Towel Animals

[rpbert1]

When we stayed at POFQ we had loads of towel animals , and the mousekeeper was really nice , she made my daughter a special surprise one and the day we where leaving she gave it to her to take home, unffortunatley we had no room in our cases for anything else to fit in so explained that we would have to leave it, but really appreciated all the animals.
so cant answer your question yes or no , if you take it without asking are you stealing,[probably] if the mousekeeper tells you to take it, then i would say its a gift from her to show her appreciating, to you

 

[HollyJoy]

Well I'm certainly hoping that my girls get at least one this trip, and hoping even more to get a note telling us to take it home!

 

[RDCAnthony]

We asked our mousekeeper about taking them home and she said YES

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

This thread is making me laugh because I can't believe some people are trying to make others feel guilty about taking home towel animals. Eventhough bicker posted the e-mail from WDW about where they stand on guests taking them home, if some housekeepers don't care then maybe WDW should change their policy. Personally I don't see what the hype is about getting towel animals, so next month when my family & I are at WDW if we don't get any I would not be disappointed.

 

[I'mNoPrince]

This thread is making me laugh because I can't believe some people are trying to make others feel guilty about taking home towel animals. Eventhough bicker posted the e-mail from WDW about where they stand on guests taking them home, if some housekeepers don't care then maybe WDW should change their policy. Personally I don't see what the hype is about getting towel animals, so next month when my family & I are at WDW if we don't get any I would not be disappointed.

Where I tend to agree with you . Mousekeeping is a Tip position and they will do things to make you happy and maybe get a better Tip. Other CMs have told people to bring their mugs back for refills on other visits.Cm's are on the bottom of the WDW ladder even though they are our Direct contact to us guest.

That doesn't make it right just informed to do the wrong thing. Bicker's post is WDW policy and anything else is just not policy but someone taking it upon theirselves to make their own.

I'm not trying to make anyone feel guilty or telling them how to live their lives but with all else someone is paying for those towels and it's all of us staying at the resorts or even us DVC members through our Dues.

 

[bushdianee]

I've never taken them home either as I figure that they are property of the resort. We've had a few but even if I did think about it I don't think they would have survived the trip home!

 

[DizzKneeGeek]

someone is paying for those towels and it's all of us staying at the resorts or even us DVC members through our Dues.

Want me to send you $.10 for the 2 towel(actually washcloth) animals our Mousekeeper said we could keep? I'm gonna package them back up and send them back to Disney and beg their forgiveness. How could I do such a thing.

 

[DaisyD]

Yes you can. We were told by Wilderness Lodge management that they are meant to take home.

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Sort of going off topic a little, but couldn't you argue that people have taken a lot worse items home from a Walt Disney World Resort Hotel? I mean who hear has not taken the pens, little shampoos, note pads & etc? using the quote from I'mNoPrince "I'm not trying to make anyone feel guilty or telling them how to live their lives but with all else someone is paying for those towels and it's all of us staying at the resorts or even us DVC members through our Dues". Shouldn't we leave those items I mentioned in the rooms for the next guests that will check in once we check out? I may get flamed for this, but 1 time we took home the room service menu from the Contemporary as a souvenir, however we don't feel guilty about it & never got a phone call or e-mail from WDW saying we were wrong.

 

[madcoco]

This thread is making me laugh because I can't believe some people are trying to make others feel guilty about taking home towel animals. Eventhough bicker posted the e-mail from WDW about where they stand on guests taking them home, if some housekeepers don't care then maybe WDW should change their policy.

Not trying to make anyone feel guilty here. Maybe Disney should make it a standard policy of having towel animals in every room. Then charge for each one taken, just like in some hotels where you can buy the robe,cups, artwork on the wall etc. Make it like some of the new resorts here in Vegas where if you pick it up for more than 60 seconds Sensors automatically charge the item to your room even if you put it back. If you can pay $ for in room internet, $ for parking, $ for the right to tinkle in the pool. etc. Then you can pay $ for a towel animal. Another Disney profit area. Or maybe make it "free" like the toiletries. It just shows up in the price of the room anyway. Man that is opening up a can of worms.

 

[bicker]

WDW is a service business. Rules don't make people feel good about their experience. In many things, Disney must rely on the integrity of their guests to voluntarily comply, and as long as the vast majority do, Disney at least is satisfied. When that aspect of our social fabric breaks down, and people see fit to put their own selfish goal about what is appropriate (such as the CM putting their tip above company policy) then we get the kind of changes that people like to complain about here. These things:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=961228

So we all suffer because Disney has to curtail or change the service they provide to account for more opportunism than is reasonable to accept.

 

[kapoof]

bicker..i do agree with you about not taking things from hotels..but isn't o.k. when people ask the cm's or managment? if the management or cm's say "they are a gift, they are meant to be taken home." then why are these people wrong?

 

[bicker]

As others have pointed out, housekeepers are bucking for a nicer tip. If management says it is okay, that is another matter. Then we simply have a manager managing his/her hotel contrary to Disney's policy, and that's the manager's problem, NOT the guests'.

 

[shellybaxter]

As others have pointed out, housekeepers are bucking for a nicer tip. If management says it is okay, that is another matter. Then we simply have a manager managing his/her hotel contrary to Disney's policy, and that's the manager's problem, NOT the guests'.

Either that or the "policy" you received from customer service is incorrect. I know of at least one issue (whether companion restrooms are for the use of families) where I received an email from customer service and another Diser received a contrary email. We can't disregard the fact that customer service may have been misinformed.

Shelly

 

[bicker]

Feel free to contact WDW Guest Communications yourself. As a matter of fact, I would look forward to the opportunity to send them in both replies, yours and mine, if they differ, to address both the specific issue of towel animals and the more general issue of inconsistency. (Remember, I wrote to them because I want to know what to tell my guests -- I would far prefer to tell my guests that the towel animals are gifts instead of just to be enjoyed during the trip.) I've made that offer twice before, incidentally, but no one has come forward yet with a conflicting policy statement.

 

[mjem216]

thank you for the info my wife finally believes me

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

In the end no matter what WDW Guest Communications says their official policies are on a lot of things around WDW, if Cast Members tell you something different to that rule, then I see no problem with a guest doing the opposite. That's why I say again WDW should either change their policies, or make Cast Members follow the policies.

 

[I'mNoPrince]

In the end no matter what WDW Guest Communications says their official policies are on a lot of things around WDW, if Cast Members tell you something different to that rule, then I see no problem with a guest doing the opposite. That's why I say again WDW should either change their policies, or make Cast Members follow the policies.

Why would you even care you already stated that you are going to just take any souvie (CR Menu) you wanted with no guilt at all.

Your point has been made.

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

Our rather large girraffe/camel dont know what it was had our anniversary buttons on it and a note that said to keep as a souvenir to remember our time there. It was the first time we have taken one home. We left the other two animals we got because there was no note to keep them. So therefore I didnt feel guilty about keeping one of the three we recieved last week. Genrally I would not have taken it without the note because I have read this before on the boards. I think the confusing thing is everyone is told something different.

 

[DizzKneeGeek]

Our rather large girraffe/camel dont know what it was had our anniversary buttons on it and a note that said to keep as a souvenir to remember our time there.

Better pack that puppy back up and ship it back to them before the towel animal police get ya. Didn't you know that it doesn't matter what your mousekeeper tells you? I hope you didn't take any soap or shampoo as well. </end sarcasm>