 |

November 28th, 2010, 07:07 PM
|
Member
Familiar Face
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 58
|
|
Wrinkled Clothes after unpacking
So, tonight we are getting all of our cloths together and getting ready to pack them up for the cruise. My delima is I am concerned that all my nice dress shirts and my jacket will be wrinkled when we unpack them.
any advise on how to make sure they come out nice?
do the cabins have an iron in them like hotels?
__________________
|

November 28th, 2010, 07:17 PM
|
Senior Member
Cruise Maniac
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 137
|
|
We tend to dress up on our cruises and we pack all of our evening wear on hangers covered with plastic dry cleaning bags and put them in suit bags along with our dress shoes (wrapped in tissue paper). I usually pack them last thing the night before we leave and then leave the suitbag out open on the floor ready to be zipped the day of the cruise. Most of our cabins allow us to have laundry/washing/ironing/shoe shine free but if you are staying in a cabin which does not, it is a nominal charge to have your clothes ironed. You may want to hang them on a hanger in back of the bathroom door (which is closed) while you take a shower--it gets good and steamy in the bathroom and may de-wrinkle them a little as well. For other things which I do not want to wrinkle, I may wrap them in tissue paper with paper in the sleeves and in between folds.
Good luck and enjoy your cruise, wrinkled clothes or not!
|

November 28th, 2010, 08:59 PM
|
 |
Moderator
Admiral
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Boston
Posts: 20,399
|
|
You can use bubble pack layers, the wrinkle spray, or the hot steamy bathroom...Also a small steamer will help...
__________________
Trip, with her book & tea!
Chat Hostess & Board Moderator
|

November 28th, 2010, 09:03 PM
|
 |
Administrator
Admiral
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: You're Looking At Me
Posts: 24,361
|
|
Layering in tissue paper and dry cleaning bags is the best trick for reducing or eliminating wrinkles.
Downy Wrinkle release is a good thing for those things that still wrinkle.
Take care,
Mike
__________________
Cruisemates Community Leader/Moderator
"There is a great difference between being well traveled and just having been to many places." ~Me
"Fear is the assassin of dreams." ~Me
|

November 29th, 2010, 07:28 AM
|
Member
Familiar Face
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 42
|
|
I've found that if I do absolutely nothing ... I have maybe one or two shirts that need to have anything done to it on the other end of the flight.
The main thing is to pack correctly and not to overpack. What wrinkles clothing inside a garment bag is smashing the lid down on a case that's stuffed with too many clothes.
|

November 29th, 2010, 07:44 AM
|
 |
Senior Member
Admiral
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 2,676
|
|
I bet ours will be screwed up in a ball then! we have just packed for a cruise that is two weeks away (don't ask why, mad wife!).
|

November 29th, 2010, 08:30 AM
|
Member
Familiar Face
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 42
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnthed0g
I bet ours will be screwed up in a ball then! we have just packed for a cruise that is two weeks away (don't ask why, mad wife!).
|
You poor man. You have my condolences.
|

November 29th, 2010, 09:55 AM
|
 |
Senior Member
Admiral
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 2,676
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroitMark
You poor man. You have my condolences. 
|
Condolences on which...the mad wife or the wrinkled clothes??
|

November 29th, 2010, 10:37 AM
|
Member
Familiar Face
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 42
|
|
Whichever is causing the more stress. lol
|

November 29th, 2010, 10:40 AM
|
 |
Senior Member
Admiral
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 2,676
|
|
|

November 29th, 2010, 01:06 PM
|
Junior Member
Familiar Face
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 26
|
|
My parents told me this trick they use a lot on their cruises, they roll up the clothes and once they are on the ship unpack right away the steam or humidity will take out the wrinkles.
|

November 29th, 2010, 03:39 PM
|
 |
Senior Member
First Mate
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 397
|
|
Rolling in stead of folding does work. Also as mentioned - hanging in the bathroom and letting the steam work out a few wrinkles.
I have also used my flat iron and hair dryer to try and smooth out a few of the big wrinkles.
__________________
CARNIVAL DESTINY 9-1-2011
GRAND PRINCESS 1-21-2012
CARNIVAL GLORY 6-10-2012
CARNIVAL BREEZE 1-13-2013
|

December 5th, 2010, 12:05 PM
|
Senior Member
Cruise Maniac
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 113
|
|
The last dozen cruises or more we have been taking DH suit and clean dress shirts in our carry on so when we get to the cabin we just put the suit out for dry cleaning and the shirts for pressing only. It is the same price as home and lot less packing stress. Works really well cruising out of Europe. For the other items, I place half a dry cleaning bag in between each layer laying the pants in first with the legs hanging out then the shirts with the sleeves out then shorts, t-shirts, pj, etc in the middle, folding everything in on top and the result is no wrinkles or creases. This works for us. If we are going a couple days early, those items are packed in a small carry-on or placed on top. Google for great advice and videos.
__________________
Oasis of the Seas 5/21/11
Eastern Caribbean
Summitt 10/9/11
New England/Canada
228 sea days soon to be 249
|

December 5th, 2010, 03:15 PM
|
 |
Senior Member
Admiral
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 2,676
|
|
No dry cleaning on our cruise, enviromental reasons....
|

December 10th, 2010, 10:41 AM
|
 |
Senior Member
Admiral
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Oakville, Ontario
Posts: 1,232
|
|
With luggage restrictions, we try to pack as light as possible. If we can swing travellign in carryons, we always do ... which means packing as tight we can.
My preference is to roll everything (I've fit a full length dress) into zippy bags and squeeze out the air. Then all the airless bags get plopped into a suitcase.
Yes, everything comes out VERY wrinkled. I have a cheap $20 steamer from Walmart that works amazingly. It takes about 30 minutes or so, on the first day to steam all of our clothes and then we are set for the week.
__________________
Royal Oasis of the Seas - 2013 {pending}
Disney Fantasy - 2013
Disney Dream - 2012
Royal Freedom of the Seas - 2011
HAL Eurodam - 2011
Royal Grandeur of the Seas - 2010
Carnival Dream - 2010
Grand Princess - 2002
Royal Voyageur of the Seas - 2000
Royal Sovereign of the Seas - 1999
Carnival Ecstacy - 1991
|

February 5th, 2011, 05:42 PM
|
Junior Member
Familiar Face
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Arizona
Posts: 10
|
|
I too roll everything and pack not too loosely or things will shift. I always carry a small spray bottle (holds about a cup or so of water) and spray anything that has creases, wrinkles, etc with warm water. I don't like using shower steam -- doesn't do the job as well as the spray bottle. Don't waste your money on the commercial products that take wrinkles out. I also pack a chamois or a commercial cloth like Shamo (or whatever it's called) to roll clothes in if I have to wash anything out in the sink or shower -- removes a lot of the water!
|
 |
Tags
|
bathroom, clothes, clothing, cruise, dewrinkle, dress, evening, flight, rccl, shined, ship, shoes, steamy, suit, wrinkle, wrinkled  |
Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
| |