3. Sheets aren’t always changed daily

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At the Grand Floridian, you’ll see an individual basket outside each guest’s door in the morning holding sheets and towels for the day ahead. At other resorts, however, you’ll find your housekeepers making their way through the halls with sheets and towels loaded onto a cart. This is because rooms don’t always get fresh sheets on a daily basis.

If your housekeeper sees an obvious stain on a sheet, you will get a fresh set. However, sheets that look clean are usually made unless you’ve been in a room long enough for a scheduled change of sheets.

If you’d like fresh sheets on your bed, there’s a simple foolproof way to get them. Simply strip the sheets from the bed and leave them on the floor. This is a universal sign that you’d like new sheets, and your housekeeper will know at once to replace your bedding.

4. We start our day early, but you don’t have to

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Housekeepers have a full schedule of rooms to clean, so they’ll start knocking on doors early. One of the challenges of the job is trying to figure out which rooms are still occupied by sleeping guests and which are empty and ready for prompt service. If you want to sleep in, enjoy a leisurely breakfast in the room, or simply have an undisturbed morning, always leave the Do Not Disturb sign on your door. This is an easy way to communicate with your housekeeper and make sure you’re not woken early with an unwelcome knock.

5. You can save energy with towel placement

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Towels, like sheets, aren’t necessarily changed daily. Towels that are still folded and clearly unused will always go untouched. Thanks to Disney’s energy saving efforts, you’ll also find that you can keep your towels from one day to the next simply by hanging them up.

It’s important to understand this system, because you might feel slighted if you expected clean towels and found your damp one still in place simply because you have a habit of keeping your laundry off the ground. The standard policy is only to swap out the towels that are left on the floor. As unsightly as this may seem, it’s the best way to let your housekeeper know what you want. Toss your dirty towels on the floor if you want fresh ones, and hang them up if you want to join Disney’s eco-friendly efforts to reduce water and power usage that’s spent on daily laundry.

Though your housekeepers often go unseen themselves, their efforts should not. Work with your housekeeper to make your room as easy to clean as possible, and you’ll enjoy all the perks of stellar service with a touch of Disney magic mixed in.