I don't care let me in, at pop century

[smile145]

One thing I find interesting is staffing levels. A lot of people are reporting housekeeping banging on the door at 8am etc. In my past trips, we would often come back to the room at 3 or 4pm and housekeeping hadn’t come yet and sometimes they didn’t come at all (and we wanted housekeeping). They always seemed backed up and overwhelmed. Have they increased staffing so much that now they have enough staff to be knocking on everyone’s door at 8am?

 

[kaytieeldr]

And? How does that negate the need to address those issues? Instead of wasting energy focusing on "searching" a 2nd floor room with windows that don't open and no balcony, for example?

Red herring. Not related to resort doors of room entry in any way. Also, with the exception of printing new door tags, no expense. All your issues cost. Write to Disney.

 

[maxiesmom]

That door latch is almost useless .. basically there to make you feel more secure .

It will stop any CM from barging in on a naked guest. Unless posters have reported CMs disabling the latch and I've missed it?

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

Red herring. Not related to resort doors of room entry in any way. Also, with the exception of printing new door tags, no expense. All your issues cost. Write to Disney.

You are illustrating my point. What they are doing does absolutely nothing for actual security. If they were actually interested in improved security measures they would address the issues I listed at the bare minimum. They would not be hassling guests in a 260 sq ft two-story hotel room with one (doorway) exit.

 

[AngiTN]

You are illustrating my point. What they are doing does absolutely nothing for actual security. If they were actually interested in improved security measures they would address the issues I listed at the bare minimum. They would not be hassling guests in a 260 sq ft two-story hotel room with one (doorway) exit.

I'm pretty sure no one here is going to disagree with you. Nor are we going to have any luck changing Disney's mind.

 

[tlmadden73]

We are in a world of overreacting it seems.
It seems to me that this safety "check" is an overreaction (and a "quick fix" with poor implementation) to the Vegas shooter and it is creating WAY more bad publicity and bad customer service than may be worth it. There are probably less intrusive ways to be on the lookout for this kind of stuff without freaking out your customers that security is going to walk in on them when they had an expectation of privacy.

It seems companies are in a rush to be "secure" and don't seem to take into account what it costs them (monetarily or otherwise).

What's next? Getting our cars searched before we park on property because of some car bomb incident in the US?
Being able to only bring a small clear bag into the parks so all items are easily visible when someone sneaks in a gun or bomb?

If someone wants to do something terrible .. it can be done despite these checks. Just walk a gun or bomb into the crowed choke points CREATED by these security measures.

 

[saskdw]

I agree that CMs wanting to enter rooms upon demand is an inconvenience, but it's my understanding that the reason this policy was put into effect is to prevent another tragedy like what happened in Las Vegas from happening at Disney. What good would it do if a person is planning to do something terrible and the CM agrees to come back later? It's unfortunate that it has to come to making policies like this, but I choose safety over convenience.

I choose to vacation somewhere else where they believe in customer service.

 

[saskdw]

but they are trying to do something proactive to keep people safe.

No they aren't.

 

[saskdw]

It’s a lose lose situation. They do the checks and some feel their right are violated. They don’t do the checks and something happens and they didn’t do enough. I don’t know the answer personally.

How about they do the checks and something still happens because the checks are useless?

 

[Wubar]

I choose to vacation somewhere else where they believe in customer service.

We are in a world of overreacting it seems.
It seems to me that this safety "check" is an overreaction (and a "quick fix" with poor implementation) to the Vegas shooter and it is creating WAY more bad publicity and bad customer service than may be worth it. There are probably less intrusive ways to be on the lookout for this kind of stuff without freaking out your customers that security is going to walk in on them when they had an expectation of privacy.

It seems companies are in a rush to be "secure" and don't seem to take into account what it costs them (monetarily or otherwise).

What's next? Getting our cars searched before we park on property because of some car bomb incident in the US?
Being able to only bring a small clear bag into the parks so all items are easily visible when someone sneaks in a gun or bomb?

If someone wants to do something terrible .. it can be done despite these checks. Just walk a gun or bomb into the crowed choke points CREATED by these security measures.

I would think the overreaction would be extended to all of "the sky is falling" posters in regards to this policy as well. I'm telling you, add up all of the people swearing off Disney because of the room check, dog policy, $5 delivery charge to resorts, toiletry dispensers replacing Mickey ear toiletries, rising costs, long lines, bad food, rude CMs, super ultra mega unbelievably crowded parks EVERY day of the year, good neighbor hotels getting 60 day FP+, bad housekeeping, crowded inconvenient slow buses, less EMH, etc Etc ETC....Disney should be practically empty whenever I want to visit in the future! Excellent.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I choose to vacation somewhere else where they believe in customer service.

Okay. Enjoy.

 

[maxiesmom]

We are in a world of overreacting it seems.
It seems to me that this safety "check" is an overreaction (and a "quick fix" with poor implementation) to the Vegas shooter and it is creating WAY more bad publicity and bad customer service than may be worth it. There are probably less intrusive ways to be on the lookout for this kind of stuff without freaking out your customers that security is going to walk in on them when they had an expectation of privacy.

It seems companies are in a rush to be "secure" and don't seem to take into account what it costs them (monetarily or otherwise).

