I already own some of the furniture from the Grand Floridian and have to say it is very very nice.......

Pardon the nitpick, but I thought Nemo and friends lived in the Pacific Ocean near Australia, not the Caribbean Sea.

Didn't Jim address that?

Anyway, it's too bad the Pirates theme is only going to be family suites.  My wife and I don't have much use for those...

Wait, are you saying that post-redo the Caribbean Beach rooms won't have fridges? That is a serious downgrade! Having a fridge was one of the big perks of staying in a Moderate resort!

I agree with ahecht! A huge perk for the moderate was the fridge. I like the themeing but would rather have the fridge! And why so many family suites? Are they sold out all the time?

I can't imagine Disney pulling fridges out of all the rooms when they are already in there, as well as in all the other moderate resort rooms.

Anyway, dlaushey, I don't think that it would be too many family suites.  Using an official Disney source, Caribbean Beach is listed at 2112 rooms.  Using Jim's number of 1738 Finding Nemo rooms then that leaves 374 rooms at convert (Jim rounded up to 400.)  If they take two room to make one suite then that is only 187 suites.  All-Star Music only has about 100 (I think there are 107) of the family suites and they are VERY popular.  Considering that fact, I don't think that Caribbean Beach will have a problem selling these rooms.  Even more so since the All Star suites lack a "theme."  Disney really wouldnt even need to theme these suites at all because the demand is there with many families having three kids or families traveling with grandma.  I think that these rooms will be extremely popular.

Well, I don't know about the fridges...but I can see them pulling them for COST savings due to ENERGY costs. Running all those itty-bitty highly-inefficient compressors in in-room fridges costs money, folks. And of course, the fact that it encourages you to dine at the food court and NOT buy stuff from local stores that you can't keep cold other than via an icebucket...well, heck. That's just good old merchandizing Disney-style. (Smile)

Sounds like it's becoming a "value" resort.  Also, why wasn't it themed to pirates in the first place?  As to Nemo?  BLECK!  Who would want to stay there?

I would imagine Disney keeping the fridges in all of the rooms, increasing the cost of the nightly rate, and having everyone essentially "pay" for a fridge whether they need it or not.

The relentless Pixar-ization is going just a bit too far now.  I thought John Lasseter was going to bring some creativity back to the theme parks, not completely obliterate it by making everything Pixar.  Even Walt knew enough to offer ORIGINAL entertainment in the mix, too!

I can easily see the fridges being removed.  As previously mentioned, they cost money to run, and they probably dig into concession sales a bit.  Also, they eventually have to be replaced.

Mr. Hill saying it doesn't mean it's true, but it makes sense.

As for Nemo in the Carribean Beach resort rooms, what else did we expect?

As to the refrigerator matter, would they still be free upon request, as per the other moderate resorts?  Also, will there be any "standard" Caribbean Beach rooms, or will they all be themed?

Haha, if my little daughter knew about this, we'd have to book the first Nemo room available...

Jim said "and their fridges will be stashed away in brand-new cabinets".

Currently, in each room, there is a small cabinet (piece of furniture) that contains the fridge.

The way I read this, they are giving the fridges new cabinets, not removing them from the rooms!