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When is a refrigerator .....not a refrigerator.....
.......when I tell someone at the concierge desk at POP (somewhat jokingly) that, "my fridge is acting more like a microwave oven than a fridge" (meaning: it's not getting cold...it was actually warmer ), and I'm told, "Well, it's not really a fridge.... it's more like a cooler".
Well....when all the hullabaloo was made about there now being fridges in the value rooms....I was part of the excited masses. But...to be told to my face that it's "not really a refrigerator" .......leaves me more than a little miffed. I put 20 cans of soda in there at 5pm and they are as warm now as they were then.
Not that I routinely do it .....but I shudder to think about the results if I had put a 1/2 gallon of milk in there. And....what about someone that needs earnest chilling of medication?
When it comes to Disney .....I have to put forth a concerted effort to find anything wrong. But this is blatent misrepresentation of room amenities as listed on the web site. And...to top it off....they put it in the chest of drawers .....eating up storage space which is already hard to come by.
.....not sure if anyone else ever brought up this issue?
Same coolers at POFQ, did they explain how to use it? It was a learning curve foe me. Can't put too much in it an cant block part of it, sorry don't remember what part they can tell you. When I followed their directions it did cool our drinks, just had to restock frequently. Hope that helps, have a magical vacation
Same coolers at POFQ, did they explain how to use it? It was a learning curve foe me. Can't put too much in it an cant block part of it, sorry don't remember what part they can tell you. When I followed their directions it did cool our drinks, just had to restock frequently. Hope that helps, have a magical vacation
....info much appreciated....thanks.
....of course ...in order to use a REFRIGERATOR ....based on my +48 years of REFRIGERATOR USING EXPERIENCE you plugged it in...it got COLD .....you put stuff in it that would benefit from said cold.. (..oh ...I'm actually 51 ....but would bet that the 1st three years of my life were pretty much fridge-free). Instructions that would rival those needed to go extended deep-sea diving .....shouldn't be needed to have cold soda and beer.
....wow!!! A big Mickey Head shaped light bulb just lit up over my 23 yr old daughter 's head! ! She said if it's really "a cooler" I should unplug it.....flip it on its back ....fill it with ice from the machine ....and use it like my Coleman at home. Wonder if it's water-tight?
I noticed the same problem of the refrigerator/cooler not really cooling when we visited in June. I thought it was probably just our room, but based on the OP, I'm now convinced it's the type of "coolers" WDW is using. Before I called maintenance, I decided to pull it out, unplug and re-plug it to see if that helped. It did. It was almost as if it needed to be reset. After that, it never got icy cold, but it did keep drinks coolish. As our week went on, I noticed that we had to be careful not to jiggle the fridge too much or it would shut off again...and I hear you and can support that it was warm inside, not the least bit cool.
I'll bet Disney winds up changing out these coolers. I think they are going to get lots of complaints and requests for maintenance.
Hmmmmmm
BTW, our "cooler" really wasn't running. A few things is all we had in it. They were NOT getting cold or cool. They remained room temperature. I don't think these machines are very effective.
Yeah, just put a few things in at first, then when they are cold you can add more. Also if you're ever staying in a room where the fridge is enclosed in a cabinet, if you leave the cabinet door open the fridge will work better.
Here is a link to a discussion on these "coolers" in which one person says she wouldn't recommend putting anything like milk or eggs in the cooler, since it doesn't cool like a frig does.
......sorta' reminds me of Carousel of Progress. "Our new ice box holds a 50 lb. block of ice.....and our milk won't sour as fast".
...I took a screen shot of the POP website with the amenities list .......let's just say that when I get home ....Disney and I will be having a little chat.
......things like this make me think that WDW frowns on those that furnish their own food in their rooms .....and hope to have more sales generated in the food courts because of the questionable longevity of food kept in the in room cool..... sorry mini-fridges.
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Interesting, I think I now understand why the CM was marking our ressie as needing a medical frig. From what you guys are describing, I don't think I want to trust it to keep DH's insulin cold.
Guess I will be calling to add the medical necessity to our reservation....we need to keep DS's insulin cold too!! I just assumed that the frig at POR would be a real frig and not a "cooler." We never kept much in them so I haven't really ever thought about it.
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Hummmm. . . I just assumed that since the POFQ says it has friges I was ok with my "refrigeration required" meds. This appears not to be the case. I can call and tell them that I have a legitimate need for a frige not cooler. Thanks for bringing this up, JerseyDad, who knew?
Does anyone know if this means that they have a few rooms "set aside" with refrigerator instead of a cooler, or if they deliver the additional appliance to whatever room you are assigned?
Hummmm. . . I just assumed that since the POFQ says it has friges I was ok with my "refrigeration required" meds. This appears not to be the case. I can call and tell them that I have a legitimate need for a frige not cooler. Thanks for bringing this up, JerseyDad, who knew?
Does anyone know if this means that they have a few rooms "set aside" with refrigerator instead of a cooler, or if they deliver the additional appliance to whatever room you are assigned?
Yeah, me too....and they best not move us some where odd.....we are booked in to a Royal Room and that is what we are paying for so they had best be moving the correct type of frig in not moving us some where else!
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Interesting. This trip will be our first with the new fridges in values. We had one when we stayed at POFQ a couple years ago and it froze our beverages.
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.......regarding "availability" of 'real' refrigerators: The night I questioned the function of the "fridge"....POP concierge sent a maintenance worker to check the "fridge". I asked, "don't you have any real refrigerators"....and was told point blank, "No"!
....so to those of you that need real cooling power for meds......I'd start calling the resorts now and get some alternate method set up. If it won't keep dairy fresh...it's questionable if fragile meds will be protected.
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