OUr hotel room at CBR has a mini fridge but I just learned its a "beverage cooler and does not get cold like a traditional refrigerator. Anyone else do milk yogurt products in here for breakfast stuff and do okay with it? For reference this would be holding our breakfast yogurt and milk for 6 days
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I was at CBR in July and although I didn’t have milk products the things I kept in there for plenty cold and I would not have hesitated to put milk in there.
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Thank You! I feel comfortable with my grocery order again 
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DW and I saw that on a non-Disney vacation and decided to not put dairy, meat or other perishables in the mini-fridge. Not ideal, but we didn’t want to take any chances with eating spoiled food.
Edit: Just saw your above post. Sorry to rain on your grocery parade 
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I’ve kept all sorts of food in the mini fridges at various resorts (Poly, BC, CR etc) and they all seemed regular-fridge-cold to me. But this was just an observation based on how they felt to the touch or how cold the food felt - I didn’t measure the temp.
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I’ve kept milk for eight days in the mini-fridge at Beach Club, but I don’t know if those are fridges or beverage coolers. That said, I’ve kept milk for a week in a mini-bar in Italy that was definitely not fridge-cold.
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The beverage fridge is very small!
The resort store sells milk. It’s the same price as Winn-Dixie but I can get 20% off with my AP so the milk is cheaper at the resort!
I buy 1/2 gallon at a time.
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I kept a bottle of Coca Cola in the beverage cooler overnight at Pop Century Resort – it was definitely a beverage cooler and not a mini-fridge – and it came out at a completely satisfactory temperature. I am very particular about my soda not being too warm – I actually prefer it just above freezing, so I was very concerned when I heard about the beverage cooler situation.
All of this to say, I would expect dairy will do just fine if the beverage cooler at your resort is anything like the one I had at Pop. It may not last as long as in a traditional fridge, but I don’t expect milk or yogurt will spoil within 6 days in there.
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I found a couple of additional data points:
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The Disney beverage coolers are kept at 41 degrees F.
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According to a Google search, the ideal dairy temperature is 34-38 degrees F:
Dairy products should be stored in the refrigerator at a temperature 34°F and 38°F for optimal quality and safety. The shelf life of dairy products decreases by 50% for every 5°F increase in temperature above 38°F.
41 degrees is only 3 degrees warmer than the upper end of the ideal. So let’s split the difference and say your milk will last 25% less than the “use by” date (which itself is usually a conservative estimate in my experience). Yogurt will probably be fine for a month+.
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Ultra pasteurized milk may buy you a bit more leeway - that stuff lasts longer than reg milk.
And tastes fresher too IMO
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Leave it to you to close the loop with research!
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We used the mini-fridge at the GF resort studios with no problem for milk - if anything, it’s too cold (you can’t adjust the temp) and anything towards the back (we had fruit there) tended to freeze a little! The problem is more one of space…
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Along the same vein, I think I bought that milk you can store at room temp (probably chocolate, in case my kid didn’t like the regular milk). I was also worried about the “beverage cooler” at YC. I’d store yogurt, cheese, etc for a couple days in it. But not regular milk for 6 days. Don’t want to risk tummy issues there. It was also pretty small.
I have had no issues with actual “mini fridges” in studios with kitchenettes.
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The regular milk, Horizon, tastes terrible! We buy this one for camping. But it’s a pantry staple for whenever someone wants a chocolate treat!
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I drink milk with my meds at bedtime. I buy the box milk for the hurricane supply stash. In an emergency, it’s better than nothing.
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