Is it tacky to bring ...

[BCV23]

It is not tacky in the least. We, too, always buy pop, wine, beer,and juice as well as fruit and cheese. We always get a refrigerator. Years ago, I remember my husband using the trash can as a wine cooler! You brought back a fun memory, Ducklite!

 

[Momto8]

I always bring pop, juice, milk, beer, wine, water, snacks, fruit, etc. I even bring cereal and bowls....I buy the solo plastic bowls and use plastic spoons. We've emptied out the mini bar and left a note for housekeeping explaining what we were doing. We had no problem doing this and they didn't try charging us for anything.

One way of keeping the water cold is to put the bottled water in the freezer the night before. That way when you bring it to the parks the next day, it will stay colder longer.

Last year, when the bell man was bringing our luggage to our rooms, one couple that was walking along with us made a remark about all the food and luggage we had. They asked us if we were staying for a year. They didn't know we had 9 people and were staying for 10 days.

No I don't think it is tacky, but I think those people were trying to make me feel that way.

 

[colleen121]

Hi all,
I will be going down to CS during the last week of March and am wondering 2 things:

1 we are taking tiffanytowncar to the resort. I heard about the supermarket stop. Is it reliable? How long do you have to shop?

2 Can we remove the contents of the minibar provided we leave a note with housekeeping w/o being charged?

 

[Disney Doll]

Are you kidding???When my DSIL's and DBIL's
kids were small, they used to take a cooler, and have milk, juice,bagels,cream cheese,cereal,water,soda,snacks in their room at the BC!!!!!If they drove down(or took the autotrain)they'd bring their own cooler, since they had their car. If they flew, they stop at a grocery store and buy one of those inexpensive styrofoam ones. All they had to do was remember to keep refilling the ice. I think they actually even left it in the bathtub when they left to go to the parks, so in case it leaked or sweated, the water would just run down the drain.

 

[ubetiski]

Definitely not tacky. Very smart actually. We always rent a car when we are in WDW. The first night we usually take a drive to Walmart and stock up on water, soda, chips, fruit, mini-muffins, cereal, granola bars, beer, other munchies, and anything we forgot to pack. We pack a collapsable cooler in our luggage and fill it up with ice each morning. It is big enough for 24 cans or bottles I believe. It fits perfect underneath the sink in any resort...or even on the balcony if it isn't the middle of summer. We usually will buy milk for the cereal at the resort since it is really not too expensive compared to everything else. Just easier than keeping a carton in a coller. I remember last October walking through the Comtemporary lobby with our "groceries". I think it's pretty common.

 

[Disney Doll]

Are you kidding???When my DSIL's and DBIL's
kids were small, they used to take a cooler, and have milk, juice,bagels,cream cheese,cereal,water,soda,snacks in their room at the BC!!!!!If they drove down(or took the autotrain)they'd bring their own cooler, since they had their car. If they flew, they stop at a grocery store and buy one of those inexpensive styrofoam ones. All they had to do was remember to keep refilling the ice. I think they actually even left it in the bathtub when they left to go to the parks, so in case it leaked or sweated, the water would just run down the drain.

 

[shick]

When we stayed at the BC in September, I brought a collapsable cooler in one if the suitcases. We bought gallon jugs of water at our grocery stop with Tiffany Towncars. We stored the water under our sink (plenty of room) and kept two jugs in the cooler. Refilled the cooler everday from the ice machine. We filled our water bottles before heading to the park and had drinking water in the room. When it was time to go home, we used the cooler as a carry-on to take some of our Disney purchases home!

 

[infoseeker]

Do all of the deluxes have mini bars in the rooms? We'll be staying at the Poly in Aug. and would love to be able to freeze a few bottles of water to take to the parks!

 

[MKingdom]

We always rent a refrigerator for the room (cost is about $10). We use the fridge to chill 2-liter bottles of soda and any leftovers from dinner!

 

[BCV23]

The Poly does not have minibars which is another plus in my book for that great resort. They take up room and prices are ridiculous.
Concierge rooms at the Poly do include a tiny refrig. You can also request a mini-fridge at the Poly for ten dollars/day.

 

[BCV23]

The Poly does not have minibars which is another plus in my book for that great resort. They take up room and prices are ridiculous.
Concierge rooms at the Poly do include a tiny refrig. You can also request a mini-fridge at the Poly for ten dollars/day.

 

[skeezixspud]

I remember once seeing a guy at the Swan who pulled up in a huge Mercedes and proceeded to let the bellhop get his luggage from the trunk -- it consisted entirely of plastic Wal-Mart bags! (There were 23 of them, I counted while we were in line to check in because it was just so strange.) He may have been replacing lost luggage, but I didn't think so, because it appeared to be his own car, and it had out-of-state plates.

I don't like checking in with plastic grocery bags, just because it's hard to keep them from tipping over and spilling, and they tear easily. I carry my loot in a couple of large nylon zippered tote bags that I picked up at the Goodwill ($1/each brand-new; they were printed with the logo of a defunct company.) Once in the room I put the stuff in a drawer, then use the totes as laundry hampers.

BTW: At a very posh convention hotel in Nashville, I did see true tacky coming through the back door once, late at night. A guy parked a large SUV, and proceeded to carry in the following items over several trips: a 3-ft tall refrigerator, a full-size George Foreman grill, a toaster, a blender, a large microwave, and a box of cooking utensils. Either he was the cheapest guy in the universe, or he'd just robbed an appliance store!

 

[olena]

Maybe we were really tacky then...... we had a cooler full of bottled water and Power-Ade......not to mention all the snacks and breakfast foods. It's such a good way to save money....

 

[Gillian]

skeezixspud, maybe he was planning on cooking something at a convention with all that stuff! I remember at a pharmacists convention one of the companies had a greasy snack (bbq chicken, maybe?) served with a side of antacid! Companies will do just about anything to lure you to their booths

 

[4 Princess Morganne]

I probably have crossed the tacky line... We live on a farm in Virginia and have the BEST tasting well water. (though if it doesn't rain soon we may not have a well anymore, but that's another story...)

Even bottled water tastes bad after our great water. I think my coffee even tastes better with our well water, so I save up gallon Apple Juice bottles year around. I wash and dry them completely then fill them with water from home to take to WDW! I usually freeze several of them to keep my cooler cold for the drive down, and the rest I just load on the cart and bring on in! We store them under the sink at the hotel.

Tacky or not - we drink a LOT of water - especially if it tastes good!

 

[BCV23]

4 Princess Morganne...I don't think that's tacky at all. It's just making your vacation as magical as you can make it.

 

[loriandmatt]

We have a camper, but i refuse to camp without air conditioning for our trip in June. Granted i am staying at a value resort because the other members of our party want to stay there - but we will be making a food run when we arrive. Since we are driving we will be bringing our own mini fridge. (i like it better than a cooler because the freezer section can acually fit 4 bottles of water. The frozen bottles last all day and can be refilled from a fountain when only half thawed, making ice cold water all day long.

light breakfast stuff (my MIL can't live without her morning Cheerio's) snacks, juices and some PB&J for the kiddies.

If bringingh these things into my room makes me tacky - then i proudly proclaim myslef as tacky (among all the other things i have accepeted that i am and become comfortable with ....an occasional bi%^h, not as thin a i was when i was 20, a card carrying county music fan in a city where that is so uncool, ......)

it is nice to know that i am not alone though

- lori