Reduction in Air -Conditioning Usage?

[Den Carter]

I welcome the reduction in AC use, if there is one. I haven't noticed on any of my trips this year. I still feel unpleasantly cold indoors at Disney and always have. Aircon's so bad for your health and the environment and there are much more pleasant, eco-friendly and cost effective ways to cool a space.

 

[AndyS2992]

And the attitude from some of you in this thread make it quite clear why the US is the world’s second biggest polluter, you just don’t seem to care and want unnecessary freezing cold buildings which is a huge waste of money, energy and resources. I congratulate Disney on this one.

 

[Sans Souci]

I think the A/C in public spaces at WDW is fine. I just wish all of the hotel rooms had ceiling fans. If you're going to have a system that shuts off when there is no motion in the room, at least provide a ceiling fan for some air flow to stay comfortable while sleeping.

If you want to be refrigerated, go on a Disney Cruise. My roommate and I had to have my stateroom thermostat on the lowest heat setting. I had to wear a hoodie in public spaces and this was a Bahamian cruise. Just for reference, my roommate is from Minnesota and I am from Chicagoland, so we're connoisseurs of cold.

 

[JoMarch]

Everyone in my party from our recent trip commented that the air conditioning was turned way down. Some of the queues were "almost" lethally hot. I feel it's been going down every year.

 

[Lilofan]

I think the A/C in public spaces at WDW is fine. I just wish all of the hotel rooms had ceiling fans. If you're going to have a system that shuts off when there is no motion in the room, at least provide a ceiling fan for some air flow to stay comfortable while sleeping.

Having ceiling fans in a hotel room is an accident waiting to happen when you have a bunch of unsupervised kids that think it's a toy.

 

[Sans Souci]

Having ceiling fans in a hotel room is an accident waiting to happen when you have a bunch of unsupervised kids that think it's a toy.

Some of the DVC resorts have them.

 

[Yert3]

And the attitude from some of you in this thread make it quite clear why the US is the world’s second biggest polluter, you just don’t seem to care and want unnecessary freezing cold buildings which is a huge waste of money, energy and resources. I congratulate Disney on this one.

At least make it a comfortable temperature then? Like others have said, it’s fine they’re not freezing anymore, but it’s far from being comfortable more often than not. 73° is the absolute maximum temp I can stand indoors. At least make it that.

 

[mdcpr]

That's pretty naive. It's a savings things. We're not going to wash your towels because we are going green (translation we're gonna save money).

If they really wanted to save energy they would donate all the money they save from not using the AC to environmental causes.

It is not naïve. Of course it is a savings things, based on a trend that is happening across all of the US.

And saving energy and donating are not related since 1) if they don't adapt to US saving energy methods WDW will seem wasteful and not caring about the environment--bad PR, and they sure have been getting a lot of that lately and 2) donations do not come from an operating expenses budget.

 

[KevinPage]

I’ll need the @realBobChapek to confirm but I’m pretty certain they’ve cut back on the amount of toilet paper in parks as well

 

[Jon81uk]

Yes nothing is more annoying than the claiming to be green PR spin when everyone knows the real reason is a desire to cut costs... like the trying to get you to reuse towels and skip maid service... I like to think that for the price they charge I should get daily maid service and never reuse a towel. I call it my little attempt at insuring that Disney doesn't layoff any more workers plan... because if enough people skip getting towels daily you know Disney will be cutting the number of workers they have.... and those savings wont pop up in reduced ticket prices or cheaper mouse ears.

We're not going to wash your towels because we are going green (translation we're gonna save money).

Do you wash towels daily at home after one use? Why do it at a hotel if you wouldn't do it at home, its just a waste of water, detergent, electricity and towels.
I change my towels weekly and my bedsheets fortnightly at home. When in a hotel, weekly sheet changes should be plenty enough and towels weekly unless due to sunscreen or similar they get dirty quicker.
I do like having daily maid service to make the bed and clean for me, but just refolding towels is fine if they aren't visibly dirty or smelly.

