NEW "NURSE" discount offered at the Swan and Dolphin!

[glo]

As of today nurses have the same discount as teachers and goverment employees. You will need to call and ask for the "NURSE" code and see if it is available. You will also need to provide identification at check in!
The new rate will be for $129 per night and is currently avaiable for the same times the TEACH, GOVERMENT, and entertainment and AP dicounts are offered!

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[nicu-RN]

thanks for letting us know about that. maggie

[bubbles]

Hi is this code year round or are there blocks of time it is available?? thanks

[glo]

Hey Bubbles!
You are from my neck of the woods! My DH went to Xaverian. I grew up in West Roxbury, and now live in Franklin!

Well, enough chatting here is the info you asked for. The dates of availibilty as of 2/20/2001

3/18/01 - 4/21/01
4/25/01 - 4/28/01
5/03/01 - 5/05/01
5/09/01 - 5/29/01
6/03/01 - 6/05/01
6/08/01 - 6/28/01
7/03/01 - 9/25/01
10/04/01 - 10/05/01
10/11/01 - 10/13/01
10/18/01 - 10/20/01
10/24/01 - 10/28/01
11/01/01 - 11/11/01
11/21/01 - 1/12/02
1/16/02 - 1/19/02
1/25/02 - 1/26/02
1/31/02 - 2/02/02
2/06/02 - 2/16/02
2/21/02 - 2/23/02
2/28/02 - 3/09/02
3/14/02 - 3/16/02
3/20/02 - 3/23/02
3/28/02 - 3/31/02

:D

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[roliepolieoliefan]

I haven't even tried to get the discount yet for the dates we're going. Hope I can! But even not, I'm so happy they now recognize us hard working nurses(even though I've been a stay at home mom for almost 3 years now, LOL) Thx GLO!

[jvw]

How about dicounts for hard working X-Ray Techs. Maybe all health working should get the dicount (well maybe not doctors). Why just teachers, gov.empl. and nurses?

jvw

[susieeQ]

How do they know if you are a nurse. Do they ask to see your license? I am a respiratory therapist. How about a discount for me too!!

[jvw]

Susiee,Maybe we should call S/D and ask why other health care workers don't get the same discount as Teachers,nurses, and gov't emp. Lucky president Bush even he can get a discount (Ha Ha)jvw X-Ray tech.

jvw

[mar915]

I second that as a physical therapist it is strange that only nurses and not other licensed health care workers get the discount.

[jvw]

I called today to see if X-Ray tech. could get a discount at D/S. Ofcoarse they said no. I asked WHY just gov't emp.,teachers,and nurses she couldn't answer me. It's really not fair at all. Maybe just maybe if other health care workers keep calling and asking they will give us the discount too. So let's hear it from all the x-ray techs, lab tech, physical therapists, ras.therapists, and anyone else that thinks this discount is so unfair. jvw

jvw

[mar915]

On Saturday I called and they said no and I stated that it did not make any sense to pick only nurses and not other healthcare workers.

So on Sunday I wrote a e-mail to them also.

[Gillian]

Pharmacists need a discount too!

:)

[ElEd]

this discount should apply to ALL licensed medical professionals
for 50 weeks a year i see stuff you could never imagine..or would want to.
so when it comes to my 2 weeks to unwind and relax,a discount would be sweet.
a little appreciation is great thing!

air goes in and out...blood goes round and round ANY deviation to this is considered a BAD thing!!

[cbar]

Just wanted to comment on this because I had stated a few months ago to a poster who I noticed was a nurse that they should get some kind of discount, because I have a lousy disease and these people are invaluable when you have to be pricked with needles ten times a day and they are there to clean up all the throw up after your treatments. And most do it with a smile. I never dreamed that they actually would implement a nurse discount. I understand you all in the health care field feeling this is unfair, but how is that different from the Teacher or Government discounts. By the way Medics and EMTs if paid by the city or county governments are eligible for the government discount. Maybe even city hopsital personnel also.

Please do not complain too much about this newly added benefit for nurses, if you do,it may just be taken away. Believe me these people deserve our thanks and I for one am glad to see the Swan/Dolphin add the benefit. I am an accountant and I don't believe that there will ever be a discount for my profession. Oh well, I never have to clean up someone else's throw up either! LOL

This is just my opinion based on my experience. Please I do not mean to offend anyone ;)

[Gillian]

accountants need a discount too! Discounts for everyone!

Seriously, nurses have one of the toughtest jobs out there (as do teachers) and it's great that they can enjoy such nice resorts at a great rate.

