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Silver Dollar City & Celebration City Discussion => General Silver Dollar City Talk => Topic started by: npd652 on October 31, 2018, 12:54:35 PM
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SDC just announced a 2019 Refill Tumbler for $49.99. With that purchase you get free refills all year long. Seems awful pricey. Thoughts?
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We bought one. When you consider buying the unlimited refill cup at WW, then two of the discounted refill cups at SDC, we can just buy one of these for less. Rarely do we even use both of our refill cups when at SDC.
We are locals so we go quite often. Not sure how great of a deal it would be for out-of-towners.
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I think that it is a little over priced, and my family uses two of the mugs they sell now and we use them both frequently, but we normally refill ours at the pizza place that is next to the path to enter the farm area with Outlaw Run, you can get free refills because nobody watches at the Freestyle machines there to see if they went through to actually buy refill, so you can get away with free refills there. unless they increase the price of the refills or the price of the current mugs, I don't see any reason why we would get one. Also I'm new to the forum so hi everyone!
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We have several of the $1 refill mugs so I do not think I will be buying this, unless they stop honoring the grandfathered mugs.
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Yeah they need to price it about $15-20 less to be more competitive with Cedar Fair or Six Flags.
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Pretty sure the WOF one was $25. IDK about my SF one since it’s included with my meal plan
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Yeah they need to price it about $15-20 less to be more competitive with Cedar Fair or Six Flags.
Speaking of which, I posted this in the other park area too, but I am considering doing Frontier City passes or membership for next year instead of SDC. It appears their passes now include all or most six flags parks as well, just trying to sort thru all the different options. As far as memberships go, it looks like they only offer gold from Frontier City, so if you want diamond elite looks like you have to buy it from a different park, if its worth it that is, which it probably isnt
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We have several of the $1 refill mugs so I do not think I will be buying this, unless they stop honoring the grandfathered mugs.
They have stopped honoring them. I was told that this summer and actually shown the memo.
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Woof, that is steep. I guess they know how often people visit and get refills. As we've discussed before, it's tough to do deals like this when so many people come all year long. Not a lot of people visit WOF 10+ times a year unless they are big enthusiasts, but it's not so rare to hear of people doing that at SDC.
More reason to move to cards/membership programs.
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We have several of the $1 refill mugs so I do not think I will be buying this, unless they stop honoring the grandfathered mugs.
They have stopped honoring them. I was told that this summer and actually shown the memo.
I used my Buzz Saw Falls mug a month ago.. No problem..
I look for them to do a complete shut down on old mugs next year, Especially with the anouncement abouot the 49.95 mugs next year,
Just tying to get people used to it now, maybe?
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We used our Buzz Saw mugs just this past weekend several times, and used them a few weeks ago as well.
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We have several of the $1 refill mugs so I do not think I will be buying this, unless they stop honoring the grandfathered mugs.
They have stopped honoring them. I was told that this summer and actually shown the memo.
We used our Buzz Saw mugs just this past weekend several times, and used them a few weeks ago as well.
I think the question is how are they honoring them. Are they totally doing away with the grandfathered in mugs and just doing the current year....or are they doing away with the $1.00, $1.50, etc, and just charging current refill price for these mugs?
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It will be interesting to see how they link the tumbler to a specific pass. The details state that the tumbler is valid for a single pass holder only. When we purchased it, it didn't ask which pass it was being purchased for. Maybe they do that when you redeem the certificate for the actual tumbler next year. I bet that they will scan the pass to verify. I would assume that they will only do this for the more specialty drinks that you have to order and not for fountain drinks.
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We have several of the $1 refill mugs so I do not think I will be buying this, unless they stop honoring the grandfathered mugs.
They have stopped honoring them. I was told that this summer and actually shown the memo.
We used our Buzz Saw mugs just this past weekend several times, and used them a few weeks ago as well.
I think the question is how are they honoring them. Are they totally doing away with the grandfathered in mugs and just doing the current year....or are they doing away with the $1.00, $1.50, etc, and just charging current refill price for these mugs?
That's true! When I pointed out the $1.25 refill on mine, I was told all mugs must be filled at the current refill price. If that stays true, I can deal with it. I seldom refill mine other than an occasional iced tea.
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Woof, that is steep. I guess they know how often people visit and get refills. As we've discussed before, it's tough to do deals like this when so many people come all year long. Not a lot of people visit WOF 10+ times a year unless they are big enthusiasts, but it's not so rare to hear of people doing that at SDC.
More reason to move to cards/membership programs.
