Ted,
Didn't I tell you my alias is "washer woman?" With 4 children I do several loads of wash a day. I can tell you on my Oceania cruises I had no difficulty with wash and each cruise I have washed a number of times as my husband works out daily and his workout clothes need washing often. It is all about timing. If you pick a sea day midday you will definitely find it crowded. I usually went early morning or even better around dinner. We are late diners and it appears the majority like to go eat about 7:30. So I would pop a load in at 7:00. It would be finished about 7:30. I would toss it in the dryer and try to pick it up by 8:20 and then head out to dinner. If it wasn't quite dry, I would try to order dinner and then wander back to laundry and throw it back in the room. If I miscalculated someone would take it out of the dryer and put it on the table and I would retrieve it after dinner.