[MKFan]

Does this matter? She has a license and did work as a nurse but she is taking time off to raise our children.

[SunniB]

Hi! I am a teacher and I just used the discount this past weekend to make reservations for spring break. I can't wait. :D

One thing you have to be careful about is that you do have to have proof, either a work ID or a current pay stub or a letter on company letterhead or you will be charged full price when you get there. So it probably won't work if you have been home for 3 years...I'd hate for you to get there and have to pay full price.

Sunni :(

[baileybrad]

the "pulse" discount, sorry couldn't resist. ;) Discounts are really a great thing, aren't they!

[bubbles]

Thank you to neighbor glo. I will definately use the info to plan a trip next year. thanks again

[Winston112]

Thank you for the valuable info, glo. I hope to use it this fall.

[roliepolieoliefan]

Does she not still have some sort of card showing her nursing status? Like she is a nurse, but inactive at this time. I too have been a stay at home mom for almost 3 years but kept my license current. I'm taking my license with me when we go next month. Even though I'm not working right now, I'm still a nurse.

[MKFan]

You need proof of your license and must be keeping your license current. I called and confirmed it with CRO. This discount is great! We would have never been able to afford the Dolphin/Swan without it. I now only have to decide between the Dolphin or the Swan.

[disneydeb]

i have a wallet card that comes with my nursing licence every year, it has your main licence and a copy for your employer and a wallet card to carry if needed with your licence number and nursing status whether your an rn or lpn/lvn. or is itr only my state that has that?

[Judy from Boise]

we just get our license.
I agree, please don't complain about a nice gesture. The more positive feedback, the more likley future discounts will come.

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[DisMomRN]

I for one am very grateful to be recognized and given a discount. As a nurse I am quite proud of my chosen profession and work hard myself to keep the highest standards. I also recognize that this is also true of many other professions that also deserve to be recognized. I think if we continue to praise those who choose to reward certain professions with discounts, eventually I bet you'll see a rotation in the professions they choose to give discounts to. Always praise good behavior!! :D

[NancyIL]

"SwanDolphin" (the man) has done a wonderful thing by adding a NURSE discount to the other discounts available at the WDW Swan and Dolphin Resort. Unfortunately, every time a new discount is added, there are complaints from those who AREN'T included! Good grief, folks - be thankful that more people qualify for a discount! To those don't qualify for the government, teacher or nurse discounts, you are STILL eligible for the Entertainment (including Disney Club) and AP discount (depending on availability), which isn't that much more per night. :)

[figment27]

Hi,
Just a question as a result of your post on the 13th. Is a current nursing license proof enough of your professional status? I realize teachers, government employees do not have a state license thus the necessity for providing the documentation indicating your professional status but I would think a current nursing license, issues by your state of residence, would be proof enough.
Figment27

[Pud'nHead]

Do Canadian Nurses qualify for this offer?

Mike in the Maritmes
36 Days and counting...

[glo]

Disney and CRO are not part of this promotion at all, and would have no knowledge of it. These discounts are only offered for the Swan and Dolphin resorts.

Figment, I think that you need to bring proof that you are currently employyed as a nurse. Teachers can bring their State certifications, but must also bring a pay stub or ID. The same must hold for nurses. I will check on it though.

Yes, Canadian Nurses are all included.

;)

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[DisOrBust]

Thank you SWan/Dolphin!!! I just hit the boards after a heartbreaking rotten day at work and saw this thread! What a way to be cheered up. I will be sure to post in the locker room, and I hope other RN's will to, this info.

[roliepolieoliefan]

When I made my reservations at the Swan/Dolphin for next month. I was told I just need proof I was a nurse. I asked if my current RN license would be OK and she said Yes. Never said anything about any kind of ID or paystub.

[hansolo]

I'm glad nurses are finally getting recognized, they work so hard to take care of us. My fiance is a RN and she works 12 hours days/nights, works a lot of overtime and is overworked. Here in Canada they are underpaid and at times have a team of 9 patients to care for. I'm glad we were able to book the dolphin at this rate, making our honeymoon that much better and a much needed break for my future wife.
:cool:

[glo]

You don't have to be currently employed as a teacher or a nurse to get the discount as long as you have either a current nurse's licence or a current teaching certificate.

Also, volunteer firefighters qualify under the goverment rate as long as they supply aletter from the town stating what they do.

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[roliepolieoliefan]

Gees you made me nervous when you said I needed a pay stub. Swan Here we Come!! WOO HOO!!!!!!