More people than you’d expect. It and SF are used as cheap babysitting in the summer
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I think that it is a little over priced, and my family uses two of the mugs they sell now and we use them both frequently, but we normally refill ours at the pizza place that is next to the path to enter the farm area with Outlaw Run, you can get free refills because nobody watches at the Freestyle machines there to see if they went through to actually buy refill, so you can get away with free refills there. unless they increase the price of the refills or the price of the current mugs, I don't see any reason why we would get one. Also I'm new to the forum so hi everyone!
First off , Welcome to the board. Second, unless you clarify it better you sound like you are saying its ok to steal if no one catches you. Sorry, but I cannot agree with that.
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I think that it is a little over priced, and my family uses two of the mugs they sell now and we use them both frequently, but we normally refill ours at the pizza place that is next to the path to enter the farm area with Outlaw Run, you can get free refills because nobody watches at the Freestyle machines there to see if they went through to actually buy refill, so you can get away with free refills there. unless they increase the price of the refills or the price of the current mugs, I don't see any reason why we would get one. Also I'm new to the forum so hi everyone!
First off , Welcome to the board. Second, unless you clarify it better you sound like you are saying its ok to steal if no one catches you. Sorry, but I cannot agree with that.
@ Runner-- Agreed!
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We have several of the $1 refill mugs so I do not think I will be buying this, unless they stop honoring the grandfathered mugs.
They have stopped honoring them. I was told that this summer and actually shown the memo.
We used our Buzz Saw mugs just this past weekend several times, and used them a few weeks ago as well.
I think the question is how are they honoring them. Are they totally doing away with the grandfathered in mugs and just doing the current year....or are they doing away with the $1.00, $1.50, etc, and just charging current refill price for these mugs?
They charged us $1
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I think that it is a little over priced, and my family uses two of the mugs they sell now and we use them both frequently, but we normally refill ours at the pizza place that is next to the path to enter the farm area with Outlaw Run, you can get free refills because nobody watches at the Freestyle machines there to see if they went through to actually buy refill, so you can get away with free refills there. unless they increase the price of the refills or the price of the current mugs, I don't see any reason why we would get one. Also I'm new to the forum so hi everyone!
That's the way I read it, also. That is never okay!
First off , Welcome to the board. Second, unless you clarify it better you sound like you are saying its ok to steal if no one catches you. Sorry, but I cannot agree with that.
@ Runner-- Agreed!
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I also paid a buck, using my Buzz Saw Falls cups.. ;D
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I also paid a buck, using my Buzz Saw Falls cups.. ;D
Sand! What the he**? You have all the luck, and I get turned down all the time! And, I show them my cup and argue like you told me to!! :o
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I also paid a buck, using my Buzz Saw Falls cups.. ;D
Sand! What the he**? You have all the luck, and I get turned down all the time! And, I show them my cup and argue like you told me to!! :o
Not sure what to tell you, they never question it.. omce or twice I have been charged 1.50, But usually 1.00 .. !!
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I have never even had them question it or try to charge me more than $1. Last year, this year, last week, etc.
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Is it younger employees that people are having bad luck with getting mugs honored? This is purely speculative but I bet corporate/management intentionally neglects to tell the teens and 20 somethings about the grandfathered older mugs and their pricing to get them to upsell the new ones. Reason being, I had dealt with some teenagers at a drink stall back in the summer who I had to show the stamped refill price to on my Powderkeg mug. They had no idea they had different priced mugs and called over another (older) employee who who then confirmed it to them and honored it.
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As an F & B and Pro,p guy I say SDC gives any old mug when its turned in face value or $12 towards the price of the $50.00 mug that will hold 20 oz and will have a barcode on the bottom that only allows you to fill it so many times per hour. Its a good system but cups all over.
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couple of good ideas there.
@1- I for one would keep my older vintage cups, other people probably would jump on the deal!
#2- Bar code is a good idea, biggest problem would make one that is wash resistant for a year.?
Maybe they could scan you SP or entry ticket.. same idea- 1 refill per hour per pass,
BUT that would not eliminate "sharing" the cup between 2 or 3 people, which would be cheating or actually stealing...
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UT that would not eliminate "sharing" the cup between 2 or 3 people, which would be cheating or actually stealing...
This was just a copy of what WDW was doing in water parks 10 years ago. Under the fountains were the readers, I thought it was very smart. Seems like the 300% jump in drink cup is pretty steep, SDC with the new pricing survey seems like they are trying to step into WDW territory and that would be jumping over several middle rungs straight to the top tear pricing. But top pricing for middle of the road attractions. Not smearing SDC but it aint Disney and they have many many millions to go before they have customers walking away ready to repeat those memories at those prices. This is middle America, reach too far out and they will have a rude awakening. Remember Celebration City.
