Guests like myself post experiences ( fact ). When someone says that is not reality then there are standards that are met, that is not reality . That is,being a little naive. Some will not follow and or not enforce. That goes with parks also. I will continue to inspect the items I will wrap myself with before going to sleep after a long day in the parks.
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Resort housekeeping
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peter11435
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Again. I agree that your experience may have happened. However, it was a while ago and things have changed. There was a time when many items on guests beds remained between checkouts. So while it may have happened, the situation you describe does not represent current reality. The comforters, bed runners, and thicker blankets have been removed. The current bedding is designed and intended to be easily switched out between guests. And as I mentioned previously if you understood the current turnover process and procedure you would know how unlikely it is that a mistake would be made. A housekeeper would need to intentionally make the mistake while giving themselves more work in the process
Do you check the mattress tag to make sure it wasn’t removed? Removing the tag is illegal.
Ayla
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All levels of resorts should have full housekeeping.
So you claim ... And so is taking home a towel.
Weather_Lady
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I agree, especially now, when all housekeeping staff (and most guests) have long had the opportunity to receive a free COVID vaccine, and sufficient time to complete their course of shots and be considered fully vaccinated.
I'm as pro-mask, pro-vax as it gets, but given what we have learned over the past few months about the ways COVID is typically transmitted, I'm not sure there are any compelling medical/scientific reasons to justify the absence of regular housekeeping at this point for the guests who want it. For those guests who aren't comfortable with it, there should always be the ability to opt out. (Of course there are economic benefits to the hotels for charging the same nightly rate but providing fewer services, but that is _not_ a "good" reason for skimping on amenities, from the guest's perspective.)
Don't bet on it. Orange County FL has a sad percentage of only 53% of county residents vaccinated or only 1 out of every 2 residents. The unvaccinated better be honest and keep masking up.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
What does wearing a mask have to do with resort housekeeping? If an unvaccinated guest is hanging out in their room and then they go to the park for the day, their unvaccinated COVID breath isn't going to be lingering in the air when housekeeping shows up.
Weather_Lady
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I understand and agree, but in light of what we know about COVID transmission (e.g., larger respiratory droplets dissipate in under 15 minutes, contracting the virus is most likely to occur only after "prolonged" exposure to droplets or aerosolized particles -- "prolonged" defined as at least 15 minutes), a 10-minute housekeeping visit from a PPE-clad housekeeper to make beds, empty garbage and refresh linens while the room's occupants are out for the day (especially if he or she is able to time their visit to occur well after the occupants have departed) has no appreciable potential to endanger the housekeeper or the room's occupants.
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Ayla
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The amount of resort guests that are OC residents is minuscule when viewed as a whole.
DfromATX
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We went in February and stayed at Copper Creek at Wilderness Lodge. We were there only 3 or 4 days, but I recall them fixing the bed, emptying the trash, new towels, etc. I wanna say it was everyday, but maybe I'm mistaken. We really aren't that messy so it's possible I didn't notice.
LittleBuford
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Why would anyone need or expect their sheets to be changed daily at any hotel, whether at Disney or otherwise? Do people do this at home with their own beds?
Some like the feeling a freshly made bed with crisp clean sheets especially if one is paying $500 per night or more for the hotel room.
Horizons '83
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- In the Parks
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Really? Every hotel on this earth had housekeeping services daily pre-covid. So yes, 99% of the people traveling expected daily service.
LittleBuford
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I was referring specifically to changing the bedsheets daily. I wasn’t aware that that was done anywhere, and it surprises me that people would expect or even want such a service.
runnsally
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but please tell me you wouldn’t turn down turndown…
LittleBuford
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I absolutely would. The fewer people touching my bedsheets unnecessarily, the better. Although I always tip housekeepers as if they’d cleaned every day, I generally prefer not to have them enter my room except when needed.
jaklgreen
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I am the same way. Too many years working with the public knowing how gross people are. I travel with my own bedding and have had to leave a note in the bed telling housekeeping not to touch it ever since they took away the DND signs. I have seen housekeeping leave one room and enter another with the same gloves on. There should be a bit more effort to keep it a bit more sanitary. Especially if they are doing full cleaning with the toilets, etc. A lot of people get sick while traveling and you wonder why.
The safest glasses to drink in a hotel room are those cheap plastic cups wrapped on the kitchen sink usually found in budget hotels. I've seen cleaning staff clean with the same dirty rag they wipe other surfaces with the drinking glasses by the ice bucket. Speaking of the same dirty rag, before your ordered entree leaves the kitchen, the kitchen staff wipes down your clean plate with the beautifully plated food presentation with a dirty cleaning rag ( fact ). I've been in the business.