Privacy question when sleeping in one of the Value rooms...

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Donna I am so glad you are being such a good sport about this thread, lol- bc it is making my day, and one of my besties is in need of cheering up today- so I sent her this way.. HA! But I also know when she reads it she will be packing clorox wipes for her next trip, and wiping down the bathroom!

I agree; I'm also a big germophobe who did a lot of posting on the infamous "be aware if you're in Disney the next few months" thread-I ended up in Celebration hospital with gastroenteritis, as were a lot of other people in Dec '08 at Disney.

Two things that always stay in our "Disney Box" are a giant bottle of hand sanitizer to refill the little ones that are on our lanyards, and a bottle of clorox cleanup for the room to wipe down surfaces.

One tip-the minute you get into the room, pull the comforters off the bed, fold them in a corner and try not to touch them. Disney does NOT wash them hardly at all

 

[pperfectmom]

I rarely visit the family board. I'm so glad I did today. Count me among the traumatized from hearing my folks A LOT when I was a kid. I soooo do not want my kids to remember that. DH and I are a "little" on the noisy side as well. I can't wait to have this excuse when I bring up the buying DVC subject for the thousandth time.

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

I rarely visit the family board. I'm so glad I did today. Count me among the traumatized from hearing my folks A LOT when I was a kid. I soooo do not want my kids to remember that. DH and I are a "little" on the noisy side as well. I can't wait to have this excuse when I bring up the buying DVC subject for the thousandth time.

Hey, don't I get a referral bonus if you guys buy DVC because of me?

Only thing is, I'm too embarrassed to post who I really am to get the referrals

 

[kimnvbva]

I am still laughing this morning! I was telling my DH about this thread and he said, I told you I wasn't the only one thinking about the bathroom! It's good to know that there are fans at all of the hotels! Like I said before, the magic doesn't stay at the parks!

Kim

 

[~Kristina~]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, NOT WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE IN THE ROOM!
I am still traumatized over how I could hear my parents. We wont even go there but it really does mess with a kids mind to hear/see that.

My kiddos didn't hear anything...we were very careful to "enjoy in silence". Plus my kids are too young for the kids night out.

 

[whitneyNC]

Some of you all are still challenged with the whole background noise thing. It only muffles sound to the person AT the noise. The person IN the bathroom with the fan on can't hear. The fan in the bathroom doesn't in any way inhibit people from hearing the bathroom noises who are on the outside of the door. For gosh sakes get two rooms.

 

[DonnaBelle06]

WhitneyNC - I thought about 2 rooms...honest I did but my kid are only 7 & 9 and I do not like the idea of them being able to open it to the outside...(the door)..................

I think I might have to reinvent the EARLY MAGIC HOURS to include times when the kiddies aren't up yet.

I tell you - Twine/2 3M stickup hooks and a heavy colored sheet/bathroom curtain...........will help with privacy issue and "lights out".

Donna the OP

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I just wanted to point out that even if your voice is quiet so to speak, "relations" have a certain noise to them unless you don't move at all?

 

[aTasteOfHeaven]

...back from work.

To answer your question, a mixed drink usually makes me forget how tired I am and how sore my feet are for AT LEAST an hour!

Especially if you chug-a-lug it Which is another adult behavior you don't want to show the kids.

Let me share a possibly fictional story:

Fade in on darkened All Star Sports Room.

Wife: Do you think they're asleep yet?

Kids: Not yet!

...time passes.

Wife: I think they're asleep!

Husband: I'll get the mixed drinks out of the cooler!

Wife: *giggle*

Crashing noise as husband falls over suitcase trying to find cooler

Wife: Shhh! Oh My God! We've been sitting in the dark for an hour trying to get them to fall asleep, for crying out loud don't wake them up!

Husband: I think my toe is bleeding.

Wife (from bathroom): Pour some booze on it and get in here!

Husband stumbles into bathroom holding drinks and his bleeding toe. Fan turns on. Crashing noise is heard as bottle slips from husband's bloodied hand to smash on the tile floor of the bathroom. Fan turns off. Kids wake up.


...and then we bought DVC.

How many people have added *flashlight* to their packing list??

 

[RMulieri]

Gotta say ...once again I am so HAPPY we opted for 5 nights in a 1 bdr villa at BCv rather than 10 nights at a value.

 

[~Kristina~]

I just wanted to point out that even if your voice is quiet so to speak, "relations" have a certain noise to them unless you don't move at all?

That's when you get creative. lol I'd go into vague detail, but this is the family board. lol

 

[timzagain]

We've stress-tested just about every sink, toilet, bathtub handle and towel rod in the values and moderates and DVC. They're good to go.

...and I love making people laugh!

You are hilarious! As a matter of fact, this whole thread is hilarious! I really need a good laugh - this thread has been perfect!

HOWEVER, after this thread I can see I'm going to be even more paranoid about travelling with Clorox wipes...

