Things You Should NEVER Do in Disney World Hotels 

My husband worked at a housing authority that was overrun with bed bugs, they terrify me after everything he has told me. You can look for the bugs but when you look at the mattress you need to look for rust/dark red stains which is blood from the bedbugs those are easier to see. He inspects everything and I love him for it. I will say your dryer is the bed bugs enemy.

I was a frequent traveler and ended up bringing bedbugs back to my apartment a few years ago. They infested the apartment and it was scary. I notified the apartment complex and they brought in experts to get rid of them. It was a nightmare.

Bedbugs... Everything gets washed when we get home even if it hasn't been worn. Bags stay in the garage until everything has been cleaned. Don't worry AJ, you aren't the only paranoid one.

I’ll second the DO NOT SLEEP ON THE DISCOUNTS comment. We saw Disney was offering the included Dining plan after we booked. We had to call because our room didn’t qualify but we ended up getting a better room, WITH dining plan, for about $300 less than we were originally paying without it. My wife conferenced me in with the Disney cast member doing the reservation because she was sure she was making a mistake. That evening we sat down to make sure we hadn’t fallen for a sneaky disney scam. Still convinced we missed something

OMG yes the Timon and plumba safety videos. My son fell in love with those on our last visit.

Even the finest hotels have occasional bed bugs. My husband is in hotels and just the mention makes him cringe.its like just saying “bed bugs” might summon them😂 The true test of a good hotel is response time and appropriate action.

We had problems almost daily with housekeeping not pulling our door shut all the way. Thankfully nothing was ever missing, just frustrating.

If you suspect you have bedbugs in a hotel room, put your luggage in the bathroom.

There is a boat service for Port Orleans French Quarter and Riverside. If you don't want to walk to each of the resorts, you can take a relaxing boat ride from one to another. It will also take you to Disney Springs from the port orleans resorts.

Great info.We actually stayed at the suite at Art of animation this past November for the first time. We loved it. We had tons of space and our kids, who are 17 and 19 had plenty of room. We get the refillable mugs on every trip. We eat at the different hotels and use our mugs a lot throughout all our trips.We usually stay at the Wilderness lodge on most of our trips.

When we were there a couple of weeks ago - we were lucky enough to be able to Uber or Lyft ( about $10-20 )to our dinner reservations- having to use a ECV for any distance there - they were such a blessing - door to door from the Polynesian to wherever- 10 minute drives verses the bus etc . We also took breaks because we could watch the water activity- and it was COLD !! Be ready for any weather or you will be buying Disney gear !! Have fun everyone!! We had one of the best trips !! 🩵🩷💜💚🐾😎

Stays at Shades of Green also qualifies for extended evening hours. When my boyfriend and I went to Disney in November we stopped at a grocery store on our way to our hotel (I always rent a car) and bought a box of Cheerios and some small boxes of milk - between the two of us finished it in the week we were there. I also brought fruit. He doesn't drink coffee so I grabbed a cup each morning from Joffreys.

So much negativity in the comments about staying in Disney hotels. Friends, don’t listen to these cranks. Staying in a Disney hotel, especially one of the nicer ones, is a great experience. Treat yourself to a good time!

the kitchenette one would be good for some that, say is on a special diet and needs to have particular foods available, or someone with medications that have to be refrigerated (such as type 1 diabetics), someone that is a "tube feeder" and needs refrigeration for their "food"...somethin like that.

Just wanted to let you know the drink station in the Contemporary Resort at Contempo Cafe is also open 24/7. During my recent trip I would sometimes go down to fill it up before bed...which sometimes would be as late as 2 AM!

Fuel at the Dolphin opens at 6:30am and has mobile order for Swan and Dolphin guests! It's my go to when staying there, it's super easy to pick up a breakfast wrap and a drink on the way to super early entry at HS.

I caught an infestation of bedbugs when I was in college. You are absolutely not overthinking anything at all. They are awful, and extremely hard to get rid of.

