$7.00 missing from room left on counter

[CindeBella]

Disney resorts are private property so you agree to their rules when you stay there. What exactly the reason for security measures and what they are looking for is clearly NOT something they are going to advertise to guests. One way to defeat security is to know those details.

Honestly, who leaves money laying around in a hotel room when you are not there? Money/valuables should be locked in the room safe. I would assume some from housekeeping think you have left them a tip since that is what many people do.

Ahhh... security by Disney employees who work housekeeping, etc. I feel much safer.

I spoke with three elderly people near the pool and the couple have been DVC members since 1991 and they were unaware of the security checks. She said she left jewelry out because she left the tag on their door while they were out. She confirmed at the front desk that this was policy and found me later to tell me.
Why have the tags if they won't give you privacy when you ask for it?

 

[gmi3804]

I read and understand the policy, but it doesn't make the way they do it acceptable.

You don't have to accept it. You may reject it by staying elsewhere.

 

[_19disnA]

It's Disney property.............their resort...........their rules.

Common sense when staying at ANY hotel is to not leave valuables laying around in the open. Housekeeping may show up to make up your room while you are out.

 

[Disneylover99]

Why have the tags if they won't give you privacy when you ask for it?

The door tags no longer say, Do Not Disturb.
Instead they say, Room Occupied.

 

[Mango7100]

I read and understand the policy, but it doesn't make the way they do it acceptable. This includes lie to me why they do it. Is lying in the policy somewhere? I must have missed that part.

I don't find pounding on our door and opening it immediately without giving us a chance to open it acceptable, especially after the manager walked inside our room a short time earlier. How many checks a day is necessary?

I agree with you. There is a world of difference between an employee trying to forcibly enter your room and an employee accepting that now wasn’t a good time and to do the security check at a later time. Could you imagine coming out of the shower and a stranger being in your room?? I don’t care if they are Disney employees or not, 2 Disney Cruise employees were arrested on child porn charges last month! No way am I letting someone in if someone is getting out the shower, sleeping, etc. They can come back another time. And what exactly are these security checks? Do they just glance around the room or are they going through drawers/closets/looking under the bed, etc?Because if someone had ill intent, they certainly wouldn’t just leave all their things out on the table. So just walking into the room for 10 seconds isn’t security, it’s theater.

We were at French Quarter for 3 nights last week. 2 days we had our Room Occupied sign up and one day we took it down for housekeeping. I did not have anyone knock on the door while we were in there (and we were in there for a few hours one afternoon and didn’t leave until 11 a different morning), but they could have still entered while we were gone.

 

[CindeBella]

I have chosen to not accept it which is why our DVC is on the market. We prefer the Park Hyatt, Westin, Ritz, and private chains who don't invade our privacy.

 

[CindeBella]

I agree with you. There is a world of difference between an employee trying to forcibly enter your room and an employee accepting that now wasn’t a good time and to do the security check at a later time. Could you imagine coming out of the shower and a stranger being in your room?? I don’t care if they are Disney employees or not, 2 Disney Cruise employees were arrested on child porn charges last month! No way am I letting someone in if someone is getting out the shower, sleeping, etc. They can come back another time. And what exactly are these security checks? Do they just glance around the room or are they going through drawers/closets/looking under the bed, etc? Because if someone had ill intent, they certainly wouldn’t just leave all their things out on the table. So just walking into the room for 10 seconds isn’t security, it’s theater.

We were at French Quarter for 3 nights last week. 2 days we had our Room Occupied sign up and one day we took it down for housekeeping. I did not have anyone knock on the door while we were in there (and we were in there for a few hours one afternoon and didn’t leave until 11 a different morning), but they could have still entered while we were gone.

Exactly. Disney employees are arrested frequently for trafficking, child porn, pedophilia, etc. It happened a week before our trip. From what we saw, they only glance through the room. What does that do? Install security measures such as luggage scanners and metal detectors.

Imagine a parent coming to the room and see a man walk in on your young daughter in the shower. That happened to someone.

 

[Dug720]

I have chosen to not accept it which is why our DVC is on the market. We prefer the Park Hyatt, Westin, Ritz, and private chains who don't invade our policy.

Read those terms and conditions. They too have the right to enter any room.

Probably better to put your money in a vacation home only you have control over.

 

[0FF TO NEVERLAND]

I have chosen to not accept it which is why our DVC is on the market. We prefer the Park Hyatt, Westin, Ritz, and private chains who don't invade our privacy.

Same can happen at any of those hotels. This has been a policy with Disney for a while now. Nothing new learned. All chains do that sometimes, and considering you don't hear much about these things, they don't happen all the time. Most people are probably at the parks during these checks or out of the hotel room

I assume the second person came to try and check the room since you closed the door on the other one, and wouldn't allow them to check the room. That could set off a flag. Even if harmless.

If I was in the situation, I would have opened the door and told the person to quickly take a look inside the room, and not make any noise. Would have been out of the room in probably 10 seconds and never have to deal with it again.

 

[Dug720]

I assume the second person came to try and check the room since you closed the door on the other one, and wouldn't allow them to check the room. That could set off a flag.

BINGO! Especially as a possible sign of human (not just child) trafficking. Closing the door and refusing to schedule a time would be major red flags.

 

[lowlight]

BINGO! Especially as a possible sign of human (not just child) trafficking. Closing the door and refusing to schedule a time would be major red flags.

