3 each per load

[paul929207]

Every Princess ship has self service laundries. 

[FLCruise7]

Look towards the back of the ship.  That's where we've generally found them.  The one exception I recall was on the Grand - they had a very small laundry down on Deck 5 forward.

[catsdinner]

On one deck it will be at the aft and the next deck it will be forward.

[Ep010835]

3 hours ago, voljeep said:

purchase tokens for washer and dryer  $ 3 each per load

 

$1.50 for detergent, etc. Some have reported getting tokens (no coins accepted, only Princess tokens) at the purser’s desk. I’ve never had any problems with the token dispensers in the laundry rooms. 

[JF - retired RRT]

Also, bring your own detergent & softener. On the ship, they cost something like $1.50 each.

[GloriaF]

We did laundry on longer cruises quite often before becoming elite.  We would pack powdered detergent or pods and dryer sheets in separate ziplock bags in our airline checked luggage.  You can also find bleach as well as Unstoppables softener in granulated form, so no liquids to worry about leaking.  

Edited January 29, 2019 by GloriaF

[JoRoy218]

As mentioned above, look at deck plans in relation to your cabin. Sometimes the laundry facility on upper or lower deck will be closer. I always use these on our cruises. Just a little advice, avoid on sea days.  We usually do Anytime Dining later and I noticed that doing laundry late afternoons (4-5) is usually less crowded. Unfortunately, they just don’t have enough machines and I’ve witnessed some heated discussions over laundry. 

Also mentioned above, I always pack detergent pods and Bounce in checked luggage. 

[c-boy]

laundry shenanigans ?

[GloriaF]

A word f caution:  Remove laundry from machine to dryer and from dryer promptly.  I've seen people take other's laundry out of stopped machine,  If you don't stay with it, check back often.

[Ep010835]

Just now, GloriaF said:

A word f caution:  Remove laundry from machine to dryer and from dryer promptly.  I've seen people take other's laundry out of stopped machine,  If you don't stay with it, check back often.

 

I'm guessing this is what led to the aforementioned "heated discussions". 

[c-boy]

it's a bizarre  behavior, but it happens.  Lost many shirts to the dreaded pilfer disease. 

[JoRoy218]

Oh yes! There are signs posted above the machines as to length of time for each cycle.

People DO remove others laundry if machine is stopped. Time your machines or hang out there, usually a tv or bring the Patter. 🙄

[Ep010835]

2 minutes ago, JoRoy218 said:

People DO remove others laundry if machine is stopped. 

 

Is this considered improper behavior?

 

[JoRoy218]

No, I would like to think a considerate passenger would be there to take care of laundry within minutes of cycle completion.  There have been times I’ve observed laundry left untouched during my entire wash and dry cycles.  My thing is “do unto others...”

[c-boy]

27 minutes ago, Ep010835 said:

 

Is this considered improper behavior?

 

 wait til ya see someone wearing your shirt ya lost 3 days earlier....

[JoRoy218]

Haha, I am usually at machine by the time it’s done but I could see that happening!