New mug and glass poll

[riggins]

Thing is you have the option to wash ceramic and glass. Styro doesn't wash as well and since they are also removing the dish soap etc. you won't be able to easily clean your refillable mugs either unless you bring your own.

A disposable cup is only as clean as the last person who touched it and since that person may have just cleaned the bathroom, this brings up a whole new level of sanitary.

MLK-RI - you hit the nail right on the head! I've always thought the paper plates and bowls were cheap and tacky, and we never used them because who knows where they've been or who's touched them. So, when I originally heard about the glasses thing, I immediately just thought it just added to the cheap and tacky "dishes" that were already in a studio. But as I mulled it over more and started thinking about the implications, it was the inability to actually wash them that got me steamed enough to write to DVC. In the past, we've always used the real glasses, after a thorough washing. My choice now is to take my chances with the plastic/styrofoam that's being provided, or I can bring my own glasses and dish soap. This is not acceptable to me. So, count me in with the crowd that felt strong enough to complain!

Leslie

 

[hellerjw]

I agree. If they are providing sealed plastic/styrofoam that's one thing, but just a stack of them somebody pulled out of a bulk package is quite another. The whole sanitation issue becomes far larger than the asthetics of it. At the very least they need to provide small, sealed packages of new plates, cups, etc.

 

[karrit2000]

I had that once at OKW. The plates & bowls were wrapped up in a mile of saran wrap. Still the issue that someone else handled those items to wrap them up. Maybe it wasn't mousekeeping as I originally thought but the previous guest. EWW, ICK, Gross!!!

 

[disney0210]

OK, since there are so many complaints about the other and the OP on it doesn't feel like changing it, we will try again! Hopefully this will cover the wide range of feelings on it.

Thank you Tisbit for posting this poll. You're our saviour!

I voted for I don't like the change but I am not going to complain about it. Studio deluxe accommodation is still deluxe accommodation and should feel as such - and I personally do not think that foam cups give that feeling. However, I am the type of person that will adjust to circumstances as much as I can. Once I cannot anymore, then the complaining begins.

This is just my personal opinion on the matter.

Thanks again for posting this poll! My brain cells are starting to regenerate and I think my headache from yesterday is starting to go away...

 

[deltachi8]

Is there no option for people who like the new policy? A few people are in favor of the change, no?

Good point.

 

[CarolA]

As I said in the other poll....

WHERE but Disney could you spend $250 a night and get "disposable" glasses! !!!

(If you check into the JW Marriott for that price a night you get REAL glasses. If you check into the Comfort Inn for $50 a night you get "throw away" Only Disney things "Just because we put "Disney" on it we can provide LESS!!!)

This is NOT deluxe service folks and looking at it from that point only... It's a stupid move.


I wrote! I also plan to go to the front desk on my next visit and ask for REAL glasses and my dishwashing supplies. I also plan to ask them if this is what they thing "Deluxe" service is and when they say yes suggest they LEAVE property and go over to the Marriott complex, check in and LEARN!!!!!!!

 

[kimberh]

As I said in the other poll....

WHERE but Disney could you spend $250 a night and get "disposable" glasses! !!!

(If you check into the JW Marriott for that price a night you get REAL glasses. If you check into the Comfort Inn for $50 a night you get "throw away" Only Disney things "Just because we put "Disney" on it we can provide LESS!!!)

This is NOT deluxe service folks and looking at it from that point only... It's a stupid move.


I wrote! I also plan to go to the front desk on my next visit and ask for REAL glasses and my dishwashing supplies. I also plan to ask them if this is what they thing "Deluxe" service is and when they say yes suggest they LEAVE property and go over to the Marriott complex, check in and LEARN!!!!!!!

Oh this is Good and so True! The Deluxe version was already a downgraded version, now it is more so. I don't get what Disney Management was thinking, or maybe they weren't thinking!

 

[OurDogCisco]

We don't stay in studios but I did e-mail a complaint.

 

[TisBit]

Oh this is Good and so True! The Deluxe version was already a downgraded version, now it is more so. I don't get what Disney Management was thinking, or maybe they weren't thinking!

I don't think they really were. I am sure there people calling and asking for disposables from the previously mentioned news about the cleanliness and some brain child who didn't really think it through decided to replace everything. I think the compromise is to provide both, people than can choose what they want!

 

[SuzanneSLO]

Sorry to add another complaint about the poll, but I do think this change effects those who usually stay in a 1 BR or larger.

If members find the accomodations in studios to be unsatisfactory, they will either sell their points or more likely, find other ways to use them. Kind of like a large resort added to DVC that no one wants to stay at, imagine the impact of a large number of rooms that no one wants to stay in. The result: more bookings in the rooms perceived to offer a better expereince. More competition for those rooms means more 11 month sell outs and more waitlists.

Is this likely to happen based solely on this one issue? Probably not. But we are continuing down a slippery slope that may motivate more families of 4 or less to choose 1 BRs over studios.

-- Suzanne

 

[PSC]

I voted "Don't like it - not going to complain".

We'll be bringing a couple of microwaveable mugs to add to our owners locker. Maybe a real plate or two and some real silverware. We already have fitted sheets in our locker to make up for the Deluxe Resort sheets that can't seem to stay on the bed.