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Is it younger employees that people are having bad luck with getting mugs honored? This is purely speculative but I bet corporate/management intentionally neglects to tell the teens and 20 somethings about the grandfathered older mugs and their pricing to get them to upsell the new ones. Reason being, I had dealt with some teenagers at a drink stall back in the summer who I had to show the stamped refill price to on my Powderkeg mug. They had no idea they had different priced mugs and called over another (older) employee who who then confirmed it to them and honored it.
Nope, couple 40ish girls at stand in front of Red/Gold, the stand that sells the potato chip basket, the skillet vendor by the waterfall, and Echo Hollow (older lady).
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I'm struggling with the $50 price for this myself. I think that $30 would have been a much better price point for it.
Even though we buy a couple of the mugs each year, after we pay for the mug and the refills I don't think we come anywhere near $50 worth of drinks out of it. Adding it up, I'm betting we're closer to $25-30 for each mug and all the refills we get. Most of the time we fill them with water anyways.
I wonder what they'll be doing for souvenir cups and refills for regular park guests. But right now I'm pretty sure it's going to be a no go on the $50 mug from us.
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FYI I just checked their website and in the FAQ it still has the line about honoring pre 2012 mugs.
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I'm struggling with the $50 price for this myself. I think that $30 would have been a much better price point for it.
Even though we buy a couple of the mugs each year, after we pay for the mug and the refills I don't think we come anywhere near $50 worth of drinks out of it. Adding it up, I'm betting we're closer to $25-30 for each mug and all the refills we get. Most of the time we fill them with water anyways.
I wonder what they'll be doing for souvenir cups and refills for regular park guests. But right now I'm pretty sure it's going to be a no go on the $50 mug from us.
My husband and I have discussed the $50 mug, and it is a definite no for us. We probably get about $20 - $25 worth of refills in a season. We got less this season because we had terrible luck with refills of frozen lemonade and frozen strawberry so we finally gave up on those.
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We went the 3rd weekend of October and they honored our $1 refill mugs at every location we went to. Just hit and miss I guess.
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Was at the park tonight and noticed that the current Christmas refill cups are valid through 1/1/20. I don’t recall them doing this in the past.
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That kind of shoots the thing about no refill cups accepted EXCEPT the new 50.00 one?? LOL
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They did the same thing with the time traveler cup that I bought at Christmas of last year. We forgot it at home this time so we went ahead and bought one of the new Christmas cups
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I'm pretty sure I bring bottled water with me in my non descript tan messenger bag that also holds pb&j and individual bags of trail mix. You can place bets on what team I'm on with this new offer.
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I think that it is a little over priced, and my family uses two of the mugs they sell now and we use them both frequently, but we normally refill ours at the pizza place that is next to the path to enter the farm area with Outlaw Run, you can get free refills because nobody watches at the Freestyle machines there to see if they went through to actually buy refill, so you can get away with free refills there. unless they increase the price of the refills or the price of the current mugs, I don't see any reason why we would get one. Also I'm new to the forum so hi everyone!
It's been awhile since this was posted, but it's a shame that the first contribution Darth made to this fan forum was about stealing drinks (but it's not stealing if they aren't watching). It's always nice to have new members (I'm still new 'round here), just wish the first post would have been something better.
As far as the Six Flags all season refillable cups, they have theirs priced at $39.99 but offer a slight discount when purchasing in multiples. SDC's pricing is somewhat on par with Six Flags.
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Except the mugs at SF are included with dining plan and memberships
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Swoosh! Pretty sure you can buy the six flags season drink cups as a stand alone without having to buy the dining pass. Of course, if you want to buy the dining pass, a drink cup is included.
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Oh I’m sure you can - just most already have them because of dining plan or because they’re members
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Well, best of luck to them selling $50 drink mugs. No thanks for me. I'll keep bringing my $1 mug and hope for the best!
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I agree, the $50 price tag is a bit nuts but it isn't out on its own. Using the Six Flags pricing that was mentioned earlier in the thread, I thought their $40 mug was insane so I bought multiple all day mugs for $15 each (free refills on day of purchase). Then would buy a $6 dollar wrist band for all day refills on subsequent visits. They got $51 out of me by the end of the season on that drink cup. Should have just sprung for the $40 mug up front.
When I visit SDC, I'll bring my old n trusty mugs while they're still honoring those printed refill prices since those include specialty drink pricing. I'm not sure if the $50 mug includes the delicious frozen lemonade refills.
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Enough people thought that they were a good deal as it looks like they are sold out.
However, I’m now seeing an option for a WW dining plan. This wasn’t an option when we purchased our passes in October.
https://www.silverdollarcity.com/white-water/Attractions/Dining/Season-Pass-Meal-Plan
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I'm not sure if the $50 mug includes the delicious frozen lemonade refills.
Only exclusion are drinks that include ice cream.