Praying Colonel
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Hi. I've booked a SOG stay for October. Cannot wait!!!I hope it's OK to ask one of you pros a couple of questions.
1. Are coffeemakers the Mr Coffee kind and is the coffee provided?
2. Are the fridges big enough to hold a half-gallon milk jug? We like to do cereal for breakfast in the room and just want to figure out if that's feasible. I assume we'd need to bring disposable bowls/utensils with us, right? We'll be doing a Publix run before we check in for fruit and such. Just want to make sure we're covered.
TIA
Kat
Just back from an amazing 9 day vacation at SoG. In response to the above questions:
1. The coffee makers are the Mr. Coffee kind and the coffee is provided, but isn't great quality, IMHO. Next time we'll bring our own. We used the Java Cafe a lot, which gets pricey.
2. The fridges are dorm-type fridges, but they seem to hold a lot. We were able to put in our fridge:
--a half-gallon of milk;
--a half-gallon of grapefruit juice;
--a half-gallon of orange-pineapple juice (my kids' favorite, which we always get on vacation);
--a large container of yogurt;
--a large container of cottage cheese;
--a bag of cherries;
--a small container of blueberries;
--a box of fudge (don't judge me--I'm on vacation!).
So as you can see, with some creative stacking it can hold quite a bit.
Some other thoughts on our trip:
--Service was exceptional, as always. Front desk and bell services were awesome, and the restaurant staff went out of their way to make us feel welcome. Ordered room-service pizza once and they delivered ahead of schedule and made sure we had paper plates/napkins/etc. Great job.
--Having said that, I'd say food quality was adequate at best. We ate at the Garden Gallery twice, and I'd say it tasted like "MWR food," if you know what I mean--the type of food they serve at our local Leaders Club. Not bad, just not really special in any way. The convenience, price and service quality helped.
--Pool refurb: There was no sign of any imminent refurb. No prep work outside, no signage, staff didn't know anything. During our stay I got an email response to a question I'd sent off before we left, and they basically said it would happen sometime in the future but no dates had been set and they still had to hire a contractor. If they haven't even hired a contractor yet, my guess is they're a few months off from beginning work.
--We had Room 149, which was nicely located between the 2 pools. Our patio opened out to the Mill Pond pool, but we only went there once because the water was HOT! It felt like the water temp was in the 90s, and that wasn't especially refreshing after a day in the parks. We spent most of our time in the Magnolia Pool, where we like to enjoy the hot tub to ease the soreness from walking the parks, and the pool temp was more reasonable. It was busier than we had seen in the past, but not crowded.
I guess it must have been a Shades issue..