[glo]

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[suzjoh]

Going 8/18-25!
Maybe next visit I can afford the W/D!!!
Will be staying @ old Key West in August thanks to getting bumped on our last trip, purchasing A.P's and a friend who sold us her points for $9 a piece!!!

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;) :D :) :cool:

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[glo]

:D :) BUMPING!!! :D ;)

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[glo]

:) :cool: :D ;) :cool: :)

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[Winston112]

Thanks again for the information glo. That was such a good rate that I'm not waiting to Fall to use it. We'll be taking an extra trip to WDW in June. Got the Dolphin for 4 nights. I'm soooooooo excited!!!!!

[Antonia]

Hey, anyone that thinks this nurse discount is unfair has no idea how many other breaks nurses get. We have Nurses Week when we get gifts and floral arrangements. LOL I have been stopped 3 times over 18 years for minor traffic violations and every time the officer said upon learning that I'm a nurse "I never ticket nurses." I never received a ticket - ever. It's funny to hear how many people want to whine about nurses getting a discount and trying to lump them in with all other persons associated with healthcare- when is the last time you ever heard a sick person say "I don't feel good. Get me an x-ray tech!"?? LOL LOL Never! No, they all want a nurse. Nurses are and always will be favored among healthcare workers. Up with nurses! Of course, we couldn't do it without the support from x-ray techs, etc, but I still contend nurses are SPECIAL!

[SunniB]

to figment8: Teachers are also certified by the state- we have state certifications that are renewed every 5 years. - I did look it up and apparently this would also work -unfortunately the downtown office keeps it in their files and we don't get it!!!LOL

Sunni

[nancycels]

First, I'm not a nurse,just a research tech in a neonatal intensive care unit. I just wanted to say these professionals deserve this BIG TIME! I've never seen people who work such long hours and under such tough conditions. Of course, like everyone else who works in a hospital, I'd love a discount, but THREE CHEERS! THE NURSES DESERVE THIS ONE! CONGRATS ALL!

[jvw]

Antonia, We the the x-ray teach's find the pt's problem ( and it's now always easy) by taking good x-rays. We save lives every day by taking good x-rays then doctors and nurse will know how to treat the pt.We too have national x-ray tech week. But I've never had a traffic violation. I wouldn't want to get in a acc. and have to have a x-ray tech push that 2 ton protable x-ray machine to the e.r. justTO x-ray me. I've had lots of pt's call me NURSE and I always tell them with pride I'm not a NURSE I'm a x-ray tech. WE ALL WORK HARD IN HEALTHCARE AND THE PT'S NEED ALL OF US.lol

jvw

[Antonia]

JVW - I bet you are a great x-ray tech and if I were sick, or maybe right after my traffic accident (LOL) I would probably say "Get me an x-ray tech!" I agree with you that it takes all of us to make a team. Hey, nurses can get up to 3 rooms I think. If you'll go in June, I'll get one for you, too. LOL :)

[glo]

Bumping up for others to see!

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[jvw]

Antonia, Thanks for the offer for the room in June but I'm going in Dec. I'll just keep calling the hotel to see when they will give us other healthcare workers the discount. And watch that driving I don't want to see you in my x-ray dept.But maybe I'll get you for a mammogram. jvw

jvw

[classicpooh]

I have been keeping quiet on this one, but here are my humble thoughts...
All healthcare workers are invaluable to the patient, from the secretaries who answer the phones to the personnel who clean the rooms and empty the trash. Without everyone involved a hospital could not deliver excellent patient care.

But it is the nurse, rather than any other healthcare worker who assumes responsibility for the patient for an 8, 12 or 16 hour shift. It is the nurse who cleans the patient, changes the dressings and gets emotionally invested for the good and the bad. If a patient is unpleasant, or difficut, there is no leaving for the nurse. And no guarentee that the same situation won't reoccur the next day, or the next...

For those overworked and underpaid for the responsibilty and emotional toll that this job takes - a little discount is well deserved! JMHO

[cdrn1]

I'm just home from a 4-day stretch, all four days involving 2-3 hours of overtime, and I'm tired and my back hurts and I had no time for lunch (or breakfast either, now that I think about it!)
It was a hard week, and I saw some bad things and held some hands and gave some hugs and cried some.
Sometimes I feel discouraged because no one knows what it's like except other nurses. It was so great to see all the nice things written here about nurses; thank you all.
Healthcare is a team, none of us could do it without the rest of the team. I love the folks I work with.
I hope someday all the team gets a discount but for now I am just happy that nurses do because I am GOING TO DISNEY in December and now maybe I will get to stay someplace really nice that I have never been able to afford on a nurse's pay!

