Sorry
Aw, you know you're always welcome on this thread. Feel free to drop by anytime!
This is our predicament as well.Granny....loved your visual on the closeness of the Groupies rooms at the Lodge! Very cool!
I am not thrilled with the removal of the DO NOT DISTURB signs. Sometimes we nap in the middle of the day. Do we have to call Housekeeping with our every move. Not happy.
Chiming in on the housekeeping policy. ... Like Granny, we like having our privacy and down time. We don't need trash removal everyday. But it is what it is.
Granny....loved your visual on the closeness of the Groupies rooms at the Lodge! Very cool!
I am not thrilled with the removal of the DO NOT DISTURB signs. Sometimes we nap in the middle of the day. Do we have to call Housekeeping with our every move. Not happy.
Not to add fuel to the smoldering fire, but they've already implemented this at the monorail resorts. Here's what guests now have as an option to hang on their door:
View attachment 290061
You can see by the words on the bottom that Disney will be visiting each room even if the Room Occupied sign is hanging out.
I think it's interesting that the graphic makes it seem like people are not in the room ("Off to Neverland") but the sign is supposed to indicate that people are in the room.
Not to add fuel to the smoldering fire, but they've already implemented this at the monorail resorts. Here's what guests now have as an option to hang on their door:
View attachment 290061
You can see by the words on the bottom that Disney will be visiting each room even if the Room Occupied sign is hanging out.
I think it's interesting that the graphic makes it seem like people are not in the room ("Off to Neverland") but the sign is supposed to indicate that people are in the room.
I think they put a lot of thought into the sign design and wording, it's nice, but think I will bring sticky notes with me to add a note such as "sleeping - please return at XX", to the tag when I am in the room. Yes, they can still ignore it, just as the bellhops choose to do at 2am to alert us that they found our lost luggage, but it may help.
Congratulations to your Daughter! Getting that first degree in hand is truly a moment to be proud of for everyone.Merry Christmas Groupies! Finally caught up on the posts since Thanksgiving ( I know, I'm pathetic). Been very busy as are many of you this time of year. We successfully made it through DD21's college graduation last weekend, and got her moved home from Arkansas. We will move her to St. Augustine in a couple of weeks for grad school. On that note I have a question. I'm about to purchase these DVC annual passes before the deal expires. I plan to buy DD21 one as well, since she'll be so close and can use it often. Will we have to be with her to activate the pass? We don't plan to activate ours until April over spring break. She could obviously go much sooner since she'll be much closer, but I'm thinking that one of us will have to be with her to activate it. Am I thinking correctly? Could we get her a blue DVC card? Do we have to add her to our account to do that?
I'm not sure what to think about the new "trash" policy. I read it to DH the other day in the car. He didn't seemed bothered by it at all (which kind of surprised me). I don't like the thought of someone being in my room everyday, but I understand the reasoning behind it. I'm with others though, why can't Disney just lay it on the line and be honest about the reasoning? Maybe they are afraid it will burst people's fairy tale bubble of The World.
Thanks to those who shared all the pics of the groupie meets. Love seeing all the wonderful pics. I would have loved to attend if we were down that way. I'm going to go watch the Disney Holiday shows I've recorded. We had brunch with family this morning, but everyone has left now. Probably because it seems that DH may have the flu! I was going to take him to urgent care, but it doesn't seem that any are open in our area today. Not sure if going to the emergency room would be frowned on for the possibility of the flu? We are supposed to leave town on Wednesday for my sister's birthday and a wedding in North Alabama. I need for him to be well. Not sure what to do??
View attachment 290230
Thought I would share a pic of us at graduation last week. Can't believe life is moving so fast!
Merry Christmas Groupies! Finally caught up on the posts since Thanksgiving ( I know, I'm pathetic). Been very busy as are many of you this time of year. We successfully made it through DD21's college graduation last weekend, and got her moved home from Arkansas. We will move her to St. Augustine in a couple of weeks for grad school. On that note I have a question. I'm about to purchase these DVC annual passes before the deal expires. I plan to buy DD21 one as well, since she'll be so close and can use it often. Will we have to be with her to activate the pass? We don't plan to activate ours until April over spring break. She could obviously go much sooner since she'll be much closer, but I'm thinking that one of us will have to be with her to activate it. Am I thinking correctly? Could we get her a blue DVC card? Do we have to add her to our account to do that?
I'm not sure what to think about the new "trash" policy. I read it to DH the other day in the car. He didn't seemed bothered by it at all (which kind of surprised me). I don't like the thought of someone being in my room everyday, but I understand the reasoning behind it. I'm with others though, why can't Disney just lay it on the line and be honest about the reasoning? Maybe they are afraid it will burst people's fairy tale bubble of The World.
Thanks to those who shared all the pics of the groupie meets. Love seeing all the wonderful pics. I would have loved to attend if we were down that way. I'm going to go watch the Disney Holiday shows I've recorded. We had brunch with family this morning, but everyone has left now. Probably because it seems that DH may have the flu! I was going to take him to urgent care, but it doesn't seem that any are open in our area today. Not sure if going to the emergency room would be frowned on for the possibility of the flu? We are supposed to leave town on Wednesday for my sister's birthday and a wedding in North Alabama. I need for him to be well. Not sure what to do??
View attachment 290230
Thought I would share a pic of us at graduation last week. Can't believe life is moving so fast!