Good Grief!!!

[AllyBri]

While I agree this situation is very unpleasant, even disgusting, it reminds me of an incident on one of my family's trips to VWL.

My son was just 2yo and we had spent a long day at the parks. For some reason on the bus ride back to WL we noticed that his diaper was at its breaking point - literally. It must have been a hot day with us drinking lots of water. DW and I felt terrible, as we had been changing him, but somehow let this diaper get filled to the extreme. To his credit, DS was still walking in it, not saying a word. Well, when we got off of the bus, the diaper EXPLODED! It actually fell apart in DS's shorts and started falling out the legs onto the walkway. There was nothing that we could do. The lining had disintegrated and the filling was going all over. (Just #1 btw, not #2.) There was no way for us to even gather it back up with what we had with us, so DW trotted upstairs to change out bare bottomed son, and I used a house phone from the ground floor to call the Front Desk.

Later that night, on our way to dinner, I suppose, we passed the same walkway, and the remnants of the diaper were still there. I couldn't believe it! I felt awful figuring that Mousekeeping would attend to it right away. I think I walked to the front desk this time to get something done. What I needed to clean it up myself was a dustpan and broom or something like that. Again I felt terrible leaving something like that in public, but did inform the powers that be, and thought they would help eliminate the problem immediately. Go figure.

What Magical Memories!

Why not just pick it up your self?

 

[LVSWL]

I love you, too, Rob, but I didn't intend for the OP to pick up this diaper. Just the original owner who put it there. How difficult is that???

Tonight my son and I went to Walmart. As we were getting out of our car, a truck parked in the opposite lane from us, and almost head to head with us was unloading a shopping cart. When they finished as we were getting out of the car, they pushed it right up net to our car. And they were only a few steps away from a cart stand. So if complete strangers could put their shopping cart right next to my car, almost a parking space away from their truck instead of leaving it right next to their truck, why couldn't some lowlife drop the dirty diaper across the hall?

Back at ya, Rob. Still friends.

Glad you posted again Deb. I understand your answer better now. I agree,why can't the stinkydiaperowner just put it in the trash! They must have had it in their stroller/hand/diaper bag as they walked down the hall, or if it was that room, stepped outside the room to do that. Only a few more steps would make things right.

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Back at ya, Rob. Still friends.

My first impression was that you were talking to the OP. My mistake. And I guess it's possible (still unlikely in my mind) that someone put that by the door of someone else. I agree about the cart stuff, I see it almost daily. One of my pet peeves.

Hugs back to you.... friend.

 

[Mule2007]

Clear explanations usually get better action:

1. There is a 50% chance the diaper has E. coli bacteria

2. Call the front desk and inform them of the hazardous material in the hallway

3. Remind them that any small child that might accidentally pick up the material may get infected and/or die

4. Remind the front desk what time you placed the call because the exact time may be important at a possible criminal and/or civil trial in the future.


Mule

 

[Tiger926]

So, is it the possibility for germ transmission that is the issue (this is probably very small, and I would gander that catching germs from touching stuff at WDW is much, much higher), or, the fact that someone littered?

We hate seeing bags of garbage outside in hallways (SSR is bad for this), but it's not going to ruin our vacation. That being said, the occupants should have placed it in a bag if they were not able to walk it to the public garbage right away - we always bring our diapers to the public garbage so as not to leave any odors in room, plus, it's not mousekeeping's job to clear them away, as far as we are concerned.

On the other hand though, I guess people are forgetting that babies could have been changed on beds, on counters or on floors within the rooms themselves, so if a diaper in a hallway is this big of a deal, you all must totally disinfect your rooms upon check-in just in case a child had been changed somewhere in the room? Honestly, I have seen far more 'disgusting' or health hazard type of issues at WDW than leaving a dirty diaper (I'm assuming it was closed up, but if it was open, then I can totally understand that) on the dirty pavement outside of a hotel room.

Tiger

 

[mel&me]

I seriously thought about slipping a note under thier door, asking them to take care of their hallway 'trash'.!!!!!

I wish you did!! This kind of stuff is unacceptable and they should be made aware of it.
Hopefully they would be embarrassed and never do it again!
JMHO.

I doubt they would be embarrassed at all. They did leave it right outside the door to begin with. odds are its not the first time they left one somewhere.

As to OP I would have called front desk, not that I would want to cause any trouble, but I am on vacation, this is not something I was spending my money on and traveling 1000 miles to see.

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Why not just pick it up your self?

You can't - it is like a cross between a liquid and a solid - it is like tapioca plasma- I have experienced the exploding diaper on 2 occasions- and you need a trash bag and a bunch of rags. bnlbees said they didn't have anything with them they could use.

 

[DanenRox]

Not as gross but just as puzzling.....on our last stay to the BWV, we came back to our room to find our "neighbors" had pirated our porch chairs (ground level rooms). Apparantly, they needed more chairs than they had allotted to them so they helped themselves to ours. Even though I wasn't really in the mood to sit outside, you bet that I grabbed a cold beer and reclaimed what was mine (for 5 nights anyway). I would have been glad to share what I had if someone had asked....DVC gets all kinds. Just because the resorts are upscale doesn't mean it's members are....OUCH!

