Do Not Disturb Gone! (BLT)

[JFox]

We got married today at the Poly. This is my solution to the lack of DND signs.

 

[LVSWL]

We got married today at the Poly. This is my solution to the lack of DND signs.
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Congratulations!!!

 

[Summer2018]

We got married today at the Poly. This is my solution to the lack of DND signs.
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Congratulations!!!

 

[colorsofthewinddd]

Hi - new member here!
Just a few days ago came back from Disney World with my fiancé. We stayed at Pop Century. I haven’t been to Disney since I was probably 12 years old, so I was so excited and we had a great time. Officially Disney obsessed so here I am. I did want to comment on the room checks!
I went to the front desk after we checked in, because I thought our room was missing a Do Not Disturb sign. The employee told me they don’t use them anymore, but I could opt out of room service. So I did. I was never offered a Room Occupied sign? I also wasn’t told about these security checks. Our first day at the park was that following day after we checked in, so we were gone all day. No worries that anyone would be coming into the room - so all valuables and personal items were left out without worry.
Second day at the hotel was to relax, so we slept in. Before 11am (I was awake, but not fully dressed, and resting) there was a knock on the door. I had to yell “one second” once I saw it was a housekeeper, throw on some clothes, and answer the door which was super uncomfortable as I was still rolled out of bed, pajamas, hair all over the place, lol. She told me she had to do a security check, and it was super confusing to not have had this previously explained. I was kind of dumbfounded and asked if it was necessary and she said yes. She was very nice and said she could come back later so I said OK and she left. When she left I was nervous and assuming that someone had falsely reported our room for suspicious activity since I didn’t know these security checks happen to every room everyday. It was confusing. Why would security have to check our room? Basically this was just an unnecessary stress. I ended up googling the situation to figure out that they do this now, and was paranoid about leaving anything valuable in the room from that point on. It was annoying each day to feel like we couldn’t just relax in our own room without the worry of someone wanting to come in. Granted we werent at Disney for long, and each day after that we were in the parks morning to night - but it bothered me that someone could and would be in our room whenever they please. If I was going to Disney to relax in the room often, I don’t think I would stay on property.

 

[Ninja Mom]

I think at this point it's only fair that Disney explicitly warn guests when making a reservation that they will be barging into rooms at will and the guest must submit to these "any time room searches". The language used has to be straight up and not sugar coated with understatements or misdirection.

I'm also wondering how employees that don't speak the same language as the person occupying the room are going to be able to explain what they are doing. I can see a lot of angry and confused guests and I'm worried about the abuse that will be heaped on the people who are performing these incursions. The fact that Disney is making the housekeepers do this is so ill thought out and so unfair to the people that have to do that job.

In practice these room searches are a complete disaster with negative value. What the heck is Disney thinking??

~NM

 

[tim123]

What the heck is Disney thinking??

~NM

The ONLY thing they think and care about.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Luv2Run]

Won't use use the latch?

Yes, the knocking may wake you. Why would it have to be a "bad scene"? Are you going to yell at someone for doing their job? Do you have really bad hair when you wake up? What would cause the "bad scene'?

As others have answered, the latch only works when all parties are in the room. My husband is a smoker, and I am a napper, so I'm used to him coming and going while I nap. If I were to hear someone enter the room, I'd assume it was him, but if it wasn't him then I would commence freaking out. And I'm sure my husband would be quite alarmed (to put it lightly) to return to the room to find a stranger in there with his wife.

Furthermore, have you been in a room when someone tried to enter it while the latch is engaged? It is LOUD. If we're sleeping in and hear the door being opened with the latch engaged, it would most definitely startle us awake. Not a great way to start the day. If I'm paying $250-$500/night (depending on the resort - we vary between mods & deluxe), then my day is already ruined before it has even started.

 

[Jennasis]

I think at this point it's only fair that Disney explicitly warn guests when making a reservation that they will be barging into rooms at will and the guest must submit to these "any time room searches". The language used has to be straight up and not sugar coated with understatements or misdirection.

