Do you bleach your room?

[princessmom29]

I do not want to gross people out but this will. We use to not worry about cleaning anything in our hotel rooms until we saw a special on either 20/20 or 60 minutes on the cleanliness of hotel rooms, now we no longer stay in hotels without our disinfectant and antibacterial wipes. They found human #1 and #2 bacteria on the phone, handles and the worst was the remote. The comforters also were another area of bacteria. That combined with a recent study I just heard on the radio that 33% of men and 15% of women do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom is why we started wiping the room down.

Unless you sanitize everything in your own home, and I do mean EVERYTHING, on a daily basis you will almost surely find most of the same bacteria in the same places in your own home. No home is bacteria free, and these are the most comon ones to find. Anyone who has been into the restroom will carry them into the rest of the home, hand washing or not. They will be on clothing shoes ect ,and evetually be transferred everywhere else. Oh, and there is no "#1 bacteria" urine is sterile unless the person has a UTI. If you don't believe me I encourgae you to invest in some media plates and smple the surfaces in your own home for bacteria. You would be amazed, and yet we never worry about it in our own home. So why worry about it on vacation?

 

[buckirj1]

I figure by the time I ride the city bus to the airport, get through the airport, onto the plane, get through MCO and onto ME...when I finally get to the resort chances are good that I've already been exposed to whatever I'm going to catch. I try to eat right while I'm there, get plenty of exercise and outdoor time, ask Mousekeeping to get rid of the comforter, sleep on my own pillow, wash my hands, stay away from children, and most of all DON'T OBSESS OVER IT. Basically the same as I do at home. A few germs never hurt anybody reasonably healthy.

 

[ogreenlee]

i go into a room, i pull back the sheets towards the head of the bed to see if there are signs of bedbugs, i fold the comforters to the feet, and then wipe down the remote. the remote grosses me out, b/c i don't know what billy bob was scratchin' or messin' with before he decided that the "girls gone wild" commercials had gone on long enough.


i also heard with a cold snap that the virus would break down, and even mentioned here in another thread. then thought about it and wondered.. "why on earth would flu season be in the winter then?" so i found this article:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12808-cold-weather-really-does-spread-flu.html

 

[whitfamily]

I am heading down this weekend and taking a couple of cans of Lysol and some disinfectant wipes. I have never worried about doing this in the past...but with H1N1 I am going prepared! I also stocked up on alcohol based hand sanitizer...big bottles to refill the little ones I take the the parks!

 

[katallo]

This thread mentions antibacterial vs antiviral sanitizers. Anyone know what an antiviral sanitizer is? Everything seems to be antibacterial.

 

[whitfamily]

This thread mentions antibacterial vs antiviral sanitizers. Anyone know what an antiviral sanitizer is? Everything seems to be antibacterial.

Antiviral hand sanitizers are alcohol based. Other than that, products like Lysol and Clorox should do the job of cleaning surfaces!

 

[DVCconvert]

Here's a photo of the some of the fam suiting up to head to the parks.

One tip I'd like to pass on -- if you're going to ride splash mountain use plenty of duct tape around the collar.

 

[summerlady]

Here's a photo of the some of the fam suiting up to head to the parks.

One tip I'd like to pass on -- if you're going to ride splash mountain use plenty of duct tape around the collar.

 

[Colleen27]

I'll be getting Clorox wipes to do a quick cleaning of our room, but that's not related to H1N1. Its because we're traveling with our toddler who is still in the "mouthing" stage. I did the same on our short trips over the summer, just a wipe-down of the surfaces she's likely to have her little hands, food, or toys on. I figure I can't do anything about the soft surfaces, but I can at least clean up the table/chairs, balcony rails, and things like that.

 

[jamstew]

Nope, nothing. I have a much larger issue with the railings, etc., on the rides than anything in the room, but I don't do anything to them either As others have said, hand washing is good, excessive disinfecting is bad, and antibacterials offer no protection whatsoever against the flu, which any doctor or nurse will tell you.

 

[Jeanieblue114]

Oh yes! We bleach everything!!!! walls, ceiling, floor, fixtures, doors, windows!!!!
You never know...someone might have smoked in the room...or walked by the room when a door was opened smoking...Bleach, bleach, bleach.....god's gift to those of us who can't stand anything we don't want to deal with!!!! including smoke, H1N1, the seasonal flu, the black plaque, shingles, ecoli, malaria and More!!!

We bring our own sheets, pillows, mattress covers, mattresses, flatware, carpets runners to put over the flooring, shower curtains, light blubs, plastic sheeting to duct tape over the walls....we take NO...and I mean NO chances!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My in-laws actually do this. For 2 people, they take an entire suburban full of stuff when they get a condo rental at the beach. Even their own coffeepot and dish drainer rack, sheets, etc.
I wipe 'high traffic' areas down and always have handiwipes for my hands before I eat, but I am not going on vacation to become a housekeeper. (i have NOT joined them on these trips).

 

[Disney Doll]

I do nothing to clean the room.

If the room looked that dirty that I felt I needed to clean it on vacation, I'd be calling a Housekeeping supervisor and having him/her come take a look at it, because clearly someone isn't doing their job!

