Walt Disney World is officially adding FuelRod kiosks to a few more of its resort hotels.
The resorts adding the kiosks include:
Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
Disney’s Boardwalk Resort
Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
Disney’s Pop Century Resort (coming soon)
The portable chargers debuted a year ago at Walt Disney World. You can check out our review for more information on how FuelRods work and a list of other locations.
Already available at Walt Disney World, FuelRod exchangable portable electronics charging batteries are now available at the Disneyland Resort. There are currently 10 locations where guests can purchase and exchange their FuelRods at the Disneyland Resort theme parks, hotels, and Downtown Disney district. The cost for the initial rod is $30 and includes unlimited exchanges. You can read a full review of how FuelRods work at Walt Disney World here.
The locations for the Disneyland Resort are:
Disneyland Park:
Main Street Locker Rental & Storage
Starcade (near ATM)
“it’s a small world” Toy Shop
Hungry Bear (lower level)
Disney California Adventure Park:
Kingswell Camera
Treasures in Paradise
*Downtown Disney District:
ESPN Zone
*Disneyland Hotel:
Outside Business Center (Fantasy Tower)
*Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa:
Convention Area
*Paradise Pier Hotel:
Hotel Lobby Area
*Locations in Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park are available now, kiosks at the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort and Downtown Disney District will be installed in early December 2016.
When we broke the news of the addition of FuelRod service to the Walt Disney World Resort a few months ago, the overwhelming response to the post was a pretty good indicator that guests were receptive to the idea. Well, due to what sources inside the company are saying is an “overwhelming response to the program”, FuelRod will be expanding resort wide over the next few weeks.
Two FuelRod kiosks now stand inside Curtain Call Collectibles at the Magic Kingdom
According to FuelRod employees, 15 additional FuelRod kiosks will be added resort wide. So far, we have seen 3 additional machines added to the Magic Kingdom, doubling capacity at Town Square Theater/Curtain Call Collectibles, the Tomorrowland Light and Power Co., and Big Top Souvenirs (locations who already had kiosks but simply added a second this week).
A second FuelRod kiosks lies steps away from the first at the Tomorrowland Light and Power Co.
Another 12 of these FuelRod machines are now going to be added to the other parks, as Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom all have just one FuelRod kiosk each. Epcot will be adding at least 4 more kiosks, but we were unable to get information on how the rest of the new kiosks will be distributed, but they should be arriving soon enough.
FuelRod kiosks hold 75 fully charged FuelRods inside of them, but then need to be manually refilled by a FuelRod agent throughout the day as the stock is depleted. The existing kiosks needed to be refilled several times a day at Walt Disney World, a problem FuelRod never experienced at any of their other locations around the country. The Fuel Rod agents typically run around Walt Disney World, from machine to machine, refilling them. The agent we spoke to seemed overwhelmed with the workload as the kiosks only hold so many FuelRods and each of the existing 13 machines needed to be refilled at least more than once a day.
The addition of 15 more FuelRod kiosks will bring the total at Walt Disney World to 25, up from the original 10. We will provide an updated list of locations once it is available.
In our latest photo report, we visit the Magic Kingdom to see what is new and exciting around the park, but first, we make a quick stop at the Contemporary…
Disney’s Contemporary Resort
The exterior of the Contemporary is currently being repainted.
In case you can’t tell, it is quite the project to repaint a structure of this size.
Cinderella Crane-stle
The top turrets of the castle were finally painted and are looking fantastic.
