Originally posted by Cheese Please
On my last cruise I had my tux dry cleaned on the ship. It only cost $7 which is not much more than at my dry cleaners at home.
I also "snatched" a copy of the dry cleaning list. Here is a summary.
Pants $4.25
Jackets $4.50
2 piece suit $7.00
Shirts $3.50
Ties $2.00
Evening Dress $8.00
Skirt $4.50
Blouses $4.00
They also have laundry prices
Shirts $3.00
Pants $3.50
Short Pans $2.50
There is a "pressing only" service at 50% of dry cleaning cost.
Regular Service is next day by 5 pm
Same day service add 50% of dry cleaning (picked up before 9am and returned by 5 PM)
Express Service add 100% of dry cleaning (call for pickup, returned in 3 hours)
Dave
The rotations are...
PLAPLAP,
LAPLAPL, and
APLAPLA.
where P is Parrot Cay, L is Lumières, and A is Animators' Palate.
As for which rotation you would get, by default, according to EntropyM's "<a href="http://hometown.aol.com/entropym/pages/">Magical Disney Cruise Guide</a>":
<b>The restaurant rotation seems to be based on the makeup of your party:
<nl><li>Have a lot of little ones...count on Animator’s, Parrot Cay then Lumiere’s.
<li>Have say 7-10 year olds...count on Parrot Cay, Lumiere’s and then Animator’s
<li>Have older teens, senior citizens, honeymooners, or just adults...count on Lumiere’s, Animator’s and then Parrot Cay.</nl>
Of course this isn't guaranteed. They still need to move groups around to fill the dining room evenly. (Information provided by Divaofdeep)</b>
All that being said, the general consensus among experienced cruisers is the preference for rotation should be:
1st choice: PLAPLAP
2nd choice: LAPLAPL
3rd choice: APLAPLA
Although there are seven dinners on the seven-night cruise, you get each restaurant's menu only once. For Animators' Palate, that means you get the light show only once. These nights are Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday. Sunday and Thursday are formal nights with the same menu in all three restaurants. Tuesday is Tropical Night with the same menu in all three restaurants. Friday is their "It's a Small World" night with the same menu served in all three restaurants.
And opinions vary, but the majority opinion seems to be that the night you have Parrot Cay for it's rotation dining menu is the best night for going to Palo.