What's next? Getting our cars searched before we park on property because of some car bomb incident in the US?
Being able to only bring a small clear bag into the parks so all items are easily visible when someone sneaks in a gun or bomb?

If someone wants to do something terrible .. it can be done despite these checks. Just walk a gun or bomb into the crowed choke points CREATED by these security measures.

Disney over-reacts and many guests over-react to their over-reaction.

I think they would be better off if the room checks were random, and not every day. And if they honored the room occupied sign, at least for one day. And if it was still on on day 2, then call or knock.

 

[Three60guy]

Let me throw out a completely out of box thought about this whole subject.

The premise is that checking rooms would prevent a Las Vegas type of event. In the mean while a whole lot of aggravation is building over privacy etc.

Up until now it appears that Disney has taken the stand that intrusion and privacy is trumped by the fear of another idiot coming in with military style guns etc.

What are the chances of this happening. Pretty darn low. So, how do we protect all involved?

I submit, the same way we do with lethal automobiles. Nuts drive them every day. They drive down freeways on the wrong side and a host of other dumb ways. But do we check your use of these vehicles and your way of using them? Well, yes. When you take your drivers license exam. Nothing later except for renewing your license but typically just check your eye sight. But we have hundreds of thousands killed or injured every year. But we still have our freedoms.

But in this situation, our freedoms and privacy are being challenged apparently everyday while at our favorite place in the world. Why? Apparently, because Disney is self insured they don’t want to expose themselves to liability. But think for a second what would change if Disney merely accepted liability. The same we do when we buy insurance for the inherent liability when we use our own automobiles.

So, I pose that all could return to normal if one of two things occurred:

1. Disney accepts liability if a Las Vegas occurrence occurs.

Or

2. They build into the cost of staying at Disney an amount that would protect Disney for any possible occurrence.

It’s done everyday. Insurance! It’s simple and straightforward and it works. People’s fears of privacy and intrusion go away. And most importantly, our freedoms are retained.

Would love to hear if I missed something. But please don’t provide the cross the missing (t) or missing dotted (i) argument. My intent here is to inject constructive and solution based feedback. Maybe I should have started a new thread?

Cheers

 

[saskdw]

I would think the overreaction would be extended to all of "the sky is falling" posters in regards to this policy as well. I'm telling you, add up all of the people swearing off Disney because of the room check, dog policy, $5 delivery charge to resorts, toiletry dispensers replacing Mickey ear toiletries, rising costs, long lines, bad food, rude CMs, super ultra mega unbelievably crowded parks EVERY day of the year, good neighbor hotels getting 60 day FP+, bad housekeeping, crowded inconvenient slow buses, less EMH, etc Etc ETC....Disney should be practically empty whenever I want to visit in the future! Excellent.

Disney appreciates your unconditional love and large wallet.

 

[saskdw]

Okay. Enjoy.

We did last year and will again this year. Thanks!

You keep on believing Disney is the only place to vacation! Disney Appreciates it!

 

[AngiTN]

We did last year and will again this year. Thanks!

You keep on believing Disney is the only place to vacation! Disney Appreciates it!

Yet you are on a Disney fan board. Curious

 

[saskdw]

Yet you are on a Disney fan board. Curious

We've spent plenty of time and money at Disney. We actually planned to go there this year until this policy came out. Now's it's completely off the radar. I'm still here because I'm interested on how this policy is working out.

 

[Wubar]

Disney appreciates your unconditional love and large wallet.

Unconditional love? Hardly. Large wallet? Far from it, if you were referring to cash. But it is stuffed full of pictures of my son, who we just took to WDW for his first visit a few weeks ago. He loved it, so perhaps unconditional love in his eyes. The magic and wonder in his eyes from meeting the characters, seeing Cinderella's castle for the first time, and riding all of those iconic rides was worth it to my wife and I. We went before him, and we're going with him as a family. It's worth it to us. We're not going to stay away because of a simple room check and the absolute furor created from posters who insist their private little bubble is being violated. So please, stay somewhere else. I'm sure all of the other resorts and cities and countries and tourist attractions, combined with the public transportation you might use, won't deign to interfere with your vision of an undisturbed and completely private vacation.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Yet you are on a Disney fan board. Curious

With all due respect people come here to the Boards for a variety of reasons and there are a variety of forums on the DIS to suite many people's interests (including photography, universal, other Disney parks, other Orlando parks, community board, etc). A prerequisite to be an active member isn't to only vacation at Disney. You can still be a fan of Disney but not necessarily a fan,at the moment or for quite a while, or an active visitor to Disney parks.

When I joined my trip was nearly 2 years away. I'm still here and my trip isn't for the foreseeable future (likely 2021 but may be a few years after that) and I def. vacation elsewhere. It's by sheer luck honestly that I've visited every 6 years but that wasn't the actual plan it's just how the cards fell.

Should I not be active on the Boards since I vacation elsewhere as well and have no plans for an actual trip just know eventually I'll get back?

 

[Fldisneyfamily4321]

I vacationed in Manchester England recently where a huge attack occurred and did not deal with such crazy intrusive hotel policies.. although no they don’t have the same gun laws they still have many other problems obviously.I never felt unsafe in any way and I was a women traveling alone without my family .
We are going to Disney in April , if things like this get out of hand intrusive to our vacation I will not renew our passes and continue to explore other places for vacations.