"Stand your ground". These are the words that a previous poster used in relation to the room check policy at Disney. That scares me a little deep down. That is a law in Florida that relates to the use of deadly force in confrontational situations and is a policy that has absolutely no context in a discussion of this sort. Don't like the policy? Don't stay in a Disney Resort. Simple. Still want to go to Disney but will not tolerate the policy? Stay offsite. Don't like the policy? Write e-mails, letters, make calls, let Disney know you are not happy with the policy. But "stand your ground"? Private property that gives Disney the right to do what they want concerning room checks. Them doing such does not lessen your rights. These are rights you never had to begin with. If Disney wants to ban you for violating their policy it is their right to do so.
I completely understand people feeling the way they do about the room checks as it feels like an invasion of perceived privacy. But the reality is that privacy has never existed when you stay in a hotel/motel, Housekeeping comes to the room everyday. If your ac is not working maintenece will come in your room while you are away to fix it. What we are really talking about here is the fact that you are crossing paths with these people if you are in your room at the same time they want to do what they do everyday. You can resist that's your choice, but to somehow think that this is a new policy meant to somehow ruin your vacation or invade your privacy I can't understand that. Someone was in your room everyday before this became a stated policy and all this policy is doing is actually telling you that they reserve the right to continue doing what they have always done.
So to me it is basically no change to the way it has always been and I am not really sure what the dust up is all about. Of course I have also admitted in another post that I probably don't see any changes because our touring style is get up in the morning, leave the room for the parks all day and not return till later in the evening. We don't often take midday breaks in our room. That's not what we are there for.
Just my observations about a subject that I think is much ado about nothing.
Please don't conflate what I wrote with that ridiculous Florida law regarding use of deadly force. We both know that isn't what I meant, so you can drop the fear mongering.
The 'dust up' is that these policy is a nuisance, and there is a difference between someone in your room when you're there and not there. I don't care about housekeeping seeing my dirty underwear (physically and metaphorically) but if I'm asleep in the room, or changing, or just minding my own business I don't like the idea of someone willing, able and intending to enter against my desire. That is a measure of privacy that is lost, I can't take a nap without risking the chance of waking up to an unknown person in my room. That is
uncomfortable for some people. For you, it appears not to be, and that's wonderful for you, but that doesn't mean the rest of us should just sit down and shut up and not make a peep because it doesn't bother you. They need to check on my room? Fine, they can wait until it's not occupied, and I am free to tell them I disagree with their entry while I'm there without interfering with it. Not only am I free to, I should, and so should everyone else that disagrees with it. Your post, and the post I originally cited as well as countless others thumb noses at people like us and tell us to quiet down, settle down, it's not that big of a deal. These are scary sentiments, and these are not ones we should ever endorse. Nobody thinks the policy is maliciously intended to damage their vacation, but it does take away from it and we have a right to voice that opinion calmly and politely.
I think what the fractalpotato and Jen1995 and others are saying is that it is possible to express displeasure both about a policy and the uneven way it has continued to be implemented without arguing or fighting. Unlike others the policy does and has affected me as my family and I DO spend a lot of time in our DVC “home.” I fail to see why we should not give feedback, we are guests/members not sheep. And it can be expressed to front line staff, and escalated to HK management, and resort management face to face, surveys, emails and calls to Disney and DVC executives. I have done so in the past at Disney and elsewhere without raising my voice or my fists. In person, I am usually able to make my point clear with tone of voice. Not very productive if I bottle it up, or as one poster said somewhere, bend over and grab the ankles.
This is a very accurate synopsis of my points, and I think similar to Jen1995's points.
I know it isn’t going to happen as Disney doesn’t disclose security policies. But they need to tell their customers what the policy actually is. All we know is that they can enter the room for any reason, at anytime and they will announce themselves first (which according to reports isn’t always happening). I cannot find anything from Disney that there will be daily room checks at least once but possibly several times a day.
This would go a long way to reducing discomfort, some of the problem definitely comes from not being able to predict what's going to happen. Who wants to take a nap and relax on vacation when someone may or may not show up to inspect your room and may or may not announce themselves first and may or may not respect your wishes of a modicum of privacy at that moment?
Matt
