Well no matter what's written on the mugs or what's said in the sticky thread, since all the Quick Service locations in the resorts sell the same exact mug design,
how many guests do you honestly believe purchase the same mug twice when doing a split stay?[/QUOTE]
The question isn't "What do most people do?" The question is: "What's the policy?"The policy is: at the resort you purchased it, for that stay only. Everyone can agree that the policy is roundly ignored---that's why they are trying this test at Sports in the first place. That doesn't change Disney's intent, which is clearly stated. Furthermore, we don't really know whether RFID will end up being deployed across property, and if so exactly what it will allow or not allow.
For what it's worth, my money says that they will see enough increased mug/cup sales at Sports to make this change worth it, and we will see these dispensers installed elsewhere in short order.
Reading between the lines of ValidFill's web site, I'm going to guess that split-stays at the same resort won't be an issue. I doubt they will bother to integrate the system with the reservation database; instead each mug will be given some fixed lifetime designed to cover the vast majority of guest stays with a comfortable margin. I've seen the number "two weeks" bandied about, and that sounds about right. If someone really has a single contiguous stay that is longer than the default period, my guess is that they will be able to either exchange their mugs at no charge, or have their existing ones reprogrammed.However, it's an open question whether the RFID tags will be resort-specific. I suspect they will be, but that's only a guess---based in part on Disney's surprising consistency in mentioning "at your Resort" in all of the dining plan brochures, etc. I could be wrong on that, and time will tell.
this is what I think also, this is how it should be.. we are actually coming up on a 15 night stay. we plan on purchasing one new mug each for our vacation. I'm pretty darn sure, if they institute this new system at all the resorts, accomodations will be made for things like this and "sister" resorts. you may have to speak to a CM, but I assure you, we will either be getting a new chip, or new mug for free; not purchasing 3 mugs each. that is ridiculous.
That sticky is written assuming "you can" means "no one will stop you." But, Disney's written material over the past many years has always been pretty clear; only at the resort at which you purchased it, for the duration of your stay. Whether split-stays at a single resort are "one stay" or not is not as clearly defined, but I'm guessing if you asked Disney's accountants, I know the answer they'd give you...
nowhere in the sticky does it say "you can" anyways. it says "they put more weight on "the duration of your trip" portion then they do "at the resort you bought it at."
regardless, whatever anyone's opinion of what they think the Disney policy is. in the "one and only refillable mug thread" ... No debates..... it is stated in the sticky that, for the purposes of discussion on the disboards, the policy is that it is ok to purchase one mug per person of the entire split stay. period.
Forgot about the siggy. Sounds like fun!