Breakfast for my trips are pop tarts and instant oatmeal. Easy to pack and quick to eat. 😊

Shades of green is also included in the deluxe resort hours.

The Swan and Dolphin also have some great restaurants -- but be sure to make reservations!

Going in September! Can’t wait to put these DisneyWorld videos to good use!

I completely agree with you about the noise. I have panic attacks, and one of my triggers is if I don't get enough sleep. I stayed at Allstar Movies in December, and people were making noise up and down the walkway.

Another awesome video AJ!!!

We drove too Disney springs and traveled took different places in property . It was so fun and free but meals lol

I’m terrified of bedbugs. My husband checks the beds and drawers and chairs BEFORE I go in. ❤❤

I love your videos AJ, they bring back so many memories of our many many trips to Disney World with out daughters and then our granddaughter. One thing I'd like to say though is , there are no longer any "Value " resorts, when a room at Pop Century is $200-$250 a night that's not a value.

We called for security 3 times because of our neighbors. Ear plugs didn't work. Security never came. They offered us a voucher for food and changed our room without an explanation. I have to send a email to guest services at All Star Sports. Very disappointed

Note to all my fellow disabled Veterans and Active Duty Military, we have our own military resort at Walt Disney World via the Shades of Green hotel.

24:35 I just stayed at All Star Music last month, and breakfast was listed at 7am, but they actually were open by 6:30 every day of our stay

Wilderness lodge at roaring fork we were able to refill our mugs late at night during our last stay a week ago!

Good to know!

All Stars Music also has their drink station in their dining room / food court open 24/7. A CM confirmed that for me when I stayed there last week.

I like the idea of shutting and zipping my suitcase when traveling, I will start doing that. I was awakened recently by a fire alarm and we all had to go outside in the rain. It would have made a big difference if I could have quickly grabbed my suitcase (in case of actual fire, fortunately my event turned out to be a false alarm of sorts) rather than abandoning it or struggling to close it before leaving.

3rd party vendor runs the laundry facilities (I was at All Star Music) they are horrible! Read their terms/conditions! They capture All your financial and very personal (your size!) private info just to do a load of wash; $3.25 to wash, nope, my cc was charged $5; which their tutorial mentions how easy it is to get a refund, so obviously it’s their common practice to overcharge.

We drive to Disney because we are only 6 hours away, but when I'm in the Disney bubble I like to use the Disney transport. On my mother daughter trip we were going to Hoop De Do so we took the bus to MK then the boat to ft. wilderness. And we ended up getting a boat back to MK at the same time the fireworks were going off and it was 😍😍😍😍. I did the same thing to get to poly or grand flo (bus to MK and then boat)

My friend and I stayed at all star sports in ‘98. We enjoyed our trip a lot.

you may want to update your information on the drink situation. we have been staying at the all stars and always have been able to get refills and coffee 24/7 they close the food court but the building is still unlocked and open. Also CBR has a drink station in every island near the ice machine and it is also 24/7

Heading to Tokyo Disney, for the fitst time, in June! We cannot wait! We have our Fantasy Springs passports already established! We cannot wait to see what resort stay is like in Disney Tokyo! The Whole Tokyo Disney Park will be all new to us! I think we are going to be on overload when we get there!!!

So, I'm not the only one who gets "Scratchy Disney music" while I'm on hold! I thought it was just me!

Going next summer, august 25 and hoping to stay at Caribbean beach, is it closed just for cleaning and maintenance? And is there anything else planned for the resort for next year

when I do my hotel reservation I'm looking to stay off property on one of the new class of hotel's. there is now the Official class which are a group that is not owned by Disney but are contracted by disney as essentially overflow. a Deluxe class of official hotel is Drury Plaza Hotel at Disney Springs which has a great free breakfast and a free dinner option as well.

It used to be an extra 2 hours. By the time you get thru security bag check and then the rope drop line, your extra 30 minutes have disappeared.

Great video!

