Bed Bug Report at POP on TripAdvisor

[LoveThatMouse!]

Say it isn't so....
I just read a very sad report on TripAdvisor by a mom who experienced bed bugs at POP.
Pictures included. Has anyone experienced this or even heard of this on a Disney Property? Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but now I'm a little concerned about our upcoming stay.

 

[Babsy]

Yes, bed bugs are sometimes found at WDW resorts. It happens - these pests are everywhere these days. Disney is usually pretty good about dealing with the situation, however.

Don't worry - just take precautions (put luggage in the tub first) and check your room upon arrival

 

[clr055]

All hotels get bed bugs, even the nicer ones. It happens.

 

[cheshirecollector]

Yes, I've seen reports of bedbugs at WDW before, but never saw them in 10 trips. They can show up at any hotel. I wouldn't worry about your trip, but it's always a good idea to do a bedbug check when you get there.

 

[whitney250]

We will be staying at POP at the end of next month. We don't stay in hotels often so bed bugs have never really been a concern for us, any tips on how to check for them?

 

[patches07]

Yes, bed bugs are sometimes found at WDW resorts. It happens - these pests are everywhere these days. Disney is usually pretty good about dealing with the situation, however.

Don't worry - just take precautions (put luggage in the tub first) and check your room upon arrival

I do the same thing.

 

[clr055]

When you get there pull up the sheets and check the corners/edges of the bed.. especially where the seams come together... they are small black dots.. alternatively look for any red drops, because they bite and eat blood you can usually see small blood stains from them. Do this before you unpack anything because you can request a new room.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Yes, it happens anywhere.

 

[LoveThatMouse!]

The reviewer had stayed in 90's building Room 8451. Of course, this may be the safest room to stay in now considering Disney has probably over exterminated in order to get rid of them.

 

[Angeejoe]

I went to a bed bug training from our Health Dept as I'm a social worker & used to be in homes quite a bit. They say to leave luggage in hallways (if you fear theft have someone stay with bags), then peel away sheet around mattress & look around edge & between the mattress & box spring especially near the walls, if there's a head board you will see them behind head board. They seem to come out in the darkness of the night, so during the day they they're in the crevices.

You can pretty much see bed bugs anywhere now due to our transportation filled society. So where luggage can pile up there can be lots of transfer of bugs, like luggage storage in an airplane, train, bus or even trunk of a car.

Example, you stay in a hotel night before flight, there bed bugs in hotel, you don't realize this. Next am you pack up belongings head to plane with new bugs in tow, your luggage sits for hours with everyone else's & now bugs have spread. Joe Blow who did not stay at a hotel has a bag that sat next to your bag in the cargo of the plane now has the bugs too & he heads over to POP, store his bag with bell services & now his bag is waiting with other POP guests spreading the bed bugs, etc. Its really never ending. Its not Disneys fault, it just happens.

Plus these bugs multiply & are so hard to get rid of. They told us at the training that if they're in your room, potentially they're in the rooms on either side of you, plus those above & below you. So even if they're not seen at least 9 rooms potentially should be exterminated depending on what floor the room is on.