Holloways Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 So my wife and I did the 3 day Bahamas cruise out of Miami on the Freedom of the Seas. We had an Oceanview room. We brought bottle water and soda on board. The "fridge" wasn't cold. We called maintenance who came and told us it's not supposed to get cold. It's only for "drink storage". Seems crazy to not have a fridge that gets cold. We we're a tad bit disappointed. Royal should change this. Remove them altogether or put real fridges in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 It's a matter of personal preference. I always find them cold enough for sodas and beer cans for us. They are not cold enough for medications that may need to be kept cold. CruisingOz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 They're not fridges, but electric coolers that run 55 degrees instead of the common 38 CrimsonCruiser, Al Miller, JasonOasis and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveling Mike Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 We purchased a case of water and kept the fridge full. The water was plenty cold for drinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordell1 Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 All ships are trying to limit electricity use. Refrigerators use a lot of electricity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonOasis Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 11 hours ago, Holloways said: So my wife and I did the 3 day Bahamas cruise out of Miami on the Freedom of the Seas. We had an Oceanview room. We brought bottle water and soda on board. The "fridge" wasn't cold. We called maintenance who came and told us it's not supposed to get cold. It's only for "drink storage". Seems crazy to not have a fridge that gets cold. We we're a tad bit disappointed. Royal should change this. Remove them altogether or put real fridges in. It isn't supposed to get cold at least not like the refrigerator in your house. Those fridges are designed to keep items cool, not cold and I've always found that they've done their job at keeping bottle water, beer stuff like that cool. They are not designed to keep food cold (at proper temperature) or for holding medication that must be kept cold. ChessE4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho and Barb Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 11 hours ago, Holloways said: We brought bottle water and soda on board. The "fridge" wasn't cold. We have taken a gallon zip lock bag with us and added ice to it from our room ice...Put in the frig and made a big difference in the Frig temp. smokeybandit, BeachGal, jticarruthers and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSUFAN Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 I picked up a backpack cooler from Costco a few years back. Keeps everything very cold and is a great option. I have not seen it for sale again at Costco. You might want to look on Amazon. It can be carried on the plane or stuffed into a suitcase. When we lived in Florida and would drive to the port, I always brought a soft-side cooler on our cruises. ChessE4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitsmom Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 We always have our room steward to keep us in ice so that would be an option for next time. ChessE4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 The temperature varies by ship. They've always been cool enough for me on Oasis-class. In two separate cabins on Indy last week, it was the warmest I've ever seen. As mentioned above, ask for ice from your cabin attendant. We always do no matter what just to have it. Gets replaced twice a day. CruisingNewb and FloatyBoaty 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobroo Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 Refrigerators and their Freon are terrible for the environment and waste a lot of electricity to boot. To think that a cruise ship has literally thousands of these aboard and yet at the same time wants to tell you about their Save The Waves program or that they have created a LEED certified cruise ship should have us all saying ‘I was born at night, but I was not born last night.’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingNewb Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 On Ovation, we always took back at least 2 bottles of water from the bars and stored them in the "fridge." They are plenty cold for us. Not 38 degrees cold, but for sure at least 45 degrees. One thing that we did was not open it often and have one of our tumblers with ice in the "fridge." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristiZ Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 10 hours ago, bobroo said: Refrigerators and their Freon are terrible for the environment and waste a lot of electricity to boot. To think that a cruise ship has literally thousands of these aboard and yet at the same time wants to tell you about their Save The Waves program or that they have created a LEED certified cruise ship should have us all saying ‘I was born at night, but I was not born last night.’ Freon has been banned since 1994. It was also completely phased out of production in 2020 so anything that still uses it can no longer be serviced. I doubt there are any Freon-using fridges on Royal ships. USFFrank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Ships have beverage coolers that are not designed to be a fridge. They can't cool enough to be considered a fridge which saves on electrical demand because they can't cool to the same extent as a proper refrigerator. Early ships had the beverage cooler placed in an area that didn't get great air circulation in the enclosure. I would often take a washcloth from the bathroom and drape it over the door that covered the cooler enclosure so that the hot air could escape. Newer ships had vents in the desktop so that hot air from the beverage coolers could escape. Some ships have the door to the closure secured to the beverage cooler door so that opening the outer door opens the cooler door. These ships tend to have adequate ventilation around the beverage cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantix2000 Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 7:45 PM, Holloways said: So my wife and I did the 3 day Bahamas cruise out of Miami on the Freedom of the Seas. We had an Oceanview room. We brought bottle water and soda on board. The "fridge" wasn't cold. We called maintenance who came and told us it's not supposed to get cold. It's only for "drink storage". Seems crazy to not have a fridge that gets cold. We we're a tad bit disappointed. Royal should change this. Remove them altogether or put real fridges in. Most hotels also only provide coolers not fridges. If you need things colder, you get ice from the hotel machine or ask for it from your cabin steward on a cruise. It's pretty universal in the travel industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billdauterive Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 3 hours ago, twangster said: Ships have beverage coolers that are not designed to be a fridge. They can't cool enough to be considered a fridge which saves on electrical demand because they can't cool to the same extent as a proper refrigerator. This. They are basically a wine (or beverage) cooler (45-55 deg) and not a refrigerator. They are thermoelectric and not compressor based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonCruiser Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Basically echoing what the others have said. Usually, there's been a sign somewhere on or in the not-fridge that says "this is not a refrigerator, this is a cooler". And I have found that they absolutely highly vary in coolness level. On our 2015 freedom and 2017 enchantment, they got cold enough for my mom who loves ice cold water. but Liberty it was barely below room temp. Then on Odyssey everything was perfectly chilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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