Why Do People Feel It's OK To Decorate Resort Windows?

[WDW1st-timers]

Just wanted to mention to all you haters out there....I'm in Disney from Dec 8th to Dec 20th and I'll be at POP. Make sure you look at my door and window because I'm going to really do it up just to bug all you. I'm going to make sure that it's really done to the nines just to tick you off even more. I have everything from Christmas lights to a Mickey mouse Christmas wreath going up and everything inbetween; and when I'm there at night on my laptop, I'll make sure that I upload some pics onto this thread for ALL TO SEE.

Just to let you also know....I decorate for myself....my kids....my family. Personally I could careless what you think, since you can't find nothing else to complain about.

And YES I ALWAYS clean up after we check out.

Cheers

 

[pamouselover]

I never thought it would have bothered anyone to put decorations in our window. I dont think too many people even saw ours because we were on the 4th floor at Pop Century. Also, with Pop being a value resort that has ALOT of kids, I dont think it was a big deal. In fact Mousekeeping added towel animals to our display and some inside our room which made our 9 year old smile!

Hope you dont mind me adding the pictures!

Love it fairygodmother76, I am from Delco also. Maybe it is all of us pa'ers who decorate. Where did you get the Pa license plate on the window. Too cute.

That's a very good point. If I'm going to Disney I expect to see grown men with mouse ears, women with fanny packs, whole families in matching attire....It comes with the territory. If I wanted something more reserved I'd take myself off to...... I'm not reserved so I haven't a clue.

I so agree! It is fun, you only live once.

Why worry about it?

It is Disneyworld we are talking about. You are supposed to be silly and have fun. Where is the harm?

If Disney feels this is not ok then they will deal with the matter.

Our window will be decorated, and we are celebrating my sons 16th birthday!

 

[nickjonas1221]

I would venture to say that more people than not are there on special occasions so that argument doesn't fly with me. I just don't see the point. It's not your home or your property. It's a public place in which people pay lots and lots of money for the ambience.

I feel as though that ambience takes a hit when you plaster your window, facing outward many times I might add with information about little Johnny's birthday.

Guess what, no one else staying there really cares about little Johnny's birthday of your anniversary but you so I just don't see the need to force your decorations on other people at at public place.

If your home it's one thing, but you're not home your at a resort with hunderds, if not thousands of other people.

And I know it sounds harsh but I don't mean it that way, I just don't see the point.

Jay

I'm a DVC member so yes, I think that gives me the right to decorate my room and the windows for my daughter this X-mas. Just keep walking by and don't look...

 

[nickjonas1221]

Just wanted to mention to all you haters out there....I'm in Disney from Dec 8th to Dec 20th and I'll be at POP. Make sure you look at my door and window because I'm going to really do it up just to bug all you. I'm going to make sure that it's really done to the nines just to tick you off even more. I have everything from Christmas lights to a Mickey mouse Christmas wreath going up and everything inbetween; and when I'm there at night on my laptop, I'll make sure that I upload some pics onto this thread for ALL TO SEE.

Just to let you also know....I decorate for myself....my kids....my family. Personally I could careless what you think, since you can't find nothing else to complain about.

And YES I ALWAYS clean up after we check out.

Cheers

I look forward to seeing it. Do it up for the Holidays.

 

[inaweofbnl]

I would like to add a new perspective to this topic.

To anyone thinking of decorating the windows, please be sure that your drapes are drawn tightly at night. Kids, as well as some adults, see these decorated windows and usually are drawn to them and want to see what is on display.

Unfortunately, on our most recent trip, my 2 year old DD noticed Tinkerbell in the window of one decorated room/window . She stopped to admire it and that is when DH and I noticed a couple "enjoying the magic." They did not have the drapes closed all of the way and the Tinkerbell was in the portion of the window that had light peering from behind it.

 

[Baltazar]

I would like to add a new perspective to this topic.

To anyone thinking of decorating the windows, please be sure that your drapes are drawn tightly at night. Kids, as well as some adults, see these decorated windows and usually are drawn to them and want to see what is on display.

Unfortunately, on our most recent trip, my 2 year old DD noticed Tinkerbell in the window of one decorated room/window . She stopped to admire it and that is when DH and I noticed a couple "enjoying the magic." They did not have the drapes closed all of the way and the Tinkerbell was in the portion of the window that had light peering from behind it.

