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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’ve stayed in all the monorail resorts and Animal Kingdom. Pros and cons to each. I wouldn’t stay off property because it’s nice to take a break and go back without losing tons of time in transit.

1. GF - the nicest but agree with posters saying it’s priced like a Ritz but the rooms feels like a Hilton. Pros were great Christmas decorations and better food in the casual sit down restaurant.
2. Polynesian- rooms are meh but kids loved the pools, dole whip and Oahano restaurant. 
3. Contemporary- IMO most convenient as you can walk to the park or monorail, food is bad except the top floor fine dining restaurant. Pools are good.
4. Animal Kingdom - great lobby, common areas, rooms nicer than other places, food the best, pools great. The big downside was the shuttle bus. So annoying as you are in a long line but no matter how close you get to the front a fat person on a scooter will roll up with 8 relatives jumping the line. Never stayed here again after 4 days and nights of this nonsense. [/quote]

All of these mean you’ll have daily room inspections at whatever time Disney decides they want to enter your room. [/quote]

??? If you get housekeeping like a normal person it’s just part of that. It’s never been an issue for us. [/quote]

If you rent DVC points, you don’t have daily housekeeping.

Regardless the housekeeping is done differently than at other hotels and they too will come in even with a DND sign for the room check. So even if you are napping with a DND sign, housekeeping will still enter. [/quote]

This is so weird. We’ve never noticed because getting the housekeeping, someone else making beds is one of the things I like on vacation. Are they doing this to try to figure out if extra people are staying in the room? I can’t imagine why a daily inspection would be needed or cost effective.[/quote]
It’s a security measure to make sure there isn’t a whack assembling a bunch of weapons (think Las Vegas shooting.) Disney World is a huge target for potential mass casualty events.[/quote]

I know this is Disney’s “cover” for doing these checks, but based on what I’ve seen on these same message boards, I doubt this is the real reason. People are always asking if they can cram more bodies into these rooms or bring cooking appliances to save money.

I shudder every time I see someone post a picture of a value resort room with blow up mattresses and scooters and furniture blocking the door. If that lithium ion battery overheats - which is NOT a rare occurrence - that whole overcrowded room will die. [/quote]

Except when they do the checks, they aren’t counting bodies. It’s a very quick check that’s cursory and while it wakes up napping kids, I don’t see what they would really discover in the 2-3 minutes they are in the room. When they did my check, they walked from the door to the bedroom (we were in a suite) turned on all the lights, looked behind the curtains and in the shower and then left.

Sometimes they lie about the checks and claim to be replacing lightbulbs. [/quote]
OK, we get it. It’s not really relevant to OP who has older kids and will not be bringing a spouse.[/quote]

It’s highly relevant. Everyone should be familiar with this practice.

It means that you might want to take a nap and will have a Disney employee knock to wake you up to demand an inspection or to reschedule your inspection time. You can’t count on it being done during housekeeping.

Disney fans claim this is all normal, but it’s simply not. Go stay at a Four Seasons and no one is knocking on your door to inspect your room.

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