A WDW Bathroom Comment.......

[seashoreCM]

Soak a paper towel before going into the stall.

Wipe off the seat with dry toilet paper.

Rinse the seat with the wet paper towel.

Dry off the seat again with more toilet paper.

Flush the toilet twice. You may have to step outside the stall and back in to make this happen if this is an automatic flush toilet. At this time you will hear it flush from not quite so close and can judge how scary it is for your child.

Past the sticky over the electric eye if this is an automatic flush toilet.

Now the toilet is ready for you or your child to use. If water does splash up on you, it is now cleaner than had you found a "clean" toilet in the first place that was sitting unused for more than 30 minutes.

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I'll admit to often following the above directions myself.

 

[Candicno]

I can't believe I am answering this thread...

...but, I am a hoverer. I will not sit on a public toilet seat. Eww gross. Being a biologist and having suffered through many microbiology and bacteriology classes, I would rather have someone else's urine on me than their umm, "body soil." Unless you have an infection, urine is sterile. But the thought of body soil and sweat from another person on my legs and backside makes me queasy. Am I going to get sick from it? Probably not. Does that put my mind at ease? Heck no.

That being said, I hover very low and I do not pee on the seat. If something does get on the seat I wipe it off. If there are seat covers I always use them.

Other things I think about:

When those toilets flush, I RUN AWAY FAST!!! Toilets can and do aerosolize bacteria and viruses from feces or those that are growing in a dirty toilet. Although I've never seen any research specific to WDW toilets, I'm sure the "WHOOSH" toilets are worse than regular toilets since they spray up visible water.

I NEVER EVER use the end of the toilet paper that is hanging there. In my opinion that short piece is dirty, having been potentially handled by someone else ripping the toilet paper off (perhaps after using the toilet or wiping themselves a first time). Hands carry SO MANY germs.

People just do not wash their hands enough. I wash frequently, not so much because of bacteria, but because of cold and flu viruses. I can't believe people who walk out of bathrooms without washing their hands...yuck yuck yuck...

 

[Lizzybee]

OMG I have seen websites on the fancy Japanese potty. It is heated, makes bird noises when you tinkle (or whatever it is you are doing also I believe there is more than one sound you can choose), it has a remote control (why it isn't a hit here among American men with a remote has me puzzled), it also CLEANS your pink parts (from what I understand there is warm water and a brush involved). To me, the cleansing is a bit too personal and the remote is just begging me to make the lid go up and down like it's talking to someone. Google Toto Toilets to see some of this info.
I used the moving plastic covered toilet seat at the airport on the way in and I was quite impressed, my 7 yr old was horrified though until I assured her it was a good thing (she's a neat freak, doesn't take much convincing if it's for "being clean").