In my many adventures around Disney World, I’ve seen and experienced some weird things.
All-Star Music
I’ve tried bizarre foods, witnessed unfortunate ride malfunctions, and seen unusual behaviors from other travelers. But last year, I had a really weird thing happen to me at a Disney World hotel that I’d never experienced before.
Recently, a photo popped up in my camera roll memories from last year, on a day when I was reporting in Disney World for my job. The day in question involved a trip to Disney’s All-Star Music Resort, where I was checking out construction progress on the gift shop.
During my visit, I had to use the FuelRod machine in the lobby to get a fresh charger for my phone, but when I went to swap out my FuelRod, there was a glitch. The machine somehow got stuck in a loop where it kept spitting out extra FuelRods for each one I put in, and when I tried to put them back into the machine, I ended up with SIX FuelRods! It was like a weird Groundhog Day situation, except with portable chargers.
Four of my six FuelRods
I’d never experienced anything like that before — usually it’s just “pop in the old FuelRod and the new, fully-charged one comes out.” Pretty straightforward! So I took my stack of FuelRods to the front desk, explained the problem, and turned in the extras. It mostly just turned into a fun anecdote to tell my coworkers, and it hasn’t happened to me again since.
New FuelRod machines
But you know what? Even that weird experience didn’t deter me from my favorite portable chargers. FuelRods can be swapped for free at any station in Disney World, and you can easily find portable charger stations by searching the My Disney Experience app.
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When you’re on the “Portable Phone Charging Service Kiosks” page in the My Disney Experience app, you can select “Find on Map” to view the FuelRod kiosks near you. You can also use the “Get Directions” feature to have the app guide you to the closest station.
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Of course, you don’t have to wait until you’re in a bind to purchase your FuelRods. They’re also sold on Amazon, so you could potentially get them for cheaper than you could in the parks at the kiosks. Then, you can still use them like normal, swapping them out whenever they’ve died.
CHECK OUT THE FUELRODS ON AMAZON HERE!
So if you’re searching for a portable charger to take to Disney World, FuelRods are my go-to — they’ve lasted me through several years of reporting in the parks, and they’re very convenient! You likely won’t experience the strange FuelRod warp in the matrix that I did, but if you do, it’ll be a fun story to tell.
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You can send me one of your unintentional extras. I inserted my used Fuel Rod at the Tower of Terror gift store and did not get a new one. The clerk didn’t know what to do. He told me to contact the company.
I didn’t mark the exact time or have photos, so Fuel Rod wasn’t replaced.
**Maybe in the future you could do a story on what to do if the machine malfunctions. Or what would the company like for you to do?
This is,apparently, what happens when Disneu, The Twighlight Zone, and portable charger converge on the same spot at the same time in the space/time continuum.