I'm hoping that my DW won't use this as yet another reason to only stay in 1 or 2 bedroom units (I think more days at WDW is better than a larger room)!

 

[TisBit]

Sorry to add another complaint about the poll, but I do think this change effects those who usually stay in a 1 BR or larger.

If members find the accomodations in studios to be unsatisfactory, they will either sell their points or more likely, find other ways to use them. Kind of like a large resort added to DVC that no one wants to stay at, imagine the impact of a large number of rooms that no one wants to stay in. The result: more bookings in the rooms perceived to offer a better expereince. More competition for those rooms means more 11 month sell outs and more waitlists.

Is this likely to happen based solely on this one issue? Probably not. But we are continuing down a slippery slope that may motivate more families of 4 or less to choose 1 BRs over studios.

-- Suzanne

No doubt it will/could affect everyone, even is someone never ever stays in a studio, one day they might.....

But the purpose of the poll was not to find out how it affects you, but rather your feelings about it. Even if you don't stay in a studio you may not like the change and right a letter....or you might not feel it applies because you only got DVC for GV's "so what happens in the studios, stays in the studios" (hehe).

A poll with 15 different overlapping responses for every individuals feelings doesnt' get to the heart of what people feel about the change....

 

[La2kw]

Did you watch that "special" about unclean glasses?

I'll take my clean disposable cup, please!

FYI - We but the refillable mugs and bottle water anyway.....so it does not effect us!

Don't expect to be able to wash those refillable mugs out. There won't be any dish soap since DVC feels there's nothing we need to wash. Also, if you watched the special, you would know that the maids also were caught cleaning toilets and glassware with the same dirty gloves. How clean are those styro cups if the maid doesn't wash her hands or change the gloves before she stocks your 8 paper cups in the cupboard?

Still think it's not going to affect you?

 

[La2kw]

I can certainly understand that some folks don't wish to complain. I just don't get how any member can't see how this affects the quality of our membership, regardless of whether or not you use coffee cups, glasses, studios, or larger units. We usually stay in 1BR's, but this still bothers me greatly, which is why I just re-sent my last two e-mails. MS still hasn't responded to my original ones.

 

[tomandrobin]

I can certainly understand that some folks don't wish to complain. I just don't get how any member can't see how this affects the quality of our membership, regardless of whether or not you use coffee cups, glasses, studios, or larger units. We usually stay in 1BR's, but this still bothers me greatly, which is why I just re-sent my last two e-mails. MS still hasn't responded to my original ones.

I do think this a poor decision by Disney. However, it still does not effect me that much. We have our own mugs or drink bottled water.

 

[disney dumbo]

Did you watch that "special" about unclean glasses?

I'll take my clean disposable cup, please!

FYI - We but the refillable mugs and bottle water anyway.....so it does not effect us!

My feelings too. When we stay in Marriotts or anywhere... I don't use the glasses/mug unless I feel that I can properly clean them myself! And unfortunately, I'm not big on doing dishes on vacation!

 

[Island Mouse]

It doesn't bother me. Glass or plastic, its all the same to me. I'm still drinking my beverage and enjoying Disney either way. If I was really that concerned about sanitation, I would bring my own cups and mugs anyways.

And one thing I learned in the army is that when you are presented with inadequate supplies, just improvise. Any thick paper or cardboard can be fashioned into a drinking cup. An empty paper towel or toilet paper roll would do the trick. Hand soap or shampoo works as an excellent cleaning solution and a clean sock can be fashioned into a sponge. I'm sure between the items in your suitcase and what few supplies are still available in the DVC studios, you should be able to clean the coffee pot and your refillable mugs too.

 

[jmtf2004]

It doesn't bother me. Glass or plastic, its all the same to me. I'm still drinking my beverage and enjoying Disney either way. If I was really that concerned about sanitation, I would bring my own cups and mugs anyways.

And one thing I learned in the army is that when you are presented with inadequate supplies, just improvise. Any thick paper or cardboard can be fashioned into a drinking cup. An empty paper towel or toilet paper roll would do the trick. Hand soap or shampoo works as an excellent cleaning solution and a clean sock can be fashioned into a sponge. I'm sure between the items in your suitcase and what few supplies are still available in the DVC studios, you should be able to clean the coffee pot and your refillable mugs too.

Oh great now we're supposed to use army techniques in deluxe accommodations? Give me a break...I am no sooner going to break out a sock and use shampoo to wash dishes than I am to run nekked through the pool area (and believe me, that ain't going to happen nobody wants to see that!) By the way both most hand soaps and shampoos leave a residue on dishes that dishwashing detergent doesn't.
If by their own admission they can't clean glassware and mugs properly (this is apparently the reason they are replacing them with disposables), what on earth makes you think they are able to clean the floors, sinks, toilet, bathtub/shower stall, linens, or *anything* in any villa properly????
AFAIK housekeeping does not assign some CM's exclusively to steerage, and other *extra special* CM's to clean the 1BR and larger.
How are you feeling about this issue now? Do you still truly believe it doesn't affect you?

 

[disissue]

I just figured it out we usually stay the the BW our home resort, on my first day of arrival I will order room service and hord the coffee cups, silverware and most importantly my wine glasses and keep them for the week.

 

[PinkTink63]

Already wrote my letter!