Comparing My Hotel Requests With Dick Cheney’s
by RonChusidWhen I travel to a luxury hotel or resort I’ll often have a number of requests with regards to hotel room and view. Generally my requests are met, but there’s never any guarantee. (For example, one year I didn’t get my favorite suite at Grand Hotel for the Labor Day Jazz Weekend because Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow had taken it. I might still vote for her this year.) When you’re a celebrity such requests become demands which must be met. Rock stars typically have such demands. So does Dick Cheney, and The Smoking Gun got the list (with The New York Times confirming the report).
What does Dick Cheney demand? Among other demands, the all lights should be on in the room, the thermostat should be set at 68 degrees, and all TV’s should be set to Fox News.
Next week I’ll be at the Beach Club Resort at Walt DisneyWorld and there’s no doubt their service will meet my needs. When I return to the room after cast members (ie Disney staff) have been in for cleaning or turn-down service I can count on the television being set not on Fox News but on a Disney resort channel. I’d much rather return to see Mickey than to see Mickey Mouse News.
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Well he is either afraid of the dark or he has trouble finding his DICK.
I find it offensive that a “public servant” feels the need to be treated like royalty. I thought this country was founded on the principle that it’s leaders were equal to the common person.
LOL! Great post Ron!
I think I’d prefer to have some nice jazz playing in my room rather than Fox news and a bottle of perfectly chilled Dom Perignon would be nice.
Ron,
You failed to mention the pile of quarters old dead-eye-Dick needs for his vibrator bed.
Pamela,
I’ve often checked in to have fruit baskets, chocolate, wine, cheese, and (on Mackinac Island), fudge but never had a bottle of perfectly chilled Dom Perignon. (Of course this wouldn’t be hard to arrange but probably wouldn’t be complimentary as with the other goodies).
Of course at the Disney resorts there’s always walking down to the concierge lounge and getting a free glass of whatever I want. Not as convienient as in the room, but still not bad.
There was one time when I had a suite with a bar which was restocked regularly, and I wound up not beng charged anything for the use of the bar the entire trip. I never found out if this was accident or intentional–I sure was not going to ask.
My husband travels all of the time and he does more important life saving work than Dick, in my opinion. He has no such requests except that the room be non-smoking. There is just something so non-western about this. There is an unwritten code in the west that you do not flaunt your wealth or your status or take advantage of it. So Cheney is a phony.
We have very minimal needs:
non-smoking, firm bed, fluffy towels…
Usually our luggage enjoys the room as we aren’t in it very much…
worst experience ever…
1- Macon Georgia
Came back to the room after working a very long day. Turned on the light and the room was covered with scurrying cockroaches.
My suitcase was open and they covered it.
Totally disgusting. I left ASAP then had to have everything cleaned.
2 – Charleston South Carolina.
Because of a lack of space, was put up at a very nice historic hotel (Mills House?) across the street from a historic church. I spent a lot of hours at the site and tried to sleep days. The church bells ring every 15 minutes all day. It was like being inside a giant drum while folks beat the outside with hammers. I was a zombie my week there.
Ron…
In Mickyville, beware of the dolls.
Battlebob,
No problem. I’m sure I’ll go on Small World once.
How do you feel about the dolls in the Mexico ride (Epcot)?
I don’t really have a problem with Cheney’s advance people making some reasonable requests before he checks in. But to have Fox News on? He can’t turn on the TV himself? He has to have someone sucking up to him on TV the moment he walks into the room? Is he terrified that there will be an actual news show on the television which doesn’t suck up to him?
I think we must have stayed in some of the rooms Cheney had been in because when we’d turn on the TV, it was stuck on Fox News. I actually complained about it at the Sheraton in Albuquerque.
Ron,
The Mexican exhibit was one of our favorite places. We rode their little ride several times and enjoyed it. We never got stuck in it. All the objects are really neat. The food is really good
We also got stuck in top of the giant golf-ball. It is a chain-driven ride similar to the Haunted Mansion in that you are in little modules that move around.
