Question about blankets on beds

[ogreenlee]

i love a freezin' cold room, so I do need something heavier than a sheet. it's why i take my own with me.

 

[Lisann]

Just have mousekeeping bring you a fresh blanket AND a fresh bedspread. No need to explain to them either.

Problem solved.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

How many of you have done that, probably none. Most have children with them when they visit Disney, and I seriously doubt anyone is leaving thier kids waiting outside while they have a quickie on the Disney bedspreads.

I just personally think the concern is over stated, and that if it bothers you, simply remove it when you arrive and ask for a clean blanket and problem solved. Or take the blanket off the bed and wash it and you know it's clean.

I can't imagine anyone sleeps under the comforters/bedspreads anyway.

This absolutely gave me my laugh for the day!

 

[Allegro]

How many of you have done that, probably none. Most have children with them when they visit Disney, and I seriously doubt anyone is leaving thier kids waiting outside while they have a quickie on the Disney bedspreads.

You seriously underestimate the creativeness of the average parent.

 

[dodukes]

I have heard people say that they put the remote in a ziploc bag so they dont have to touch it.

I hadnt thought of that but that is a great idea. After watchign the show abuot the remote and feces on it, and how thats common, it just gives me the jeebies to have to touch the remote..LOL my dbf could care less, needless to say he has to wash his hands afterwards or no touchy!!...LOL

 

[mh1973]

Bedspreads/comforters are washed/cleaned monthly unless needed before then.

Blankets I believe are changed after each guest but not sure.

You can certainly request once you get there they bring you a clean one.

But I always wonder on these threads, why it matters as long as it is not obviously soiled.

The sheets are clean and they are the only part touching you and I don't see any difference in blankets and bedspreads than couches, air plane seats, seats in restaurants etc.

Just because you don't see that it is soiled does not mean that it isn't soiled. I think that it is very gross to use a bedspread that someone else had used, someone that I do not know, they may not take baths!!! Gross if you think about it.

 

[annie1995]

Just because you don't see that it is soiled does not mean that it isn't soiled. I think that it is very gross to use a bedspread that someone else had used, someone that I do not know, they may not take baths!!! Gross if you think about it.

I agree 100%!!! I am definately calling mousekeeping and asking for new blankets and spreads!!!

 

[marivaid]

I agree 100%!!! I am definately calling mousekeeping and asking for new blankets and spreads!!!

But how will you know if they've been cleaned ? They could just as well bring you blankets & spreads they took off another room that day and haven't gotten washed yet.

At Disney we take off the bedspreads. Although the ones at the Poly did look very inviting... and it's too hot for us to use the blankets.
I did notice that at BWI they put 2 sheets, one under the blanket and one on top of it so you never have direct contact with the blanket.

When I got to my cheap motel at the beach the very very first thing I do, even tough I usually get there in the middle of the night, is put the bedspread & blanket in the washing machine. Costs $5, and it makes me feel a LOT better!

Now if only I could do that with airplane blankets...

 

[bkyrdmoviemom]

Just have mousekeeping bring you a fresh blanket AND a fresh bedspread. No need to explain to them either. Problem solved.

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[zaxmom]

I have seen all the shows about hotel rooms, I have also seen the ones about shopping carts and germs that truly can make you sick and not just gross you out. And believe me the ones that can truly make you sick are not on bedspreads.

Splash Mt. is probably more dangerous to your health than any hotel bedspread. And yes I am sure that some people do engage in activities on the bedspreads, however I really think that at Disney that is not the norm.

How many of you have done that, probably none. Most have children with them when they visit Disney, and I seriously doubt anyone is leaving thier kids waiting outside while they have a quickie on the Disney bedspreads.

I just personally think the concern is over stated, and that if it bothers you, simply remove it when you arrive and ask for a clean blanket and problem solved. Or take the blanket off the bed and wash it and you know it's clean.

I can't imagine anyone sleeps under the comforters/bedspreads anyway.

Really? I booked two rooms baby! Knock before you come in kids!

 

[famsen]

But I always wonder on these threads, why it matters as long as it is not obviously soiled.

The sheets are clean and they are the only part touching you and I don't see any difference in blankets and bedspreads than couches, air plane seats, seats in restaurants etc.

You are asking that sarcastically, right?

If not, then let me explain: I generally do not put my entire body or face near public couches and restraurant seats and if I were to, I can go home and take a shower and wash off any bodily fluids and germs other may have left behind. If I am tired after a long day at the park and want to just plopped down on my hotel bed covered with the bedspread that has not been changed in over a month and has god-knows-what spilled, splashed, drooled by god-only-knows who, it doesn't matter how many times I shower, all that yuckiness left behind is going to get on me again. Anyway you look at it, it's gross to share unwashed bedding with strangers.

