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For a really good, season ending cleaning, they should come apart. At least once a year and those reels are worth keeping up. Most good places will charge about $15-25 per reel (depending on model) for a good cleaning. Cleaning reels by yourself is not difficult but it can be time consuming, but definitely worth it in the long run. Just think, if you had to clean just four reels a year, you can save the money by doing it yourself and buying a new reel every year 8) ... And what self-respecting fishing hardware junkie would not like a new "free" reel every year, eh?
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Best bet for you would be to find someone you know who is good at it and watch, do, and learn. After a while you will feel very comfortable doing it yourself and end up saving the money.
Another thing to keep in mind. If you are hard on a reel or it takes a sand bath over the season, you may want to clean it immediately instead of waiting a couple weeks for someone else. Also, March and April tend to have 1-2 MONTH waiting periods for reel servicing from some particular authorized dealers :P
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