refillable mug and dining plan, when does the clock start when.... and end....see post #37.

[summerlvr]

I got a wait list filled, so after setting up new ones, I asked about the mugs. I said we were thinking of getting dining plan for part of the trip. If we only got it for the BLT part, would it work for the whole trip.

I was told no, only would work for that part.


edit to add, I went back to chat, happen to get the same CM. Said we are coming for two weeks, if we buy a mug the first day, how long will it last? We are staying at several resorts.

Her answer was to my knowledge, it only last the length of that resort stay.

second edit.....did chat with CM on disney main site. She said yes mug will work with both just buying a mug or the part time dining plan.

I did a split stay in April and stayed at All Star Sports the first night and added the dining plan to that 1 night stay. The mug I got was good for 14 days, even though the rest of my stay was at a different resort and I did not have the dining plan for the second part of my split stay. Disney phone CM's are notorious for giving incorrect information, so I generally come here to ask my questions and I have always gotten good advice.

 

[ucf_knight]

Just curious how much use people actually get out of the mug. The soda machines to fill up at seem inconvenient and/or out of the way if heading to the parks for the day or even if you are enjoying the resort, I’d be annoyed if I had to walk over to the qs location to get a drink. We don’t drink soda either (but do drink coffee) so I never understood what the big deal with the mugs are. If you could fill them up in the park that’d be a different story.

 

[Disneylover99]

Just curious how much use people actually get out of the mug. The soda machines to fill up at seem inconvenient and/or out of the way if heading to the parks for the day or even if you are enjoying the resort, I’d be annoyed if I had to walk over to the qs location to get a drink. We don’t drink soda either (but do drink coffee) so I never understood what the big deal with the mugs are. If you could fill them up in the park that’d be a different story.

We are a family of four who often stays for 2+ weeks. When we’re on the dining plan 2 of the 4 mugs never get used. When we’re not on the dining plan, we buy one mug for sure and sometimes a second mug. Usually one mug becomes the coffee/hot chocolate/tea mug and the other mug becomes the soda mug.

I’m the biggest mug user in the family. I’m constantly filling up at the resort. But we also spend big chunks of time at our resort and we find it’s nice to have a mug with you when you resort hop a lot like we do.

 

[jo-jo]

Just curious how much use people actually get out of the mug. The soda machines to fill up at seem inconvenient and/or out of the way if heading to the parks for the day or even if you are enjoying the resort, I’d be annoyed if I had to walk over to the qs location to get a drink. We don’t drink soda either (but do drink coffee) so I never understood what the big deal with the mugs are. If you could fill them up in the park that’d be a different story.

About half our trips we bought one mug, rest no mugs. With DVC, we have coffee, soda, whatever in room and like you said, it's always seemed like a mile away from our room. But that was then we walked from BLT to MK, we now take the monorail, so go right by QS. And every day coming back from park , we'd fill up the mug. Part of our trip, we are staying at BCV, same thing, coming back from park, we go by QS and fill up.

But if we weren't planning on doing dining plan for a single day, we wouldn't buy two mugs, maybe one and that's iffy. $45 can buy a lot of soda/coffee/ hot chocolate.

Just to add, we also use a scooter now, so have a place to store it during the day.

 

[summerlvr]

Just curious how much use people actually get out of the mug. The soda machines to fill up at seem inconvenient and/or out of the way if heading to the parks for the day or even if you are enjoying the resort, I’d be annoyed if I had to walk over to the qs location to get a drink. We don’t drink soda either (but do drink coffee) so I never understood what the big deal with the mugs are. If you could fill them up in the park that’d be a different story.

I don't actually use mine a lot, but it comes with the dining plan and I do get that occasionally. I rarely drink soda, unless I need the caffeine, but I do like to do half lemonade and half tea.

 

[kiddoc88]

you are starting the dining plan on your second day/resort at disney. Thinking of maybe staying at value one night , then switching to DVC. If we get dining plan starting with DVC stay, when and where can we pick up a mug and start to use it? Do we have to be checked out of first resort?

Right now it's cheaper to tack on a day at a value, and fly in a day earlier. But wondering if the mug can be picked up at value resort and use on before we even get to the DVC resort.

I will be in this same boat for an upcoming trip in July. Split stay with dining plan for the second stay only. I was wondering what happened with your stay? Were you able to get the mug at the first resort the morning of checking in to your second resort? Did your dining credits start right away that day as well? Thanks!

 

[Mle8308]

I will be in this same boat for an upcoming trip in July. Split stay with dining plan for the second stay only. I was wondering what happened with your stay? Were you able to get the mug at the first resort the morning of checking in to your second resort? Did your dining credits start right away that day as well? Thanks!

You will get your mug the day you check in for the reservation with the DDP. If you have a 7 day stay and the first 3 nights are on the DDP, the mug will still work for the second part of your non DDP stay, as mugs are valid for 14 days from check in. If your DDP starts 3 days after your first resort stay, it would start that day, not the day you check in to your first part of the non DDP split stay. You won’t see your dining credits until the morning of the stay where the DDP starts. You should be able to get the mug at the first resort on your checkout/check in day as long as you actually check out and then have automatic check in set up for the second part of your stay. Verify with the FD when you check out (you want to go to the actual FD so they check you out of the system right then, not until whatever time they do the automated checkouts).