Bedspreads and Blankets NOT Washed?

[Hopefully]

As others have said, this is not a DISNEY issue, it is a hotel industry issue. Personally, I don't get all wigged out about it. I travel for work too, so I spend a fair amount of time in hotels. I just am careful - not crazy.
As someone mentioned earlier, In Europe they use a comforter with a comforter cover that is changed with each guest. It does feel cleaner, but I miss the top sheet. My experience is that there is a bottom sheet, a down duvet with a duvet cover.
Last week I woke roasting with the duvet over me, but cold without it.
There are Pros and Cons to everything

 

[AlisonB]

At our recent stay at VWL, on our check out day there was a pile of clean stuff outside our door ready for the housekeeping staff to use when they did the room. Included were blankets and comforters....I assume they were clean, but they were folded and in large plastic bags tied up a the top ready to put on our beds I assume!

 

[crisi]

At our recent stay at VWL, on our check out day there was a pile of clean stuff outside our door ready for the housekeeping staff to use when they did the room. Included were blankets and comforters....I assume they were clean, but they were folded and in large plastic bags tied up a the top ready to put on our beds I assume!

That probably means you were on the tail end of the dirty blankets. They do (or should) change out all the blankets and comforters on occation, just not between every guest.

Laundry costs are a huge part of hotel operating costs - and the wear of regularly washing blankets shortens their life.

(Now just don't think about how often an overtired recently sleep dry child wets the bed at Disney).....

 

[mvc1997]

[(Now just don't think about how often an overtired recently sleep dry child wets the bed at Disney/QUOTE]
Gee thanks! Now we can worry about the ick factor of the mattress pads as well!!

I would be willing to pay more in dues to have clean bedding! Just hw much more could it cost spread to each point a year? Pennies??

Wouldn't it be worth it just to have clean sheets, mattress pads and blankets?? As for the bedspread...well that comes off as soom as we get there.

 

[CandleontheWater]

I didn't know this either and it totally grosses me out- I am now going to promptly forget it!

Now, thats better!

 

[dvcdisney]

Ok, I am one of the naive ones...

You and I both.

I still can't get over it. I already spray the door knobs, light switches, remote controls etc with a disinfectant. What am I going to do with the blankets and bedspreads? I guess not use them would be the least I will do. But to those people who put them away, do the housekeeping put them back on when they do the full cleaning?

I guess I'll be bringing my own sheets. And I will definitely make a point in stripping the bed and putting it with the dirty towels.

 

[kerickson]

Don't have an answer for the comforters/blankets/couches/chairs, ets
But, if you are staying in a 1BR-GV, you could wash the sheets right when you arrive .. , then you are assured clean sheets your first night. I'd highly doubt it that at Disney the sheets aren't clean for each guest.

 

[honeymo78]

I guess I'm in the minority and this doesn't gross me out. Then again I also don't travel with lysol, wipes, or hand sanitizer - and probably never will. If everything looks clean, I have more things to worry about than how many germs there might be in my hotel room. I don't think twice about flopping down on the comforter or using the glasses in bathroom to rinse after brushing my teeth.

 

[Sammie]

As stated it is industry standard and truly if you start seriously thinking about germs in public places you will never leave your house.

The shopping cart at your local grocery is way nastier than any bedding, so just try not to think about it and enjoy stay.

We never use the comforters anyway, when we arrive they are folding carefully and put away.

If you are truly freaked by blankets and sheets not being clean, get a one bedroom or two and wash them yourself.

 

[Fellowship9798]

Don't have an answer for the comforters/blankets/couches/chairs, ets
But, if you are staying in a 1BR-GV, you could wash the sheets right when you arrive .. , then you are assured clean sheets your first night. I'd highly doubt it that at Disney the sheets aren't clean for each guest.

Last December we washed all our sheets upon arrival at our 1BR at BWV, but that was because our daughter has very sensitive skin and most detergents will giver her a rash.

It's kind of a pain, but the side benefit is that at least we know we're sleeping on clean sheets.

 

[tjkraz]

Hotels don't shampoo the carpets between guests, yet most of us spend our trips walking around in bare feet and letting infants & toddlers roll around on the floor.

