New DVC Cost-Savings Measure?

[DisDaydreamer]

Somehow, I don't think Disney pays much if anything for these trial size bottles nor the tiny boxes of Tide laundry detergent. I don't think it is a part of their program to top the bottles off with water.

That said.. I have become so used to that palmolive smell that I think I could tell you it was diluted just by the smell. I want a half full or new bottle too. We always take our remainder with us rather than it get thrown away.

 

[bobbiwoz]

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Hey post 1,000. Alright!!!

Congratulations, Pennyguy23!

Bobbi

PS. I take the unused portions home. It reminds me of my trips.

 

[Tink-n-Belle]

I just came back and stayed at 3 different resorts. The BWV, AKL and VB and NONE of mine were watered down.

 

[Disneyhappy]

I'm all for being "green" but if it is a DVC policy, I find it tacky for deluxe accomodations, especially without any explanation in the Villa. If I were paying rack rate for the rooms I would think it poor service to get watered down or half full liquid detergent. There is just something strange about this whole thing that several guests have noticed it. Was it all around the same time period? Maybe they were running short and were waiting for a shipment.

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Congratulations, Pennyguy23!

Bobbi

I remember when you hit 10K... now you're closing in on 20K

 

[Deb & Bill]

Do you require a brand new roll of toilet paper or will you accept a partially used roll that has been folded and turned under? How about a partial roll of paper towels? I have no problem doing that either. I see throwing the partially used roll of toilet paper or paper towels or partially used bottle of dishwashing liquid as being totally wasteful. And I rather DVC not waste my money.

 

[LIFERBABE]

I would complain, because maybe this is not a cost saving measure.

Management may not even be aware of it. Kind of like those housekeepers that were wiping out the glasses with the toilet rag and putting them back on the vanity instead of replacing them with sanitized ones. Was that a cost saving measure? Did that help keep prices low?

Dont let housekeeping set the policy.

It may not be a big deal, but when housekeeping is contracted out, alot of things can change. Little things and then you start to notice the big things.

It is managements job to ensure that contract employees maintain the standards of the resort. I run my business in the hospitality industry and I see it everyday. Management sets the bar. When they dont pay attention, standards slide real quick.

I started buying Palmolive at home, because it works so well when I am on vacation and it does remind me of being on vacation. I am sure P&G does not want a watered down version of its product in every DVC unit. Not very good advertising especially if they giving it to Disney or even providing a discount.

It's the little things that add up and set DVC apart and warrant the high cost. All the little things add up to make you feel that DVC cares. I just think you get to a certain point in your life where small details make a difference and you accept that these things have a cost and you are willing to pay for them.

I really dont see them watering down Palmolive and providing H2O products in the same unit. It doesnt add up.

 

[tomerin]

i honestly i hope i am not going to annoy some posters as to what i am going to say.

how can a half filled or a watered down bottle of dish soap cause so many posts. how many of those who are angered by this actually use a full bottle of palmolive when they are there? i have 2 teen sons and as most parents of teens can attest to most kids do not take a cup they had used minutes earlier and wash it and use it again. they simply get a clean one. so either myself of my wife are constantly washing cups and glasses. never have run out of dish soap on any of our dvc stays which are usually 7-10 days.

i am more concerned about the massive over-building that DVC is doing now. the more rooms available will put a strain on all aspects of service that DVC now offers. which will surely lead to an increase in our fees.


excuse me while i put on my flame suit. keeping that watered down bottle of palmolive to put out the fire!!! thats a joke ok

just MHO
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[crisi]

I dont think it was a guest at all. The bottles should be replaced between guests. Those are consumable items and not meant to be passed from guest to guest.

Oh, I hope not. We try to stay relatively green and make green decisions around our house. Detergent is not really good for the environment, so we use as little as we can. If DVC needs to replace the bottle every time we leave, that's a lot of detergent going into our water supply that shouldn't be there. Detergent that didn't even serve its purpose. Its a lot of plastic into our waste chain.

There may be ways to have our cake and eat it too - if DVC could have the manufacter package "single supply" dish detergent - in something like ketchup packets, that might work. But I definately can't approve of throwing away a whole mini-bottle of detergent

I think that if not using a pre used bottle of dish detergent is important to you, you need to bring it from home.

 

[jmtf2004]

This is liquid dishwashing soap. Not body soap, not single use hand soap. Gee whiz, not a problem to me if they leave me a bottle that someone else has already used. Wipe off the bottle and leave it on my counter.

Good theory, but quite frankly you have no idea what someone was or wasn't doing with that bottle...
At the very least if they are attempting a cutback in this area, I would expect them to refill a partially used bottle with detergent from a larger container, not water. Doing this would be both cost effective and environmentally friendly.
As much as I'm environmentally conscious (and I do my very best!) I don't want a half full bottle of anything in my villa at the beginning of my stay.
I have a difficult time believing that Mousekeeping does their job with environmental conservation at the top of their priority list. I suspect it's just a time saver to fill the bottles with water. If they do this they do not have to lug a bunch of new detergent bottles to every villa, and then have to dispose of the partially used ones.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Good theory, but quite frankly you have no idea what someone was or wasn't doing with that bottle.......

I'm at a total loss as to what someone would be doing with a plastic bottle and some dishsoap other than washing some dishes. Call me naive, but what else would you do with it?

 

[Crispy21]

I find it hard to believe Disney is paying someone 9 dollars an hour to go around and replace 64 cents worth of dish soap with water.

 

[crisi]

I'm at a total loss as to what someone would be doing with a plastic bottle and some dishsoap other than washing some dishes. Call me naive, but what else would you do with it?

I'm imaginative, so I can think of plenty of things - but if I thought people were likely to do those things, I wouldn't ever stay in any hotel. There are plenty of things happening in hotel rooms that are more normal than what someone could do to dishwashing soap. Imagine what they do in beds? Imagine what they could leave under the couch where housekeeping might not find it? I'm certain DVC isn't cleaning out those jacuzzi's as much as I'd want if I were going to obsess over it - so I'm not going to obsess.

(And lets hope DCL does a much better job than I suspect cleaning verandas - because membership in the veranda club grows with every cruise).

Let's face it, any mom with friends has come across one child who was a 'poop behind the curtains' or 'pee in a corner' kid. Do we really think none of these kids have ever travelled to Disney?

 

[Mtnman44]

what, eat snacks without a plate?

Imagine what they do in beds?

 

[dizzneebabe]

I'm at a total loss as to what someone would be doing with a plastic bottle and some dishsoap other than washing some dishes. Call me naive, but what else would you do with it?

I agree!!!
When I was a kid and we stayed at my parent's timeshares, we considered it a bonus if someone left behind some dish soap--it meant we didn't have to purchase it on our grocery run.