famy27
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 4, 2007
There's a distinct change in tone since I was last here. Which makes something very obvious. The reasons cited for allowing this practice have been:
1. It's there
2. It doesn't hurt anyone
3. Everyone else does it
4. It's been going on for a long time.
5. But it's just like when... (Insert bad analogy here)
Sound familiar? These are not reasons, but typical excuses people use to justify their behavior.
On a different note, I called Disney back. I had many lengthy conversations with many different people. Too lengthy, and too many to recite back, so here are the interesting bits:
1. Disney does not condone this practice.
2. They are trying to close the loophole.
3. All calls are recorded and monitored. Any CM promoting or allowing this practice would have been reprimanded or fired.
4. Guest need to physically stay in their rooms. This is a safety issue. Disney needs to know who is on property in event of emergency.
5. This is a growing concern. There have been a number of guest complaints that this practice done by others has had a negative impact on their visit.
6. Any guest doing online checkin only or canceling their reservation lose all perks, FP reservations will be cancelled.
At no time during my conversation did I ever get conflicting information.
So go ahead and dismiss it, I know you will. It's clear that people are only here to dismiss, not discuss.
So that brings me full circle to my original post:
"The word 'loophole' is synonymous with the words 'cheating' and 'evasion' for a reason."
It's fine if you are one who believes there's nothing unethical about exploiting loopholes. Go ahead and continue to do this. But don't make the argument that Disney allows this to happen, therefore it's not a loophole, therefore it's not unethical... because you can't.
That's all I have to say on the subject. I will not be discussing this further.
So how about someone who books one night and sleeps in the room? How long do you need to sleep there? How does Disney know who's in the room at any given time (for "safety")? You aren't in your room 24/7, so there are always going to be empty rooms at any give time, even if the resort is at 100 occupancy.