Butter Beer Refillable Mugs

[nkereina]

Last trip I vaguely remember seeing reusable/refillable mugs for butter beer. Is that a thing, or is that just what I wanted it to be? If it's real, how much for the mug and what are the details?

 

[bumbershoot]

Yes, they are a thing. If you take your souvenir mug to one of the indoor bbeer locations you get a small discount.

 

[macraven]

they allowed the bb mugs to be used for refills back in 13 when i was there.
i used my bb mug for a refill.

don't remember the refill cost.
but it was cheaper than getting it in the paper cup.

don't know if prices have changed on that since then.

 

[only hope]

As of a few months ago, there was no discount. I am not sure as to whether the disposable cup or the Butterbeer mug was larger. It seems like the Butterbeer one is smaller, in which case you are actually losing money.

 

[Kivara]

I've never tried it, because I never wanted to carry around a BB mug all day. I buy mine on the way out of the park (after several disposables, SHHH! hehe)

They say the size is the same, I don't know if it's true or if it's a pre-measured amount that pours from the taps; just what I've heard. I've been told, to get a refill in a BB mug, it's not a discount, you just get the disposable cup price, since you already bought the mug. Again, I've never tried it, just what I've heard/read.

 

[AbbyDoesFL]

I havent gotten a discount, except my passholders. AND with NBC purging the prices have gone up....

 

[bumbershoot]

We keep even the plastic cups sometimes, so I have a stash of them, and I just compared. The plastic cup held more water than the souvenir cup.

As of a few months ago, there was no discount.

At the indoor places like the Hog's Head (? Breath? I get confused LOL)?

 

[Jenkins]

When we were there we noticed two different styles of the souvenir mugs. One was the normal flat bottom mug another looked somewhat like a goblet. I use the normal mug to drink margaritas out of at home.

 

[chabs]

When we were there in August, you could only get soda refills at a discount with the refillable butterbeer mugs. I believe they said was .99 cents but not 100% sure on the price because I never refilled it.

 

[bumbershoot]

When we were there we noticed two different styles of the souvenir mugs. One was the normal flat bottom mug another looked somewhat like a goblet. I use the normal mug to drink margaritas out of at home.

You make a good point.

I have only the flat bottomed one.

 

[chabs]

We actually have 3 different styles of mugs-not sure if they are all still available though. Two flat bottom and one goblet style. I believe that the one that I got at the Leaky Cauldron last HP weekend was a different flat bottom style than the ones at the carts. They look very similar but the handle is a little different from what I can remember off the top of my head. The butterbeer shop next to the ice cream shop had the goblets in August.

 

[Kivara]

From what I hear, the flat-bottomed mugs are bought in IoA and the goblet-style is in Studios.
There is also a flat-bottomed one at the Hog's Head, in IoA. But that can only be purchased in the Hog's Head for ales/beers, and cannot be refilled.

At one time, towards the beginning of Harry Potter in IoA, they under anticipated how popular butterbeer would be. They didn't order enough mugs, and for a time, had to order some until they could get in more of the ones they currently sell.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

This article give some good info on the Butterbeer mugs (scroll down a bit, to under the minions pic):

http://orlandoinformer.com/page/art...vacation-tips/refillable-cups-popcorn-buckets

 

[johde]

Yes, they are a thing. If you take your souvenir mug to one of the indoor bbeer locations you get a small discount.

The indoor BBeer locations give you a discount with AP, and possibly AAA (They did it January when I was there but that was before the change in AAA discounts).

 

[Kivara]

Johde's right...we used to get a AAA discount at the Hog's Head when getting butterbeer; but AAA keeps changing it up. This past summer (June 2015) no where in any HP area was accepting AAA (although I still ask every place...you never know)

 

[macraven]

i used to use my AAA and AP cards regularly.
just showed the first one that i took out of my lanyard when going for the discount.
that is when both cards gave the 10% discount.

years prior to that only used the AP as it gave a higher discount of 15%.

now i mainly use the AP unless it is at a restaurant at city walk that accepts AAA.

shame that AAA has changed their policy of using it for discounts on food and merch