 

[Shorty82]

You all are paranoid! Exposure to minor germs is a GOOD thing. It creates a stronger immune system. Soaking everything in Lysol (which only kills the minor bugs anyway), overuse of antibacterial soap, the over perscriping of anitbiotics, and so on is why there are now super bugs immune to those things.

Germs are a part of life, get used to it. Exposure to germs will make you and your kids healthier as the immune system will be stronger. There are probably more germs on the toilet seats in the parks and on the ride vehicles, not to mention all the people in the crowds, than there is in your hotel room.

This kind of thing is why there are more and more allergies and people getting sicker, because their bodies have never been exposed to minor germs and the like so doesn't know what to do with the stronger stuff.

 

[marivaid]

This kind of thing is why there are more and more allergies and people getting sicker, because their bodies have never been exposed to minor germs and the like so doesn't know what to do with the stronger stuff.

Yeah, let's all roll around in an E-Coli and reproductive fluids flavored bedspread, that'll make us healthy as a horse.


If you see a puddle of puke on a bench, do you sit on it to boost your immune system ??

 

[KPtoys]

You all are paranoid! Exposure to minor germs is a GOOD thing. It creates a stronger immune system. Soaking everything in Lysol (which only kills the minor bugs anyway), overuse of antibacterial soap, the over perscriping of anitbiotics, and so on is why there are now super bugs immune to those things.

Germs are a part of life, get used to it. Exposure to germs will make you and your kids healthier as the immune system will be stronger. There are probably more germs on the toilet seats in the parks and on the ride vehicles, not to mention all the people in the crowds, than there is in your hotel room.

This kind of thing is why there are more and more allergies and people getting sicker, because their bodies have never been exposed to minor germs and the like so doesn't know what to do with the stronger stuff.

I am about as anti antibacterial soap/meds etc as they come but the thought of laying myself or my children down on something that Big-Sweaty-Charlies-just-back-from-the-parks-sweaty-bare-behind touched is a totally different story.

 

[Shorty82]

Yeah, let's all roll around in an E-Coli and reproductive fluids flavored bedspread, that'll make us healthy as a horse.


If you see a puddle of puke on a bench, do you sit on it to boost your immune system ??

I am about as anti antibacterial soap/meds etc as they come but the thought of laying myself or my children down on something that Big-Sweaty-Charlies-just-back-from-the-parks-sweaty-bare-behind touched is a totally different story.

I didn't say anything about the blankets. I was talking about soaking everything in Lysol, never touching the remote, etc.

 

[marivaid]

I didn't say anything about the blankets. I was talking about soaking everything in Lysol, never touching the remote, etc.

Then you shouldn't have started your post by "You are all paranoid!". Very few posters on this thread have claimed to spread everything with Lysol.

 

[disneyholic family]

you can cross about 99% of the world off your list of places to visit...
the US is practically antiseptic in comparison...

now that i think about it, may i suggest tokyo disney for your next visit, rather than WDW - the japanese are fanatic about cleanliness.....but other than japan, you'd best never leave the US (i'd be happy to provide you a detailed description of what you'll find outside of the US - if this thread grosses you out, you ain't heard nothing....)...

 

[annie1995]

But how will you know if they've been cleaned ? They could just as well bring you blankets & spreads they took off another room that day and haven't gotten washed yet.

I thought about that too . Geez, I guess I'll pack a few blankets from home. Mousekeeping won't take them from the room will they?? Whats one more bag to pack Oh yeah, where do I put the bed spread and blanket when I take them off the bed to keep them out of the way, and from mousekeeping from putting them back on??

 

[Grand Admiral]

Yeah, let's all roll around in an E-Coli and reproductive fluids flavored bedspread, that'll make us healthy as a horse.


If you see a puddle of puke on a bench, do you sit on it to boost your immune system ??

That's a bit of hyperbole, now isn't it?

Here's a report from the Center for Disease Control about the overuse of antiseptics and antibiotics.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3_supp/levy.htm

You can be too clean.

 

[marivaid]

That's a bit of hyperbole, now isn't it?

Here's a report from the Center for Disease Control about the overuse of antiseptics and antibiotics.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3_supp/levy.htm

You can be too clean.

There's a slight difference between overusing antibacterial products and simply not wanting to sleep with a dirty blanket.