 

[starnightstarsky2000]

I have so enjoyed this thread and though it hasn't come up a problem for us as this is only our second trip to Disney as a family (the first was with my WHOLE family 13 including the kids) and we all got rooms on the same row though with 2-3 rooms between except for my brother/sister in law who got a joint room with my folks due to them having my 4 month old nephew. It wasn't a problem for our son to go with my sis and her kids to the pool or for me to take my nieces and nephews with us to the pool...but boy am sure glad we already have the information for the kids clubs cause our boy is 8 (9 in Nov) and NO WAY with him in the room even as a baby that was a major NO ewwwwwww!!!!!!

 

[daleswife]

My answer to this problem.....I never go to Disney alone!!! This year, my Lil sis, her friend and my mom will be going with us and they have their OWN ROOM.....HEY MA, Can you keep the kids for a little while or over night or something????? Yes I have the type of relationship with my mom that I can talk to her about that stuff....for heaven's sake, Ive been married for 10 years and I have two kids....I think she knows what happens...LOL....Although it kinda still embarrasses DH to ask her to watch the kids for "alone time".....he gets over it very quickly....

 

[catherines_mama]

WhitneyNC - I thought about 2 rooms...honest I did but my kid are only 7 & 9 and I do not like the idea of them being able to open it to the outside...(the door)..................

I think I might have to reinvent the EARLY MAGIC HOURS to include times when the kiddies aren't up yet.

I tell you - Twine/2 3M stickup hooks and a heavy colored sheet/bathroom curtain...........will help with privacy issue and "lights out".

Donna the OP

I always put the table and chair in the kids room in FRONT of their outside door. This way, they have a whole lot of moving to get out.

Did this when good friend and I took our 3 girls to POP last Spring. Worked GREAT, we moved in in the AM when we left for the parks and we really felt safe at night.

When we go next, Steve and I will do the same thing, but also - when "relations" aren't in action, my gosh..we'll be HOW tired, won't happen often, the doors will be open between the rooms. That way I'll hear the kiddos if they are up and around. BUt they'll be SOO tired too, I don't see much up and around happening.

 

[livndisney]

I always put the table and chair in the kids room in FRONT of their outside door. This way, they have a whole lot of moving to get out.
Did this when good friend and I took our 3 girls to POP last Spring. Worked GREAT, we moved in in the AM when we left for the parks and we really felt safe at night.

When we go next, Steve and I will do the same thing, but also - when "relations" aren't in action, my gosh..we'll be HOW tired, won't happen often, the doors will be open between the rooms. That way I'll hear the kiddos if they are up and around. BUt they'll be SOO tired too, I don't see much up and around happening.

Wouldn't this be dangerous in case of a fire or other emergency?

 

[NotUrsula]

WhitneyNC - I thought about 2 rooms...honest I did but my kid are only 7 & 9 and I do not like the idea of them being able to open it to the outside...(the door)..................

The simplest answer is several large bells on a thin strap, like sleigh bells. Take off a few in the middle of the strip and hang it over the top of the outside door; you'll hear if they open it.

For fire safety, I use duct tape. Put it over the latch mechanism of the connecting door on their side, so that they cannot lock you out by accident if they shut the door. You can also secure their outside door at night by putting a small strip over the closed flip-latch on the door to make it more difficult to flip back (don't tape it to the door, just flatten the hinge with it.) If you make it a point to fold down a few inches of the tape on each end of the strip so that it is sticking out away from the door, then it would be easy for an adult to quickly grab and remove in an emergency, but for an escaping child who cannot easily reach it, it will slow him down long enough for you to get up and after him.

 

[BeccaG]

...back from work.

To answer your question, a mixed drink usually makes me forget how tired I am and how sore my feet are for AT LEAST an hour!

Especially if you chug-a-lug it Which is another adult behavior you don't want to show the kids.

Let me share a possibly fictional story:

Fade in on darkened All Star Sports Room.

Wife: Do you think they're asleep yet?

Kids: Not yet!

...time passes.

Wife: I think they're asleep!

Husband: I'll get the mixed drinks out of the cooler!

Wife: *giggle*

Crashing noise as husband falls over suitcase trying to find cooler

Wife: Shhh! Oh My God! We've been sitting in the dark for an hour trying to get them to fall asleep, for crying out loud don't wake them up!

Husband: I think my toe is bleeding.

Wife (from bathroom): Pour some booze on it and get in here!

Husband stumbles into bathroom holding drinks and his bleeding toe. Fan turns on. Crashing noise is heard as bottle slips from husband's bloodied hand to smash on the tile floor of the bathroom. Fan turns off. Kids wake up.


...and then we bought DVC.

LOL That's the funniest thing I have read in weeks. Almost as good as watching Wipeout.

 

[davidsprincess]

hmm.. bathroom with fan on

Only will work if you send the kids in the bathroom. Believe me, I heard that lesson from the wrong end!!

 

[Normangirls]

Just don't discount the possibility of returning home with an extra special little "souvenir!"

Of course, then you'd have an excuse to name the baby Mickey or Walt.