I'm also wondering how employees that don't speak the same language as the person occupying the room are going to be able to explain what they are doing. I can see a lot of angry and confused guests and I'm worried about the abuse that will be heaped on the people who are performing these incursions. The fact that Disney is making the housekeepers do this is so ill thought out and so unfair to the people that have to do that job.

In practice these room searches are a complete disaster with negative value. What the heck is Disney thinking??

~NM

So Disney has to use straight up language but you can use hyperbole?

 

[FSU Girl]

I just got back from a stay at BLT. Our room didn't even have a sign to put on the door. I looked around and couldn't find one anywhere. I was a little worried since I normally keep the Do Not Disturb sign on the door the entire trip. We didn't have any problems. While in the room no one ever knocked or tried to come in. We were in the parks during the morning and we were back in the room by 3pm and left around 6pm for dinner each day. Since the stay was booked on cash we had daily housekeeping, so I'm not sure if that counted as our security check?

 

[dansdad]

Since the stay was booked on cash we had daily housekeeping, so I'm not sure if that counted as our security check?

It does count.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

find a housekeeper with a cart, ask them for a room occupied sign. Have had to do that on several occasions when there was no privacy sign in the room. The housekeepers should have them.

Not that the signs will make any difference if they insist on being let in at the time they knock, no matter who is in the room or what they are doing.

 

[KrazeeK120]

The ONLY thing they think and care about.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

How is this a moneymaker for Disney?

 

[BraveLittleToaster2]

Can anyone tell us what they actually did for their security check? Was anyone in the room when they came in to do it? Did they just look around for 30 seconds and leave or walk around and move things around? Trying to decide what to do with all my valuables if they move stuff around.

 

[Action City]

Can anyone tell us what they actually did for their security check? Was anyone in the room when they came in to do it? Did they just look around for 30 seconds and leave or walk around and move things around? Trying to decide what to do with all my valuables if they move stuff around.

I think it would all depend on how power-drunk your "security" person is while checking the room.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Put your valuables in the room safe and lock them up.

 

[BraveLittleToaster2]

Put your valuables in the room safe and lock them up.

I think they should make the safes larger. We usually have at least two laptops, multiple Kindles, kids Nintendo DS, an iPad, and occasionally we leave our DSLR behind. The safe in the room isn't large enough for all of it.

Guess we will have to start consolidating our stuff and trying to bring less.

 

[TLSnell1981]

How is this a moneymaker for Disney?

They are banking on an incident and believe this will cover their $$$

 

[saskdw]

This whole thing is concerning to me to. We have a reservation for me, my husband and two daughters in September. My daughters are going to have their own room. I do not want someone barging into their room or mine. I also have to say we go to Las Vegas 4 to 5 times a year. We just stayed in a MGM hotel last month. We only take the Do Not Disturb sign off for 4 to 5 hours every other day. We are on vacation to relax and unwind. Housekeeping always calls to say if we need housekeeping to let them know. No one during our December trip came knocking to "check the room". They never bother us or invade our privacy.

We just spent 10 Days at Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando. The DND sign was up about 2/3 of our trip. RPR staff did a fantastic job of leaving us alone. They left a message on our phone letting us know to call if we wanted our room cleaned. I actually complemented them on it. We only need our room cleaned every 2nd or 3rd day and we will decide when that happens.

 

[tim123]

How is this a moneymaker for Disney?

Protection against future liability in the event of a LV type event..
The difference between "gross negligence" and negligence in a settlement/payout would be the difference potentially in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Same with the sad death of the boy who was killed by alligator (although that case is sealed)...hense the fences and barriers and explicit warning signs near all water....protects them in the future in the event of another alligator attack..protect themselves against 'gross negligence" being the cause in a court case if they are found guilty.

 

[saskdw]

The entire policy is counter productive. All a potential bad guy has to do is leave the illicit items in their luggage or vehicle until after the "check" is done.

What sort of idiot at WDW thinks "Hey, just before a mad man goes on a murder spree they will leave all their weapons on the bed and head to MK for one last ride on SDMT and that's when we'll catch them!" It's absurd.

Reality is that the person inspecting the room would be the first person to go if he walked in on said offender with his weapons out. So he wouldn't be able to warn anyone and nothing is accomplished by these inspections.