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Refrigerators being temporarily removed from all rooms
- Thread starter nepalostparks
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I doubt it is unrelated. I have yet to have one work well on a number of trips. I actually considered trying to yank one of of the cabinet to see if I could fine a thermostat to adjust.
devoy1701
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hey... when in Rome...
I_heart_Tigger
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Same experience here. Hopefully an update will actually result in more than just slightly below room temperature beverages.
experiment624
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I remember back in the day when I was a kid and they didn't have mini fridges in most hotel rooms as standard. You had to use the tiny ice bucket and a cooler to chill your in-room refreshments or walk down the corridor to the vending machines.
MaxsDad
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I do not know why they are being pulled, but I am relieved they are. They were a hazard to the guest that used them.
How many times have you checked in to find the fridge in your room was either off or the temp was so warm it might as well have been? For me, it was every time. I understand the need to defrost, and I want to be a good steward of resources, planet and money, as well. But if you are going to go the route of having mousekeeping cut them down, you better have a unit that can crank it back up in a hurry. These units simply did not do that. Everyone I have had took the better part of 24 hours before they could cool down something as conductive as a metal can. Standard safe food handling practices dictate that food products that require refridgeration should not be held above 41 degrees F for more than four hours. These units could not do that they way they were being operated. I hope any new units will.
How many times have you checked in to find the fridge in your room was either off or the temp was so warm it might as well have been? For me, it was every time. I understand the need to defrost, and I want to be a good steward of resources, planet and money, as well. But if you are going to go the route of having mousekeeping cut them down, you better have a unit that can crank it back up in a hurry. These units simply did not do that. Everyone I have had took the better part of 24 hours before they could cool down something as conductive as a metal can. Standard safe food handling practices dictate that food products that require refridgeration should not be held above 41 degrees F for more than four hours. These units could not do that they way they were being operated. I hope any new units will.
Or you could pay to rent them (at WDW resorts).
jenluvswdw
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Does this include Villas? People except to cook and load up on food. We will be staying in a 2 bedroom at BLT in August. We have to have a fridge. My son is type 1 diabetic and must keep his insulin in a fridge. This stinks.
Villas have full size fridges, it's only the mini-fridges that are affected, per earlier post.
rael ramone
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Just got off the phone with central reservations.
Initial response was 'refrigerators are standard at that resort'.
After mentioning that I heard that they all got pulled resortwide, then the individual said a coworker just got a call from someone else asking the same thing.... so the indivudual talked with the supervisor...
When the person came back, I got read the deal (wording not exact with what was above, but it seemed close), and offered to put on my reservation my request for one. Asked if it was for medical, and I mentioned the amount that I'm paying and said 'I want one'. (And had them put 'real lagoon view' on it as well).
For the amount that they are charging for the room, a fridge should be in there. There is nothing MAGICal about waking up to a warm chocolate milk that is sitting in melted ice.
Call up. Be polite, professional, but *firm*. If you have your reservation in front of you, you'll know how much the room costs. You're not a jerk for insisting on a basic amenity that every room in that price point within 100 miles of the place offers.
(funny. there's a Lowe's ad under this on my screen).
Initial response was 'refrigerators are standard at that resort'.
After mentioning that I heard that they all got pulled resortwide, then the individual said a coworker just got a call from someone else asking the same thing.... so the indivudual talked with the supervisor...
When the person came back, I got read the deal (wording not exact with what was above, but it seemed close), and offered to put on my reservation my request for one. Asked if it was for medical, and I mentioned the amount that I'm paying and said 'I want one'. (And had them put 'real lagoon view' on it as well).
For the amount that they are charging for the room, a fridge should be in there. There is nothing MAGICal about waking up to a warm chocolate milk that is sitting in melted ice.
Call up. Be polite, professional, but *firm*. If you have your reservation in front of you, you'll know how much the room costs. You're not a jerk for insisting on a basic amenity that every room in that price point within 100 miles of the place offers.
(funny. there's a Lowe's ad under this on my screen).
jaklgreen
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Things break, that is life. But were in the world do they need to order new ones from that it is going to take that long to install new ones? There are no companies that sell mine fridges that has a stock of them (or even 1/2 the amount needed) that they can not get within a few days? Just wondering
MaxsDad
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Especially this time of year when the production of dorm room size fridges should be at its peak!
Victor Kelly
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Uh, folks not that big a deal. Inconvenient yes.
Improvise, Overcome, Adapt. Back in the old days it was called a cooler with ice in it. Nowadays people freak over the smallest thing and have no clue what to do. Guess what, those expensive rooms never had fridges back in the day, neither did regular rooms. Our POP room did not have a fridge, I had a small thermos with ice in it for insulin.
Improvise, Overcome, Adapt. Back in the old days it was called a cooler with ice in it. Nowadays people freak over the smallest thing and have no clue what to do. Guess what, those expensive rooms never had fridges back in the day, neither did regular rooms. Our POP room did not have a fridge, I had a small thermos with ice in it for insulin.
sweetpee_1993
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FYI for everyone who has experienced the warm fridge syndrome: the problem is not the fridge. It's the fridge in an enclosed cabinet. Refridgerators need air circulation to work efficiently. I can appreciate wanting to have a nice aesthetic by puting the appliances in a cabinet, especially when there's a cabinet door hiding it. But the air can't circulate and the fridge won't work well. We always used to keep the door to the cabinet open to allow better circulation. This usually resulted in a much cooler fridge. Mouse keeping will always close the door and oftentimes the fridge cabinet being in a narrow walkway makes keeping the door open aggravating. Just gotta stick with it. Maybe bring a sign to post on the cabinet for mouse keeping to leave that door open. I promise you, tho, this simple thing makes a huge difference particularly for the refridgerators that are in cabinets with doors. Remember: air circulation!
I am sure that part of the issue is disturbing guests during the swap out, as well as the quantity involved, plus labor.
There are about 20,000 rooms being affected.
Ever order 20,000 mini fridges before? You can't just go to the local Target and pull that off. If they went to every store in central Florida that sold them I would be surprised if they could find 1000.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Most Disney stuff comes from overseas where manufacturing is cheap. Once products are delivered to ship, it genrally takes 2-4 weeks for delivery. Tack on order and manufacturing time....it will be a while if they can't be repaired.
Off sight and before we had my DD we did buy a cooler when we got down there and changed the ice out every morning. Those ice machines are going to get a workout once again and bound to be empty early in the day and late at night. Disney no longer needed as many ice machines or high capacity ice makers because of the in room fridges. Wash those ice buckets daily!
Once we had my second child, Disney always gave us a free one for her special order formula and meds. At that time it was a $10-15 fee for renting one without a medical need.
Yep safety but think of how many people will be dumping Garden Grocer orders or cancelling them. For all those guests that eat breakfast in room, Disney will be selling more QS breakfasts or breakfast supplies.
Off sight and before we had my DD we did buy a cooler when we got down there and changed the ice out every morning. Those ice machines are going to get a workout once again and bound to be empty early in the day and late at night. Disney no longer needed as many ice machines or high capacity ice makers because of the in room fridges. Wash those ice buckets daily!
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Once we had my second child, Disney always gave us a free one for her special order formula and meds. At that time it was a $10-15 fee for renting one without a medical need.
Yep safety but think of how many people will be dumping Garden Grocer orders or cancelling them. For all those guests that eat breakfast in room, Disney will be selling more QS breakfasts or breakfast supplies.
sweetpee_1993
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I'm curious what the problem is. Interesting.