PrincessShmoo
DIS veteran
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2009
While it was "nice" that he did that, it's against DCLs specific request. The porters do not work for DCL and they are not going to jeporadize a nice fat tip by not taking everything from you for checking through.
The luggage isn't handled in a very gentle manner, and I wouldn't want to be reseponsible for damaging someone else's (much less mine) stuff because my drinks went through with the checked bags.
Yes, this is also true at PC.
I've learnt a lot from you so I guess I do not understand what your asking since you have already said they do not?
I read a recent trip report (on another board) and the person said that the porters at PC were DCL employees. I was just wondering if that had changed.
I wanted to be sure that what I was posting was correct.
Not sure how recent that post was, but we talked to our porter in mid-December at PC and they do not work for DCL, but for an agency that DCL contracts with.
The report was just posted today for a Jan 31 cruise.
The porters at PC dress more like CM's so that may be what is confusing. They wear printed brown shirts and shorts, and look 'disney-ish'.
The same is now true of the valets at WDW resorts. They used to be Disney CM's, but now work for an outside agency, even though they still wear CM name tags and costumes and are expected to act like real CMs to guests.
They're contractors, not Disney employees.