Everything You Need to Know About Disney World Refillable Mugs

Walt Disney World’s Refillable Mugs are convenient, colorful, and sometimes confusing. What are the most important things to know about these mugs?  Let’s dive into that!

Walt Disney World Resorts offer refillable mugs to guests. These are available for purchase, or as one of the perks of any Disney Dining Plan. These mugs are designed for use and reuse at WDW resorts throughout the stay in which they are purchased.  The 16 oz, plastic, insulated mugs can be purchased $16.99, and is available for refills for 2 weeks from purchase date. Mugs are not resort-specific, but can be used at any WDW resort, and do not have designs specific to any one resort. They come with handles and lids in red, yellow, blue, and purple, and you may choose your own color.

Mugs can be refilled at the resorts using the “Rapid Fill” system, introduced in 2013. With Rapid Fill, WDW mugs have an RFID chip embedded in the bottom of the mug which tells drink dispensing machines whether or not you are entitled to a refill. This chip is activated when you purchase the number of days of use, and automatically deactivates at the end of that purchased time. You can fill and refill your mug with coffee, hot or iced tea, hot chocolate, and a variety of Coca-Cola products. Most beverage areas at the resorts also have an option for Powerade (usually red or blue), lemonade, or fruit punch. Unfortunately there are some drinks that are not available through Rapid Fill, and those include milk, apple juice, and orange juice. Water is available to everyone, mug or no mug. Mugs can be refilled at pool bars for the beverages previously mentioned, but may not be used for alcoholic beverages.

To utilize the Rapid Fill system, you must sit your mug on the tray below the dispenser. This allows the machine to “read” the chip, and fill your mug. Screens on the dispensers will direct you. These screens will also tell you when your next refill will be available. Generally speaking, you can refill a particular mug in 2 minutes. This is presumably to prevent using a Rapid Fill mug to fill a larger container.  While this may disappoint you, if you’re the person waiting behind someone else who does this, you may be grateful!

Refillable mugs may be saved and used at home, but you cannot bring them back to the resort on another trip for re-use. WDW waterparks sell their own version of refillable mugs for use there, and there are always rumors of testing of refillable mugs at the parks, but that is not yet available.

So, what are your thoughts on Refillable Mugs?  I like them, though they take up a lot of room in my kitchen cabinets! I can see that they’d be most useful if you were close to beverage stations, and like to have access to drinks at any time.  If it was a long walk through your resort to reach the beverage stations, I’m not sure they’d be as helpful. I have one son who would love to be able to refill the mugs at the parks, though he does fill one up to start the day, and then you can always get ice water free at Quick Service locations and keep it cold in your insulated mug.

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