BWV Refrigerator Warning

[BWV Dreamin]

Arrived at BWV this afternoon in a 1 bedroom. One of the first things I did was check the fridge. It was very cold.

How is your room? View? Pics? I miss BWV, can't ya tell!

 

[DebbieB]

How is your room? View? Pics? I miss BWV, can't ya tell!

Beautiful! We are on the 4th floor above the store (I'll post the room # after check-out).

I'll have to download some pictures. I bought a new Kodak camera and have been disappointed in the pictures, they are blurry. I brought my old camera, I'll have to switch to it today.

One issue yesterday - parking was terrible. I guess alot of people were at ESPN for the college games (at least that is what the guard said). They had the main driveway entrance blocked but everyone was going around to the side, there was no guard posted there.

 

[mjlass11]

Here you go, BWV Dreamin:

New living room TV and stand:

New kitchen appliances:

New sofa and coffee table colors:

New kitchen table color and cushions:

New bedspread:

New bedroom TV and dresser:

New bedroom lamp and stand:

New stacking laundry:

New living room lamp:

New balcony furniture:

View from room 2009:

That room looks EXACTLY like ours

 

[DebbieB]

Here you go, BWV Dreamin:

New balcony furniture:

I noticed your inflatable was still there on Thursday.

View from room 4041 (dedicated 1 bedroom):

Our room was over the blue awning above the store:

 

[Sammie]

OK here is the deal. They just installed a thrid refrigerator. The units are a smaller apartment size unit and GE doesn't make them anymore. The "Summit" units were shipped from China on their side and this has caused problems. The quality of the units has also been a problem, our fan wasn't running.

Disney is aware of the issue and is working with the manufacturer to replace the units.

http://www.caraudiovideosystems.com/mire.html

Is the Summit the same size as the one pictured in this link, if so you will notice that GE makes one the same size, as does Fridgedaire. I think Disney just got a great deal of a lesser product.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Love your view DebbieB! I hope I can get that same view my next visit!

I noticed your inflatable was still there on Thursday.

View from room 4041 (dedicated 1 bedroom):

Our room was over the blue awning above the store:

 

[auntsue]

We just got back, room 5027, and didn't have any issues with the fridge. We only had coke, water, milk and hard cheese in it and everything stayed cold the whole time. I did think it was a little small compared to the old one, but we don't bring too much food, so for us, it was fine.

I loved the look of the new stove, but we've never used one there yet, and I'm not about to start now.

 

[disneynutz]

We just got back, room 5027, and didn't have any issues with the fridge. We only had coke, water, milk and hard cheese in it and everything stayed cold the whole time. I did think it was a little small compared to the old one, but we don't bring too much food, so for us, it was fine.

I loved the look of the new stove, but we've never used one there yet, and I'm not about to start now.

While the refrigerators were being replaced I chatted with the maintenance men. They hate the new glass top stoves. The short time that they have been installed at the BoardWalk, they have already noticed a cleaning issue and one Guest broke the glass.

Bill

 

[BEASLYBOO]

they have already noticed a cleaning issue and one Guest broke the glass. Bill

Now that's a first, they must have dropped a cynder block on it, I've never heard of anyone ever breaking one. Wow!

 

[Sammie]

Now that's a first, they must have dropped a cynder block on it, I've never heard of anyone ever breaking one. Wow!

There is no tellling what happened. I had a friend work for the GM at Riverside and they had a guest call Maintenance and say that the lights over the bed, had come out of the wall.

When maintenance went to check, sure enough the fixture was torn completely out of the wall, wires just hanging on.

When they commented what in the world could have happened, the guest said, "Oh I was using them to do pull ups"

 

[BEASLYBOO]

When maintenance went to check, sure enough the fixture was torn completely out of the wall, wires just hanging on.

When they commented what in the world could have happened, the guest said, "Oh I was using them to do pull ups"

and I wonder, are people charged for the repairs for this type of abuse?

 

[hakepb]

Now that's a first, they must have dropped a cynder block on it, I've never heard of anyone ever breaking one. Wow!

I have a glass cooktop and hate it. Takes too long to heat up, its like you have to "preheat" any fry pan for several minutes and then it takes forever to cool down, which means it is too easy to burn everything. This home and my last had glass tops, and same cooking problems(Although I must admit, 3 homes ago my house had gas burners, and I've never seen a chef wanting anything besides gas)

DW religiously cleans it after every use (we've tried every glass top cleaner, she scrapes with a razor blade.., and after a few years it does not remain perfectly clean. In the last week or 2, we noticed a crack in ours, so it's days are numbered.

IMHO, glass top stoves are great if you want a clean surface to look at, but never use (except for 1 or 2 meals a year).
Using a glass top makes me think fondly of the days when I had much better electric element cook tops.

 

[jekjones1558]

During our recent BWV trip there was a 2 inch ring of something burned on the cooktop. It was very hard to remove, so I understand why mousekeeping was unsuccessful. I have a glasstop at home and know that it is critical to get these kinds of spots up right away. I scrubbed and got it off, but it took a while. I wonder whether mousekeeping even has the special cleaner and a sharp scraper to clean these stovetops?
I wanted a gas range in my home kitchen but we need a special size and the only one I could get had the gas hookup in the wrong place for our situation. That said, my glass cooktop is probably 8 years old, is used daily and looks like new. But I am more conscientious about cleaning it than could be expected in a rental property. And the glasstops beat the old crooked burners at BWV by a long shot!