Mugs at Multiple resorts

[robinb]

magsmom:

Yes, you struck a nerve . The same posters (including me ) are always in the great Mug Debates. Someone asks the question every couple of months (or so) and we're off!

Here's my opinion.

Buy your mugs at the first resort (PC, right?). When you move over to the second resort (PO-R) ask the manager if it's OK to use your PC mugs since you are splitting your stay between 2 resorts. If s/he says "yes", fill 'er up! If s/he says "no", you have 3 more attractive souviners .

It's easy and above board.

 

[BONZO]

Just a thought - has anyone e-mailed Disney to enquire about the "official" line about this?

(BTW - I just love these mug debates!)

 

[skiwee1]

Originally posted by BONZO
Just a thought - has anyone e-mailed Disney to enquire about the "official" line about this?

(BTW - I just love these mug debates!)

Yes I believe one of the mods did email Disney and they said the mugs were for current stays at that resort only. The mod usually posts his response from Disney whenever one of these questions get asked. I guess he isn't here any longer? Anyway while I do think mug reusage is wrong I really don't hate the people that do it. This one particular man was just SO obnoxious. Unfortunately I found out during a recent party that one set of my friends are mug reusers and another set are mug reusers AND poolhoppers! Ack! And I told them they were pathetic too! They just laughed and said they didn't need a thousand mugs as the go to WDW about 10 times a year. They also said they paid for a deluxe and feel they should be able to hop to any pool, which they do. Awful I tell you, just awful! LOL!

 

[DMRick]

Just a thought - has anyone e-mailed Disney to enquire about the "official" line about this?

Sure..it's been posted along with pics of the signs (if you write Disney, they will send back the "official" rule..if you call, and actually get a person, she tends to blow it off, quoting official, and then saying "but it's not enforced"). Everyone agrees on the "official" policy...but just like bringing food into the parks (official policy is no food), Disney seems to have many rules inplace....some (like the mugs) they seem to encourage you to not follow. Some people follow all the rules, some follow some of the rules, some follow the ones that make sense to them, and some follow none. Some decide not to follow the mug rules, because when they purchase the mugs (even now) cm's at the register and food court managers tell you they are good forever : )

 

[Dalpal]

Just a little thing that we saw when we were at ASMu last July.
I was sitting at our table eating, and a couple of teen boys in line for the drinks had a little ketchup cup each.
They would fill up this paper cup and drink the soda from it and fill it again and drink.......over and over.
Until they saw a CM notice them ,then they took off.
The funny thing to me was that everyone in line waiting just stood there and waited.......No one said anything to them ...that I could see .....Just waited there turn. It amazed me.

 

[PTarbay]

Tell your friends if they feel if you stay at a deluxe you should be able to pool hop then those of us paid more for our new mugs should be able to have refills but not them because they paid the lower rate.LOL

 

[skiwee1]

Originally posted by PTarbay
Tell your friends if they feel if you stay at a deluxe you should be able to pool hop then those of us paid more for our new mugs should be able to have refills but not them because they paid the lower rate.LOL

LOL! I just couldn't believe it when they told me that. These people can afford to go to WDW 10 times a year yet feel it's okay to reuse the mug . If they go 10 times a year with an average of 7 days a trip that is alot of free drinks. As far as poolhopping I thought that a worse sin! They hopped quite a bit to AKL and the Allstars pools. Their DD likes the Allstars pools but they hate the hotels so they just hop to the pools. They were even staying at the Beach Club! Doesn't the BC have Stormalong Bay? I've never been to that one but heard it has a great pool. Most of the time they stay at SOG which means they do NOT pay deluxe prices but more in the value to mod range yet still feel they can do whatever they can do what they want. I think it is a dangerous slide. First mug reuse and next poolhopping! LOL!

 

[DrTomorrow]

Originally posted by DMRick
Soon, he will have tossed little children aside to get his aforemention "stolen" coffee, and drank it from the spigot.

Well, at least that avoids the mug use problem; is there a "Drinking resort coffee from the spigot" thread?

 

[Aisling]

I want to save a few dollars just as much as anyone else, and I admit I'm a rule-tweaker, but if I saw a sign saying the mugs can only be used at the issued resort and only for that particular trip, I wouldn't even ask. I know CMs most of the time let it go or even say it's plain ok, but I would just be uncomfortable doing it if the sign was clearly in my face.
I don't think it's wrong if people want to ask when they are there, even if they see the sign, because the rules have not been consistently upheld. But I don't think it's right to just go ahead and expect to be allowed to get away with it when there is a sign.

