Refillable mug questions

[Hot Lava]

Such as the ones you get with the DDPs

Are these good in the parks, or only at the resorts? And are they only good at that one resort from which you first get it?

I don't know how any of this works, and I also will probably be doing a split stay.

 

[MerMom1981]

Is this "resort only" thing an unspoken rule? Cause my family used our DP mugs all over DHS, Epcot & AK without hesitation. Didn't know we were outlaws!

I'm pretty sure the CM who rang us up at POFQ food court said they were good everywhere but MK since there are no fountains in the park.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Is this "resort only" thing an unspoken rule? Cause my family used our DP mugs all over DHS, Epcot & AK without hesitation. Didn't know we were outlaws!

I'm pretty sure the CM who rang us up at POFQ food court said they were good everywhere but MK since there are no fountains in the park.

Until they roll out the Rapid Fill RFID cups, the mugs are only good in the resort you are staying in. They have never been for use in the parks. It is also not an "unspoken rule". It states this in your dining plan information.

 

[MerMom1981]

Until they roll out the Rapid Fill RFID cups, the mugs are only good in the resort you are staying in. They have never been for use in the parks. It is also not an "unspoken rule". It states this in your dining plan information.

I'll have to take your word for it, but it seems like a silty policy. A property-wide mug should be a perk a the dining plan.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I'll have to take your word for it, but it seems like a silty policy. A property-wide mug should be a perk a the dining plan.

That's why there was no place to fill your mug at MK. They are resort only. (This goes right along with the "mug is not to be used on future trips" policy.) The place at HS is closing and the places at AK/EP are a wait and see when the Rapid Fill rolls out later this month. They also can't be used in the water parks. That would be nice if the new mugs could be used in the parks (I'm a Diet Coke addict.) but the cost would be outrageous. There's a backlash already that they are raising the price to $17.99 for a stay of 4-14 days, in park use (not that it would ever happen) could easily jack the price to $40 or more. (This is Disney after all.) A one day use is going to be $8.99.

This could also attribute to why the dining plan prices just went up again. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere they won't be included in next year's QS plan. You don't have to take my word for it though. There is a thread about the Rapid Fill refillable mugs yesterday that is full of info from the new policies to mug abuse. It probably was confusing being your first trip.