Has DVC started using Keurig?

[Chuck S]

I play in a band, our guitar player owns a water distribution company near NYC. We practice in his warehouse. They started carrying Keurig on the wholesale level about 2 years ago, and it's now nearly half their business. I would have to double check, but I'm quite sure they supply the keurig machines to the offices, hotels and other customers for a very nominal fee as long as they have a service contract. The service contract also allows for very cheap pricing for the cups. I like to brew my own, but I can get them for about $9 for 24 cups and this is not even their wholesale price. I specifically remember asking him once about a hotel customer, and I'm quite sure he said they gave them about 150 brewers for almost nothing. They make money on delivering the cups.


I would be shocked if Disney/DVC couldn't negotiate a deal to get the machines for pennies on the dollar.

Somebody commented before that this would be tough in the larger units, like GV's, b/c people would be waiting for their coffee. We brought one last year when we had 11 people in a GV at Kidani and it worked great. It takes about 10 seconds per cup, about as fast as you can pour. It also doesn't run out, like the pots that are in the units do.

I also was disturbed to read that some people here are touting their passion for coffee to the tune of 12 cups a day!? 1 cup a day is technically unhealthy, more than that is downright dangerous. Drinking more than one cup of coffee a day can increase the risk of heart disease, also increases the chances of cadiovasuler inflammation. The caffeine in coffee can be difficult for your bones, as it causes increased levels of calcium in the urine. Too much coffee can cause ulcers, cancers, and dehydration that can lead to osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and more.

NOBODY should be drinking 12 cups of coffee a day, this isn't just my opinion but that of the medical community and is no joking matter. Sorry to go OT, but it's a bit disturbing that people are consuming that much coffee. Of course, much of the over consumption is perpetuated by the Dunkin Donuts of the world who offer up 40 ounce coffees, but I don't want to get off on too much of a rant....

$9 for 24 cups? That is expensive compared to brewed coffee. I have a small 4 cup brewer (it actually makes about 2 full mugs) and a 11 to 12 oz can of coffee lasts me a month or about 60 cups. Plus the brewer was about $12.

And FYI, my family drank a LOT of coffee, all of them lived to be at least 85yo, many lived into the high 90s, and a handful lived to be over 100. My great grandma would brew coffee on the stove, simply adding grounds daily until the pot was too full, then cleaning it out and starting over. Her coffee could grow hair on a billiard ball, and she lived to be 103.

 

[DoOverDreams]

ooooh! A Mickey edition Keurig, now that would be cool!

Oh boy, I would so buy that!

 

[mjc2003]

$9 for 24 cups? That is expensive compared to brewed coffee. I have a small 4 cup brewer (it actually makes about 2 full mugs) and a 11 to 12 oz can of coffee lasts me a month or about 60 cups. Plus the brewer was about $12.

Most k-cups run about .50-.60 a cup in a retail environment, this is sort of the point that some others were making as to where the money is made with these things. Disney would make a fortune on the k-cups in their lobby stores.
You really can't compare the costs to a regular brewer. However, I also have a reusable filter and grind my own coffee, which works out to be the same if not cheaper than your cost b/c I can literally measure out enough for 1 cup at a time. So, the keurig is as easy as you want it to be (buy a box of cups and make a cup of coffee in 10 seconds), or as specific as an individual might want if they want to grind their own or use canned coffee.

And FYI, my family drank a LOT of coffee, all of them lived to be at least 85yo, many lived into the high 90s, and a handful lived to be over 100. My great grandma would brew coffee on the stove, simply adding grounds daily until the pot was too full, then cleaning it out and starting over. Her coffee could grow hair on a billiard ball, and she lived to be 103.

Data related to health issues from over-consumption of coffee is empirical, so while it's great that your family drank lots of coffee and lived to an old age it is likewise categorical that many suffer from serious health problems in part due to over consumption. I have a grandfather who lived to 93 and drank half a bottle of scotch a day. Should I argue that over consumption of alcohol is the key to living to 93, or logically assume that he is the exception, not the norm?

Either way, this is a bit off topic and not the intention of the thread. My point isn't to warn people not to drink coffee, but to point out that those talking about how they need to drink 12 cups a day might be headed for problems, and might want to consider cutting back. I'm not saying nobody should drink coffee. I AM saying that nobody should drink 12 cups a day, and this is not my opinion but that of the medical community.

 

[n2mm]

I hope this never happens! While I have a keurig at home, I also have a Bunn. Each is good for it's own reasons. I loved having a Keurig while staying at US/IOA on site hotels.....but, they replace the coffee for free (well included in the room price), so it's pretty much easy. If DVC got Keurigs, that would mean more stuff to bring with us on a trip because like mentioned, the price of the k-cups would be over $20 a box. Just leave my coffee pot in the room and I'll bring my own coffee in my suitcase. If they do go to Keurigs, hopefully we can still just request a regular coffee pot, or we will have to join the coffee pot swap thread!

 

[keishashadow]

I do not have to drink stale coffee my dh brewed an hour before I got up. Every cup is freshly brewed and perfect, not getting old and scorched sitting on a hot plate.

