Friday, March 25, 2011

29 DAYS TO GO . . .

     FRIDAY MARCH 25, 2011

     YOUR STATEROOM FRIDGE.  THE DISNEY CRUISE LINE HAS HAD REFRIGERATORS IN ALL THEIR ROOMS SINCE FIRST SAILING.  THE PROBLEM WAS THEY REALLY WEREN'T REFRIGERATORS.  THEY WERE "COOLING BOXES".  HUH?  YOU KNOW YOU'RE THINKIN, "UH OH.  WHAT'S THE CATCH?"  COME ON, LIKE ANSWERING "DO YOU HAVE AIR CONDITIONING?" WITH "NO BUT THE CEILING FANS KEEP THE ROOM COOL ENOUGH."  REALLY?  HOW COOL IS COOL?  MY COOL MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOUR COOL IS.  AND IS IT COOL ENOUGH?  YOU SEE WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.  AND EVEN THOUGH I'VE NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH IT PERSONALLY, WHAT IF YOU HAD MEDICINE THAT NEEDED TO BE KEPT COOL AT OR BELOW A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE?  EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A "FRIDGE" IN YOUR ROOM, YOU COULDN'T STORE YOUR OWN MEDICINE IN IT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE SAFE.
     WELL WITH THE NEW DISNEY CRUISE SHIPS COMING ON LINE, THEY'VE TRIED TO RECTIFY THIS.  I SAY TRY BECAUSE THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION RELEASED PRIOR TO THE DISNEY DREAM'S FIRST SAILING THAT SAID THERE WOULD BE AN HONEST TO GOODNESS SMALL REFRIGERATOR IN EVERY ROOM.  COME THE FIRST SAILING . . . A NEW COOLING BOX.  UNBELIEVABLE.  I'D REALLY LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THEIR RATIONALE WAS FOR THIS.  I KNOW IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS IT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE GUESTS IMMEDIATELY TURN THE FRIDGES TO AS COLD AS THEY CAN GET.  THE LITTLE FREEZERS FREEZE OVER, OR AT LEAST OVER THE COOLING COILS AND INEVITABLY AT SOME POINT THEY HAVE TO BE DEFROSTED.  THE ICE BUILDS UP, DECREASES THE USABLE SPACE INSIDE AND IT'S ACTUALLY BAD FOR THE COILS AND THE FRIDGE AS WELL.  WELL WITH A CRUISE SHIP THAT'S SAILING EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.  WHEN DO YOU DEFROST IT?  THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 5 HOURS MAX BETWEEN GUESTS LEAVING AND NEW ONES COMING ON.  AND DO YOU JUST UNPLUG IT AND LEAVE TOWELS IN THE BOTTOM?  YOU CAN'T HAVE WATER HITTING THE FLOOR, BECAUSE THAT CAUSES MOLD AND SMELLS.  IT'S A REAL QUANDARY IN A ROOM THAT IS OCCUPIED ALL THE TIME.  I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT'S WHAT DISNEY'S MOTIVATION WAS. 
     EITHER WAY, THE NEW "BOXES" ARE DESIGNED TO GET COLDER AND BE SAFE TO AT LEAST PUT MEDICINES IN AND KEEP DRINKS "COOL".  THERE ARE NO ICE MACHINES ON DISNEY CRUISE SHIPS, MOST SHIPS ACTUALLY.  DISNEY DISPENSES ICE AT THE DRINK STATIONS ON THE UPPER DECK FOR DRINKS.  ICE BUCKETS HAVE TO BE FILLED BY YOUR STATEROOM HOST, AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE COLD DRINKS IN YOUR ROOM, THIS MAY BE A NECESSITY.  ANOTHER POPULAR USE FOR A FULL ICE BUCKET IN YOUR ROOM IS TO PUT IT IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR.  BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS WELL HELP MAKE YOUR FRIDGE COLDER AND SLOW THE MELTING OF THE ICE DOWN.  IT'S SIMPLE PHYSICS.  HEY, THE ORIGINAL AIR CONDITIONERS WERE FANS BLOWING ACROSS ICE BLOCKS.  SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE?  PLUS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR STATEROOM HOST BRING YOU A FULL ICE BUCKET TWICE A DAY.  DAY AND NIGHT.  MAYBE ONCE FOR THAT BOX COOLING AND ONCE FOR THOSE ICE COLD SCREWDRIVERS IN YOUR ROOM.  MMMM.  SCREWDRIVER.  OH WAIT, THAT'S ANOTHER TOPIC.
     BUT, AT LEAST YOU KNOW THERE IS A REFRIGERATOR IN YOUR ROOM, NO MATTER HOW COLD IT MAY GET.  LET'S FACE IT, IF YOU STAY IN A HOTEL, YOU USUALLY WANT ONE EVEN IF NOT SURE YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT.  NOW YOU HAVE IT.  AND WITH MOST PEOPLE TRAVELING WITH FAMILIES, IT'S A REAL BONUS TO KNOW IT'S THERE TO PLAN ON OR JUST IN CASE.  MOST PEOPLE AREN'T IN THEIR ROOMS MUCH, BUT YOU WILL BE AT SOME POINTS, AND THE BIGGER THE ROOM, THE MORE PEOPLE ARE USUALLY IN THEM.  SO START MIXING THOSE DRINKS . . . I'M ON MY WAY! 
     SEA YA REAL SOON!   ºOº
TONIGHT'S MOVIE IS "THE FOX AND THE HOUND".  ONE I'VE ONLY SEEN PART OF, NOT REALLY SURE WHY.  IT NEVER REALLY GOT A WHOLE LOT OF DISNEY PUBLICITY.  MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS DON'T TRANSLATE WELL ENOUGH TO THE PARKS.  HAD TO RUN TO THE THRIFT STORE TO BUY THE VHS FOR A BUCK.

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