The chain stuck and then started sliding backward…then stuck…made lots of shakey stops and starts and trembles.
Broke my nose on Space Mountain. When DW first opened, the ride was much faster then it is now. Mary sat in front of me and after a sharp turn and fast start, her head went back into my nose. Ouch
Me exiting with a bloody nose and shirt made the Sentinal Star newspaper.
My glasses were knocked off. The section of cars was used by the next group of riders; just the bloody one wasn’t. My specks were in the bottom.
That little stinking mouse has it in for me.
We also got stuck in Pirates of the Carib.
We were in the section where the pirate ship shells the town.
It was kind of fun. We were there about 15 minutes and the folks on the ride were singing and having a good time.
Got a chance to really look at the details.
It is still one of our favorite exhibits.
This is my memory of Disney World from 14 years ago. Being from Seattle where we used to have the King Dome sports arena, my kids called the giant golf ball (see I do not even remember the real name) the “Mickey Dome”.
But my daughter, who was 4, picked out a doll dress in a gift shop for her Little Mermaid Doll. The problem was we did not bring Little Mermaid with us. So right in the square in front of all of America, my daughter threw a royal tantrum crying that we need to fly back to Seattle right now to get Little Mermaid so she can put her in her new dress.
Actually, I think it was just the overstimulation of such a place as Disney World to a 4 year old and it all came out–right in front of the entire world.
I wanted to die.
Disney is/was an interesting corporation. Prior to EPCOT being built, Disney was the largest corporation in the world without debt. For several years, Disney sold year passes to all Orlando properties to partly finance construction. We bought passes for several years before and after EPCOT was built because we enjoyed the park so much – in spite of the above problems. The restaurants in the park and especially EPCOT are superb.
Using our passes, we would enter the park when it opened, lounge by the pool, drinking things with the little umbrellas, eat and play in the park and the many hotels until the park closed at night. Also, take a boat dinner cruise around the Disney property or visit Lake Buena Vista. Never had a bad time except for my injuries and trauma with the dolls. We haven’t been there since the late ‘90s.
Jane,
The “giant golf ball” is Spaceship Earth.
Exhusted kids losing it is commonplace at Disney
Battlebob,
I’ve never seen anyone have so many problems at WMD. Personally I love it when things go wrong at the right time, as it often leads to things like a free room upgrade.
We got a lot of free stuff but remember we have been there literally dozens of times.
During the height of the Arab-Israel conflict in the early 80′s, Disney wanted to put the Arab pavillion next to the Israel pavillion.
Too bad it never happened. The fireworks would have been interesting.
Oh yes, and our camera–my husband’s very expensive 35mm was stolen right outside the Fantastic Voyage ride. It was never turned into lost and found which was about 35 feet from that location.
I remember I couldn’t believe it. All I could see everywhere were families like us who paid big ticket prices and I was shocked at the dishonesty. Great family values.
Wow, Ron, you triggered some memories here that I hadn’t thought about in years.
Janet,
I knew there was a reason I didn’t like that ride…
Beleive it or not, two of our favorite rides were Peter Pan and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.
We had a lot of fun on them; maybe because we really liked the kid stories.
Of course…they are WAY too advanced for Dumbo.
My favorite was the Pirates. Maybe it can be reworked into something about the Bushco presiduncey whenever they get ready to redoit.
It’s probably because Cheney thinks he’s so popular and powerful that he wants treated like a rockstar. You’d better believe he’d want to listen to Faux news, otherwise he might hear something not entirely jibing with the Rovian message of the day. Oh, and he doesn’t use the TV transmitter beacuse he might change heart rhythms.
I liked the comment about him being afraid of the dark. Sure sounds like it. And gee why am I not surprised with Fox? And Cheney isn’t any sort of public servant. He’s making tons of money off of everything with Haliburton getting all these contracts. Imagine if this was Al Gore or John Edwards. And yes Cheney is a phony. Just like Bush is a phony cowboy.