Towel Animals

[ducklite]

Originally posted by WDW2002
Actually I read in another post they make $15/hour, so I deffiently think they are being more then compensated for making a couple beds, vacuuming and bringing in clean towels (and taking the used).

This is absolutely incorrect. Perhaps the head housekeeper, or maybe a supervisor makes that kind of money. But a housekeeper? No way, even if they've been with the company for twenty years.

Disney is not a high paying company, especially in unskilled labor.

Anne

 

[ducklite]

In all my trips to WDW resorts, I've only once had towel animals (and I tip every day!). We got a duck at the AKL in December.

For anyone that thinks that not getting towel animals has ruined their trip, they need to get over it. Geez! Having your luggage sent to Mumbai while you're in WDW, that might be a downer. Tripping over your spouses sneakers that they left in the middle of the floor and breaking your ankle, that would put a damper on things. Having your child wake up in the middle of teh night with a 104 degree fever and raging ear infection, that could be a trip killer.

But no towel animals ruining your trip? To have such problems...

Anne

 

[MauraAndIainsDad]

We stayed at the BC over Thanksgiving, 2001 and every day we had a different "scene" from our housekeeper. One day was a pool scene, complete with a blue plastic bag for the water. One day a teacher was reading to her students (with my daughter's book). Another day they were watching TV (Disney Channel, of course) when we returned. Each day my children were excited to return from the parks to see what surprise we had in store. We took photographs each day so that we could remember them.

 

[Bob NC]

quoted by ducklite

This is absolutely incorrect. Perhaps the head housekeeper, or maybe a supervisor makes that kind of money. But a housekeeper? No way, even if they've been with the company for twenty years.

Do you know this? Or, do you just feel this way?

 

[duck_adoo]

We stayed at CSR 6 nights 7 days..no towel animals or scenes. The only animals were dh,and dd's . Seeing as dh and my nickname for each other Duck (our dd's are the duckettes) I would *love* to get a towel duck...but won't lose sleep over it.
Duck

 

[gumdrop]

Out of all of my on-site stays, the only time that I recieved towel animals was last year's visit at WL. On our first room cleaning, we got little washcloth pockets that held our toothbrushes and other small sink things. During the middle of our stay I was surprised with a fairly large alligator that was as long as the two pillows on the bed! It was set up to look like it was playing with the little stuffed Figment I bought. I didn't tip everyday--I just gave one big tip on our last day.

--Maren

 

[cruisnfamily]

On our quick trip last week we stayed at CSR for 2 nights. After returning from the parks the first day we found: A washcloth pocket holding all the toothbrushes(and the vanity area was really straightened up and organized too, something I wouldn't expect housekeeping to do) and they had hung DS's monkey from one of the over the bed lamps looking like he was perched there. Nothing too special but my son was really amused by the pose his monkey was in. We were happy with these small touches!

 

[Soccer Princess]

Last Thanksgiving we stayed at All Star Sports and we recieved Towel Turkeys in different areas 2 of our nights there. They were adorable !
Last week we stayed at Sports again and got no towel animals. I think its just hit or miss.

 

[PRINCESS Ariel34]

Can anyone tell me what exactly is a towel animal Can someone tell me when stuffed animals are mentioned are they stuffed animals your children bring from home or, do the resorts have stuffed animals on the beds for the children.

 

[gumdrop]

Welcome Princess Ariel!! A towel animal is something that housekeeping may make for you. They use washcloths and towels to create an actual animal or object for you to see when you get back into your room. Sometimes, if you leave a stuffed animal in the room, they will pose them in creative ways and/or make a towel animal to set up a cute scene. For example, at WL last year, I was made a large towel alligator (complete with sticker eyes) that was set up to play with a stuffed figment I bought. The pillows on the bed were arranged to make a little cave for them to play with. By reading the other posts, you will see that the types of animals and scenes created really vary, and depends upon how creative your housekeeper feels like getting. There is a good chance that you may not even get a towel animal made for you--it really depends.

 

[ducklite]

Originally posted by Bob NC


Do you know this? Or, do you just feel this way?

I know this.

Anne

 

[Bob NC]

I know this.

Anne

Then don't keep us in the dark. Please tell us what the mousekeepers start out at?

 

[LKS]

Perhaps if lots of people steal their towel animals, Disney will discourage mousekeeping from making them. I would guess that people who would never steal a towel succomb to the temptation to steal the animals. We saw people taking them off the Magic too. I couldn't believe it. I am such a goody two shoes, I guess. Gosh, the more I think about it, the more I wonder why they do allow it at all. At least not on the last full day!

 

[Mish19]

Last October my family and I stayed at POR and found a towel elephant waiting for us in the window. I'm pretty sure we tipped before the elephant was left and we tipped for the full week. The day after the elephant was left I had a little Eeyore and he had a wash cloth tucked in around his neck sitting on the bathtub and next to Eeyore was a mens shirt with tie (it was very cool!). It seems like it might be a time thing because a lot of the rooms had towel animals waiting for them and POR was pretty quiet.

 

[ducklite]

Originally posted by Bob NC


Then don't keep us in the dark. Please tell us what the mousekeepers start out at?

For almost all non-salaried, non-professional positions at WDW starting pay is slightly above minimum wage (Between $5.65 and 6.35 generally). (There are some administrative and skilled labor positions which pay higher which are still hourly positions.) There is no guarantee of a forty hour week. Most mousekeepers start at WDW like most other non-salaried, non-professional CM's, as what is known as casual temporary or casual permanant. That means that they get no benefits, and their hours vary seasonally from none to overtime.

With seniority and a good job record they can generally work their way into permanant positions, although these still are not high paying. Once permanant they can get benefits and will get more hours during slower seasons.

Anne