New Starbucks Merch

[aeillill]

Oh the park mugs are cute and I really like that they're park specific.

 

[JohnD]

I don't see it as an over-reaction at all. They did not ban the color purple on all of the property, but out of respect for the young man who was lost in that accident they did remove use of that color (and pink) on monorails. It's unclear how this got missed in the design approval process but it was clearly a mistake that didn't get caught in time and pulling them to redesign with a different color palette is the right decision.

It's sensitivity run amok. The entire mug had a purple theme. The monorail stripe is purple because of the entire palette. It would be no different if the mug was B/W. A black stripe on the monorail wouldn't mean it was supposed to represent "Monorail Black." It would be a completely different matter if the mug used a full color palette. That isn't the case here.

To those who have already bought the mug, I suggest you keep it in the package and don't open it. It will be worth A LOT.