Hi there!
Princess cruise ships have laundry rooms so you can do laundry on your own.
It’s also possible to send your clothes through the laundry service so you don’t need to do laundry on your own.
But this will focus on how to do laundry on your own.
So when you are on a Princess cruise, you can wash your clothes and dry your clothes in the laundry room.
It’s basically token-operated laundry that you can do on your own at any time.
It’s easy to get tokens, and you will get these tokens in the laundry room at the time you want to do laundry.
You will use your Princess medallion to get the tokens.
The Princess medallion is like a room key that you’ll get before you get on your cruise, and you can use it to pay for laundry too.
👆 There are laundry rooms on Princess cruise ships. This is a Diamond Princess laundry room.
👆 You will use your Princess medallion to pay for laundry on your Princess cruise.
If you want to know exactly where your nearest laundry room is before you get on the ship, you can search for the deck plan for the cruise ship you will be on.
For example, here is the Diamond Princess deck plan. Click on “staterooms” and search for the deck your cabin is on, and see where the “laundromat” is located.
Laundry rooms aren’t on every deck.
So if you don’t see one on the deck of your cabin, you can then search for another deck that’s directly above and below yours to see where the nearest laundry room is.
More for your Princess cruise:
Now…
How to do self-service laundry on a Princess cruise ship (on your own)
- Go to the nearest laundry room
- Buy tokens for the washing machine, dryer, and laundry detergent
- Place your clothes and laundry detergent in the washing machine, insert the tokens, and start the laundry machine!
- Wait 35 minutes for the washing machine to finish
- Place your clothes in the dryer, insert the tokens, and start the dryer!
- Wait 55 minutes for the dryer to finish
- You have clean clothes!
I did laundry on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in March 2023. Your experience may vary!
So when it’s time to do laundry, you will go to the nearest laundry room.
You can just walk right into the laundry room.
You’ll see the token machine, the machine to buy laundry detergent.
Yes there is laundry detergent on the cruise ship so you don’t need to pack that either! You might want to pack a few dryer sheets in a ziplock bag, though!
And then of course you’ll see the washing machines and dryers.
There’s also an ironing board.
There was also a chair if you want to stay in the laundry room while you wait for your clothes to wash and dry, with a TV to entertain you. (There are a few live channels.)
So when you are ready to do laundry, you’ll go to the token machine.
To get started, you’ll touch the screen.
Basically you just follow the prompts.
You’ll input what you want tokens for.
You can buy the tokens for washer, dryer, and laundry detergent all at the same time.
The laundry detergent is a “vended product.”
I bought just the washer and laundry detergent first so I wouldn’t have to keep track of the extra token for the dryer. 🤣
👆 Buy tokens for the washer, dryer, and laundry detergent at once.
👆 Buy tokens for only the washer and laundry detergent.
Then you’ll “purchase now” to be taken to the next screen.
This is where you’ll place your Princess medallion on the spot.
And just like that, you’ve paid for your laundry and you’ll receive the tokens!
So now that you have your token, next you can buy the laundry detergent from the machine that is right next to the token machine.
The tokens for the washer and dryer are the same, but the token for the laundry detergent are different from the washer/dryer.
So you can try one and if that doesn’t work then try the other.
And then you have your laundry detergent!
So now that you have your detergent, you will place your clothes and laundry detergent in the washing machine.
Then you’ll place the token in the slot, and then press the type of washing cycle you want!
👆 The washing machine might take 34 minutes to finish.
Then, you can set the timer on your phone for however many minutes the washing machine shows is remaining!
Then… go for a walk around the cruise ship while you wait for it to finish!
So once I returned back to the laundry room, I bought another token for the dryer that I didn’t buy before.
Once again, you’ll insert the token in the slot, and then this time press the dryer cycle you want!
👆 The dryer might take 56 minutes to finish.
Then, you can set the timer on your phone for however many minutes the dryer shows is remaining!
Then once again you can leave and come back once it’s finished!
And now you’ve finished your laundry on a cruise ship!
How much does laundry cost on Princess cruise ships?
The cost of the washing machine was $3.
The cost of the dryer was $3.
The cost of the laundry detergent was $1.50.
So the total cost to do one load of laundry on a Princess cruise ship is $7.50.
The iron is free.
This is how much it cost me on the Diamond Princess in March 2023!
HAPPY DOING LAUNDRY ON A PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP!
Prep for a Princess cruise:
- Main dining room food:
- More cruise food:
- What to watch on your stateroom TV (really!)
- Inside a cruise ship bathroom
- Checking in: cruise boarding time
- When you’re on the ship: Future cruise deposit
- Princess cruise daily onboard activities