At least she didn't bang on the window and yell "Mommy, there,s Tinkerbell".

 

[swald91]

Well, I have never actually seen a room/door/window decorated except in pics. I do know there was a thread back a few months ago about Disney charging to do this. I think they should. Basically b/c the markers/tape leave residue that's hard to get off windows. I go to Disney to relax-I really wouldn't mind seeing it but it does cheapen the look of the resort. I can't imagine bringing all the stuff to decorate when I usually forget something at home. When at the Poly in Aug we had a neighbor put up a small board to write messages on of course w/ a LGMH & people signed it. I also noticed it was down the next day. Wondering if Disney asked them to take it off the door????

 

[onehotdisneymama]

Oh Boy! Gotta put my two cents in here. Within the last few months we have been at the Coronado Springs, All-Star Music, Animal Kingdom Lodge and Ft. Wilderness Cabins, and yes, we have decorated everytime. We have had no notices or calls left about the decorations. We clean up at the end of our stay and everything goes home until we want to use it again. When you are greeted, "Welcome Home", well, I take it to heart. I decorate just like at home. If my neighbors don't like it, Oh, well. We will be out at Ft. Wilderness for Christmas. Please come by and let me make your day. My fellow decorators, please keep up the good work. My family loves to see your handy work.

 

[tiggertabi]

Perhaps you should keep you eyes looking ahead or at the "ambience" of the resort, and not look at/in other people's windows.

Bah humbug.

 

[lazydoxy66]

I guess some of you have never been greeted with 'Welcome Home'.

I love to celebrate. I celebrate my life, my good fortune, my friendships, my marriage, the holidays and my love for all people, no matter their background or views.

I love birthday cakes and streamers. I love garland and mistletoe. I love those silly little drawings of turkeys made by children.

I love to see others celebrating as I do. I thank all of you that do.

For those of you who are offended, I am truly sorry. I am also saddened to think that anyone wanting to share their joy with others would be viewed as a detriment to your vacation.

There are a lot of adults and children that will never know the joys of Walt Disney World. Those of us who get this privilege should be thankful to be able to do so.

A few decorated windows should be the least of our concerns.

 

[TinkerBrie]

I have never decorated my windows, but I love to see the decorations! Where else but in Disney? Go crazy! It's fun! My daughter loves it too!!!

 

[checkwriter]

I'll start by saying that we don't decorate. That said, I think it says something about Disney and the loyalty and devotion that it is able to inspire in its customers that those people will take the time and trouble to treat their very expensive (at any level, when compared with what's available outside the World) resort rooms the same way that they treat their homes.

People feel different about Disney then they do about Hilton. Even about Paris Hilton. But I digress.

I can see how it might bother some people. But I can see the other side as well -- people who decorate are making their own magic, and doing for their little temporary slice of WDW what Disney is trying to do with the rest of WDW, which is to make it a special place that people will want to come back to over and over again.

(Extract and use hankie now)

That said -- please clean up after yourselves, decorating people! And for God's sake, close those drapes!

 

[scrappystamper1]

We went Christmas 2007 adn I decorated for the first time.
I actually bought and brought a 3 foot christmas tree and decorations for it. we put lights up in our window and put up a tree. Now...here is the best part.
I actually met three nice families here on DISBOARDS that were traveling after me to my same hotel and we set up an agreement to leave the decorations (packaged up of course) at the front desk for the next family in line. Now I probably spent $25 total, and we enjoyed them while we were there, CLEANED UP AFTER OURSELVES>>>, and others got to enjoy it also.
It was so fun knowing that someone else would get to use it next.
It was a pay it forward thing.
Janet

 

[Honeystar120608]

I haven't gone through all this thread, but I find interesting. I for one am going to be decoration my window. We are celebrating...2 birthdays, our first DW vacation, and Christmas. Just as I would decorate home for Christmas, I want to decorate at DW. Also, and teh biggest point, I am staying at a Value Resort. Not that they are CHEAP or any less better than any other resorts. I want to stay there because it is much more geared towards kids. (ASmovies) If I were staying at CBR or CSR or ANY other resort I can totally understand. It has an adult feel. We were going to go with CSR, but switched because this is about the kids more than for us. They would get the magic a lot more at ASmovies.
I also think that sometimes you get in this DW where you feel as though everything must be done. I have been in it...and I've tossed my schedule and DLX DP just to go and relax and enjoy. This being said, some windows are beautiful and festive and some aren't. If you don't like your neighbours Christmas decorations you can't go up to them and complain. Yet you pay a mortgage.
See, Im on both sides! lol
Hope everyone gets the trip they wish for and find happiness in how others make their happiness. There just isn't enough 'magic' in the world today so be patient with others while they make some for themselves. You don't know, maybe they had a loved one who just died and they did it for themselves. You just don't know...
Everyone, HAPPY DISNEY WORLD VACATIONS!!!