Now when I have a house full of company, I drag out the Bunn drip. But for everyday use for just 2, I love our Keurig.

Laura

so true, just love that each cup is hot & fresh. As for those who pay 50 cents a cupget thee to Sams Club or Amazon for big discounts, no way would i ever pay that much.

 

[lucyem]

Personally I would rather have a waffle maker in the room

 

[Chuck S]

Personally I would rather have a waffle maker in the room

The Disney restaurants make some pretty good waffles. I know at Olivia's, waffles are not on the menu...you have to ask. They do have a waffle maker and make them on request. Lots easier than messing with making them in the room, but more expensive, of course.

 

[marynvince]

I don't think that the benefit makes it worth consideration.

Will more people buy contracts because of a coffee maker?

Will existing owners sell their contracts because they don't get a certain coffee maker? (never mind, if we sell, someone else has to buy, no net loss).

Bill

Not a great point here as would anybody sell or not buy if DVC did away with Coffee Makers altogether? The answer is not likely, and has been said many times before on many different topics...like any other perk(no pun intended) coffee makers can be taken away at any time.

My wife drinks regular, i prefer decaf. Providing a keurig would be the perfect solution for us. We own and love our keurig, I buy k-cups from office depot and utilize coupons and get them for $0.45 per. There are many varieties from light to bold and everything in between.

Don't buy the green argument. My carbon footprint from flying my family to disney far outweighs the amount of k-cups that we use.

The keurig market is growing. When the patent on the k-cups is up, Sept. I believe,more coffe providers will enter, further driving down the price. This would also allow Disney to offer a Disney branded coffee. They could get folks hooked by offering several free for use in the provided in unit keurig coffee makers.

 

[crisi]

I do not have to drink stale coffee my dh brewed an hour before I got up. Every cup is freshly brewed and perfect, not getting old and scorched sitting on a hot plate.

Now when I have a house full of company, I drag out the Bunn drip. But for everyday use for just 2, I love our Keurig.

Laura

Our home coffee maker uses a carafe, but the coffee is seldom more than ten minutes old. At Disney, we make enough for the four of us, and are all drinking it within ten minutes.

 

[Chuck S]

Not a great point here as would anybody sell or not buy if DVC did away with Coffee Makers altogether? The answer is not likely, and has been said many times before on many different topics...like any other perk(no pun intended) coffee makers can be taken away at any time.

My wife drinks regular, i prefer decaf. Providing a keurig would be the perfect solution for us. We own and love our keurig, I buy k-cups from office depot and utilize coupons and get them for $0.45 per. There are many varieties from light to bold and everything in between.

Don't buy the green argument. My carbon footprint from flying my family to disney far outweighs the amount of k-cups that we use.

The keurig market is growing. When the patent on the k-cups is up, Sept. I believe,more coffe providers will enter, further driving down the price. This would also allow Disney to offer a Disney branded coffee. They could get folks hooked by offering several free for use in the provided in unit keurig coffee makers.

Free is a relative term for DVC. Nothing is totally free. "Free" K-cups would be added to housekeeping budget, just as the current packet is included in that cost. And they would charge for any additonal, just as they now charge $3 for a coffee service package.

 

[vicki_c]

I see this thread is far removed from the original question, and somewhere in here Deb&Bill stated they were only in some club level rooms.

I just wanted to confirm that this is correct. The newer machines, even on the club level, are Cuisinart pods. I haven't seen one in a DVC room yet.

The only place I saw a Keurig was in the Newport Presidential Suite at the Beach Club and it seems they are only in those rooms - actual resort suites, not even just CL rooms.

 

[BigPumba]

I love my keurig machine but the cost to replace all the machines would be to much

 

[crisi]

Not a great point here as would anybody sell or not buy if DVC did away with Coffee Makers altogether? The answer is not likely, and has been said many times before on many different topics...like any other perk(no pun intended) coffee makers can be taken away at any time.

My wife drinks regular, i prefer decaf. Providing a keurig would be the perfect solution for us. We own and love our keurig, I buy k-cups from office depot and utilize coupons and get them for $0.45 per. There are many varieties from light to bold and everything in between.

Don't buy the green argument. My carbon footprint from flying my family to disney far outweighs the amount of k-cups that we use.

The keurig market is growing. When the patent on the k-cups is up, Sept. I believe,more coffe providers will enter, further driving down the price. This would also allow Disney to offer a Disney branded coffee. They could get folks hooked by offering several free for use in the provided in unit keurig coffee makers.

I don't think they could. I think they are part of the standard equipment listed in the POS that Disney is required to provide (along with beds, sofas and sheets). Granted, they COULD pull out their "we buy them in bulk for less than $10 each" Mr. Coffees and replace them with Keurigs, as I think that would meet their requirement. This would be similar to pulling out the clock radios and replacing them with the iPod docks. Or pulling out the VCRs and replacing them with DVD players.

 

[DvcDoc]

What a great bunch of responses! Thanks everyone. It looks like the bottom line is that DVC still has the regular coffee pot in the rooms, and that's fine. While I do love my Keurig for giving me a fresh cup every time, I can also deal with the standard pot. The question was more to make sure I have the right coffee with me for our stay.