Disney Removing Do Not Disturb Signs

[WEDWDW]

Why?

Some may call it a little OCD,some may just call it Personal preference.

 

[Allison]

Some may call it a little OCD,some may just call it Personal preference.

Obviously it is personal preference, thus the reason for the poster's statement. I'm curious about why. Do they think something will be done to their stuff? Stolen?

 

[LYSE]

So solution is to bring your dog to wdw?

*I assume they wouldn't risk entering a room with a dog in it.

Interrupted sex, interrupted children's nap time, increased housekeeping theft all for security theatre.. Lol

 

[WEDWDW]

Have all the Vegas Hotels adopted this Policy?

 

[WEDWDW]

I think that using the Safety Latch will be our best "friend"!

 

[WEDWDW]

How soon do you think this will become Property-wide?

 

[AngiTN]

In my opinion, this is starting to get ridiculous. No one is coming in to stare at you naked, rape you, take pictures of your children.

Annoy you while you or your child are napping? Sure, I can see how that is annoying. But this argument is just going to the extreme, which never proves a point.

I believe it's also known as Chicken Little syndrome. Sometimes to some folks, the sky is always falling. It's always worse case scenario. Always extremes. No in between. My DH can be like this for some things, I struggle to keep him in check. I'm the queen of middle of the road, average. Because most of the time, that's where things fall, in the middle.

Whatever happened in the room with the lady bathing her kids it was odd. I can't imagine they entered within 3 seconds from knocking or that's how the policy is written for them to do it. And yes, I've read the other thread too.

Do I think this new "we'll enter every room every day" policy is going to find everything possible bad guy like the one in Vegas? Nope, no more than I think the bag check would find every bad guy. I do think he would have been discovered had someone been in his room daily. Sorry, but you can't set up what he set up, in the volume he had, undetected, if someone was in the room daily. No matter what's been reported, people were not entered his room daily. Period. There's no way

 

[AngiTN]

Does Disney allow housekeeping to enter a room while a guest is present? Most hotels have a policy against that for the safety of the housekeeper.

They do allow housekeeping to come in while you are in the room, if you want to stay. DH has met many of our housekeepers over the years. DGD and I are often off at the pool but DH hates all things pool and water and heat so he stays in the room. Many a time DGD and I have gone off to the pool before our room was serviced and came back to find it done. DH will have been around when it was done. Sometimes he steps out, sometimes he sticks around, depends on the room set up. Last summer at CBR there was a shaded area right outside the room so he sat right out there while she cleaned on a few of the days. He always gets out of her way when he stays around but he lets her get the room done when she gets there so she can keep her schedule intact.

 

[SaintsManiac]

It's yet another bandaid used to cover up a huge problem in this country, but I will stop there.

 

[FSU Girl]

This new policy really upsets me. I don’t like people in my room on vacation and always have the do not disturb on the door. And really they barely knock before entering? The instances I’ve read so far are really disturbing.

I’m going to Disney with kids for the first time in January at BLT. I think someone just walking into the room would scare them and completely ruin what should be a magical vacation.

I wish Disney would at least give us an option of what time would work best so it’s when we are at the parks and not in the room. And are they going to do this early and wake me up? I find the whole thing ridiculous and it angers me how the bad people in this country that prompted this have now punished everyone else.

And with the Disney springs hotels getting 60 day fast passes I might never stay at a Disney hotel again which sucks since I love them, but I feel like my privacy is being violated with this new policy. Sorry for such a long rant but I’m very unhappy with this.

 

[LYSE]

This new policy really upsets me. I don’t like people in my room on vacation and always have the do not disturb on the door. And really they barely knock before entering? The instances I’ve read so far are really disturbing.

I’m going to Disney with kids for the first time in January at BLT. I think someone just walking into the room would scare them and completely ruin what should be a magical vacation.

I wish Disney would at least give us an option of what time would work best so it’s when we are at the parks and not in the room. And are they going to do this early and wake me up? I find the whole thing ridiculous and it angers me how the bad people in this country that prompted this have now punished everyone else.

And with the Disney springs hotels getting 60 day fast passes I might never stay at a Disney hotel again which sucks since I love them, but I feel like my privacy is being violated with this new policy. Sorry for such a long rant but I’m very unhappy with this.

I have 3 rented dvc stays next year and one POR, I'm stuck with the dvc reservations and at least we get something additional out of it but just emailed in and asked them to cancel POR as soon as this is confirmed there.

