Crockpots in rooms?

While I wouldn't say I love it, but I a few times we've come home to a DVC resort and it smelled like some very delicious food was being prepared. Felt like knocking on the door and inviting myself in.

While I agree that using a slow cooker in the room is NOT a good idea, practically speaking, it is no more likely to cause a fire than the mini-fridge or TV set. Anything plugged into an electrical outlet has a small chance of shorting out and starting a fire. But such a scenario is highly unlikely.

Just get a club level room to save money on food, it's a modest price difference and you can easily eat and drink the difference worth, especially if you have young kids. They can eat three full meals a day there. Plus they have alcohol every night if you need ab eer or some wine. Of course if you don't stay at a deluxe resort it won't work. Once you get club level you'll never go back.

We considered it for our extended stay this September. However we are going to pre cook crockpot meals, freeze them and then reheat. There will be 9 of us with 5 kids. What better than a meal in your own private and quiet surroundings looking over the Seven Seas Lagoon at the Grand Floridian.:thumbsup:

Z06-Dave;2446722 wrote: Just get a club level room to save money on food, it's a modest price difference and you can easily eat and drink the difference worth, especially if you have young kids. They can eat three full meals a day there. Plus they have alcohol every night if you need ab eer or some wine. Of course if you don't stay at a deluxe resort it won't work. Once you get club level you'll never go back.

I wouldn't say it's a modest difference. We received a complimentary upgrade from Garden View at the Grand Flo to Sugarloaf Concierge Garden View on a 13 day trip once. The price difference would've been over $3000 (at least). DH and I definitely didn't eat and drink $3000 worth of food and alcohol, and we had many continental breakfasts, pre-dinner hors devours/drinks, and evening drinks (just about every day). Don't know how you can get 3 full meals a day there since lunch time is usually just light snacks, and the lounge offerings aren't meant to be full meals anyway.

We did see people try to take multiple bottles of beer and wine back to their rooms, but the concierge staff quickly stopped them and only allowed them to take A bottle of beer or A glass of wine back to the room.

We've noticed a bit of a downturn in the food offerings in the concierge lounges over the years (choices, ingredients, types), and chances are it's due to people making many full meals out of the options offered.

BIGDOG;2446418 wrote: Rule 1: While on vacation you shall do no cooking have others do it for you.

I agree most vociferously.

SurferStitch;2446755 wrote: I wouldn't say it's a modest difference. We received a complimentary upgrade from Garden View at the Grand Flo to Sugarloaf Concierge Garden View on a 13 day trip once. The price difference would've been over $3000 (at least). DH and I definitely didn't eat and drink $3000 worth of food and alcohol, and we had many continental breakfasts, pre-dinner hors devours/drinks, and evening drinks (just about every day). Don't know how you can get 3 full meals a day there since lunch time is usually just light snacks, and the lounge offerings aren't meant to be full meals anyway.

We did see people try to take multiple bottles of beer and wine back to their rooms, but the concierge staff quickly stopped them and only allowed them to take A bottle of beer or A glass of wine back to the room.

We've noticed a bit of a downturn in the food offerings in the concierge lounges over the years (choices, ingredients, types), and chances are it's due to people making many full meals out of the options offered.

It depends on what you are upgrading from, you a re right, it could be a lot, but not always. Kids can eat three meals a day there, not adults, I should clarify, my kids are 6 and 7. I see people taking bottles of beer all the time, I have never seen anyone ever question it. Maybe its different at the Sugarloaf than Main Building?

Z06-Dave;2446871 wrote: It depends on what you are upgrading from, you a re right, it could be a lot, but not always. Kids can eat three meals a day there, not adults, I should clarify, my kids are 6 and 7. I see people taking bottles of beer all the time, I have never seen anyone ever question it. Maybe its different at the Sugarloaf than Main Building?

Might depend on who's staffed there... we've seen it at the Main building, too. In fact, in the main building lounge, we have seen the staff politely remind people that the offerings were not meant to be full meals when they saw guests with many plates filling up the tables. I was surprised they would say anything, but they did.

To get back to the OP's question....

Any appliance that is left unattended in a guest room is a fire hazard. If it is not something that is supplied with the room, the guest may (will) be held accountable for any and all damages the appliance causes.

Please be safe and leave your crock pot or other cooking appliance at home. If you wish, there are microwaves in the food courts of the resorts. You can bring prepared foods, keep them in a cooler or the room fridge, and heat them up as desired.