News Hand sanitizer stations now common at Walt Disney World

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Cruise line style.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Good. I went last month and we all caught plague.

 

[TrojanUSC]

Out with the benches, in with the Purell.

 

[HauntedPirate]

This is a good move. There are so many germs being spread at the parks... We've had one (and usually more than one) person get sick a day or two into a trip and be forced to miss meals, park days, etc. Not fun at all.

 

[BoardwalkGigi]

Purell stations are popping up everywhere lately.

 

[rle4lunch]

We were there all week last week. Our 2 1/2 year old caught the bonafide flu which ended in an ER visit Sunday night at midnight due to puking 10 times and running a 102.5 temp. The rest of us caught some sort of upper respiratory infection, all the while we used the sanitizer stations and didn't touch anything.

Fun stuff in the Disney world's Petri dish.

 

[jimbojones]

this is a great idea, how many times have you seen folks walk out of the restrooms without washing their hands and with so many little kids touching everything it makes a lot of sense.

 

[Pardonmypixiedust]

We used them religiously on our recent trip last week. I'm glad they have implemented a bulk of these.

 

[castlecake2.0]

How bout they get the old fantasyland voice “exit to the left please, when the car stops please exit to your left, exit to your left please...” lady to record a new spiel for all restrooms “be sure to wash your hands please...”

 

[draybook]

this is a great idea, how many times have you seen folks walk out of the restrooms without washing their hands and with so many little kids touching everything it makes a lot of sense.

I shame them as often as possible. I will literally call them out on it as loud as possible, given the surroundings. People can be filthy McNasties all they want at home, but not around thousands of others. Just...yuck.

 

[matt9112]

there not even themed
honestly though wish they wall mounted. but I get that these allow them to move them around.

 

[Kman101]

This is a good move. Surprised this hasn't been done until this year. They're very common on cruise ships, but people still end up sick there .... but anything helps I suppose.

I know sometimes at home we have some bad habits, like not covering when we cough or sneeze but it'd be nice if people were more aware of that kind of thing in public. As well as the washing of their hands.

 

[Dave Z]

Agreed this is a good move, my wife works at a bank and to save money they stop buying hand-sanitizer.
We went to Sam's club got her own large bottle.

 

[wdwmagic]

They are likely temporary in reponse to the flu.

It was done previously. Here are some photos from 2009 during the bird flu period.
https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/gallery/10nov2009-hand-sanitizers/8990.htm

 

[Prince-1]

I shame them as often as possible. I will literally call them out on it as loud as possible, given the surroundings. People can be filthy McNasties all they want at home, but not around thousands of others. Just...yuck.

Sure.

 

[DisneyDaver]

This is a good move. There are so many germs being spread at the parks... We've had one (and usually more than one) person get sick a day or two into a trip and be forced to miss meals, park days, etc. Not fun at all.

When I was 12, mid-trip I became sick with a fever and didn't have the strength to get out of bed or eat. I missed 2 days at the park. Still have vivid memories of how devastated I was missing out on all that park time.

 

[MaximumEd]

I go to WDW specifically to build up my beastly immune system. I never get sick. All this hand sanitizer will affect my training.

 

[MinnieWaffles]

Excellent idea, how about one at the front of the Winnie The Pooh queue line? The honey wall must hold a dozen different germs and viruses alone.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Instead of using hand sanitizer, might I suggest licking the following objects:

• The marble door at Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
• The honey walls at Winnie the Pooh
• The guns on Toy Story Mania and/or Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin