Does Mousekeeping Clean in a special way when there is a stomach virus on the rampage

[ggeorgiagirl]

Princess Suzanne....you can really ask for a special cleaning??!! My kids have asthma, too! I have a heard enough time getting cribs, bed rails and fridges. I request them at the time I make ressies...check again at check-in ...THEN NEVER GET THEM! I have never had a trip that I didn't call mousekeeping to PLEASE bring bed rails (usually at midnight)!!

My question...do they really do an extra cleaning?

 

[princessesrule4]

The other day I found some small slim travel size cans of Lysol as I was checking out at Wal Mart. It was right behind me at the checkout aisle (across from the candy bars and beef jerky) with some other travel size stuff.

Thanks for the tip! I didn't see any at Target so I'll be off to Walmart today!

 

[PrincessSuzanne]

Princess Suzanne....you can really ask for a special cleaning??!! My kids have asthma, too! I have a heard enough time getting cribs, bed rails and fridges. I request them at the time I make ressies...check again at check-in ...THEN NEVER GET THEM! I have never had a trip that I didn't call mousekeeping to PLEASE bring bed rails (usually at midnight)!!

My question...do they really do an extra cleaning?

Yes, just tell the CM when you are making your reservations that you have children with Asthma and they will place you on hold and contact the Special Requests line and set it up. I am HIGHLY allergic to cigarette smoke and I always request a former non-smoking room, so they told me that they would also do a special cleaning. They have actually put my reservation on High Priority for this reason, and we also have to have a HA room with a roll-in shower for my mom, but that is another story.

If you already have your reservation set up you can call Special Requests Dept at 407-939-7807 and tell them what you need. You don't have to go into great detail, just tell them your children have Asthma. They can also do this through regular reservations, but I prefer to call directly.

This will be the first time I have had this done, so I hope they actually do it. As long as I don't smell smoke when entering the room, I will be fine. On our trip in June I had requested a former non-smoking room (as the new policy had just gone into effect a week before) and when I walked into the room (former smoking room), the smell almost knocked me over. I had to go back to the front desk and ask to be moved. I was already coming down with a sinus attack and that didn't help.

Good Luck.

Suzanne

 

[Claud26]

mmmm... do you put the lyson can in your checked luggage? I heard you where not allowed to put Spray can's in your luggage as it can explode on a plane???

 

[Momof626x3]

My 3 and my 4 year old ds both had the puke virus last Feb. in WDW...there's nothing more disgusting than looking sweetly down at your 3 year old while in line for Dumbo and see that he is licking the hand rail. I'm sure that is where it came from. They both ended up vomiting in the bed in the middle of the night and mousekeeping came (stayed at Pop) and took away the soiled bedding but that was it...my DH flipped the mattress and I spent the rest of the night holding a wastebasket under them every time they flinched. I don't know if they ever did a thorough cleaning or not...

 

[pugluver31902]

Oh no! Not that its your fault or anything, but that is so gross. Will make me think twice about hotel beds (among all the other gross things I have heard about them!)

To the poster above, I am NOT blaming you for your kids getting sick in the bed. Those kinds of things happen when you have kids!

 

[DVCconvert]

Ok - so Disney will do nothing about trying to control a highly communicable condition, but they're willing to assess a $250-$500 room "recovery charge" if from a balcony smoke should waft into a room????? What's wrong with that picture????

 

[ironz]

ha ok I think what grosses me out the most about all this stomach virus stuff is the fact that you usually get it from comming in contact with fecal matter. What does that tell you about how well other people are washing thier and thier kids hands??? I'll tell you one thing Disney should have hand washing watchers in the restrooms (joke) well maybe not lol.

Wow...and for over 40 years, I've been thinking that most people wipe their booties with TOILET PAPER, not with their hands.

Is there room on the couch for me with Bavaria, Suzanne, and the others?

I wash, but puh-lease....do you really get stuff on your hands when you wipe? ick.

 

[bavaria]

Is there room on the couch for me with Bavaria, Suzanne, and the others?