Just take a bus to Hollywood b Studios then take the skyliner to Riviera. It's really not that hard. Same is true if you have a reservation at Caribbean Beach or one of the pop centuries. Or a Epcot resort. Just go to Hollywood Studios and take the skyliner. It's a lot faster than waiting on another bus

Slightly handy cap we where giving second floor rooms remember I spent nearly 37000 for 10 people and they could not accommodate us, but they took the reservation in Nov 23 for Mar 24 do not remember us requesting tht disability room. also registered with DAS disney ? Bewhere😢

I’m going to Disneyland Paris in the summer but now I am quite worried about having bedbugs and bringing them back home😅

Throw away takeaway boxes from your fridge before you leave your room to go back home. My mom and I stayed at Saratoga Springs before and we called maid service over this. I don’t know why the maid service didn’t check to see if the fridge was empty but the maid or maids didn’t.

How easy is it to change a name of someone in your party, I’m a foster carer and may not necessarily have the same child at booking time and actual trip date - if that makes sense

When we were last over in Disney All star sports was open 24 hours for cold drinks (coke ect) :P was so useful while staying there! Coffee was only usually open during the day

Caribbean beach quads or buildings have 24 hour drinks machines with the ice machines

We stayed on the first floor at Nemo in Art of Animation. ALL of the cleaners met VERY early in the lobby to get daily instructions. They were YELLING at each other and had Zero thought of guests sleeping or waking babies. I called twice to complain, but it didn't stop. After 2 mornings of this, i changed over to the Lion King Suites. First floor but very quiet. No more Finding Nemo suites for me.

Do they have complete Handicapped accessible rooms??

i subscribed to disney food blog for the stories, not just for the information. so aj, feel free to: " hit me with your best shot, fire away!" Pat Benatar

Ooof, I was so livid when I found out about those mugs on the LAST day of my last trip. I wasted so much money on the more 'normal' options.

“Throwing a kegger” 💀😂

We where just there and 5 day park hoppers got us 10 break downs with no explanation other get out

Had a neighbour that was being very loud. Like we could follow their complete conversations at 2am in the morning. Called the front desk and within 30 minutes it was over😂. Even got meal vouchers for the trouble🎉

When will pool closures be posted for 2025? We are planning on staying at Caribbean Beach in Jan 2025. I am hoping they won’t close the pool again like they are this year Jan-Apr. is there less chance of it being closed again since they are doing a longer close this year?

You're absolutely not overthinking it. My biggest traveling fear is bed bugs.

Visiting Disney seems like such an annoying science. Last time I was there in eighth grade, we bought tickets at the gate Christmas Eve Day 1978, basically had the run of the place, and rode Space Mountain five times in a row with no line. I don't think my brother and I waited in any lines that day. Couldn't bring ourselves to deal with all the complications when our kids were of age in the 2000s-2010s. They were just as happy walking the beach on Sanibel Island and collecting shells every year. Way cheaper and better family time. But if you want to navigate the options, all the best. We all do things differently.

9:34 Disney on the same day this video was published updated the pool closure timeline for stormalong bay. It will now be closed through June 2025

Hi! This is probably a personal preference question, but I'm booking for a 9-day trip at the end of the summer....booking tonight to be exact. Notably, I have family staying at Beach Club. Any wisdom to help me choose would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance! Here are the choices....Fireworks-view at the Dolphin (logistically probably the best). "Preferred"-view room at Carribean Beach, and a deluxe suite at Old Key West are the other too choices. Also keep in mind that I've already stayed at Dolphin and OKW, but I really liked both. Lemme know please!

I can definitely add here that the swan and dolphin is an amazing place to stay. We have gone two times. Stay at the Swan and dolphin and the beds were absolutely amazing. The rooms were big and it’s not as far as you think and they do have a ferry, and it’s a nice walk to Epcot

#1, #2, and #3: SMOKING, SMOKING, and SMOKING----do NOT do it.

I live in golden oaks with my Family it's kinda strange telling people that I live inside of Walt Disney World

What about having extra guests who aren’t booked in the system?