 

[cruiser21]

I like housekeeping coming into my room and cleaning it everyday. I thought WDW was compensating people for not taking housekeeping???? Having security come into my room everyday I find to be an invasion of privacy because they are coming in for a completely different reason which is to snoop. I have had a room host on a DCL ship walk into the room while I'm in the shower. You can't hear them knock with the water running, but I heard the door slam as they retreated. I always remember to use the deadbolt now when taking a shower or using the bathroom at any hotel.
I think it's totally feasible to be bathing kids and not hear a knock at the door. Especially when they are talking and laughing. It's not like they pound on the doors it's usually a very light knock.

 

[Miffy]

It's pretty darn ironic that these days one has to plan their WDW vacation down to the minute--FP+s, ADRs, which park on what day, etc., etc.--yet even if you scheduled your nap time, you still might be disturbed by someone knocking on your door.

 

[AngiTN]

And with the Disney springs hotels getting 60 day fast passes I might never stay at a Disney hotel again which sucks since I love them, but I feel like my privacy is being violated with this new policy. Sorry for such a long rant but I’m very unhappy with this.

It's a matter of time before this is standard practice industry wide, if it's not already, just not as publicized as Disney has

 

[ColoradoMom12]

Obviously it is personal preference, thus the reason for the poster's statement. I'm curious about why. Do they think something will be done to their stuff? Stolen?

It is very reasonable for an immunosuppressed person or family member of someone who is to be very concerned about not letting anything near a toothbrush. There are people who, for this reason, request a VIP cleaning prior to arrival, sanitize the room further upon arrival, and call to request no housekeeping to try to ensure their space stays as safe as possible.

 

[FSU Girl]

It's a matter of time before this is standard practice industry wide, if it's not already, just not as publicized as Disney has

I really hope that doesn’t happen. And I’m currently staying at the hard rock and they have do not disturb so it’s not industry wide yet. If they are really concerned about what guests might be hiding they should scan luggage going into the hotel. I’d much rather have that than someone invading my personal space

 

[AngiTN]

I really hope that doesn’t happen. And I’m currently staying at the hard rock and they have do not disturb so it’s not industry wide yet. If they are really concerned about what guests might be hiding they should scan luggage going into the hotel. I’d much rather have that than someone invading my personal space

As long as a realize a Do Not Disturb sign doesn't mean a hotel owner can't enter your room if they really want.

 

[Disnsyncey]

I really hope that doesn’t happen. And I’m currently staying at the hard rock and they have do not disturb so it’s not industry wide yet. If they are really concerned about what guests might be hiding they should scan luggage going into the hotel. I’d much rather have that than someone invading my personal space

Oh, it has been for quite some time....probably years....

As I said in the other thread, my hotel has a policy if you have the DND on your door for longer than a day, since you are our guest, it is partially our responsibility to keep you safe....so we do a wellness check in those cases, since we technically haven't seen you for at least 2 days, we want to make sure you're ok, and keep you that way......our security department isn't going into your room to touch your items and spread germs, they are literally opening the door to look in the room to check on you.....

 

[DIShawn]

I don’t have a problem with this in theory but it seems the implementation is a problem. This should be easily resolved for 90% of people by doing the following: Room checks should be between 11-1. If a room occupied sign is on the door, skip and add them to a list to do a room check between 5-6pm. If the room occupied sign is still there, call the room with an automated message saying room check incoming, knock loudly a minute later, identify yourself, wait a full 60 seconds, open door, identify yourself again as you check the room. Doing this should hopefully not interrupt any naps, intimate time, or anything else. This may not help people who spend all day at the resort, are sick and staying back sleeping all day, etc, but should be fine for most guests. Use the room occupied sign as a true signal that you shouldn’t be disturbed and don’t leave it there all day.

I do understand people who are against this policy... I’m one of them. I have a fear of housekeeping stealing valuables. Most are honest and great but there’s always a few bad apples. I typically only get housekeeping once or twice a trip for that reason alone. I also don’t see what value this will add as anyone trying to do something nefarious will conceal any items they plan on using. Only way around this is luggage checks and a full room search... is that next?

As usual this seems like another policy Disney is rolling out that isn’t well thought out or implemented, similar to dogs. Love it or hate it, I think we can all agree that policy was not ready to be rolled out. This seems to be more of the same.

 

[Erin1213]

The DND removal sign that Disney has implemented won't prevent something bad from happening. The better course of action to mitigate risks and to ensure the safety of the guests staying there starts with the cast members being aware of what is going on around them. Setting up security cameras on walk ways, hallways, or near elevators and having training personnel would also give a heads up of suspicious activity. These preventive steps would be more useful than random room checks.