No towel animals for us

[DVC Sadie]

Can you imagine if all 90,000 disboard members took all of the towel animals home? I wonder how long WDW would continue to have towel animals if everyone felt as if they could take them home. Just something to consider, thays all.

 

[DisFlan]

Just another "Ignore what someone got in writing from Disney and listen to the general public on the DIS" thread.

Yup.



DisFlan

 

[DaisyD]

Just another "Ignore what someone got in writing from Disney and listen to the general public on the DIS" thread.

I don't know. I think I'd rather listen to what the manager at the WL before listening to someone I do not know online. The manager said they are to keep and I believe him.

 

[Rowlf]

Don't you think that possibly they wouldn't dare tell you to your face to leave them there, even though you should? Honestly, what are you going to do with towel animals at home????

I have a hard time believing how people get so worked up about freaking towel animals.

 

[KimberlyC]

Just another "Ignore what someone got in writing from Disney and listen to the general public on the DIS" thread.

I have noticed that you can't rely on a lot of Disney e-mails. So many are regurgitated form responses that don't really answer the question that was asked. Here's a recent example: I sent an email to the official Disney store asking about personalized t-shirts. According to the website, you have to use the full name of the park and the words "at" or "in". I emailed asking could I use "to" instead, as in "John's first trip to Walt Disney World". It was a simple, straightforward question. Well I got a reply email that simply regurgitated what clearly I had already read on the website. Needless to say, Disney lost a sale on that one because I don't need the hassle.

The e-mail bicker got strikes me as the same type of regurgitated form response that refers to some inapplicable policy. Sure that may be the reponse if someone asked if they were allowed to take the regular towels home or complimentary robes that may be provided, but who in their right mind would re-use towels that have been glued together, stickered to death, turned into a doll/animal and left with the compliments of the mousekeeper?

And as for what would happen if everyone took their towel animals home? Nothing. They can't re-use them as they've been glued together and stickered to death. They can't give them to another guest without washing them and they can't do that because they've been glued together and stickered to death. What's the difference if they hit your suitcase or the trash? And all 90,000 disers doen't receive towel animals. This thread would be much shorter if they did.

 

[DISUNC]

Can you imagine if all 90,000 disboard members took all of the towel animals home? I wonder how long WDW would continue to have towel animals if everyone felt as if they could take them home. Just something to consider, thays all.

I really think Disney would be more concened about WHO IS MAKING ALL THESE TOWELS ANIMALS (90,000) and NOT cleaning the rooms!

REALLY its FINE to take them! I have been going for years and Disney has always had a habit of giving out little gifts to children. Mine had recieved, stickers, pins, little plastic figurines. Heck I even know adults who recieved them.

I can't believe anyone would NOT take them home.

 

[Nancyg56]

Don't you think that possibly they wouldn't dare tell you to your face to leave them there, even though you should? Honestly, what are you going to do with towel animals at home????

I have a hard time believing how people get so worked up about freaking towel animals.

Okay. Most people are not worked up about towel animals. I am not worked up about them either. We were told to take them home, and I put the two little towel ducks in the bathroom at home. Now, my DGD sees them each time she goes into that room, and talks about her stay. When can she go back? Remember them in the room? Will Pa and Nana come with her? Needless to say, we are going back, the marketing strategy worked, total cost to get us back perhaps 50 cents. I would say that the mgr would have no problems telling a customer to leave them behind if it hurt the bottom line. No, I think that they are all part of making the stay a happy one, and if a child enjoys a little treat, and this is an incentive to bring a family back, well it works.

 

[LakeAriel]

This is why I no longer post towel animals, upgrades, pixie dust explosions or other non-standard occurrences we've experienced at WDW. If a purely pixie-dust item becomes "demanded" or "expected" - or ripped off, it'll eventually be dropped - or, worse, be offered at an expense beyond what some folks can afford. And then it's not Special Magic anymore. When that happens, a little magic leaves the park (or resort) - and we all lose.

DisFlan

You are both so right! If there were towel animals every day, every visit, there would be no magic about them. How could a child at DISNEY WORLD be disappointed because there was no towel animal? The experience being there is magic in itself!

 

[disneyfan67]

Can you imagine if all 90,000 disboard members took all of the towel animals home? I wonder how long WDW would continue to have towel animals if everyone felt as if they could take them home. Just something to consider, thays all.

The more I think about that statement the more I could see Disney saying enough and outlawing the practice. I never even heard of Towel animals until I started surfing this site. In my 4 trips to WDW, I only recieved one, and that was at AKL. It may be important to some and I won't poke fun at you for wanting it, but it wouldn't spoil my vacation if I didn't get one.

My main concern is a super clean room with a spotless bathroom and fresh sheets on my bed. Everything else is bonus, IMO.

