Fuel Rod Swap Price Increase & Lawsuit

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Tue, 10/29/2019 - 16:26

Kristen K.

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Fuel Rod Swap Price Increase & Lawsuit

https://allears.net/2019/10/25/youll-have-to-pay-for-that-fuelrod-swap-in-disney-parks-soon/

Fuel Rods are portable battery chargers available across Walt Disney World to give your electronics a boost when the need arises. Sine they appeared in the Parks the initial purchase of the $30 FuelRod and accompanying charging cords came with free swaps to gain additional power throughout the day.

Sadly, and much to my dismay, free swaps will no longer be available after November 1st. To obtain a fresh and fully charged fuel rod guests will now have to fork over an additional $3.

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Wed, 10/30/2019 - 17:13

Kristen K.

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Well isn't this interesting. Apparently there is a lawsuit being filed against Feul Rod because they are increasing their Theme Park prices. What are you r thoughts about that?

http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2019/10/30/breaking-news-lawsuit-being-filed-against-fuelrod-for-theme-park-price-increases/

Fri, 11/01/2019 - 19:40

Allie

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The signs apparently mysteriously disappeared today that said they will begin charging for the exchanges. Maybe the lawsuit scared them off?

Personally, I love the idea but the FuelRods never gave enough of a charge to be worth it to us. We always carried one with just in case, but prefer our quick charge unit that can give a couple of full charges.

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Mon, 11/04/2019 - 01:39

Kristen K.

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Allie wrote:

The signs apparently mysteriously disappeared today that said they will begin charging for the exchanges. Maybe the lawsuit scared them off?

Personally, I love the idea but the FuelRods never gave enough of a charge to be worth it to us. We always carried one with just in case, but prefer our quick charge unit that can give a couple of full charges.

It's possible that filing the lawsuit put a stop to the up-charge for now. Easier to remove the stickers than have to refund anyone that got charged.

Wed, 11/13/2019 - 04:24

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So fuelrod has temporarily stopped charging at the Disney parks for swaps. Universal, Seaworld and airports still have a swap fee though.

Wed, 11/13/2019 - 16:15

Kristen K.

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Mandy wrote:

So fuelrod has temporarily stopped charging at the Disney parks for swaps. Universal, Seaworld and airports still have a swap fee though.

That's interesting! I wonder if the law suit is just focused on the Disney Parks swaps.

Wed, 11/13/2019 - 17:10

MrHub

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I could never justify getting those in Disney, The ones I buy last way longer charge wise.

Thu, 11/14/2019 - 00:20

Mandy

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Kristen K. wrote:

Mandy wrote:
So fuelrod has temporarily stopped charging at the Disney parks for swaps. Universal, Seaworld and airports still have a swap fee though.

That's interesting! I wonder if the law suit is just focused on the Disney Parks swaps.

From what I've read, the lawsuit only covers Disney parks.

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