 

[Lilofan]

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Do you wash towels daily at home after one use? Why do it at a hotel if you wouldn't do it at home, its just a waste of water, detergent, electricity and towels.
I change my towels weekly and my bedsheets fortnightly at home. When in a hotel, weekly sheet changes should be plenty enough and towels weekly unless due to sunscreen or similar they get dirty quicker.
I do like having daily maid service to make the bed and clean for me, but just refolding towels is fine if they aren't visibly dirty or smelly.

The one thing I do look for in hotels in my business and leisure travels is a laundered clean blanket from housekeeping. The bedsheets may get changed for a new guest but the blanket does not. The smells and oils from thousands of guests using the same blanket is not appealing.

 

[Jon81uk]

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The one thing I do look for in hotels in my business and leisure travels is a laundered clean blanket from housekeeping. The bedsheets may get changed for a new guest but the blanket does not. The smells and oils from thousands of guests using the same blanket is not appealing.

Haven't a majority of hotels switched to duvets now anyway?

 

[Lilofan]

Haven't a majority of hotels switched to duvets now anyway?

Some but smaller hotels still have the good ol blankets.

 

[xdan0920]

I havent noticed it, but then again I live in Georgia and Texas year-round and am in decent health. When I'm not at work, I'm outside.

I welcome the reduction in AC use, if there is one. I haven't noticed on any of my trips this year. I still feel unpleasantly cold indoors at Disney and always have. Aircon's so bad for your health and the environment and there are much more pleasant, eco-friendly and cost effective ways to cool a space.

This isn't a question of if the AC has been reduced. It has been. Significantly.

The question of whether you are okay with that or not, is entirely different.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I’ll need the @realBobChapek to confirm but I’m pretty certain they’ve cut back on the amount of toilet paper in parks as well

He, of all people, will realize just how full of --it we all are. The cleanup costs would far outrun the cost of TP.

 

[Lilofan]

He, of all people, will realize just how full of --it we all are. The cleanup costs would far outrun the cost of TP.

If Disney really wanted to go on the cheap for another thing, air dryers would replace paper towels to dry your hands at the sink area.

 

[thomas998]

Do you wash towels daily at home after one use? Why do it at a hotel if you wouldn't do it at home, its just a waste of water, detergent, electricity and towels.
I change my towels weekly and my bedsheets fortnightly at home. When in a hotel, weekly sheet changes should be plenty enough and towels weekly unless due to sunscreen or similar they get dirty quicker.
I do like having daily maid service to make the bed and clean for me, but just refolding towels is fine if they aren't visibly dirty or smelly.

We take showers everyday and after each shower the towels and washcloths go in the hamper which creates a load of wash every 3 to 4 days. If you like to reuse your towels then good for you, I did when I was a kid and it was gross. Now it's my house so I don't.

If we wanted to reuse the towels I don't see how it would even be possible, given we are a family of 4 we would have 4 wet towels each night, not enough space to hang them out to dry which would mean if the maid folded them the next morning we would get the pleasure of damp towels that had been folded up before they were dry which to me would not be nice at all.

 

[hismattjesty]

I think the A/C in public spaces at WDW is fine. I just wish all of the hotel rooms had ceiling fans. If you're going to have a system that shuts off when there is no motion in the room, at least provide a ceiling fan for some air flow to stay comfortable while sleeping.

There is an override for the motion sensor, and the temperature control. Call the front desk, and they will send facilities to your room. Temperature will go to 64, and you can have the fan continuously run. I did this twice in 2017, as well as August of this year, so I'm speaking from experience. Nothing was worse than the air turning off at night in August!!!

 

[OneofThree]

73° is the absolute maximum temp I can stand indoors.

Sounds like a personal problem.

WDW is in Florida -the weather is gross 9 mos of the year. Make no mistake, this is all about pocketing some extra cash. That doesn't mean it's not a waste of resources. Two things can be true.

 

[Yert3]

Sounds like a personal problem.

WDW is in Florida -the weather is gross 9 mos of the year. Make no mistake, this is all about pocketing some extra cash. That doesn't mean it's not a waste of resources. Two things can be true.

A problem how? I know it’s in Florida, I live 20 minutes away from it. We have 11 months of summer and 1 month of spring.