This happens again at Pop Century

[TDC Nala]

I stay at WDW about once a month and it's usually at Pop Century. Every time I'm there, some family moves in next door and proceeds to prop open the door to their room with the security latch so that it doesn't close all the way, and then the kids run in and out for at least an hour in the morning. This makes the door go bam! bam! bam!

The next time this happens I am going over there in my nightshirt, with all my hair standing on end, and tell them to shut the frickin door. I've been at PI all night and don't need to hear the door banging repetitively at 7 AM. Ever been to Disneyland and seen the Medusa portrait in the portrait hall at the Haunted Mansion? That's me. So if you're thinking easy room access for the kids in the AM might be a good idea...do you really want them to see the crazy ranting lady in the Mickey Mouse nightshirt?

 

[3lilprincesses]

The next time this happens I am going over there in my nightshirt, with all my hair standing on end, and tell them to shut the frickin door.

LOL! well now i kinda hope it does happen again, just so you can do this!! but seriously, i know EXACTLY what you are talking about, and it is really VERY inconsiderate, especially so early in the morning!

 

[tiki23]

LOL!

I agree, very inconsiderate. I have 3 kids but am very picky about noise. When our kids were little and couldn't stand to stay in the room one more second! while DH and I were getting ready to go, we would tie a towel around the inner and outer doorknob rather than use the safety latch. No more banging!

 

[Going Broke]

I think we may be some of those people that irritate others by propping the door open...I will try to be more considerate on our next trip. On another note, we have had the unfortunate experience of people being rather loud returning home late from PI.

 

[Mady/Sophiemom]

I agree this is an awful sound. Hate to tell ya, but it happens at places other than Pop Century.

 

[4theloveofdisney]

Hee hee hee - make sure your breath smells really, really bad as well!

 

[simzac]

I do not condone the kids making all that noise at 7am, but I'm going to give an example of the reverse. I am not a night owl. I go to bed every night by 10pm, yes even when on vacation. I am up at 5am every morning, yes, even when on vacation. People who stay out late at night, then drag in after midnight, bother me just as much as these kids bother you. And yes, as much as you try to be quiet, I will hear you come into your room at 2am or whatever time you get in, and that will disturb my nights sleep. Just wanted to give you something to think about before you are so quick to judge others who are different from you.

 

[n2mm]

This happens to us at every level, not just pop. Actually we had the reverse in May. Every night for about 4 nights at midnight our neighbors would come in and do this for about 15 minutes, (seemed like hours, though). But after the second night of it happening, we returned the favor at 6:30AM when we left for the food court, but of course we forgot a few things and had to go back to our room about 3 times. It was an ongoing thing for about 4 days, them at night, us in the morning...

 

[Ducky4Disney]

I do not condone the kids making all that noise at 7am, but I'm going to give an example of the reverse. I am not a night owl. I go to bed every night by 10pm, yes even when on vacation. I am up at 5am every morning, yes, even when on vacation. People who stay out late at night, then drag in after midnight, bother me just as much as these kids bother you. And yes, as much as you try to be quiet, I will hear you come into your room at 2am or whatever time you get in, and that will disturb my nights sleep. Just wanted to give you something to think about before you are so quick to judge others who are different from you.

I understand your reverse point of view, but I don't think that's quite the same thing. If someone comes back late at night and tries to be quiet but still bothers your sleep, that's not their fault - it wasn't done to be spiteful. If they come home at 2am and are NOT trying to being quiet, that's another story.

The OP said it was the banging of the door that bothered her so much and woke her up. Using your security latch to prop your door open, knowing that it's going to make a tremendous raucous, that's spiteful. If they used the towel trick and the door didn't BANG, BANG, BANG, all morning, I doubt the OP would mind much.

The only way not to disturb your sleep is to impliment a curfew, the OP just needs a towel.

D4D

 

[simzac]

I understand your reverse point of view, but I don't think that's quite the same thing. If someone comes back late at night and tries to be quiet but still bothers your sleep, that's not their fault - it wasn't done to be spiteful. If they come home at 2am and are NOT trying to being quiet, that's another story.

The OP said it was the banging of the door that bothered her so much and woke her up. Using your security latch to prop your door open, knowing that it's going to make a tremendous raucous, that's spiteful. If they used the towel trick and the door didn't BANG, BANG, BANG, all morning, I doubt the OP would mind much.

The only way not to disturb your sleep is to impliment a curfew, the OP just needs a towel.

D4D

Yes, I understand your point of view, but disturbing is still disturbing, whether it's done intentionally or not. JMO

 

[disneyjunkie]

Yes, I understand your point of view, but disturbing is still disturbing, whether it's done intentionally or not. JMO

How can someone walking down the hall, and entering their room quietly disturb anyone? I could understand if they were yelling, screaming, laughing, running...but just walking and entering a room in a normal manner? I don't get it.

