Honest question: Would you all be happy to pay an additional $50 a night for Disney to hire more housekeepers in order to get all the rooms ready in a 4 hour window? Or do you think they should kick people out earlier, or make check in later? Because it is apparent they cannot get the rooms ready with the help they have in the window of time that they have. Which part would you want to change?
This is exactly what I'm talking about when I use the word "apologist." You are
speculating about things you have no direct knowledge of in defense of Disney's clearly incorrect handling of a common issue that almost every hotel and/or resort anywhere handles better. Where did the $50 per night figure even come from? Thin air?
If you want all rooms available right at the time check in opens up, what would you do to make it happen?
I would ask Disney to take lessons from pretty much everybody else who manages to do it just fine.
I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but it bears repeating. I travel 15 to 25 weeks every year for my profession. It's been 18 weeks already this year and it's only September. In fact, I am posting this from a hotel right now, as probably half of my DIS posts have been over the years. I have stayed in
almost every brand and level of hotel that exists, from Motel 6 to Fairfield Inn to Hyatt to JW Marriott.
Check-in time is
the time that you can take occupancy of your room. That's how it is, apples-to-oranges comparisons with dinner check-ins notwithstanding. The entire industry knows this. Everybody else meets this guideline with something approaching 99% success. Yes, exceptions happen. They are
exceedingly rare. Except at WDW.
If others can do it, so can Disney. In fact, others should be following Disney's lead, rather than the other way around.
My confirmation for October 27 says "check-in after 3:00 pm check-out before 11:00 am"
I typed it word-for-word. This is exactly what it says. Your confirmation doesn't have the word "after" 3 pm???
What do you think that magic word, "after," means? Why is it you think it gets them off the hook somehow? 3:00 pm + 1 second is AFTER 3 pm. If check-in time is 3 pm, then it is unreasonable for anybody to
expect to check in prior to 3 pm. Likewise, it is unreasonable for them to
expect somebody to wait for their room if they try checking in at 3 pm or later. This is something they should fix, period.
As doconeill already explained, as things stand now there is no point in even stating a time for check-in. It's the same whether you try checking in before 3 pm or after -- in both cases, you'll either be allowed into your room or you won't. In both cases you'll have to find some way to kill time until the room is ready or you won't. What is the difference? They may as well say check-in is any time on day of arrival. The net result is exactly the same.
And I can't stand it when anyone who posts an argument supporting Disney is called an apologist.
It's not
anyone posting an argument supporting Disney; it's those who post arguments supporting or defending Disney even when Disney is clearly in the wrong or otherwise undeserving of support.
In any case, "apologist" is the most descriptive term that's useful, and it isn't intended to be insulting. People aren't being called Disney sheep or drones or worse.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apologist
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