 

[torinsmom]

Can you imagine if all 90,000 disboard members took all of the towel animals home? I wonder how long WDW would continue to have towel animals if everyone felt as if they could take them home. Just something to consider, thays all.

If they are old washcloths and towels that can no longer be used, I am assuming they would otherwise be thrown out, right? So what is the harm in keeping them? Do they unfold them, take the stickers and stuff off and make another towel animal for someone else?

 

[jann1033]

The animals were intended to be taken home. They are made from old towels and washcloths that can no longer be used as towels and washcloths.

They do not take the animals apart and reuse them as towels and washcloths.

They do not give "used" animals to other people. That would be unsanitary, and could result in a health violation.

it could be different since this was at vero beach but the one i got was not from old towels( it fell apart so i could see them and they were just like the ones in the bathroom) nor were they glued so by removing the little stuck on eyes, it would have be reusable, no problem...same with the little clam shell ones, new usable washclothes(i used them so i should know ).. wdw might be different but that was the case when we were at vero

 

[fitzperry]

I can't believe anyone would NOT take them home.

Are you kidding? The LAST thing I need in my house is another stuffed animal. The rule in our house is that if you get a new stuffed animal, you must give away two. FTR, that would include animals of the towel variety.

And I must say I'm a little confused. I sort of skimmed the last couple of pages of this thread, wondering how a thread about towel animals came to be so long, and I'm reading posts about towel animals that are glued together. The ones we've gotten have just been folded into a shape--little birds, bears, etc. They had sticker eyes (and maybe ears--I can't remember), but they weren't glued together. Guess we're either staying in the wrong place or not leaving big enough tips.

Even if the animals were glued, however, the rule would stand! At any rate, we told our kids that the little creatures were just to decorate the room and could not come home with us. They were fine with that and have gotten along quite nicely without them.

 

[DaisyD]

Don't you think that possibly they wouldn't dare tell you to your face to leave them there, even though you should? Honestly, what are you going to do with towel animals at home????

I have a hard time believing how people get so worked up about freaking towel animals.

I offered the CM to let me pay for them. She said no. I asked for a manager. He came out and I explained what I wanted. He said no! He said that mousekeeping had management permission to make these and they were gifts. I believe him. I have my menagerie of ducks to show for it! And they are SO cute! LOL!

 

[Joann]

All I know is they are cute and I took them home as I was told I could and my kids wanted them, where are they now that they are home? In a Disney shopping bag, do they stay there? Yes but are takin out time from time for memories of our trip and to show friends what was left in our room staying on property! Will I take more home if we get anymore? Yes!!! Why ?? For the memories of our trip!I have no guilt whats so ever, like they have no guilt ripping me off for over priced food and suvies!

 

[FigmentGuy]

Im gonna "undue" all my towel animals....
tie them together to form a rope.. ..
throw it out the window.. ..
and escape this thread because I can feel that its getting Uglllllly

 

[stitchthesnitch]

you wont get towel animals at the value resorts LOL. If you want a towel animal stay at a moderate.

Drc cast member

 

[stitchthesnitch]

Joann do you complain about the overpriced food at the movies? Its the same thing but disneys food is better.

 

[DMRick]

We didn't have kids with us at our last trip to Pop, but we got towel animals. When we were checking out the maid reminded us to take our animals. We thanked her and said no thanks. She insisted (hmm..maybe that's why my luggage was overweight and I had to "rearrange" into my carry on). Anyway, we weren't about to stand there and argue as she was pretty insistant (all of ours, and we've gotten a lot over the years have looked like thinner wash cloths), so we took them and when we came home, we passed them onto a Diser with a small child in the house.
Years ago we offered to buy a couple when our grands were with us, but the manager at the front desk told us to please just take them.
Our maid had a lot of them premade on her cart. I'm of the opinion that she makes them on her own time, with washcloths about to expire, in hopes of nicer tips. Or maybe just to make pixidust.

 

[LakeAriel]

you wont get towel animals at the value resorts LOL. If you want a towel animal stay at a moderate.

Drc cast member

Not true! The ONLY towel animals I ever got were at POP!

 

[Joann]

Joann do you complain about the overpriced food at the movies? Its the same thing but disneys food is better.

I see you are new on here and the last 2 posts on this thread that you have written seem to be trying to start, IE: stay mod you won't get one at a Value, and what you wrote to me. Actually from what I have read there is an awful lot of people getting them at the values, and second I don't recall complaining about food prices, I was making a point as the food and suvies are over priced and they make tons of money off all of us, I don't feel bad takin a towel animal when we get them. and I never said the food was less quality then a movie theater. If I was complaining like you most likely are insinuating I wouldn't travel there every year and stay on property now would I? If you read what I wrote properly you would understand what I wrote as I have no guilt in takin them because they are pretty much payed for anyway with the prices they charge you for everything else there! They don't lose money by ppl takin the odd towel animal