Bug repellent in hotel room

[mmnw]

Hello. Does Disney still leave bug repellent in the hotel room? We will be staying at the Contemporary. What is the brand? How big? We won't have a car this trip and are flying so I would like to plan ahead. Thanks!

Is Disney suggesting using the repellent all day? I'm used to just applying at night unless going into the deep woods.

 

[ratherbeinwdw]

Hello. Does Disney still leave bug repellent in the hotel room? We will be staying at the Contemporary. What is the brand? How big? We won't have a car this trip and are flying so I would like to plan ahead. Thanks!

Is Disney suggesting using the repellent all day? I'm used to just applying at night unless going into the deep woods.

You should use it all day as zika carrying mosquitoes will bite in the heat of the day.

 

[JillC LI]

They give it out for free at the parks too.

 

[MickeyMomV]

When did this start? or is it only during the summer months?

 

[Tuvalu]

When did this start? or is it only during the summer months?

Started last summer with the Zika scare. Repellent has been in guest rooms and in various locations in the parks since.

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

Will they have it in the rooms at Animal Kingdom Lodge in May?

 

[Tuvalu]

Will they have it in the rooms at Animal Kingdom Lodge in May?

Yes

 

[Tuvalu]

This is what is in all Disney resort rooms.

 

[I am Timmy]

Do mosquitoes bite year round in Orlando? For example, is this a problem in December? I don't think I've ever been bit in Disney World, regardless of season, but things change.

 

[Gabe1]

I wouldn't put any spray on, I don't like that stuff and I question how safe it is? For where WDW is I can't believe the lack of bugs, I don't think I have been bitten by any bugs ever at WDW.

This is coming from a guy who lives in a swamp, in coastal SC. We get skeeters for sure. I just don't use the spray unless they are intense.

Do mosquitoes bite year round in Orlando? For example, is this a problem in December? I don't think I've ever been bit in Disney World, regardless of season, but things change.

During the hot and humid month of September we had the repellent in our room and in the parks this past year. 2 weeks in the parks and resort and none of my family were bit once. Disney, whatever they are doing has stepped up their bug prevention since the Zika scare and are obviously continuing it, happy for that.

We in all the years of WDW from year one have only had one trip that those blood suckers were an issue and I had packed a can of OFF as I always do. It was a miserable year, don't know what had happened but something was discontinued that year obviously, it was a decade ago-budget cuts????? Maybe.

I would not worry too much about it though, as much as I can pick on Disney in some aspects, the blood suckers isn't one of my go to complaints, they seem to have weighed the genuine seriousness of Zika into their business model.

 

[imahistorygeek]

We stayed at a value resort in March and there was no repellent in the room.

 

[SyracuseDisneyFan]

Thanks. I'm a mosquito magnet.

 

[LAKid53]

Disney sprays for bugs, probably at night, which is when mosquitoes are most active. Plus, they also use natural methods, like bats and purple martins...you can see purple Martin houses throughout the area.

I was there in late February...and a can of repellant was in my room.

ETA: Zika isn't the only mosquito borne illness you need to worry about in Florida - West Nile and encephalitis are two others.

 

[ford91exploder]

DEET is your friend in mosquito country.

 

[MinnieM123]

DEET is your friend in mosquito country.

I read that for some people who don't like to spray too much DEET on their skin, it is also effective to spray it on their clothing instead. (However, some synthetics, such as rayon, might not be the best choice. Natural fabrics such as cotton, will not be affected by DEET.)

 

[mmnw]

Thanks everyone!

I feel like we are not normally bit in Disney. Like others said, some of us are magnets for bug bites--and we swell. So, I'll use it in some situations.

May I ask where I can find the spray in the parks? Are there dispensers all over? At First Aid? I'm trying to cut down on what I'm lugging around if possible.

 

[LAKid53]

Thanks everyone!

I feel like we are not normally bit in Disney. Like others said, some of us are magnets for bug bites--and we swell. So, I'll use it in some situations.

May I ask where I can find the spray in the parks? Are there dispensers all over? At First Aid? I'm trying to cut down on what I'm lugging around if possible.

I don't remember seeing cans of spray in the parks. Just big jugs of a creamy gel bug repellant with a pump dispenser.

For those who don't like sprays or don't want to carry around a can and would be turned off by the goopy stuff in the parks, Deep Woods OFF comes in individually wrapped towelettes (like hand wipes).

Remember to apply sunscreen first, wait 5-10 minutes, then apply bug spray.

 

[mmnw]

Thanks. I appreciate the application tip. That's what I figured. I'm in the Midwest and we apply repellent at night, for everyday activities, so sunscreen is not part of the nighttime repellent process!

 

[imahistorygeek]

There you go value resort.

This was our first value resort stay in a long time. There were quite a few things I was used to from deluxe that were nowhere to be found in a value. It wasn't bad, just not the same.

 

[mustlovecats]

My sister got bit by a mosquito on the boat from the GF to MK once, but mosquitos tend to bite her everywhere.

Nobody else I've ever traveled with has been bitten and I didn't use big spray on any of my trips. However, if I was pregnant, or planning to be pregnant, I would have used some sort of bug repellant.