They don't clean furniture cushions, doorknobs, balcony railings or many other surfaces that are regularly handled by guests in villas.

Call me naive, but I just file these things away with others that I'm much better off not knowing. Things like what the kitchen staff is doing to my meal behind closed doors, who touched the ATM buttons before me, who last used the grocery cart, public bathroom, etc. So far I've managed to survive all of that danger.

 

[Goofy4]

I figure that by the time I've shared a very small kingdom with 75,000 other people for a day (many of them, children), I've pretty much lost my advantage over germs.

 

[lvanleer]

I guess I'm in the minority and this doesn't gross me out. Then again I also don't travel with lysol, wipes, or hand sanitizer - and probably never will. If everything looks clean, I have more things to worry about than how many germs there might be in my hotel room. I don't think twice about flopping down on the comforter or using the glasses in bathroom to rinse after brushing my teeth.

I'm exactly the same way and maybe that's why I hardly ever get sick....because my body is exposed to germs and is able to build up natural antibodies.....

 

[GuySmiley]

Hmmmm . . . this is DVC. There is a washer and dryer near. Anyone ever do that?

 

[Mtnman44]

That really depends on the bedding, right?

If this thread is grossing you out, then try this. Bring a Blacklight on your next hotel trip and check out the room. Pay special attention to the carpet and the comforters.

The shopping cart at your local grocery is way nastier than any bedding, so just try not to think about it and enjoy stay.

 

[wulfekamp]

This nasty trend has really started to bite the hotel industy hard. Major bed bug outbreaks are happening all over the country. And its not just cheap motels some are high end. I wont even take my bags into a room until I check the bed for bed bugs. There really nasty

Grumpy

 

[Sammie]

That really depends on the bedding, right?

If this thread is grossing you out, then try this. Bring a Blacklight on your next hotel trip and check out the room. Pay special attention to the carpet and the comforters.

This thread did not gross me out at all and my point is very few people obsess about grocery shopping carts and they are horribly nasty with germs that can truly make you sick not just gross you out and you put your food in them. I seriously doubt, at least I hope they are not, putting food on comforters then consuming it.

Why in the world would I want to take a blacklight with me on vacation.

As to the carpet I know its dirty which is why I never walk barefoot on public carpet. I have no desire to pick up warts. As to the comforter I don't use them, so no problem there.

Like TJ I just don't over analyze any of it.

 

[Mississippian]

Hotels don't shampoo the carpets between guests, yet most of us spend our trips walking around in bare feet and letting infants & toddlers roll around on the floor.

They don't clean furniture cushions, doorknobs, balcony railings or many other surfaces that are regularly handled by guests in villas.

Call me naive, but I just file these things away with others that I'm much better off not knowing. Things like what the kitchen staff is doing to my meal behind closed doors, who touched the ATM buttons before me, who last used the grocery cart, public bathroom, etc. So far I've managed to survive all of that danger.

I never wake up with my face and mouth on the carpet or on the balcony railing. Well, okay, there was that one rough night. On the other hand, it is very possible to toss and turn and wake up to find a filthy blanket that has been in someone else's armpit right in your face or mouth.

That's why I always carry a protector sheet or my own duvet.

 

[MinnesotaChill]

I agree with everyone who says that sometimes it's best not to know. If you are going to travel with a black light, you'd better be prepared to buy an rv, 'cause you're not likely to want to stay at ANY hotel again.

This whole thing brings back a memory from our first trip when our kids were 2&3. I told one of my kids they couldn't eat a cookie they'd dropped on the floor (Not even I can justify the 30 sec rule in a public hotel room) and my husband said, "Are you kidding me? The kid just spent the last week licking his way around WDW and you're worried about that cookie?" Point taken. Sorry for those of you who touched everything he'd licked in the parks. For the record, he never gets sick.

BTW - We did have an unfortunate bed wetting incident at Coronado Springs. The maids came in the middle of the night, completely stripped everything down to the bare mattress, which was clean, and re-made it. It took about 2 minutes and they said they have to do it all the time. I started carrying a cheap disposable tablecloth with us that I can slip under the sheets just for a bit of added protection.

 

[Flyerfan]

Blacklight? Nooooooooooo. I would never stay in a hotel room again. What I don't know won't hurt me.