 

[TDC Nala]

And yes, as much as you try to be quiet, I will hear you come into your room at 2am or whatever time you get in, and that will disturb my nights sleep

No, you won't. I'm alone. I'm not talking to anybody. You might hear the toilet but that's it. I'm not going to complain about a toilet flushing, people have to use the toilet. I'm not even going to complain about one door slam. Repetitively slamming doors is never necessary.

Simzac probably thinks I am criticizing children. I'm criticising door slamming. People who do this usually seem to do it to allow the children to run in and out of the room and blow off steam while the adults get ready (I rarely see or hear adults running in and out of the room) and it's the parents' idea, not the kids. Do it if you want, but think about putting a towel on the door, unless you're thinking it'll serve the night owls right if you wake them all up.

 

[wide awake]

Sorry, I have to say that the OP doesn't get it about late night disturbances. I go to bed by 9, am up by 4...if someone opens the door in the room adjacent to mine, talks loudly, takes a shower, maybe watches loud T.V...I am going to wake up...and if it is 1 or 2 I probably won't be able to sleep again...now the kids running to and fro at 7 wouldn't bother me a bit...by that time I am pulled together, have had about 5 cups of coffee, and am raring to go...plus I love to see children so excited about the upcoming day that they cannot possibly be quiet or sit still...isn't that the whole point of WDW ?

 

[TDC Nala]

plus I love to see children so excited about the upcoming day that they cannot possibly be quiet or sit still...isn't that the whole point of WDW ?

This isn't about the "WDW is for kids" thing. It's not even about kids.

If merely opening the door bothers you, there's not way I'll be able to accommodate you if I'm next door to you unless I'm absolutely sure to stay in my room, with the door shut and the TV off, beginning at the time YOU decide you want to go to sleep. I don't see how that equates to repetetive door slamming which could be solved by merely putting a towel in the door.

I believe if I hadn't mentioned that I go to PI and come in late, this thread would not have taken the turn it has taken. I spend evenings at the Adventurers Club, one of my biggest reasons to hang around WDW. Maybe I ought to say that usually I'm drinking Diet Coke there, although I can't imagine what difference that makes. I can't say I've ever thought when I'm on my way back to the resort from there "I should worry about whether or not I'll wake anybody up if I open the room door?" I do, however, realize that I shouldn't slam it.

 

[Tissa]

noise such as slamming doors or people running up and down the hallway is just as rude in the am as it is in the pm. People sleep at all different times.

 

[Sammie]

Instead of confronting them, I would just wait till about 2am when they are trying to sleep and give them an example of how annoying this bam, bam, bam can be.

I truly do not think people realize there is noise you expect to hear at hotels such as soft voices, water running, toliets; and then there is this annoying noise similar to fingernails on the blackboard.

 

[Disneymomofsix]

As the mother of six kids, I always try to keep my kids quiet. I have always focused on them not talking too loud or making noises in the room. I honestly never thought about the noise of the door. I promise that I will try the towel next time. (Also, I have never been to POP so that was not me or my loud kids).

 

[Ducky4Disney]

I really hate it when I'm trying to sleep and people get up at 4am and start getting ready. Don't they know that the parks won't be open for another 5 hours and some of us are trying to sleep? Shower noise, toilet flushing, alarm going off, making coffee, watching TV.... I can never get any sleep after that.

"disturbing is still disturbing, whether it's done intentionally or not" - nobody is immune from disturbing someone else, but some people don't even try to be considerate.

TDC Nala, KUNGALOOSH my friend! Um, your timer says you'll be somewhere in 6 days, but I can't tell if that means WDW. But that's where I'll be, and I'll be seein' you at Adv. Club. Just look for the really big guy being picked on and referred to as the "lumber jack". I'm with him.

D4D

 

[TDC Nala]

Ducky, the somewhere I'll be is New York City where I will go to Broadway and see "Spamelot" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (in the cast of that one is a former AC cast member).

"THERE again" is WDW.

You and the lumberjack salute the Colonel for me.

 

[disneyfreakjackie]

We NEVER prop open the door ANYWHERE to let our children run in and out. We have our eyes on them at all times!!! If they are ready to go before us, they sit and watch TV, play their games or sit and tell us to "hurry up"!!! They would never even ask to leave the room without one of us!!!

JMO but I think it's irresponsible to allow your young children leave the hotel room without an adult to watch over them. We did allow our dd's (ages 16 and 14) to go to the food court ahead of us this year; and go off alone in the same park as we were (met back at specific times)!! Hey I'm making progress!! In my opinion, better to be safe than sorry!!!

Oh yeah, before the flames begin . . . We are NOT perfect parents and our children are not perfect!!