On the day you leave Disney.....where do you leave your unused snacks/stuff?

[MickeyP]

Is there any thread on this forum that lets people know where they can put their leftovers? I mean pool toys, disposable strollers, unopened snacks, styrofoam cooler, stuff you will not be taking on the plane and are going to trash it anyway?

-the day/date you're leaving
-the hotel you're staying at
-time you're checking out

 

[Marionnette]

Is there any thread on this forum that lets people know where they can put their leftovers? I mean pool toys, disposable strollers, unopened snacks, styrofoam cooler, stuff you will not be taking on the plane and are going to trash it anyway?

-the day/date you're leaving
-the hotel you're staying at
-time you're checking out

I don't think that there is an active thread for passing along your leftover stuff. Why don't you just look for a family that is checking in on the day that you are leaving and just offer them your things?

 

[Anthony1971]

Stop by the front desk at your resort --do not call as that is NOT the front desk at your resort- and ask... a lot of times they will take some things and give them to others who might use them...
or as the other said ask another family...
Food goes in your suitcase home or in the garbage..... while you may think your are normal others will think you are nuts and may have put something bad in the food

 

[ceecee]

We have thrown food away. We did leave a few bottles of water in the frig although I'm sure the maid threw them away. DD gave a little girl who was checking in her Mickey balloon the day we left since she couldn't take it on the plane!

 

[MickeyP]

Such a shame to leave a stroller, when the rental prices are not even considered reasonable.

 

[DLB]

We had leftover waterbottles that were unopened and we just found a family checking in and gave them to them. At first they were stunned thinking "why are you giving these to us" My husband just explained that we had it leftover and would toss it if they didn't want them. They happily accepted them!

 

[auger]

A couple of years ago, we saw where someone had simply left two strollers sitting in one of the courtyard areas with a sign on them that said FREE.

I am sure if you did that, the non-food items would be snapped up in a heartbeat!

As for food, I would not ever give food to a stranger for fear that they would come back at me claiming to have gotten food poisoning or something like that!!
And on the flip-side, I would never take food from anyone I did not know for fear of what they may have done to it!!
Whatever food items you have left, please just throw them away.

 

[disneyeveryyear]

We give all unused drinks to BellServices when they come to pick up our luggage for check-out.

If food is opened, it gets pitched. If it is saveable, I put it in the Owner's Locker.

 

[BBandDisney]

Leave it in the room for housekeeping. As this is a non tipping position in WDW, this will be appreciated by the staff.

 

[timmac]

Leave it in the room for housekeeping. As this is a non tipping position in WDW, this will be appreciated by the staff.

Whaaaaa...? Housekeeping is a non-tipped position? Really? Needless to say I was not under the same impression.

 

[Sadie22]

Tipping of housekeeping is not required but always appreciated.

They're not going to appreciate belongings left behind, however. Nonfood items would be sent to lost and found.

 

[dzorn]

Last time at the pool we give the noodles away.

Bell services gets any cold drinks. Open food trash. What will keep OL. Some snack in carry on for plane. Other bagged with note for Housekeeping to help themselves.

Denise in MI

 

[talulabelle]

there is a thread on the Orlando Resorts and Atrractions board for people staying at the Wyndham Bonnet Creek Resort called "bonnet creek Pay it Forward" Where a bin with someones left overs was left at the front desk wit hthe name of a guest coming in the following week. People sign up for their week they will be on vacation at the resort on the thread and the bin is left at the front desk with their name on it and when they get it, they take what they can use for the week, leave what they can't, and add any of their own left overs...non-perishable foods, etc. When they are checking out, they simply return it to the front desk wit hthe name of the next person coming in from the thread. I'm sure one could be set up for any resort...like a free stroller swap, but it's a bin of groceries.

 

[SamSam]

We leave unopened food/drinks for housekeeping with a note letting them know that the products are for them.

Opened things get thrown away.

 

[ceecee]

Leave it in the room for housekeeping. As this is a non tipping position in WDW, this will be appreciated by the staff.

I thought it was customary to tip $1 per person per night. I have always tipped mousekeeping!

 

[Chipperjones]

A quick stop by a salvation army or goodwill would be good!

 

[MinnieForMe]

We always make friends at the pool and offer our leftover, unopened drinks to them. Any unopened snacks go in our bag for the airport. All other food is tossed. One year I did have to throw out our stroller as no one wanted it.

 

[MrsDrewsky]

During our last trip we returned to our room to find a grocery bag with a few power aids, and a note from our neighbors saying they were checking-out and hope we could enjoy them.

Granted they were sealed, so we happily accepted them.

Edited to add: they had placed the bag on our doorknob.

 

[SamSam]

I thought it was customary to tip $1 per person per night. I have always tipped mousekeeping!

We do too, but it's a hot topic here. We tip wherever we stay, including DVC.

 

[Avonlady1001]

there is a thread on the Orlando Resorts and Atrractions board for people staying at the Wyndham Bonnet Creek Resort called "bonnet creek Pay it Forward" Where a bin with someones left overs was left at the front desk wit hthe name of a guest coming in the following week. People sign up for their week they will be on vacation at the resort on the thread and the bin is left at the front desk with their name on it and when they get it, they take what they can use for the week, leave what they can't, and add any of their own left overs...non-perishable foods, etc. When they are checking out, they simply return it to the front desk wit hthe name of the next person coming in from the thread. I'm sure one could be set up for any resort...like a free stroller swap, but it's a bin of groceries.

I ran a Pay It Forward swap at Port Orleans. Lasted a while, but it kept getting "lost" in luggage services, and we'd start a new one, it would get "lost", etc, so we had to let it die. It was a fun & useful thing while it lasted. I'd love to see more of those swaps pop up. It is such a waste the things we toss when we check out that could be useful to others.

Last trip, we had unopened waters from our last CS meal, we handed them off to some people checking in. They seemed appreciative. I don't know if we'd try to give away food though. I wouldn't try to give away anything I wouldn't be comfortable accepting.