Please, don't throw things at me *duck*

[Snurk71]

I don't know that Disney cares that much about the mugs. I thought I read somewhere that they don't pay for any of the soft drinks dispensed at WDW (fountain dispense only). So they're not losing cost on a mu being reused. Just missing some potential revenue of forcing another purchase at a 100% return. The mugs are easy money.

If you can't tell, I'm a finance guy.

 

[jenr812]

But if they fix the resort mug problem....... end the post...............no more "police"............... I will need a new tag from the Tag Fairy!!!!

Pfft! A new tag?? I don't even have one *pout*

 

[Grants Mom]

Old topic I know - but we r lookin into going back in December - so way out of the looop her FORGIVE ME! OK If I buy a mug at lets say my resort - can I use it ANYWHERE on WDW property or JUST at my resort? Guess I really need to read more into this one! So glad I came back to the forum to help me plan!

 

[minnie61650]

I have given the bar code idea a lot of thought.
It works fine for the water parks because guests need to buy a new one each day they go to a waterpark ,but guests on adverage only go to the water parks once or twice a trip.

At the present time the bar codes and machine readers are changed daily.

So until WDW could figure a lenght of stay barcode guests would need to buy a new bar code every day.

Many guests like being able to get up in the morning, grab their mug, make a quick stop at the food court for a quick refill before hitting the bus stop.

Imagine if those same guests had to take their mugs and stand in line every day to buy a new bar code.

I think there would be many unhappy guests.

This was from another thread about the same subject:

[Quote:]
Originally Posted by ntsammy5
.....If Disney had ANY concerns about refillable mugs, it would be very, very easy to come up with a solution to this -- such as making each bar code good for 30 days from date of purchase. After the 30-day period, longer than most visits, drinks would no longer be dispensed. [QUOTE/]



At this time the 30 day idea will not work for everyone.
The machine readings have to match the bar code.
If they changed the machine readings and the bar codes on the 1st of every month what happens to the family who bought the mug on the 28th and is staying for 10 days?

Their mugs will be locked out after 4 days.

It just is not as simple as we may think.

Just my 2 cents

 

[minnie61650]

I don't know that Disney cares that much about the mugs. I thought I read somewhere that they don't pay for any of the soft drinks dispensed at WDW (fountain dispense only). So they're not losing cost on a mu being reused. Just missing some potential revenue of forcing another purchase at a 100% return. The mugs are easy money.

If you can't tell, I'm a finance guy.

Even if the syrup is free there are still other expenses I am sure that are not covered.

Such as the cost to carbonate the syrup ,the cost of the dispensers. the cost of the ice, the cost to deliver the syrup, the pay for the CM's setting up the machines, the electricity to run the machines, the cost to maintain the dispensers, not to mention the cost of liability insurance in case of a lawsuit from a "slip and fall".

I am sure there other expenses I am missing but I assure you there are a lot of "hidden costs" in that mug of soda and even pennies tend to add up when hundreds of thousands of mugs of soda are dispensed weekly.

JMHO

 

[Mr. Pig]

Old topic I know - but we r lookin into going back in December - so way out of the looop her FORGIVE ME! OK If I buy a mug at lets say my resort - can I use it ANYWHERE on WDW property or JUST at my resort? Guess I really need to read more into this one! So glad I came back to the forum to help me plan!

Disney itself is a bit vague on this. Posters here have interpreted it both ways. It says they are good for refill's any of the resorts beverage islands. Does this mean only THAT resort or all of them? It is not specific. It does use a plural but there are multiple stations at each resort. If you ask a CM they probably won't care. You can make up your own mind. Either way it is only at the resorts - not at any of the theme parks or water parks.

 

[bytheblood]

I wish that they would implement this at the resorts as well.