Towels while in port

[T3xan]

I am trying to figure out the best way to deal with towels and excursions while in the port destinations.  If planning excursion that will require a towel what is the best way to handle.  Can you take towels from the ship and if so do you need to secure those the day/night before or should we bring our own towels on the cruise to take on excursions.  I thought I once heard there is someone at the ship exit that checks out towels for your use that day in port but not sure if that is true.  Any advice appreciated.  Thanks.  

[TravisP]

You can take towel from the ship on excursions. 

[Peeker28]

I'm going to buy the thin microfiber towels that you can get on Amazon.  They fold up smaller than a bulkier towel

[cloud7cruise]

We were on the Navigator earlier in the month. The ship actually set up Towel station on the pier after you get off to sign out towels.  This was the case on every port we visited.

[OCruisers]

You'll be able to get the amount of beach towels you need to take ashore ... and clean ones as needed.

No need to pack your own!  

[Croozin Soozin]

You can get beach towels the night before and have your beach bag all set to go in the morning!

Edited April 25, 2019 by Croozin Soozin

[cb at sea]

All mainstream cruise lines provide towels for pool and beach!

[davekathy]

6 hours ago, T3xan said:

I am trying to figure out the best way to deal with towels and excursions while in the port destinations.  If planning excursion that will require a towel what is the best way to handle.  Can you take towels from the ship and if so do you need to secure those the day/night before or should we bring our own towels on the cruise to take on excursions.  I thought I once heard there is someone at the ship exit that checks out towels for your use that day in port but not sure if that is true.  Any advice appreciated.  Thanks.  

When you check out pool towels whether while on the ship or to them off the ship, your Sea Pass card will be swiped for the number of towels you take. Make they swipe your Sea Pass card when you return the pool towels or you will be charged $25.00 per towel. 

Edited April 26, 2019 by davekathy

[5thgirl]

Yep, you'll be able to take the ship towels but just be careful as we got ours stolen off the beach one year and there's a $25 charge as mentioned. 

[brillohead]

7 hours ago, Croozin Soozin said:

You can get beach towels the night before and have your beach bag all set to go in the morning!

This is what I do all cruise long.

I get my towels the first day, use them poolside, then before going back to the room I simply swap them out (exchange) for clean ones.  (When just exchanging, you don't have to swipe your card to check in your towels and then swipe again to check new ones out -- you just trade even-up and no swiping is involved.)

If I'm going ashore the next day, I already have towels in my room to pack in my beach bag.  

[sparks1093]

5 hours ago, brillohead said:

This is what I do all cruise long.

I get my towels the first day, use them poolside, then before going back to the room I simply swap them out (exchange) for clean ones.  (When just exchanging, you don't have to swipe your card to check in your towels and then swipe again to check new ones out -- you just trade even-up and no swiping is involved.)

If I'm going ashore the next day, I already have towels in my room to pack in my beach bag.  

Exactly what we did. On the evening of the last day we turned them in.

[OCruisers]

13 hours ago, brillohead said:

This is what I do all cruise long.

I get my towels the first day, use them poolside, then before going back to the room I simply swap them out (exchange) for clean ones.  (When just exchanging, you don't have to swipe your card to check in your towels and then swipe again to check new ones out -- you just trade even-up and no swiping is involved.)

If I'm going ashore the next day, I already have towels in my room to pack in my beach bag.  

 

We do the same ... works out great! 

[SimplyMarvie]

On 4/25/2019 at 9:16 PM, Peeker28 said:

I'm going to buy the thin microfiber towels that you can get on Amazon.  They fold up smaller than a bulkier towel

 

This is what we do as well -- mine roll up and have an elastic band around them, and are about the size of a water bottle. My family seems to think that I'm their pack mule, so its WAY easier to schlep towels for five if they're not the big fluffy terrycloth ships towels. Plus, since they absorb less water and dry so quickly they're lighter to carry on the way home.

[shuconn]

can you sign out more then one towel per person. i like to bring two towels with me to shore-this way i have a dry one for later in the day

[Clarea]

4 minutes ago, shuconn said:

can you sign out more then one towel per person. i like to bring two towels with me to shore-this way i have a dry one for later in the day

 

Yes, you can sign out multiple towels per person.