omahadisneyfan
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We purchased a couple of resort specific refillable mugs which I believe are not sold anymore. This is probably a repeat question but can I still use those mugs or do I need to buy the new 2007 WDW mugs?
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Refillable Mugs
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Nemo14
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The official answer is that they were for the length of your previous stay only. It's true that many people bring theirs back year after year, and the ethics of that have been debated here countless times. I did notice a recent poster mention that they are now cracking down on this, and not allowing any of the old mugs to be used, but I can't confirm that.
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Monty
Brilliant...and Canadian
- In the Parks
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"Officially" the mugs are only refillable for the duration of your stay in the resort for the visit when you bought them.
Most, if not all, CMs will turn a blind eye if you choose to re-use them.
I prefer to buy new ones each visit. They make nice souvenirs of our trips. It was better when they sold resort-specific mugs, but even with the more generic mugs I still buy new each time.
These threads tend to get into a lot of moral issues about whether or not it is theft re-using the mugs on subsequent trips, I prefer to let people make those judgements for themselves. :shrug:
Most, if not all, CMs will turn a blind eye if you choose to re-use them.
I prefer to buy new ones each visit. They make nice souvenirs of our trips. It was better when they sold resort-specific mugs, but even with the more generic mugs I still buy new each time.
These threads tend to get into a lot of moral issues about whether or not it is theft re-using the mugs on subsequent trips, I prefer to let people make those judgements for themselves. :shrug:
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While I personally do not care one way or the other i this debate here is a picture of the note on the side of my PORS mug. Use your own judgement as to what to do.
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Lucky
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Resort-specific mugs
I bought 2 of the new generic mugs at Pop last week. We moved to Coronado for the last half of our stay, and it still had its own "Pepper Market" mugs, not the generic ones. I bought one of them, as a souvenir and to stay on the right side of the law.
Has anyone else seen other resort-specific mugs recently? I don't know why CSR would be the only one still with them. Maybe resorts sold the old ones until they were out of stock, and there was just a larger inventory of CSR mugs. But I'm just speculating here.
I bought 2 of the new generic mugs at Pop last week. We moved to Coronado for the last half of our stay, and it still had its own "Pepper Market" mugs, not the generic ones. I bought one of them, as a souvenir and to stay on the right side of the law.
Has anyone else seen other resort-specific mugs recently? I don't know why CSR would be the only one still with them. Maybe resorts sold the old ones until they were out of stock, and there was just a larger inventory of CSR mugs. But I'm just speculating here.
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Pioneer Hall
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While you aren't supposed to reuse them. There are only a few cast members who will care if you do.
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Cynderella
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We always brought ours back year after year. Though this year we did buy new ones since they have changed all of them to the same thing :hurl:. I was disappointed because I wanted to get my hubby a WL mug (where we stayed).
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phenom1307
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me and my family have been reusing our mugs since we first got th original riverside mugs
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Cynderella
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I *think* that just about every resort has switched to the generic ones and I *think* it will be continuing next year and may go on after that.
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miles1
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The last time I checked, Disney charges $14.95 for the refillable mugs. Similar mugs are available in quantity from the Oriental Trading Company for $2.29 each. I think it's safe to assume that Disney pays even less considering the volume they must buy; so for argument I'll say $2.10.
A close friend that works for Pepsico explained to me that each refill of the mug costs Disney less than 3 cents, so for argument we'll say three cents even.
So, $14.95 less the $2.10 cost of the mug leaves $12.85, divided by $.03 equals 428.3. If like most visitors your resort stay is about 7 days and you refilled the mug twice each day, you would have to stay at the resort 30 1/2weeks before Disney would even start to loose money on the deal.
By then Disney would have made so much money off of you at the resort and the parks, they couldn't possibly care about loosing the 3 cents per refill.:lol:
A close friend that works for Pepsico explained to me that each refill of the mug costs Disney less than 3 cents, so for argument we'll say three cents even.
So, $14.95 less the $2.10 cost of the mug leaves $12.85, divided by $.03 equals 428.3. If like most visitors your resort stay is about 7 days and you refilled the mug twice each day, you would have to stay at the resort 30 1/2weeks before Disney would even start to loose money on the deal.
By then Disney would have made so much money off of you at the resort and the parks, they couldn't possibly care about loosing the 3 cents per refill.:lol:
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WishIwasThere
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I loved the fact that every resort had different mugs. I have a small collection of WL, Comtemp, CBR, and Poly mugs. I like getting the mug even as a sovenier. They also hold up really good to every day use. I've been using my WL mug about twice a week for the past two years, and still looks great after using the dishwasher on it. My wife has been using her CBR mug about 5 times a week since Jan. and it still looks new.We have also used the mugs as gifts. If we were down in WDW and we knew a friend or relative who was coming down after us, we have purchased a couple of mugs as a present for them. We did this for my sister who was coming down in May of this year to stay at the WL. So while we were staying at the CBR in Jan, we bought a couple of WL mugs for her birthday present before her trip.
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