Definitely! (Actually, Rozzie just got off the couch and left for WDW, and I put the big pile of Practical Horseman magazines in a box to mail to her, so there is definitely room on the couch for a few more now! )

 

[CanadianGuy]

Definitely! (Actually, Rozzie just got off the couch and left for WDW, and I put the big pile of Practical Horseman magazines in a box to mail to her, so there is definitely room on the couch for a few more now! )

Drat. I was hoping for American Industrial Plumbing magazine.

Maybe on the next couch. I'll keep looking.

Knox

 

[disphoto]

I am going to die.... tomorrow. I wash my hands, but that is all. I touch all those menus, railings, remotes, sit on the bedspread, heck... I've been known to drink from a glass at a hotel. I must have some dormant VIRUS, waiting to kill me. I should do more. Oh yeah... this stuff kills bacteria, not viruses.

I teach first grade. Germs don't scare me. I don't get the flu shot. I get a couple colds a year, usually after having allergy problems. My daughter got the stomach bug... her tummy hurt a little for a day or two. No throwing up. Our bodies need to fight stuff to become immune. IMHO

Can I sit on the floor in front of the couch???

 

[safetymom]

Sure you can join us!

 

[3jsmommy]

Of the five of us there the first week of Nov. 4 of us got it. It was on our 6th day there.
I don't know if it can really be avoided, as I am a purell, handwashing nut & I got it!
I called housekeeping from our room the morning that we were checking out of VWL & the womwn didn't seem that interested, so I also mentioned it to the cleaning lady in the hall before we left.
We all made it to the bathroom, except my 1 year old, but I used towels w/ him which I threw out. I know gross...I really felt bad for anyone that had that room after us, it really made me think twice about staying on site again.

 

[Acklander]

I've travelled quite a bit - both for business and pleasure and don't do anything special once I've gotten to the hotel room, but I'm good about washing hands with just plain old soap and water. I guess I like to live dangerously. I've heard that the remote has the most germs in the room, but from the sounds of it, everyone else is busy disinfecting it, so I should be fine. Only one time did I get sick while on vacation, and that was while on a cruise.

As far as the "special cleans" that you can request at hotels. Usually that entails non-alergenic cleaning products, not that they're going to do an especially good or bad job at cleaning the room. I once was standing behind someone at CBR who had arranged for the special clean. They then wanted to change rooms for a different view and were told that they couldn't because housekeeping had already left for the day, and they couldn't re-clean the new room with the different cleaning products until the next day.

 

[kaysmommie]

In 2004 I got SO sick on our honeymoon. I didnt find out until I got back that I had bronchitis, a sinus infection, and the stomach flu. I spent pretty much the entire time in the room. Then when it was FINALLY time to go home, a hurricane hit and we got stuck there for four more days. I was sooooo miserable.

We were at Disney in September, and I did the whole lysol the door knobs, phone, and remote. My hubby and I took airborne before we got on the plane. Im not a big medication person, but considering how sick I was on our honeymoon, my doc even prescribed me antibiotics to take with me incase I got sick. I was NOT getting sick at Disney again! The trip was great- until the flight home. This poor miserable girl, probably about 14 was sitting next to me and she was vomiting. "Oh she's just airsick" the family said, and Im thinking "we havent even pulled away from the airport! " Sure enough, the next day, I had to full blown stomach virus.

That is so inconsiderate of that family to put that girl on the airplane vomiting like that. Now mind you kids do get sick while on vacation but to bring kids with the flu, severe cold/fever , and the stomach virus to Disney is just wrong. That's what trip insurance is for. There is just no common sense anymore with alot of people. If my kids get sick we stay home and reschedule the trip better for everyone that way.

 

[PrincessSuzanne]

I am going to die.... tomorrow. I wash my hands, but that is all. I touch all those menus, railings, remotes, sit on the bedspread, heck... I've been known to drink from a glass at a hotel. I must have some dormant VIRUS, waiting to kill me. I should do more. Oh yeah... this stuff kills bacteria, not viruses.

