Change of BEDDING in Rooms

[Nightsbane]

Alright, listen up to this little tidbit for the conversation.

Stop saying you are kind of OCD about this, or kind of OCD about that. I am clinically diagnosed as OCD and have lived with it for years. Saying you are OCD about hotels is like saying you are really diabetic about cupcakes. It makes no sense.

You may be a kind of freaked out by germs or letting your imagination run wild about what has happened in the room, but you are not "kinda OCD". OCD is not some fun little catch phrase, and it's not like you've seen on Monk.

Having said that, let it freaking go people. I have lived with this for years. On my trip last week I had a very firm set of rules and rituals observed with my phone, ipod, clothes, ect. I even had one bed we laid on if we were resting mid day, and one for sleeping after a shower, BUT:

I walked on the floors barefoot, used the phone, took showers with ease, drank from the glasses, and slept under the comforter. Because I was ON VACATION. I was not going to to die from the comforter, and I knew that I could wash everything I owned and take a shower when I got back. If anything I hated the monorail seats the most because every car on that damn thing smells constantly like ________. Even so I let it go. I would be clean when I got back.

I have a full smorgasboard of pills in the cabinet they will let me take for my condition of the most hardcore and trance inducing drugs on the market at my perusal but the best medicine is realizing life is short and everyone dies and you can always take a shower :lol:

Seriously people, people lived for thousands of years without lysol or hand sanitizer (and sometimes I swear by this stuff) but you're on vacation. Shower when you get home and let it the hell go.

 

[Lucky]

That's very thoughtful of you.:ROFLOL:

Oh, I see. You're friends with The Urinator, aren't you?

 

[harveyt0206]

Oh man, I really, really should not have read through this entire thread. This is why I hate watching those Dateline specials on all the multiple ways you will die if you spend five seconds in a hotel room. Ignorance really is bliss in my case. Back to my pretty little bubble. la la la la la....

 

[Pete C]

Ignorance is bliss. Just know that most hotels are under more scrutiny now than before due to all those specials and complaints.

 

[Tinkwings]

Guess I am partial to the ignorance is bliss whilst I escape to the MK....out of 7 trips only ONCE did most of us succumb from a nasty bug for 3 days and I was blessed because it was an unusally long 9 day trip that I shall never see again....anyhow that being said I don't fret about the comforter....I pull sheets up around me but NOT that...don't sit on it unclothed either so? Never thought of wiping phone...don't use it use my cell...but DH does so maybe I will wipe it down next time....IF I remember... I don't use any usual chems to clean at home...like to pack some more eco friendly cleaning wipes to carry about...because of our sick episode...last time packed small spray bottle with vinegar and one with hyd peroxide to wipe down knobs....gave me bit of comfort...that's what I clean with at home for 2 plus years and we have never been healthier....and under toilet seat where I happened to look ONCE when I dropped something and saw BLACK...ugh..... I feel better to use a washcloth to wipe off a bit of mildew on tile while in shower....so that's about it for my germophobia....my whole family is in habit of trying not to touch surfaces as much as possible...:lookaroun. Never have been a big hand sanitizer user but did get a few bottles of EO to take with next trip...swine flu et al...:lookaroun Oh and I always leave the doorwall WIDE open to exchange air.....and because I miss that during the frigid months where I live that time of year....:animwink:

Goodness when it comes right down to it honestly....fell I never been exposed to more germs than on a disney trip...BUT I STILL GO!!!!

 

[rock_doctor]

I walk on the floors and take a shower w/o concern but i do bring my own sheets, pillows and blankets...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRnR7beMQPQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpR9dP929LE

 

[Tom]

I read through the post about bed bugs at Disney. I have a question though:

When exactly are the comforters changed at the resorts? During my last visit at POP, I noticed 2 different families stay in the room next to me. I was usually in my room when housekeeping cleaned for the next guest. I NEVER saw housekeeping take out the old comforter and replace it with a new one. When are they changed, someone has to know this.

Comforters are typically changed on a rough schedule, but it's several rounds of guests between changes.

WOW! Can you request to have your bed spread cleaned?

It bothers me to sleep in a bed under a comforter (regardless if I move it or not) that no telling what other people have done under it. Do they even change the sheets?

Sheets and fleece blankets are changed between each party. Rarely will they be changed during your stay unless you request it, or perhaps if you're there for a long duration.

??? about comforters... what do you think are on them and I do not mean to be graphic, but if you think that something is on them then it must be something you have done yourself or saw someone else do. We personally do not go out of our way to dirty a comforter.

All you need to do i take the comforter and pull it back and see if any wet type stains are there. They would leak thru if it were wet at any given time. Also do you look thru their windows to see that they are _______or what they are doing? I am guessing that most rooms are full of familys and that just would not be going on. Plus most of us are not that crude. If we are all talking about it then we are the ones NOT doing any of this.

People do lots of things in hotel rooms - even Disney ones. And are you asking if people "make whoopie" in Disney hotel rooms? The answer is yes. I promise. And how would that be crude?

Also, people eat pizza on the beds, throw their dirty clothes on the beds when undressing from a sweaty day at the parks, and God knows what else.

Since the sheets are changed between each reservation, you're not going to see "wet spots" that originated on the comforter.

I wash my hands a lot, but I'm not a germaphobe. But I would sincerely advise anyone to remove the comforter from the bed immediately upon arrival. Walk around barefoot, use the phone, lick the doorknob - but do NOT use the comforter. Use the blanket and sheets.