MiaSRN62 said:
As for the "know what you are buying"......just a comment. When we bought 6 mugs at the then Dixie Landings in 12/98, we were told by 2 CM's in the food court that they were good forever. So we felt we knew what we "were getting". One CM gushed that no matter how many times we came back to Dixie Landings we could use them. My mil was like "really !?" and we bought them. Then disney goes and changes the policy. So I felt as if I was an informed buyer-----but disney went and turned the tables on me. There is no way I would have purchased 6 mugs (our family) had I know they were only good for the 5 nights we were there. And 2 CM's told us they were good forever
Where do all these disney mugs go ? What a shame for the environment....I really wish they offered some sort of recycling program for them.
I guess that this is a part of the question I have with the (sometimes ridiculous) debate about right and wrong in regards to the refillable mugs. In this same line of discussion on other threads, quite a lot of people have stated this same scenario. Another frequent poster stated the "until further notice/subject to change" comment (sorry, but I can't find the thread) in regards to Disney changing the policy whenever they want. If you didn't read the DIS boards and had bought a "lifetime mug",
why would you keep looking for a sign that says good for one visit only. I truly would not have thought that was my job as the consumer. My mugs don't say one-time use, I didn't buy them as one-time use, simple enough. And for that matter, who is to say that the old 'lifer' mugs are still
not valid for return use? I mean truly?
Until Disney posts a sign that says "all refillable mugs sold as
lifetime use mugs are no longer good for free refills" or decides to
make all refillable mugs be sold with a bar coded sticker that will activate the soda dispensers, just like at Blizzard Beach
people will innocently (and maybe some not so) continue to follow what they understand to be acceptable practice.
I want to make it clear that I
do not question Disney's rules on the one trip/vacation use at all. I just feel badly when I see people ask and get flamed or feel embarrassed when they have been told differently or had a different experience at another park. If I had never found the DIS boards, I'd be breaking plenty of written and "un-written" rules when we go...
Maxiesmom:
Sorry, but I'm . You sound like so many people who come to customer service in the store I work at. Customer--"How was I to know that this blanket is $50, not $30?" Me--"Ma'am, it states the price clearly on the sign." Customer--"You expect me to read the sign?" It happens all the time. Yes we do expect people to read signs so they know what they are buying! Apparently it is quite a concept.
Well, there is no excuse for not noting an
obviously marked or posted price. However, how many of us have gone to (insert any store here-- high end to low end, grocery to clothing , etc.) and the price that rings up is
not the posted price? Better yet, I love to go into stores where there is no price on an item, nor on the other 20 like items and no posted price to be found. I've been known to exclaim, "Look! It's free!". I have never had a problem finding a sales person in those instances.
OP--I didn't intend to be snarky. I just don't get why people are not more careful when spending their money. Know what you are buying, if it is a mug or a car, know exactly what you are getting!
No problem, I don't like people who don't see the obvious sometimes. But sometimes the obvious simply
isn't there. And the "know exactly what you are getting" is smart, but look at posters like the one I quoted above who bought the "lifers". They
knew what they were getting. The re-use issue is a tough call and one that (as many have posted) isn't our call to make in judging.
I am someone who
never refills my soda at a restaurant if it is not explicitly stated that the purchase includes refills. I've
never snuck anyone into the drive-in and I don't ever lie about my kids ages (and trust me, the price difference makes it tempting when they are at that borderline age) because it simply isn't right and I do not want my kids to think it is OK. It is a choice
I make and am happy with. I also do not want to look like a fool if I do it "wrong". (For those of you going 'yeah, right, She's never
done that'...I was not so perfect as a teen. We'll leave it at that
)
My OP was to simply comment on the fact that all people who re-use previous year's mugs are not trying to cheat the system or nuts for thinking their use would be allowed. Well, that and the thought that some people worry way too much about what others do. With my kids, I just quietly comment on what I consider behavior(s)
not to be repeated and go on my merry way.
Now, the threads about horrible behavior and people taking their kids to pee around the corner?? That is the one where I'd be concerned about what others were doing!
but I have never seen anything that said it was only good for the length of your stay! I am usually so occupied with my family that I don't recall ever seing a sign!
I also never knew it was written on the cup and I have made coffee for my dh more times than I can remember and put it in his WL mug to take to work. Oh boy!
I better get on the ball here!
crazed on this issue. Do what you find to be right for your family and let the Cast members worry about who is "stealing" soda. If the CM are not worried about it then why on earth would anyone worry about what another family is doing? 
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How many drinks might we possibly drink per person per day (varies with age and relative size --factor in potty breaks available)multiplied by the square root of the late November heat and humidity averages, multiplied by the number of mugs required by my family of four (can we "share the cooties"?...no, my DD's will never go for that) or must we each have our own?
) and the mugs don't biodegrade! i'm sure they could use them for something else ground up or sell them to a recyle place. i wonder if cms can turn in suggestions? if so....turn it this one to any cms reading!
