This post is freaking me out!!! Have you had issues with this?

[kevschickee]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2199745


Is it somthing you worry about?

 

[Lisa_M]

now I am worried about it. We head to FL on Saturday.

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Been there 49 times. Never had a problem with it.

 

[laceemouse]

Been there 49 times. Never had a problem with it.

Ditto! Well, not quite that many but many, many times.
It can happen at any hotel in any city in the world.
Just to play it safe, stay home in your little disinfected bubble 24/7!

 

[ericalynn1979]

I travel for work and stay in a lot of hotels. The thought of bedbugs creeps me out.

But no, I don't think it's any reason to sound the alarm and go into full panic mode.

 

[Brancaneve]

Last year there was a post on the DVC threads about a family that went to Vero Beach and experienced the same thing. She finally put the bugs in a bag and took it to the front desk. The CMs told her to go to the gift shop and pick out all the clothes they wanted because they were going to take everything from her; luggage(that's how you take them home) and clothes! In these cases they have to essentially rip everything out of the room and replace the carpet, furnishings, etc. She said it was awful but Disney more than made up for it!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

My family knows the FIRST thing we do when we check in is do a thorough inspection for bed bugs. I check the mattress, the nightstand drawers, etc. So far we have been quite lucky and everything has been fine.

 

[~Kristina~]

This could happen anywhere.

 

[Captain Blue Sky]

Yes, have to agree with the OP.

This is an indication of really bad housekeeping. I wonder if Disney has a procedure for dealing with bed bugs. Most large hotels and hotel chains do.

I would hope Disney has a way of dealing with this problem, but does anyone have any detailed information about this?

I suppose we could call the hotel directly and speak with the head of housekeeping to get a more "official" response.

Ewwww!

 

[natnelliesmom]

Yes, have to agree with the OP.

This is an indication of really bad housekeeping. I wonder if Disney has a procedure for dealing with bed bugs. Most large hotels and hotel chains do.

I would hope Disney has a way of dealing with this problem, but does anyone have any detailed information about this?

I suppose we could call the hotel directly and speak with the head of housekeeping to get a more "official" response.

Ewwww!

It's not really bad housekeeping... those bugs were brought in by another guest before you!

The bugs can be hard to find, they only come out at night. So housekeepers often have a tough time spotting them. They are trained on how to look- but often it's the night time guest that finds them. Ewww. The bugs are becoming immune to many types of pesticides and are getting pretty hard to get rid of.

It's certainly not a "WDW" problem. It's becoming a problem in all resorts, hotels and motels around the country.

-Sarah

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

Nothing really to worry about. Keep your luggage closed if ME is dropping it off. If you have 2 adults have one walk the kids around for a few minutes. Go into the room. Keep the lights off. Use a little flashlight (keep in your purse). Go over to the bed. Take the sheet off at the corner near the headboard. Check for anything that moves. Yes you can see them. Do the same with the other bed and behind the night stand. If you see something, move rooms. If you don't, just relax. I have traveled a lot in my life and have never actually had a room with a problem. Now other things like Palmetto's and spider, well that's another thread.


Really, just check the room and then let it go. If it makes you feel better you can spray the mattresses with lysol and dont use the comforters. (Just make sure the kids don't see ya, it really causes a problem and phobia for them.)

 

[kevschickee]

Ditto! Well, not quite that many but many, many times.
It can happen at any hotel in any city in the world.
Just to play it safe, stay home in your little disinfected bubble 24/7!

wow just wow

 

[NotUrsula]

This is an indication of really bad housekeeping.

No, it isn't, not unless it goes untreated for a really long time. Bedbugs live very nicely in squeaky-clean places, especially if those places are reliably climate-controlled. Give them the presence of humans and a constant 80F environment, and they couldn't be happier, even if the owners regularly break out the bleach.

DDT nearly wiped them out in the US, so much so that a lot of people didn't know that they were even real, but since DDT has been banned, they have made a comeback. There's a down side to restricting those toxic bug killers.

Bedbugs are fast, and they are mobile. They travel in on people's luggage and immediately go to ground in dark places. Unless the housekeepers are working in the dark and flipping the mattresses, they are probably not going to notice them. Changing the sheets every day helps to hide them, too -- if your sheets stayed on for a day or two more you would see the blood spots from the bites, but with clean sheets you don't notice as easily.

Leaving your luggage in a very hot car for several hours helps to keep them under control; they cannot take extreme heat. (Now that they can't use DDT, some hotels are sealing up rooms and baking the bugs with portable heaters.) If you can get the temperature up over 120F for several hours, they will all be deader than doorknobs.

They also tend to react badly to diatomaceous earth. You can use a brush to put some food-grade DE in all of the crevices of your bedroom furniture to help keep them from gaining a foothood in case you ever inadvertently bring them home from a trip.

PS: Removing the bedspread is totally useless in terms of warding off bedbugs. They don't live in the top bedding, they live in the MATTRESS. The closer to it you are, the more quickly they will be able to get to you. You would be better off sleeping on top of that bedspread if bedbugs are what you're worried about.

 

[chrismass]

What is diatomaceous earth???

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

No, it isn't, not unless it goes untreated for a really long time. Bedbugs live very nicely in squeaky-clean places, especially if those places are reliably climate-controlled. Give them the presence of humans and a constant 80F environment, and they couldn't be happier, even if the owners regularly break out the bleach.

DDT nearly wiped them out in the US, so much so that a lot of people didn't know that they were even real, but since DDT has been banned, they have made a comeback. There's a down side to restricting those toxic bug killers.

Bedbugs are fast, and they are mobile. They travel in on people's luggage and immediately go to ground in dark places. Unless the housekeepers are working in the dark and flipping the mattresses, they are probably not going to notice them. Changing the sheets every day helps to hide them, too -- if your sheets stayed on for a day or two more you would see the blood spots from the bites, but with clean sheets you don't notice as easily.

Leaving your luggage in a very hot car for several hours helps to keep them under control; they cannot take extreme heat. (Now that they can't use DDT, some hotels are sealing up rooms and baking the bugs with portable heaters.) If you can get the temperature up over 120F for several hours, they will all be deader than doorknobs.

They also tend to react badly to diatomaceous earth. You can use a brush to put some food-grade DE in all of the crevices of your bedroom furniture to help keep them from gaining a foothood in case you ever inadvertently bring them home from a trip.

PS: Removing the bedspread is totally useless in terms of warding off bedbugs. They don't live in the top bedding, they live in the MATTRESS. The closer to it you are, the more quickly they will be able to get to you. You would be better off sleeping on top of that bedspread if bedbugs are what you're worried about.

Great post, my bedspread comment wasn't geared toward bedbugs though, did you ever see a bedspread under a blue light! Gross!
The problem is that they are not washed as much as the sheets....

 

[NotUrsula]

What is diatomaceous earth???

It's a kind of soft rock, formed from the fossilized remains of a very tiny algae called Diatoms. It's ground to a fine powder and used for all sorts of applications, from swimming pool fitration to an animal food additive (it prevents worms in cattle.) It is composed mainly of silica, and it essentially kills bugs (many kinds, not just bedbugs) by dehydrating them.

You would want to get the sort marked "food-grade"; there is another type that is called calcined -- in that sort the silica crystals are larger, and that kind can be dangerous if you breathe it in.