I teach first grade. Germs don't scare me. I don't get the flu shot. I get a couple colds a year, usually after having allergy problems. My daughter got the stomach bug... her tummy hurt a little for a day or two. No throwing up. Our bodies need to fight stuff to become immune. IMHO

Can I sit on the floor in front of the couch???

I've travelled quite a bit - both for business and pleasure and don't do anything special once I've gotten to the hotel room, but I'm good about washing hands with just plain old soap and water. I guess I like to live dangerously. I've heard that the remote has the most germs in the room, but from the sounds of it, everyone else is busy disinfecting it, so I should be fine. Only one time did I get sick while on vacation, and that was while on a cruise.

As far as the "special cleans" that you can request at hotels. Usually that entails non-alergenic cleaning products, not that they're going to do an especially good or bad job at cleaning the room. I once was standing behind someone at CBR who had arranged for the special clean. They then wanted to change rooms for a different view and were told that they couldn't because housekeeping had already left for the day, and they couldn't re-clean the new room with the different cleaning products until the next day.

Ya'll come and join us on the couch. There should be plenty of room, since I brought my germ infested Lazy-Boy.

I didn't actually request a special cleaning, cause I didn't know about it, the CM mentioned it to me, but as long as I don't smell smoke I am fine, it isn't the germs that bother me, Seasonal allergies (all year long) getting out of control is what bugs me most and that has nothing to do with germs and bacteria.

I guess these people don't wipe snotty noses and poopy hineys either, cause they might get sick . If working in a hospital with ER pt's coughing and sneezing on me daily hasn't made me sick yet, then I don't think a few dirty hands at WDW will either. We all have to use a little commn sense.


Suzanne

 

[pugluver31902]

That is so inconsiderate of that family to put that girl on the airplane vomiting like that. Now mind you kids do get sick while on vacation but to bring kids with the flu, severe cold/fever , and the stomach virus to Disney is just wrong. That's what trip insurance is for. There is just no common sense anymore with alot of people. If my kids get sick we stay home and reschedule the trip better for everyone that way.

I was pretty mad at the parents. I bet the whole plane got sick. Plus, as soon as we landed, she bolted from the plane and threw up all over the floor, all the way to the trashcan INSIDE the airport.

 

[BCV23]

Can I fit on the couch too? Lots of soap and water is what we rely on.

But Belle5, I do think WDW cleans the rooms differently when they are aware a guest has been sick. A couple of years ago our DS2 caught a virus while we were there. He was quite ill and we called for extra towels, clean bedspread etc. They also came and shampooed the carpet while we were there. Anyway, after we checked out our daughter realized she had left something in the bedside table. I went back to the room and there was a cart outside but the maid wasn't cleaning yet. I can't remember exactly what it was, but there was some indication that it was going to be getting extra attention. Sorry for my fuzzy memory but it made me feel better.

 

[fla4fun]

I don't know the answer to your question for sure, but I can tell you one time my young daughter was vomiting continuously to the room and in the room (POR)after banging heads with another child. In the room, all vomit went in a lined trash can luckily. We called 911, went to the hospital, she had a concussion. Obviously, the hotel was aware someone had been sick. We were checking out the next day. Housekeeping came to the room between 9-10. I said we would be leaving the room at 11am, no earlier. The lady stood outside our window for over an hour until we left. She didn't have a cart, just a plastic bag with stuff in it but it seemed to me some special cleaning was going to be done.

I can tell you that I had the fever and chills flu about three years ago at WL, and I was so ill one day I didn't let mousekeeping in. When I did let them in the next day, they were wearing rubber gloves and masks like a hazmat team and they gave the room a thorough cleaning. So it may depend on whether they know someone has been ill or not.

 

[JoBird]

My Dh, who travels a lot with his job, has witnessed a cleaning lady (not in WDW) actually take a rag, wipe the toilet rim, then take the same rag and wipe down the counters as well as the coffee mugs. Then she took the toilet scrubber, after scrubbing the inside of the toilet, and proceeded to scrub the inside of the tub. Not kidding.

I'm coming over to spray all ya'll sitting on that couch with my can of clorox spray.

Jo