Exactly! Like people who put up fences in their yards, they are clearly hiding illicit behavior. Or people who wear clothes, what exactly are they hiding under there? The people who close window shades when going potty are the worst, it’s likely a meth lab they are hiding.

 

[bluezy]

Which ones specifically?

The ones I was in the room for were at the Salamander (formerly the Mandarin Oriental) in Washington DC, the Marriott in Tysons Corner, VA, and the Hilton in Columbus, OH.

 

[Dug720]

Exactly! Like people who put up fences in their yards, they are clearly hiding illicit behavior. Or people who wear clothes, what exactly are they hiding under there? The people who close window shades when going potty are the worst, it’s likely a meth lab they are hiding.

No. Those are things that are normal parts of life.

In the case of room checks (for which part of the purpose it to check for signs of human trafficking), not allowing them in, physically shutting the door, and refusing to reschedule would set off all kinds of red flags. Because especially not allowing them to schedule a time to come back at a time you know you're going to be gone is extreme.

 

[lowlight]

The ones I was in the room for were at the Salamander (formerly the Mandarin Oriental) in Washington DC, the Marriott in Tysons Corner, VA, and the Hilton in Columbus, OH.

Those must be specific to those individual hoteliers- as far as Marriott at least, it isn’t a policy. I say that as a Marriott Platinum (big whoop right), I’ve never experienced it and I’ve been to a lot, lot, lot of Marriott branded hotels. I know it isn’t a Hilton policy either, but my exposure to Hilton isn’t as broad. Interesting that you’ve encountered it so many times, maybe it’s geographic although Columbus OH?

 

[lowlight]

No. Those are things that are normal parts of life.

In the case of room checks (for which part of the purpose it to check for signs of human trafficking), not allowing them in, physically shutting the door, and refusing to reschedule would set off all kinds of red flags. Because especially not allowing them to schedule a time to come back at a time you know you're going to be gone is extreme.

What if I told you not wanting to be disturbed while on vacation used to be (and still is in most places) a part of normal life? That you’ve gotten used to it not being such does not change the oddity or futility of it. “Hey Frank, this guy is upset we opened the door while his kid was showering, he’s clearly a criminal!” That’s not normal and I refuse to ever accept it as such.

 

[Sykes]

Disney was the first to implement it outside of Vegas, but Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott all have similar policies now. The big difference is that application of those policies is incredibly inconsistent--the vast majority of Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott hotels are independently owned and many of the owners have chosen to be less aggressive in enforcement of that policy than Disney has (IME, most don't bother at all). I can say, however, that I personally have been required to provide entry at both a Hyatt and a Marriott in the past year. They both handled it significantly better than Disney tends to though--they honored the "Room Occupied" sign and left a phone message requesting that I call them back to arrange an opportunity for them to see the room.

 

[baler31]

All we need is for someone to bring up smoking or dogs and we’ll hit the dead horse trifecta!

I have a dog and smoke so I am staying at an off site hotel. We are planning to visit family and park at the Beach Club and go swimming. What time does the pool open? We bought 10 muffins for our family on mobile order so we should be good for parking.

 

[AussieFan8]

Imagine a parent coming to the room and see a man walk in on your young daughter in the shower. That happened to someone.

Something similar happened to me on our last stay at Wilderness Lodge. My teenage daughter was still sleeping and I ran down to Roaring Fork to get us some breakfast. When I got back to the room, two male employees had just opened out hotel room door and were walking in. They were nice and explained what they were doing. I understand why they have put this policy in place but it was admittedly unnerving. It would have been scary for her if she had woken up to two men standing in the room and I wasn't there.

 

[bluezy]

Those must be specific to those individual hoteliers- as far as Marriott at least, it isn’t a policy. I say that as a Marriott Platinum (big whoop right), I’ve never experienced it and I’ve been to a lot, lot, lot of Marriott branded hotels. I know it isn’t a Hilton policy either, but my exposure to Hilton isn’t as broad. Interesting that you’ve encountered it so many times, maybe it’s geographic although Columbus OH?

My husband just reminded me, it wasn't the Marriot in Tysons Corner, it was the Ritz Carlton that did the security check. My mistake. And it could have happened at other hotels that I'm not aware of because we weren't in the room very much. When I travel with him on business, he sometimes has to spend a few hours doing work from the room, so I'd be there with him and when we'd get the knock on the door, I'd tell them that he was on a video conference call and they always asked what time would be good for them to return so they didn't disturb him. Other times we'd leave the room at 9:00 and come back after 5:00, so I have no idea if checks were done those days either at the 3 hotels mentioned or other ones we've stayed at.

 

[Mle8308]

Exactly. Disney employees are arrested frequently for trafficking, child porn, pedophilia, etc. It happened a week before our trip. From what we saw, they only glance through the room. What does that do? Install security measures such as luggage scanners and metal detectors.

Imagine a parent coming to the room and see a man walk in on your young daughter in the shower. That happened to someone.

Ok, that’s absolutely not true. Disney employees are not FREQUENTLY arrested for the charges you state. That’s ridiculous. Have there been arrests? Yes, but it’s going a little to the extreme to say frequently. If you don’t like the policy, don’t stay in a Disney resort. Am I a fan of it? Not really, but I’m okay with it, too.