I fully agree with you.
The only thing I could possibly see them catching is maybe the possible room exceeding room occupancy and maybe the rare sad occurance of someone found dead in the room or suffering a health issue (i.e. heart attack, stroke and such). On the
DVC side maybe one less stinky room...LOL
I really think catching room occupancy scofflaws will be the icing on their cake...moreso to tick off a security requirement as to insurance
The locks already tell them who/when has gained entrance to each room, helps to deter employee theft of items left unsecured
We shall see in January when we are there.
Of course, keeping the safety latch engaged doesn't work if one of the party is out of the room. If the snooping housekeeper is locked out, so is my husband. So when I am napping or showering he either has to stay put or keep out. No going back and forth.
And of course when we decide to have sex (lets be honest, that is what we will be doing) we will have to have the safety latch engaged AND stop what we are doing to let the snooping housekeeper know to come back later. Otherwise what will they do? Just leave us alone and pretend that they didn't stop by? Or will they let security know that we are suspicious because we won't let them into our room?
Perhaps the concept of the balcony club will morph over from cruise ships. JK OMG can you imagine?
Snooping housekeeper? IMO they tend to be like ninjas, do their job as quickly as possibly & leave.
Above their paygrade to expect them to pry/dig thru guest's personal belongings.
I'm thinking not only has Vegas raised concerns, but it has insurance companies running scared. Daily "room monitoring" for lack of a better term, is likely going to be required by insurers at every hotel, motel and B&B when the policies roll over.
Willing to bet it's in the fine print of all hotels. It being the right to enter your room re security issues.
I think it has more to do with liability than security. As a previous poster said, they want to establish a daily visible and documentable staff presence. Possibly partially for insurance purposes.
I also don't see a lot of folks (at least those talking about it online) cancelling their reservations yet.
He spend three days in the suite, and the three previous days in a different room. News accounts say the housekeepers came into the suite, but he had hidden whatever parts of his arsenal he had in the room at the time. Didn't see anything that says how often he had housekeeping in.
People talk a lot negatively after this sort of thing happens, then typically, sigh & carry on
There is very little difference between this and the level of access Disney--and every other hotelier--already has on a daily basis. All hotels have to contend with varying guest schedules when providing housekeeping and maintenance services.
In the examples above, if the "occupied" sign is left out there should be no issue...provided guests remove the sign for some period of time each day when they are not in the villa. Yes, I'm giving Disney the benefit of the doubt, assuming that they'd much rather check my room at 11am when the "occupied" sign has been removed and I'm at the park rather than 8am when the sign is up and I might showering or 3pm when I'm napping.
I'd like to think the occupied sign would work as you describe, but not holding my breath.
Last trip to SSR on T&T day we left room @ 10 am for pool, came back a little after noon with the do not disturb sign out, removed it an hour later when we left for parks. Returned to room after midnight and dirty towels still in the tub.
Called & were informed they stopped & sign was out. I insisted they bring us clean towels. Half hour later a tap on the door, handed a 6 inch stack of wash clothes & 2 towels. Had to laugh about it. To their credit we did get clean ones in the am.
Bill