I don't think Disney should allow people to use their mugs from previous trips, but I do think they should allow people to use their mugs at any resort, ie Beverage Station Hopping!

 

[Dalpal]

I agree with this!

Aisling
I don't think Disney should allow people to use their mugs from previous trips, but I do think they should allow people to use their mugs at any resort, ie Beverage Station Hopping! [/B][/QUOTE]

 

[DMRick]

mugs can only be used at the issued resort and only for that particular trip, I wouldn't even ask.

Just curious if you had just bought it (while signs are in place) and were told you can bring it back on future trips..then what? Or even if you bought it last year and spent the $50 on 5 mugs only because you were told they were good forever (like the hoppers..what happens if you bought park hoppers and Disney decided they were only good for the year you bought them..after the fact). Figure the CM or food court manager is a nutcake Disney hired for telling you that and just rebuy them?

As an aside..our old hoppers have plusses left on them..but they are worthless. Why? Because when we bought them, you had to use the plusses within so many days of the first park use of your ticket..what if Disney decides to go back to that? I bet those who bought the newer hoppers and were told the plusses were good forever, would not be happy campers. Yes, you are talking about a different amount of money..but one person's $10 maybe another persons $30 (for a leftover plus)

 

[Jillpie]

Originally posted by DMRick
The story of the man getting his coffee is getting bigger each time you tell it LOL. Soon, he will have tossed little children aside to get his aforemention "stolen" coffee, and drank it from the spigot.

Now that visual had me laughing right out loud, omg, that was a funny one!

Something I don't get on these boards. When ever there is a room occupancy question out there (you know the one, 5 people in a room), these posts get deleted after about 3 responses.
Why, oh why don't these crazy mug ones go bye bye too? Its the same mug/pool hop police responding to each and every one. It gets just plain old.

So what is the answer kind webmasters?

 

[skiwee1]

Originally posted by Jillpie

Originally posted by DMRick
The story of the man getting his coffee is getting bigger each time you tell it LOL. Soon, he will have tossed little children aside to get his aforemention "stolen" coffee, and drank it from the spigot.

Now that visual had me laughing right out loud, omg, that was a funny one!

Something I don't get on these boards. When ever there is a room occupancy question out there (you know the one, 5 people in a room), these posts get deleted after about 3 responses.
Why, oh why don't these crazy mug ones go bye bye too? Its the same mug/pool hop police responding to each and every one. It gets just plain old.

So what is the answer kind webmasters?

And I was just thinking why this is even allowed at all on the board. On the intercot board if anyone questions reusing mugs, poolhopping, or parking in the resorts to get in the parks, the thread is locked. The mods state the "official" Disney rule, says that intercot does not allow voicing or promote anything to get away with going around the rules, and then they lock the thread.

 

[Eeyore1954]

Maybe these threads are not locked because it is so amusing watching the self-appointed "mug police" getting their knickers in a knot over this issue each time it arises. Sometimes I think WDW should change it's tag line from "The most magical place on earth" to "The most policed place on earth.

 

[Aisling]

Just curious if you had just bought it (while signs are in place) and were told you can bring it back on future trips..then what?

DMRick, if there was a sign in place, it doesn't matter when the CM tells me. I wouldn't want to chance humiliating myself by possibly being scolded by a CM at the refill station!

And I was just thinking why this is even allowed at all on the board.

Skiwee1, I think the mug issue is a legitimate question, only because the rules are inconsistent and so it causes confusion. It's good to find out about other people's experiences so that we can make our own decisions. Disney obviously has a rule, since they have signs up saying what is not allowed. But CMs have said otherwise. Why should this be a banned locked topic? I want to know what the situation is from person to person.

At another hotel, there is a sign which says NO ADMITTANCE on a gate next to the pool, but a CM saw me looking through the gate and opened it for me to go in.Should I have said, "no thank you, I'll just walk aroung to the other side because of the sign,"?

Maybe we should just start a policy here on the Dis and ask everyone to follow it if they have a mind to, that we will follow the official rules at Disney.

 

[Trekker]

YUP! I'm the mod that e-mailed Disney. The answer is:

*Officially* the mugs are good for the length of that stay at that resort (or a sister resort, ie: the Allstars)

Many posters have been told different things - each one needs to make thier own decision on what to do.

This is not the debate board! Posting Guidelines

This one is locked!