 

[siestakey]

I love seeing all the decorated windows, it shows me how much fun people are having with their family. I see you have just recently starting posting, only 24 posts to date, and from the tone of some of your other posts, like the Grand Floridian thread, you seem to have alot of complaints about many different things. I think it is time for you to stop and look around and just start enjoying life, and let the complaining go.

 

[jakeybake]

If you don't want to read about little Johnny's b-day...DON'T STOP TO LOOK...keeping looking straight ahead of you and not to the side where the windows are...My mom has a saying "Look where you're going not where you've been.

It's not being forced on anyone...the decorations are up in the rooms...that we've paid for...if it was forced on you, then your windows would be decorated too.

I don't stop to look, but I have no choice but to see them because I'm surrounded by it. And it is being forced on me because I pay for Disney resort vacation, not a bunch of nonsense that only applies to one family.

Using your logic, if you were driving down I4 and there was a billboard of a naked woman you (or your kids) wouldn't have to look so what's the big deal of it being there? Your logic suggests that you just look away and it's no big deal. We both know that's nonsense.

And you're not paying for the right to put up decorations in your window. You're paying to stay at a resort that other people are occupying. Someone previously mentioned they disliked people hanging towels from their room/balcony. What's the difference? Maybe that towel is special to one of their kids? Maybe that towel is a statement on something?

Where do you draw the line?

 

[Baltazar]

Where do you draw the line?

I believe it's called common sense.

The reason we do it is to give back some joy and to make our room a little different than the others. It turns a stark expanse of stucco, steel and glass into home. Plus it's real easy to find our room.

It's similar to why people decorate their work space, personal touch.

 

[Otootles]

To quote Joe Biden,

It's all about 3 letters, 3 letters onlyKIDS

Nough said

 

[inaweofbnl]

Perhaps you should keep you eyes looking ahead or at the "ambience" of the resort, and not look at/in other people's windows.

Bah humbug.

As far as looking ''in'' at other's windows...my comment about seeing a happy couple do their thing was NOT a peeping issue, nor intentional!!!!!

I am not for or against decorations, which was nearer to the topic, but when there is a 52 inch rump pressed against a table 3 inches from the window, how can one not see it, windows decorated or not? As I stated, my 2 year old noticed it, as most kids do, and was drawn to it. The decorations just made the event that much more noticeable. Hence, the purpose of my warning.

Next time you are walking around a WDW resort and there is a window decorated, YOU try not noticing it while the flashing lights and every color of the rainbow are on display. If you are unable to notice all of the displays, against it or for it, then check your peripheral vision. It is impossible. No, you do not need to stop and take notes, nor do you have to stare once you do take note of it's presence, but you can not NOT notice that it is there. And that is what I believe the OP meant by displays hurting ''the ambience of the resort."

 

[pamouselover]

I guess some of you have never been greeted with 'Welcome Home'.

I love to celebrate. I celebrate my life, my good fortune, my friendships, my marriage, the holidays and my love for all people, no matter their background or views.

I love birthday cakes and streamers. I love garland and mistletoe. I love those silly little drawings of turkeys made by children.

I love to see others celebrating as I do. I thank all of you that do.

For those of you who are offended, I am truly sorry. I am also saddened to think that anyone wanting to share their joy with others would be viewed as a detriment to your vacation.

There are a lot of adults and children that will never know the joys of Walt Disney World. Those of us who get this privilege should be thankful to be able to do so.

A few decorated windows should be the least of our concerns.

I ditto everything you just said! You sum it up for me. Thanks for making me smile today! Also, is WDW not selling items this year, (decorations) for what will you celebrate theme? Do the cruise lines not do this also?