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Old 10-18-2012, 06:18 PM   #1
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Mini Refrigerators at Value Resorts?

Ok so DH swears that he read a blog article about all Value Resort rooms having mini refrigerators in them. Something about when the room prices went up, it evened out how much the cost of a mini refrigerators for a week added to your reservations. Has anyone one else heard this or can anyone confirm this? This will be a very cool thing!!!!!
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I believe, yes, all the values have mini fridges now. I can confirm 100% that AoA-Little Mermaid and AS Sports definitely do.
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Yes, all Value resort rooms have them. Beware though, they don't cool all that well.
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Yes, all Value resort rooms have them. Beware though, they don't cool all that well.
You know, I read that thread about how poorly they were cooling for some people before I went a couple weeks ago, but we had no problem at all with ours in either AoA or AS Sports. We put room temp bottles of water and soda in there (and I mean filled it up), and they got quite cold. I think one of the things that really helps is if you don't open the door for a few hours once you put everything in it. At least that's what we did, and we had great success.
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beverage cooler

From what I understand they got little fridge TYPE things they call beverage coolers that do not get anywhere near as cold as a real min-fridge. I have read on the DIS boards that they do not even get cold enough to keep milk from spoiling and it takes overnight for it to cool down drinks to a slight chill. Ppl have called maintenance thinking their unit wasn't working when in fact it was it just doesn't get very cold. But I don't think the rates of the room were changed other than the normal slight increase they do every year for inflation.
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I didn't notice a room rate change, but I have heard folks complain that the "fridges" were beverage coolers. Those are designed to cool the interior off by up to 25 degrees below room temperature, so they're fine for sodas and cheese, but long term milk storage (more than a day) might be a problem. Since I haven't experienced them myself, I guess we'll find out how well they cool when we get there in a few weeks.

Some people have suggested putting a container of ice inside (doubled ziplock bags are good for this), making sure the fan in the back/side isn't obstructed, and leaving the door closed overnight to cool it off better.
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oh cool! so it's no longer an extra $10 per day for the rental? that's so much better. one year we had taken the auto train down and packed our own mini fridge and microwave for the room! glad to know we don't have to do that anymore! (besides we have upgraded to a moderate resort)!!!
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The beverage coolers are inside a small wooden cabinet and from what I've heard it helps to keep the cabinet door open. This allows the heat from the running motor to escape. Makes sense.
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I agree that the it being in a cabnet will make it run and the things in it will not get as cold. So keeping that cabnet door open should make a difference. They should really have the back of the cabnet open for air circulation and would of thought they should know that.
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We were there last month at POP and had no problem with the frig. It was just like the one we got the 2 previous trips as a medical frig. I tried to post pic on the photo section for POP, but it keeps showing up as pending approval, or just black.
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Thanks for the info. I went out yesterday and purchased a cooler to bring along as a back up since we plan to have snacks and some breakfasts in the room. Does anyone know if the refrigerators at AOA are smaller than the ones at the moderate resorts?
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We were at POP in June and didn't have any issues with it, we kept my baby's milk and it was ok
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Just got back from AOA and due to the comments here I purchased a cooler for the room in case the fridge was too small or wasn't cold enough. Well we had plenty of room in the fridge and it was nice and cold even though we kept the door shut on the cabinet all the time. Kind of regret purchasing and lugging the cooler along as it just sat in the corner taking up room.
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We are here now. We have been here for 9 days in a family suite st All Star Music and I am not sure if what we have in here is the same as in the standard rooms but what we have cooled our drinks just fine. It did freeze up about halfway through the trip and maintenance came and said the door wasn't closing all the way and that was the problem. It thawed out and we didn't have any more problems out of it.
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