So, what do you think? Is this too tacky? It's alright to bring a cooler to your room, right? So if I happened to already have a small dorm sized fridge, and I'm going to WDW, should I pay 10.00 a night for a fridge, or is it OK to bring my own? (Which is no larger then a cooler.} Go ahead and bash me, but if a resort didn't provide an iron, a coffee maker, or a hairdryer for free, I would bring my own.

I think charging $10/night for a fridge is tacky. Sure, bring your own!

Sometimes, if you have a medical reason, they waive the $10 fee (I have a friend who tells them he is diabetic and needs it for his insulin).

Bring your own if you want but it isn't "tacky" for them to charge if it isn't already there. Daughter-in-law needed a fridge to store breast milk at a hotel and was charged.

We stayed in a concierge room at the Poly and it included a fridge.

Everybody wants something for nothing. Pay the damn $10 and shut up!

I agree with enuf. I am soooo sick of the cry babies who whine over every nickel and dime.

YOU WANT SOMETHING-----PAY FOR IT!!!!!

Try the medical reason. It works eveytime for me.

Hi Jack
I think the differance here is that a fridge is plugged in 24x7 using the resort's electricy - which for a fridge would not be cheap. If you brought your own iron, hairdryer etc, you're using electricy for only a few minutes.

For the people that lie about a medical conditon.

do you park in handicapped zones, also?

No.

Since you're already splurging for the vacation, is the $10/nite really going to make that big a difference?

If that is the resort's policy, then your choices are either to abide by it, or stay elsewhere.

Let me ask you this, do you bring your own coffe & dessert to a restaurant so you don't have to pay that?

Sure, Jack, bring your own fridge.
They will think you are the Clampetts.

Most hotel rooms don't come with a fridge. Of course they are entitled to charge you.

If it's that important, pay the ten bucks or stay elsewhere.

I'ts people like you that steal hotel towels and robes because they think they are entitled to them.

You mean that I am supposed to LEAVE the towels at the hotel room?

Man, everyday I learn something!

To "trick". Your "friend" is lucky that no one at the hotel is knowledgeable about current recommendations for insulin storage. Only unopened insulin needs to be stored in the refrigerator. If a vial is to be used within 30 days of opening (and all are designed to be used in that length of time for omst use) it can be stored at room temperature.

This post reminds me of the one from yesterday about the person who got an MD friend to say here little dog was for emotional need and so should be allowed in passenger compartment on Amtrak.

Y'all so funny with your mean comments.
Maybe y'all could negotiate at the front desk and get the fridge for $5 instead of $10. Or I usually bring plasitc bags and fill them with the free ice to keep my stuff cold.

Yup, I used to steal the towels and robes so I needn't buy any at home. But most hotels will figure it out and charge you for them now, so I don't steal anymore. I do take all of the free tea and coffee I don't use, all the soaps and shampoo too. I always ask housekeeping for more of that stuff so I can take it home.

I agree with the poster who said the difference was in the electricity you would be draining 24/7 with a fridge. And I can't beleive soembody on here would LIE about a medical condition to get one for free, that is not only tacky but incomprehensible to me. What will you be using the fridge for? Is it reaaly necessry. We went to Disney recently and we jsut took one of those collapsable soft side coolers (we were flying so a large cooler or a FRIDGE would have been ). The cooler worked great, we bought bagged ice a couple of times as well as refresshing the ice using the ice machine. We kept OJ, some cold cokes a couple of beers in there and it worked fine. Not sure what you would need a fridge for that a cooler wouldn't do and if you did, what is $10/day really anyway?

Amazing that they haven't caught on to the "medical condition" scam at Disney yet. We sure have here in Asheville. If someone has a medical condition that requires refrigerated storage, either they plunk down the bucks ($10/day for a microwave and fridge) or they have it stored for free in the same fridges where we keep the donuts and other junk for the continental breakfast.

Furthermore, if we catch you stealing from us -- irons, clocks, and hair dryers are the most common items that walk out with the guests -- then your name goes on a blacklist in every hotel in town. So, next time you darken our door, we know you're a thief and you'll get that extra-special attention you obviously crave.

Oh yeah... we hotel desk clerks do have access to your personal info -- it's not a good idea to make us mad. Tee hee and all that. Just so's ya know.

Why a dorm sized fridge? If you're going with the family you're going to need more than that. Do like we do and bring along the full size fridge and freezer. They don't notice if you wheel it in after dark.
One time the maid saw it sitting there and frowned, but we gave her an eskimo pie every day to shut her up. They already charge a $3 energy surcharge so we do not feel guilty about the electricity.

If any of you are staying at the Swan from Nov 3 to 6, drop into our room and you can store your insulin or whatever you like, we always have extra room. All we ask is that you leave us a couple of brewskis in return.

P.S. It's true you can't take the towels these days, they do keep track. But if you have a worn out mattress you can bring it and switch it with the hotel's and they never notice the difference.

One solution is to pay the $10 for the fridge and then steal everything that's not nailed down -- towels, robes, silverware, lightbulbs -- until you make up the $10/day.

Be careful of hotels that ID people like you and charge a $15/day "bumpkin" fee.