Walt Disney World Resort Removing Alarm Clocks from All Resort Hotel Rooms

Makes perfect sense to me! I was at Pop last month and noticed the same thing. Im sure maids are also getting tired of having to replug in and reset alarms clocks that are unplugged by guests wanted to use the outlets for phones and such!

Vacations are like college, no classes before ten.
Plan your vacation right and there is no need for early rising!! Lol

Ridiculous. I think the majority of people use clocks to tell time, not just for alarms. Of course I use my phone if I need to set an alarm because I'm already familiar with how it works, but if I'm way over in the vanity area of the room getting ready for the day or a dinner, I'd much rather be able to glance over my shoulder at a clock to make sure I'm on time rather than walk across the room to find my phone to check it. Same goes for waking up in the middle of the night wondering what time it is...I'd much rather peek open one eye, see the time and go back to sleep rather than fumble around for my phone, drop it, maybe knock something else off the nightstand, and then light up the phone (and half the room) to see the time.

Stayed at the Contemporary Resort in early January and we did not like this change. I agree that many people are now using the alarm clock on their personal devices, but it's still nice to be able to just look at a clock for the current time. It was really annoying to have to pick up the phone just to check the time.

This will conserve lots of energy.

I think it's fine ... I'm one that always unplugged it to use the outlet for my iPhone/iPad/iPod. I do hope they replace it with a docking type plug in station for all the smartphones, tablets, etc. I would love to see a few plug-ins on the nightstand!

I personally dont agree with it. I was at WDW for 2 weeks November 2015 in which the clock had already been removed from the room and it was very inconvenient to soley have to rely on my phone for time or an alarm. The option was not given to me to request one for my room. It was also not informed to me upon making my reservation that if I wanted one I had to bring one from home. Granted I probably would have used my cell phone as an alarm anyways, in my opinion it just shows WDW's lack of respect for the guests that visit the resort.

I'll miss the radio! After years of hubby's shift work when the radio blocked outside noise, it's almost a necessity to sleep! As for outlets, we bring a multiple USB charger that handles 4-6 devices at once and only requires one outlet.

I this is so stupid. They are removing them because they claim to many people have smartphones, ipads, tablets and other devices to tell the time, but while I do have a cell phone myself and a computer, not every single person in the world has a phone or the other devices like tablets and ipads. Believe it or not there are people that do still exist in this world that do not have cell phones and they don't go around appearing to be talking to themselves because their head isn't glued to some stupid bluetooth device. Here they are telling you that you need to request one from the front desk, but what they don't tell you here is there is most likely a hidden charge which will come up on your resort bill later as probably showing "1 ALARM CLOCK RENTAL:$20" or something outlandish like that. They also say that you should bring your alarm clock with you from home but now airlines can charge as much as $75 for overweight luggage and a tiny alarm clock might not seem like very much weight but when you have a suitcase that is already jammed packed full of clothes, shoes and other stuff, that little old clock can just push your baggage weight over the limit and then you'll find yourself having to dish out that extra money because of it, money that could of been used it WDW to buy yourself a Disney sweater or your kid a Donald Duck toy or something but is now being forked over to the person checking your luggage instead and he/she will most likely use it to buy their lunch with that same day. It makes one think is WDW and the the people who work at the airport or doing this together just as a way of getting more money out of a costumer who is already shelling out thousands of dollars to begin with. it's like they have to squeeze out every single penny from us. Just another ridiculous way of separating the costumer from their hard earned money. Might as well have a machine that grabs the customer upside down by the ankles and shakes them until everything falls out of their pockets....keys, phone, loose change, wallet, credit cards, etc..............

We just wrapped up a vacation stay at Bay Lake, and we still had a clock in our room. I personally don't care for the removal of clocks from resort rooms. I don't think it will save much on power, as all the devices that are brought (tablets, phones, cameras, etc) are still being plugged in, with the adaptors being left plugged in sometimes for the entire vacation. But it does seem to be a sign of the times, as that is in fact what many people do now. Kind of like the discussion many people are having over Magic Bands...my niece and nephew hated having to wear something on their wrist. I asked them how it was any different than wearing a wristwatch, to which they replied 'Who wears a wristwatch?'... Again, it just seems that it's more normal today to pull out your phone to check the time than glance at your wrist, or a wall. If you give me an alarm clock, I promise I'll use it...

I'm glad that a clock can be requested if you want one. I don't care about the alarm since I am an early riser and never schedule anything too early at Disney, but I want the clock so that when I wake up during the night I can easily see what time it is. I don't want to have to fumble around for my glasses, put them on, then fumble around for my phone to see what time it is. By then I've woken someone else up! I'm old school and not tied to my phone at all.