We just returned on Saturday from a 21 day Caribbean on Rotterdam...Our experience (YMMV) with the unlimited laundry was:
-pre-cruise price of $147($7 per day), we decided to wait till onboard to get it so as to use OBC for this. We did the On board unlimited, price was $147($7 per day)...... (per Bag price was $20 per bag)..
-This allowed us to pack less and just do laundry more frequently due to warm climate and alot of walking. To our surprise, we did about 13 or14 loads(full bags) of laundry for the $147...
-We requested two more laundry bags and papers from our room stewards on day one. We usually sent in two bags each time. Some with different requests but everything in each bag was to be done by that request so as to minimize confusion...
-We sent in some bags with no special requests as to temperature or drying....
-We sent in some bags with requests for regular wash but low or medium heat for drying....
-We sent in some bags with request for gentle or delicate cold wash and either low heat dry or air dry...
- We sent in some clothes that had a blue ink mark on a white shirt and some that had food/juice spill on it. We specifically wrote which clothes had these issues so they would know which ones...
- We never checked the boxes on the papers as to folding or hanging or pressing...
-We wrote our special requests on the space at the top of the paper...
-We took a picture of each laundry paper that we sent in....
Returned clothes: -Every item was either folded or on hangers appropriately...
-All stains or marks completely removed....
-Clothes had been pressed....
-All our special requests had been met as best as we could tell from the great condition of our clothes...
-Gentle washed and air dried clothes took an extra half day to return. But we had anticipated and planned for them to have it longer, ...
-most loads were returned the next day. We had planned for it to take about 2 days..
We were/are extremely pleased with the results and this gives us confidence with taking less clothes along and just planning for the laundry timing.
Each returned load had a note with the laundry persons name on it. We ensured that we put in good comments on the navigator "connect with us" comment feature for each person multiple times..
We missed this one but next trip will look into how to tip those people a little extra...
Long-winded but that about wraps this up from this cruise. Now we have to get over the fact that our laundry at home is not going to do itself. Oh well...🤪