Laundry on the Magic About This Page:

[DrDolphin]

Full service laundry is VERY expensive. I would save the $$ and use it for the drink of the day (times 3 or 4)!

[Dave Marx]

While full-service is definitely far more expensive than do-it-yourself, in all honesty, I find DCL's full-service rates to be better than the full-service laundry rates offered by many land-based hotels. Unlike most land-based hotels, which use outside laundry services, cruise ships have to do all their washing and dry cleaning in-house. The biggest (clothing) laundry job they do is the uniforms for over 1,000 crew members - whatever they do for passengers is a relative drop in the bucket by comparison. I wouldn't be surprised if they set the rates to where they are simply to keep too many passengers from sending laundry their way.

[rlb38]

Socks were a $1.50 a pair.each item is individually priced and I think socks were the cheapest.The nice thing is the machines tell you how long the cycle will be so you can walk away and return at the end

[colleymouse]

What a great improvement! It will make doing laundry so much easier!

[heatherwillmom]

How difficult is it to get a machine to do your laundry? I thought I might try this so we didn't have to take so many clothes. I especially like to wash our bathing suits

[B.M.]

I hope they do this on the Wonder also!

[pflamingo]

They definitely have the KTTW card system on the Wonder. I did some laundry on our at-sea day. Didn't have any trouble getting a washer or dryer, though there seemed to be a pretty steady stream of people through the laundry room.

[Dave Marx]

Originally Posted by heatherwillmom

How difficult is it to get a machine to do your laundry? I thought I might try this so we didn't have to take so many clothes. I especially like to wash our bathing suits

This depends on the length of your itinerary (long cruises are worse), whether you're in port or on a day at sea (port days are better), and the time of day (morning/early afternoon/evenings after dinner are best, late afternoon/pre-dinner is worst). Typically, we plan to have one laundry day during a 7-night cruise. If you're doing a land/sea vacation, plan to wash everything while you're still at WDW, since you'll have much less competition for empty machines.

While machine washing your swimsuits is possible, I recommend you come equipped to hand wash (bring some Woolite), just in case you can't get to a machine. I rarely have trouble with suits air drying overnight in the room. Besides, when you try to run a wash load daily (as you would for swim suits), you'll spend too much time tending laundry and not enough time having fun.

Basic laundromat etiquette (don't let finished loads sit in the machine for too long after the cycle is over) goes double on the ships, because there are a lot fewer machines available than at a laundromat on dry land. You could return to a roomful of scowls.

[bobyetman]

BTW, it's $2.00 per load for a dryer or washer, and as others have said, it's all with the KTTW card.

[h2ofreeze]

I'm sure this is posted elsewhere, but on the Magic there are laundry rooms on three decks. I used deck 7, which had seven washers/dryers. Note the washers are HE washers, so they spin faster getting more water out before you throw in the dryer. Regular wash cycle is 30 minutes, dry cycle is 45 minutes. Capacity is smaller than a regular machine (these are stacked washer/dryers), but if you use the laundry bag in the room it is about the right amount. Deck 6 has 5 washer/dryers, don't know about the lower deck (2, I think?). I brought detergent from home and got two wash loads from one liquid packet.
We went on the 11-day Mediterranean Cruise. First thing in the morning was the best time (most people are still sleeping, but we got up to watch the sunrise!), though I did manage a load mid-afternoon on a sea day. I used the laundry service to press my suit and dress shirts (about $11), and was very pleased.