Resort Thread Disney's ALL-STAR MUSIC Resort

[momtwoboys]

Does the food court have a freestyle machine? Still looking for seltzer for our stay. 38 days and not sure if I need to just order a case.

 

[Nick6300]

Does the food court have a freestyle machine? Still looking for seltzer for our stay. 38 days and not sure if I need to just order a case.

We stayed at Sports last week, not Music (haven't been to Music recently), but I'd be surprised if Music had a freestyle while the other All Stars did not. It's still the old coke products dispensers plus separate coffee, hot chocolate, tea. We did a free trial for Walmart+ for groceries delivered to bell hop services on our first day which included gatorades and milk. We usually try to have a 12 pack of gatorade in our checked bag, but it definitely constrains towards that 50 ibs limit.

 

[momtwoboys]

We stayed at Sports last week, not Music (haven't been to Music recently), but I'd be surprised if Music had a freestyle while the other All Stars did not. It's still the old coke products dispensers plus separate coffee, hot chocolate, tea. We did a free trial for Walmart+ for groceries delivered to bell hop services on our first day which included gatorades and milk. We usually try to have a 12 pack of gatorade in our checked bag, but it definitely constrains towards that 50 ibs limit.

Was hoping it was sold in the food court, we also usually order ahead but for longer trips. Was hoping for a 3 night stay we could buy it there. Why does disney sell so many other sodas, powerade/vitamen waters and hard seltzer but not regular seltzer

 

[Nick6300]

Was hoping it was sold in the food court, we also usually order ahead but for longer trips. Was hoping for a 3 night stay we could buy it there. Why does disney sell so many other sodas, powerade/vitamen waters and hard seltzer but not regular seltzer

I'm not certain on if they sell seltzers in the refrigerated section. We don't really frequent that area. We did buy a $5.5 apple juice for a toddler when she was having stomach issues and I didn't notice any seltzers but wasn't looking for it either. We try to avoid buying stuff at the resort since the cost is so much higher.

If the seltzers you buy are in aluminum cans rather than plastic, I think I wouldn't put in checked bags for a short trip. Part of why we go with gatorade is because it's in the 12 oz 12 packs where I can pull out half and mix in zeros, and the screw caps are convenient for backpack side pockets. The Walmart orders were great. We've never done them, but this time we bought stuff for sandwiches and snack sticks, fruit, but really our baby drinks milk every day and she doesn't care for the non refrigerated milk packs for some reason. We ended up doing a second order for some meds since she got really sick. There is a $6 resort delivery fee for amazon. Walmart didn't carry feverall surprisingly.

If you don't want to do a grocery order. You might be able to go to DS one day and walk across to Hess station by the end near Cirque. At least it was a Hess station the last time we did this, may be something else by now. We've bought 2 liters there to bring back to room, $5 pizzas, freezies, ice cream, batteries, all sorts of stuff.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I think there was club soda available at one of the All Stars, sorry I can't remember if it was Music or not.

On some trips I have taken some cans of seltzer (and some beer once) in my checked luggage. I put them double bagged in zip-lock bags. They haven't ever exploded.

 

[disneyjr77]

We stayed at Sports last week, not Music (haven't been to Music recently), but I'd be surprised if Music had a freestyle while the other All Stars did not. It's still the old coke products dispensers plus separate coffee, hot chocolate, tea. We did a free trial for Walmart+ for groceries delivered to bell hop services on our first day which included gatorades and milk. We usually try to have a 12 pack of gatorade in our checked bag, but it definitely constrains towards that 50 ibs limit.

Did the beverage cooler keep your milk cold? I called and asked about getting a refrigerator, and the cast member I spoke with said I couldn't get a refrigerator and that medications, dairy and lunchmeat shouldn't be stored in the beverage coolers.

 

[dansdad]

Did the beverage cooler keep your milk cold? I called and asked about getting a refrigerator, and the cast member I spoke with said I couldn't get a refrigerator and that medications, dairy and lunchmeat shouldn't be stored in the beverage coolers.

We have had milk, meds, lunch meat, cheese, yogurt, etc stay cold and fresh for a week every time. Is there a chance the one in your room is not working right and won't do the job? Yes. That has happened to us 3 times with the old style fridges, but a quick call remedied that.

 

[disneyjr77]

We have had milk, meds, lunch meat, cheese, yogurt, etc stay cold and fresh for a week every time. Is there a chance the one in your room is not working right and won't do the job? Yes. That has happened to us 3 times with the old style fridges, but a quick call remedied that.

That's great to know, thanks! We're not there yet, our trip is next month. I was calling ahead to see if I could get one, primarily for DH's meds, but also for milk and cold items.

 

[Nick6300]

Did the beverage cooler keep your milk cold? I called and asked about getting a refrigerator, and the cast member I spoke with said I couldn't get a refrigerator and that medications, dairy and lunchmeat shouldn't be stored in the beverage coolers.

Yes the milk was kept cold. We also had lunch meat, the sandwiches I made the night before, juice, yogurt, string cheese and they were fine. We also took an insulated cooler bag for the sandwiches, gatorade, cheese into the park and a quart sized ice bag typically kept things cool until the evening when the ice would usually be melted by then. We had 4 ADRs, but with the lunches, we were able to only buy 2 other QS meals that we split for a 9 night/10 days. Not that I'd do that every time.

 

[Nick6300]

Some in our group requested a frig too, and I knew it wouldn't work. But I don't think there are refrigerators any more, just these beverage coolers that are supposed to 40 deg at coolest which is the warmest milk/yogurt should be kept according to Google.

It used to be that if you were diabetic you could get a room with a frig that I think was in certain rooms at the back of the property. I could be making that up, just from memory. My wife is type 1. However, there are various types of insulin but hers don't need to be colder than 40, and they can be kept out of frig for 28 days, which makes the beverage coolers sufficient. Maybe if they don't even have a few medical frig rooms, they considered that when setting the temp of the beverage coolers.

 

[seashoreCM]

(copied from another forum)
It is hard to say whether a beverage cooler will hold medications safely. You would need to have (bring) a thermometer. Small ones that don't consume too much of your carryon weight allowance can be found.
Often resort efrigerators are not defrosted regularly and then they too might not cool adequately.

 

[Nick6300]

Another thing you could do, we did this last week, was order a Styrofoam cooler as part of your grocery order and filled it with ice each night. Our group included a household of 5, and they were mostly grocery order folks rather than spending any money at the parks for dining, so they had a lot of overflow that wouldn't fit in the very small beverage coolers. Plus they are pop drinkers. We were fortunately very close to the ice machine, so they would fill that each night, just as I would fill my quart sized zip for my cooler bag in the am's, along with filling our brita and baby water bottles with ice.