[jensosa]

i also work in nursing i'm a cna and i work my butt off get mandated to stay if their are call outs but am compensated very well. I work at our local hospital and most of the time do most of all the grunt work. i am not complaining and sorry if i am and it is all team work and wouldnt trade it for all the world ,well may be some days.

[glo]

For all the wonderful nurses out there!
Another bump!

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[mar915]

I work in a hospital for 10 years as a physical therapist. Like many nurses I work 10-12 hour shifts to get both inpatients and outpatients there therapy. I also work 8-10 hour days at least 2 weekends a month. I am paid for 8 hours but stay till our patients are done. I also clean, dress and do many of the same things nurses do. The difference is that instead of 6-8 patients a day to take care of I have 16-20 a day. All requiring a lot of time, running in our department and going up at a phone call from the nurses to transfer patients back to bed. I respect nurses but if I need help they are busy and I do a lot of the work they do not have time for. If you have ever worked on an orthopedic floor ask them who they want to be there, and other than for the pain meds it is the PT/OT's who get them moving and home. So please everyone in a hospital is the number one person, not just the nurse. We work together to get the patient to the place they need to be. I just finished with JCAHO this week and it was amazing how much was put onto what the therapist did in order for the nurses to do there job. We are a team and should be treated as one.

I think we should just all give up on this topic because it causes great emotions.

:

[cdrn1]

As I said, we are all a team. The patients need all of us. We have great PT/OT staff in our hospital. Wish THEY would come up at a phone call to help with the transfers back to bed!!!

[pedsrn]

Please do not begrudge a nurse a beneift... for all the mandatory overtime, nights, weekends and holdiays that we work - it is nice to be recognized for once. We are ALL a team and all work hard - we all deserve a break - Not to be rude, but other healthcare professionals are paid more and I don't see them @ night or on Christmas!

[kingdomqueen]

I would think a copy of a nursing license would be sufficient along with a driver's license or picture ID.

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[mar915]

We do work till 9pm at night starting at 7 or 9am in the morning and do work all holidays including Christmas, so do lab people and the computer people, admission people, ect. Let give up this argument!!!!

[jensosa]

maybe if enough people complained in the healthcare industry something might get done being in nursing is totally different we are high risk for all kinds of infections. I work in mental health and have to do body surfice checks and sort through their belongs do you know how many junkies are out there??? We work with all kinds of body fluids every day do post mortum care hold families hands get beat up on a regular basis but we all have our role in healthcare to make it happen and eveyone deserves a break. Walk in a nurses shoes for a day and do what we do and you would be amazed we are anything from a secratary to a janitor everyday. Yeah to us nurses!!!!!!!

[pedsrn]

I agree with jenosa... I have had to undergo HIV testing because of a needle stick that was no fault of my own, I have been exposed to so many infections, and for 12 hours or more have had to undergo awful patient assignments with no other patiets to break it up! I wish that my shift could end @ 9 pm instead of 7 am and that I did not have to work all night. Actually, most days, I am not sure about my decision to become a nurse.
It is a unique profession and this discount is most appreciated. Most nurses are NOT well compensated for what we do and the risks of everything from needlesticks to lawsuits. We protect patients from so many things, MD errors included. We are all part of a healthcare team and all are important, it is just that we all do not do the same things. PT, OT, Patient Care assistants, secretaries, dietary, X-Ray and everyone else is essential to healthcare - but let's not begrudge a nurse a discount. Let's be happy for one member of out team!

[roliepolieoliefan]

Why do people have to be bitter when one person gets a discount and another does not? When I first came on the Dis, teachers got discounts and not nurses and I didn't write not so nice stuff about teachers to make myself feel better because I didn't get a discount. Yes, we all do work as a team. And good for you that you clean patients and work 12 hour shifts. And I do work on an Ortho floor, when one of my patients dirties themselves, I am called to pick them up change them and bring them back. I was told by a PT, thats not a PT's job. We are understaffed, underpaid and in the years to come it will become alot worse. Thank you so much Swan and Dolphin for recognizing us nurses.

[BethR]

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I am not privy to the decisions of the Swan/Dolphin, but it is up to them to offer group discounts to whom they please.
I am going to lock this thread to further comment but I will bump it up periodically so that others can be advised of this discount.
Thank you...

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