stateroom chill boxes

[leakmark]

Does anyone know how many beverages the chill box will hould? Can it hold a couple bottles of wine?

 

[traycie2201]

Hi , according to the passporter, it's cool enough to chill your drinks, large incour to store several bottles of water, cans of soda and a bottle of wine or champagne, works bet 3/4 full and there's also an ice bucket in the room.

 

[Lloyd Dobler]

Yes, it could easily hold a couple bottles of wine. I think we once had 12 beers (six bottles, six cans) and a bottle of wine in ours, and that made it pretty full. You might have to do some adjusting of the shelves, but you can fit several bottles of wine inside. It will chill your drinks, but it takes the better part of a day to get them cold enough to drink. We usually pack a collapsible, soft-sided cooler and have the stateroom attendant fill that with ice to chill our drinks. We then transfer them to the cooler. If what you put inside is cold when it goes in, it will stay cold nicely.

 

[EpcotKilterFan]

Anyone have an idea as to what the temperature of the the "chill boxes" are?

Would you be able to keep insulin in their safely. I was thinking of putting ice inside the chill box to help it along with "chilling"

Debbie

 

[Lloyd Dobler]

I've heard that they have actual refridgerators that they can place in your room if you have a medical need, such as storing insulin. Give DCL a call and as about this. They can note it on your reservation and it should be taken care of before you're even in your room.

 

[HooKooDooKu]

Based on my personal experience, you can NOT expect your chill box to chill anything. If you have something that is already cold, it will help keep it cold. But we've put bottles of soft-drinks in there and two days later, they were NOT what I would call cold (like if I had them stored in my refrigerator at home).

They also do not seem to have much capacity for large or odd shaped containers. Cans would seem to fit fine, but we usually carry on softdrinks with the screw caps (so we can us a little and save the rest). But several of these (32oz?) bottles don't fit in the chiller very well.

Last trip, we had some things that had to be kept cold (like some medicines). We were able to fill a small soft-sided cooler with the items and ice and place that in the chiller. The chiller was cool enough that the next day, we still had some ice in our cooler, but it was mostly water and had to be refilled with freash ice every day.

 

[EpcotKilterFan]

Originally posted by Lloyd Dobler
I've heard that they have actual refridgerators that they can place in your room if you have a medical need, such as storing insulin. Give DCL a call and as about this. They can note it on your reservation and it should be taken care of before you're even in your room.

Thanks. Yes we have done this on a past cruise, but the only place the fridge fits in a Cat 6 room is on the desk. And if all goes well we will be on the 14 day Fl-Ca repo cruise and 2 weeks of having that fridge on the desk gets old. We had it there for a 4 day and I could not stand it.

But from the way it sounds, that may be our only option.

Thanks

Debbie

 

[CM_Mom]

On our May 1 cruise, we had a collapsible cooler and Efren our stateroom host kept it filled with ice. We kept cokes and juice in it and it stayed as cold as in the fridge at home. Besides, I like my coke over ice better than out of the bottle.

I highly recommend the collapsible coolers. I think we found one for $8.99 at the grocery. It folds down to about 12x10x 3".

 

[TheLeonhardts]

EPCOTKilterFan:

With a 14 day voyage -- I'd ask my endochrinologist what temperature my insulin should be stored at. I'm a diabetic -- and my endo and I have been changing my long-acting insulin frequently. Some need more refrigeration than others -- most are fine in a chill box environment. The one I would question is Lantus -- the new 24 hour insulin. It's wonderful, but has a very limited shelf life.

My plans for a 7 day are to check in with my endo (and DCL, if needed) if I'm back on Lantus. However, for 14 full days -- I think I'd have a talk with my endo, regardless.

Just my 2 cents. . .

Judy

 

[TheLeonhardts]

Brainstorm -- I bet the medical facility down on deck 2 ( or maybe it's 1) would be willing to store your insulin for you. Just in case you needed real refrigeration and didn't want to lose the extra space in your room a frig would require. . .

Judy

 

[Zandy595]

FIL is diabetic and needs to refrigerate his insulin also.

Does DCL charge you for the use of the mini fridge in your cabin?

Is there enough room in a cat. 9 for it?

Will he have to provide a note from his doctor to get it?

 

[HooKooDooKu]

Obviously you must check with your doctor regarding the storage of insulin. But this web page indicates that insulin can be stored at room temp for up to a month.

Now I've stated that the chiller is not very efficient, but based on that claim, keeping insulin in the chiller should be just fine.

As long as you don't put other warm things in the chiller to cool them, the chiller sounds like it is perfect for insulin as it should easily handle keeping even several viles of insulin below room-temp.

I'm just warning people that they can't expect to put a room-temp six-pack in the chiller and expect a cold drink 12 hours later.

 

[1stNoel]

I have never been charged for a refrigerator on the ship or at any of the Disney properties. I haven't needed a doctor's note, housekeeping can tell if you're storing refrigerated meds in it or not. Space is another issue. If you're in a small cabin, you may want to try using the cooler. If the cooler is working properly. it's perfectly adequate for insulin storage. I've also found that keeping a cup (or cups) of ice in the cooler helps get and keep your drinks cold.