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Clear explanations usually get better action:

1. There is a 50% chance the diaper has E. coli bacteria

2. Call the front desk and inform them of the hazardous material in the hallway

3. Remind them that any small child that might accidentally pick up the material may get infected and/or die

4. Remind the front desk what time you placed the call because the exact time may be important at a possible criminal and/or civil trial in the future.


Mule

Wow... You're brutal.

 

[mvc1997]

so if a diaper in a hallway is this big of a deal,
Tiger

It is a big deal, because it is unacceptable behavior!
Sheez!! Where is Miss Manners when you need her!

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Not as gross but just as puzzling.....on our last stay to the BWV, we came back to our room to find our "neighbors" had pirated our porch chairs (ground level rooms). Apparantly, they needed more chairs than they had allotted to them so they helped themselves to ours. Even though I wasn't really in the mood to sit outside, you bet that I grabbed a cold beer and reclaimed what was mine (for 5 nights anyway). I would have been glad to share what I had if someone had asked....DVC gets all kinds. Just because the resorts are upscale doesn't mean it's members are....OUCH!

True.

 

[widvc4us]

Makes you wonder if these members/guests would leave a stinky diaper in front of their front door at home. We truly think of our time at DVC as "home".

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Makes you wonder if these members/guests would leave a stinky diaper in front of their front door at home. We truly think of our time at DVC as "home".

Regardless... I do think of it as home (Disney). BTW... Welcome to the DISboards!

 

[Melani]

If you think it smelled in the hallway, try being trapped in a room with it.

Last year on our first trip with a baby I ran into this problem. I thought I had planned every thing, but what I didn't expect was that even though we were traveling to a place designed for kids, they had nowhere to dispose of diapers. At home I tie them up in a grocery bag and take them to the can outside. Even in 2 bags it still stunk the room up. We took it with us on our way out, thinking we'd find somewhere to dispose of it - but Disney did not have any cans specially marked as for dirty diapers so we had to throw it in the lobby bathroom can.

So you really think every time jr does a bm everyone should call housekeeping, because kids do dirty diapers every day and they have to go somewhere.

 

[Deb & Bill]

If you think it smelled in the hallway, try being trapped in a room with it.

Last year on our first trip with a baby I ran into this problem. I thought I had planned every thing, but what I didn't expect was that even though we were traveling to a place designed for kids, they had nowhere to dispose of diapers. At home I tie them up in a grocery bag and take them to the can outside. Even in 2 bags it still stunk the room up. We took it with us on our way out, thinking we'd find somewhere to dispose of it - but Disney did not have any cans specially marked as for dirty diapers so we had to throw it in the lobby bathroom can.

So you really think every time jr does a bm everyone should call housekeeping, because kids do dirty diapers every day and they have to go somewhere.

Now if you had stayed at a DVC resort, you would have had a trash room on each floor or at each building.

And if you didn't stay in a DVC resort, you could have called Housekeeping and asked where you could dispose of this nasty diaper. A simple phone call is all it takes.

Or at least bring your Diaper Genie along with you. We relied on that heavily when our son was a baby and they were a brand new item back then.

 

[Melani]

No way am I bringing my own trash can. Disney is for kids, there should be somewhere to take care of kid business. You don't bring your own toilet.

 

[mel&me]

If you think it smelled in the hallway, try being trapped in a room with it.

Last year on our first trip with a baby I ran into this problem. I thought I had planned every thing, but what I didn't expect was that even though we were traveling to a place designed for kids, they had nowhere to dispose of diapers. At home I tie them up in a grocery bag and take them to the can outside. Even in 2 bags it still stunk the room up. We took it with us on our way out, thinking we'd find somewhere to dispose of it - but Disney did not have any cans specially marked as for dirty diapers so we had to throw it in the lobby bathroom can.

So you really think every time jr does a bm everyone should call housekeeping, because kids do dirty diapers every day and they have to go somewhere.

They do have to go somewhere. The floor in the hall is not one of those places.
As Deb & Bill stated. There are trash room on every floor.

 

[AllyBri]

You can't - it is like a cross between a liquid and a solid - it is like tapioca plasma- I have experienced the exploding diaper on 2 occasions- and you need a trash bag and a bunch of rags. bnlbees said they didn't have anything with them they could use.

Ok.......they go back up to the villa and one parent takes a trash bag from one of the trash containers (bathroom) and some paper towel (kitchen area) comes back down to the "mess" and cleans it up.
The people here are wondering how and why these things happen and no one does anything about it, that post (accident on the stairs) is a prime example.

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Ok.......they go back up to the villa and one parent takes a trash bag from one of the trash containers (bathroom) and some paper towel (kitchen area) comes back down to the "mess" and cleans it up.
The people here are wondering how and why these things happen and no one does anything about it, that post (accident on the stairs) is a prime example.

They called the front desk, so someone could be dispatched to clean up the mess. That is acceptable IMO.

 

[Melani]

I have not stayed in a villa yet. There are no trash rooms at the Contemporary or Pop (unless you count the can by the snack & ice machines, but then it would be pretty stinky there.

So, am I to understand that in a DVC villa you are supposed to take out your own trash?