The public laundry facilties at most Disney Vacation Club resorts are scheduled to receive high-tech makeovers.
The public laundry rooms are mostly utilized by guests staying in Deluxe Studio villas. But with only a handful of machines available to service dozens or hundreds of rooms, capacity often proves to be a problem. Slow cycles, mechanical breakdowns and the failure of guests to monitor their laundry jobs can create headaches for fellow guests.
Disney is looking to reduce or eliminate all of those problems.
New equipment being installed will not only complete its cycles in shorter times but also offer a number of technological advances to aid in the laundry management process.
Before even visiting the laundry room, guests will be able to visit a mobile website to determine the current availability status of machines. The website will display the how many machines are currently available for use, as well as the time remaining for machines running another guest's laundry.
When using the machiness, guests can set-up text message alerts to notify them when their cycles is complete.
Additionally machines in need of repairs will send their own maintenance alerts to accellerate response time by resort staff.
The machines are presently being installed in all Disney Vacation Club resorts at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, as well as Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort and Disney's Vero Beach Resort. Machine usage is complimentary to DVC members. A single-load box of laundry detergent is typically provided to guests upon arrival with additional supplies available for purchase.