I don't visit tourist traps.

in disney land paris we got an extra hour of time

I stayed at all star movies one time and my neighbors were yelling during the middle of the night and they played who let the dogs out at full blast in 3 in the morning

I want to check for pool closed get ready to go to the pool and intechnaley get mad the pool is closed

I’m sorry to say I live in the UK and we looked into staying at Disney hotel on property and quickly decided not to the prices are pathetic on average when we come for holiday in Florida from the UK we stay for two weeks some of the Disney hotels were as much to stay there for two nights as I paid For my two week holiday, which was £1350 per person that was for a two week holiday that’s with airfare hotel and car hire staying on international Drive. Will you take that into account? Disney? I’ve lost out Wellyn truly what would you rather do if you were UK citizen and holiday in Florida would you rather stay for two days on Disney property or two weeks on international Drive? I know which will be a better holiday cause because when you book a holiday in the UK you can buy your park tickets over here two weeks pass or cost you about £600 for a two week pass and that’s a park hopper so you can go on Disney

I always check where I’m staying for bedbugs. In drawers. Under mattress. I don’t risk that nastiness.

I have a question about extended evening hours. I have an upcoming stay that includes 1 night at the contemporary and four nights at pop century. Would the extended evening hours be only for the one night or every night?

Resort hotels always make it so hard to get food... They really try to keep you trapped around their overpriced restaurants and convenient stores. Thats why I always stay offsite, for Disney or Universal

The walls at Disney properties you speak of must be paper thin, as no one, no one can help their snoring ! I’d be pretty miffed if anyone knocked on my door and told me I was snoring too loud ~~ that’s just ridiculous !!!

Idk, I'd rather hear "scratchy Disney music" than what I would swear sounded like someone torturing Alvin and the Chipmunks when I'd reserve a self-serve (basically, picks me up at my house) bus...I always treated that like a video game; First "music" was just some piano, not very good on the phone either...Level 2 was slightly different, and level 3...Chipmunk squealing. I'd normally have to deal with at least up to that before I finally got off hold and reserved my ride/s.

This might be a dumb question, but I'd swan and swan reserve the same hotel? I keep hearing swan, Swan reserve, swan and dolphin, and the dolphin- as though they are all different places

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Found weed, hair, plaster and a dirty cake knife stuck to the wall in a Royal room at riverside.. they moved our room and didn’t refund the difference without being prompted x2.

We didn't check and , of course, the pool was closed on our Disney vacation . Ruined the whole vacation

IM staying in a hotel at Disney wold

Beware of the restaurants that you can easily make reservation ,you will go hungry or worse

I've seen vloggers who regularly get hosted by Disney have hotel room parties on property and I'm always wondering how they are continuing to get away with this...

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I think Disney is going to be building in my home state

I’m sorry, but your bit about using the refillable mugs at other resorts is a little contradictory…. Earlier in the video it was mentioned that you can’t visit another resort unless you have dinner reservations. So how can I resort-hop & use my cup ?

Have they opened up the sidewalk between shades of green and the Polynesian?

Something you should never do in Disney World Hotels.... stay in one for full price. (or stay in most of them any time. There are only a few I think are even close to worth the money)

Given how much they cost the first thing I’m not doing in a Disney hotel is staying there!

Furthermore to the smoking point, smoke from cigarettes can trigger fire alarms. Thats the last thing you want happening at Disney, as they take fire alarms extremely seriously

You forgot one that's extremely important for non-southerners to understand. NEVER under-estimate the florida sun! Suncreen sunscreen sunscreen people!

My sister got bedbugs at Disney World

We went back in December, and we were fine until an older family checked in next door. Nothing wrong with a neighbor until they decided to start smoking some MJ, and we have a 9 year old. I didn't want to be a Karen to the front desk (my first sentence to the cast member), but they were more than accommodating to move us to another room.

Witch park is better Hollywood studios or epcot

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WDW has bedbug sniffing dogs.

Mickey is in your walls-

I don't have a smart phone.

Going after smokers is the only acceptable form of discrimination. I'm not asking to smoke "anywhere" but Disney knows what they're doing to smokers.