towels on cruise ship

[JOANN226]

I was going to pack beach/pool towels for our cruise 7/18, my daughter a previous cruiser said
that they give you pool towels, how does that work, I figured I would need towels going onto the private island.

[cliffd64]

No.. you on't need to bring your own. Every time you leave the ship you can sign out a bunch of towels and return them when you get back. It's really simple and quite easy. Imagine how ... ummm... pungent your beachtowel might be after a week of use with no real laundry [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Cliff


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[trish1c]

Joann --

When you get off the ship you sign for towels you are taking w/ you. When you bring them back the receipts are collected. If you don't bring them back they charge you -- $22 a towel I think.

Some people prefer their own towels b/c they're easier to find in a sea of identical ones, but there's really no place to clean or dry them. Plus w/ luggage space at a premium, why waste it on a towel.

Trish

[JOANN226]

Thank you so much for giving me my answer, I really didnt want to have to pack them, and I can imagine what they would end up smelling like. Now I have more room for more clothes. Which I know I am over packing.

[Big Al B.]

They also keep a supply of towels at each pool location. Just use them and put them in the proper place when you are finished.

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[vijoge]

We didn't have to sign out towels at the island. they just gave them to us when we got off the ship.

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