I also lay on the comforter sometimes.

I do look at the sheets to make sure they look clean and smell fresh.

I generally don't walk barefoot because I don't like going on tile floors (like one would find in the bathroom or kitchen). My feet get cold.

I don't wipe the remote nor do I put it in a plastic bag.

I have gone to WDW an average of 2x/year for 18 years and have caught a cold once while I was down there.

I wash my hands regularly...after bathroom, before eating etc.

I'm a nurse....there's nothing at WDW that I haven't been xposed to in its most virulent form at work.

 

[princessmom29]

I do nothing to clean the room.

If the room looked that dirty that I felt I needed to clean it on vacation, I'd be calling a Housekeeping supervisor and having him/her come take a look at it, because clearly someone isn't doing their job!

I also lay on the comforter sometimes.

I do look at the sheets to make sure they look clean and smell fresh.

I generally don't walk barefoot because I don't like going on tile floors (like one would find in the bathroom or kitchen). My feet get cold.

I don't wipe the remote nor do I put it in a plastic bag.

I have gone to WDW an average of 2x/year for 18 years and have caught a cold once while I was down there.

I wash my hands regularly...after bathroom, before eating etc.

I'm a nurse....there's nothing at WDW that I haven't been xposed to in its most virulent form at work.

I teach in a public high school, so I think I qualify as exposed to almost everything as well. Probably not as much as you, but pretty close!! My advanced classes are the worst. Those kids come to school unless they are on death's door!!!

 

[DVCconvert]

My in-laws actually do this. For 2 people, they take an entire suburban full of stuff .....

My most sincere condolences.

 

[snickerboo]

Normally, I am anti sanitizing your room. After all, it's been completely cleaned top to bottom before you move in and housekeeping usually does a great job at hotels, condos and Disney. And because I agree with this....

Unless you sanitize everything in your own home, and I do mean EVERYTHING, on a daily basis you will almost surely find most of the same bacteria in the same places in your own home. No home is bacteria free, and these are the most comon ones to find. Anyone who has been into the restroom will carry them into the rest of the home, hand washing or not. They will be on clothing shoes ect ,and evetually be transferred everywhere else. Oh, and there is no "#1 bacteria" urine is sterile unless the person has a UTI. If you don't believe me I encourgae you to invest in some media plates and smple the surfaces in your own home for bacteria. You would be amazed, and yet we never worry about it in our own home. So why worry about it on vacation?

Dh travels all over the world and we have stayed in tons of condos, hotels, etc., without any problems. Once, when we stayed at a high end hotel in Toronto, the room was very unclean and we just called down to the desk and switched rooms. No biggie.

However, to be safe this year w/ H1N1, I'm going to be wiping things down with Clorox wipes. If you're worried about the sheets, just call down for new ones. They don't care. Give your child a juice box to drink on the bed-your guaranteed a ltitle spill then you'll have to call for clean sheets. LOL

 

[MickeyNicki]

No we do not bring our own sheets or towels, no we do not bleach the room

If we arrive and I am not happy with the cleanliness I call the front desk and ask to be moved.

 

[Bugsmom73]

Nope, and I am not gonna. IF I don't get it at work ( I am a nurse and my unit is the designated FLU floor), I am not going to stress about getting it at Disney

This would be my thought too. I never wipe things down.

 

[robinb]

I live dangerously. No bleach, no Lysol, no wiping down anything including the toilet handle or the remote, no checking for bed bugs, no bringing my own towels, sheets or TP, no cleaning the coffee maker or the cups and/or glassware, no cleaning the tub, even the Jacuzzi at DVC properties. I bring hand sanitizer but I forget to use it and I actually *sit* on the comforter. I do fold it down to the bottom of the bed when we go to sleep so maybe I'm not totally reckless!

Oh ... and in the dozens of trips I have made to WDW I have been sick exactly once and that was a 24-hour stomach bug or food poisoning. I figure what doesn't kill my makes me stronger. Plus, even if the people in the room had H1N1, the virus dies on hard surfaces in the few hours between when the previous family checked out and when we check in.

 

[vicki_c]

I live dangerously. No bleach, no Lysol, no wiping down anything including the toilet handle or the remote, no checking for bed bugs, no bringing my own towels, sheets or TP, no cleaning the coffee maker or the cups and/or glassware, no cleaning the tub, even the Jacuzzi at DVC properties. I bring hand sanitizer but I forget to use it and I actually *sit* on the comforter. I do fold it down to the bottom of the bed when we go to sleep so maybe I'm not totally reckless!

Robin is my kindred spirit! Sounds just like me - cleaning the room is just the last thing on my mind while on vacation! And I used the DVC jacuzzi without cleaning it too! I'm still here!

 

[DVCconvert]

I live dangerously. No bleach, no Lysol, no wiping down anything including the toilet handle or the remote, no checking for bed bugs, no bringing my own towels, sheets or TP, no cleaning the coffee maker or the cups and/or glassware, no cleaning the tub, even the Jacuzzi at DVC properties. I bring hand sanitizer but I forget to use it and I actually *sit* on the comforter. .....