Help me understand refillable mugs

[g3pak]

We are experts in Disney but are visiting Universal for our second time ever in a few months. I just heard today about the refillable mugs. We will spend Friday, Saturday, and 2 of us will spend part of Sunday at Universal while the other two transition to Disney. It looks like there are 3 options- a sipper and a nicer cup that both cost per refill- is it $1.49 per refill? and then a coke freestyle cup that also includes icees and is free refills the first day and can be reactivated each day after that. Do I have the facts straight? Can anyone offer suggestions?

 

[EveDallas]

I would go with the Coke Freestyle cup. My son and I share one and definitely save money! Plus the option of Icees is fun.

 

[Makmak]

There are freestyle machines all over the parks with many options and we always get the the freestyle cups.

 

[shawthorne44]

DH, DD and I share a Freestyle cup. We bring in other similar cups and pour from the freestyle into the other cups.

The current cups don't have a handle or a straw. But they do have a flap that can close the hole on the top so that you can lay the cups on their side without having to toss all your soda.

We like to have these to carry the cups.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RPJBPWC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[cschaaf]

I think you have it all correct. Orlando Informer has a good article on the refillable cups, so you might want to look there.

We bought some Freestyle cups a few years ago and used them on 2 or 3 trips. We think they are well worth the daily refill price - even better with the AP discount.

Our cups from a few years ago do have the handles so I just loop them both to my backpack while we walk around. I thought we were going to have to replace one cup on our past trip and did notice that the new ones do not have handles. IMO, that makes a big difference - less convenient if you have to carry them. The pouches that @shawthorne44 posted look like a good alternative.