My daughter just tried to get frozen lemonade in our 2013 OR refill mugs and was DENIED! She was told that they are EXPIRED!!! They were told again when they tried to get root beer floats instead. I was under the impression that they could always be refilled, but it would be at current refill price, instead of the 2013 price. What is going???
Now we are being told they will only refill them with water.
In the last couple of years, the mugs have been for the current season only. That
I've had no problems getting older mugs refilled at the prices that are printed on the mugs. Some may not have prices printed on them, so those might be the ones that are refilled at the current refill rates.
The current refill mugs at $12 or $13 is craziness!!! >:( :o : >:(
We have used them several times this season with no issues. Why the sudden crackdown? ???
I may depend on the vendor and how closely they monitor it. I suspect they've cracked down to...make more money.
The way you get around it (if you want to) is to eat at the restaurants where you fill up your own mug (like Ribhouse). Leave the mug in your bag and tell them you need a refill. Do not get it out until it is time to get your drink. They'll just charge you for the refill, you pay and on you go.
other option is watch garage sales and knick kniack stores in the area for 2012 and older mugs....
I bought 6 off of EBAy this spring, to make sure I had plenty of mugs no matter who was with us... I some the other day for 12 or 13 a piece.. CHEAP!! I have seen them bring 18-25 a piece..
I have a ton of mugs from the past so I'll never have to worry about it, but I was sitting here and was thinking "oh yeah, I never show my mug when I'm buying a refill at Rib House - light bulb:
I was told that my 2013 mugs were no good earlier this when I went brought them and ate lunch at the Ribhouse one day. Since then I've been bringing in my own bottles of water and not buying drinks there. I think its a total ripoff because my family has been using the same mugs since 1993, only buying again every few years, and now they're not honoring refills.
Again, they will refill valid mugs. The last two years have only been valid during the current season. I know the signage explains this at the point of sale.
You can get refills of water at any time, anywhere in the city for free.....
Any mug pre 2012 is still refillable, costs vary depending on mugs..
Quote from: History Buff on July 28, 2014, 08:24:58 PM
Again, they will refill valid mugs. The last two years have only been valid during the current season. I know the signage explains this at the point of sale.
Definitely saw the restriction posted on the menu signs last year at the various points of sale. I think the restriction is also printed on the mug.
I read that as they would be refilled at current refill prices, not 2013 pricing. I always enjoy seeing all the different mugs that people are using. Why phase out this tradition?
@ Stephen... answer to your question.... MORE revenue!
By limiting mugs to refills only for the current year, you have to buy mugs every year....SO if people are "new" to the city and return every year...... they keep buying,,,,,,, thus more revenue ...
OF COURSE our group here is the exception, we all have been going to the city for years and "most" of us have mugs from years past. Which for the time being, they are still refilling at the cost printed on the mug...
We have several old glass mugs that we do not even carry anymore. We have cut out sugared drinks from our diet and prefer water. Saves money and I feel a lot better. Also to add to what other people have said. The restrictions are visible on the signs when you buy them, I don not think SDC has done anything under the table here at all.
"Runner, Off Topic"
Runner, I quit caffeine 3 years ago for medical reason, switched to Root Beer, which as a rule is Caffeine free,,There are a couple of other kinds of pop that are caffeine free also,,
the first of of April this year I quit drinking pop of any kind, I also cut out my morning candy bar/package of donuts... I do also feel much better and my clothes fit better also.!! Alos I am wearing jeans from 2 years ago... LOL... Imagine that<!...
When I need a "sugar" fix, I have been either drinking the new Gatorade "2" (cant be good for you), Or I drink Kool-Aid, with 1/2 sugar mixed in... After drinking water for days, a Kool-Aid tastes like a "treat"
The first of June I decided to quit eating Deep Fat Fried food, that is a little harder to do... If you eat out somewhere/anywhere, everyone cooks food in grease... But so far so good.......
OK.!! Back On Topic, There lots of older mugs with 1.50 refill price on them, my favorite are the Buzz Saw Falls mugs..
We have a couple of mugs that we picked up for free at Silver Dollar Park - when no one was looking - but let me clarify. Sometimes people abandon their mugs, leaving them behind, forget to pick them up after setting them down. After a few minutes of looking for the owners or waiting for them to retrace their steps, we have picked up a couple - one being a Buzzsaw Falls mug. One of our older finds is only $1 to refill, which comes in handy for hot chocolate with the works.
Quote from: History Buff on July 29, 2014, 12:07:22 PM
We have a couple of mugs that we picked up for free at Silver Dollar Park - when no one was looking - but let me clarify. Sometimes people abandon their mugs, leaving them behind, forget to pick them up after setting them down. After a few minutes of looking for the owners or waiting for them to retrace their steps, we have picked up a couple - one being a Buzzsaw Falls mug. One of our older finds is only $1 to refill, which comes in handy for hot chocolate with the works.
So YOU are the one who took the mug we left on that park bench!!! :o
J/K...we would never leave a mug behind!
Yeah, that was me...and if you want it back, you will have to pay: leave $10,000 in small, unmarked bills in a plastic bag underneath the same bench, Thursday at noon.
Quote from: DollarCityBoy on July 29, 2014, 01:59:48 PM
Quote from: History Buff on July 29, 2014, 12:07:22 PM
We have a couple of mugs that we picked up for free at Silver Dollar Park - when no one was looking - but let me clarify. Sometimes people abandon their mugs, leaving them behind, forget to pick them up after setting them down. After a few minutes of looking for the owners or waiting for them to retrace their steps, we have picked up a couple - one being a Buzzsaw Falls mug. One of our older finds is only $1 to refill, which comes in handy for hot chocolate with the works.
So YOU are the one who took the mug we left on that park bench!!! :o
J/K...we would never leave a mug behind!
Mine was taken also! At Sullivan's Mill! It was a good one - $1.25
Sounds like some of the SDCFans members need to reread the club "statutes"....
sounds like maybe 1 of the mostg important ones is being forgotten
NO member of SDCFans shall for any reason, leave a mug behind!!!!
See how this works now? I get great refill prices AND I get ransom money. Win-Win!!!
We did try to find the owners first though. Not as hard as when we've found lost children, but we did look. ;)
QuoteWe did try to find the owners first though. Not as hard as when we've found lost children, but we did look.
There is more incentive to find lost parents - you don't want to have to take the kids home with you
If you can stand to carry it around, the extra tall glass mugs are still the best deal in the park. My dad gets a 75¢ rootbeer float in the Saloon each time we go!
Quote from: Ozarks Gal on July 30, 2014, 12:57:53 PM
If you can stand to carry it around, the extra tall glass mugs are still the best deal in the park. My dad gets a 75¢ rootbeer float in the Saloon each time we go!
That's what we have too, but just to clumsy to carry. Also in the winter they do not like to fill them with hot drinks. Some vendors refuse to due to the unknown tempering back when they were produced.
Two years ago at the ACE Christmas coaster event I had the chance to talk to Brad Thomas. One of my questions was the refillable mugs, because like most of you I have my collection of older mugs. He was telling me that they never realized the amount of people that we're keeping their mugs from years past. Apparently most normal people will keep their mugs a couple of years then get a new one. We apparently are not the norm, so they came up with the new rule of the newer mugs, he did say they had no plans to not honor the old mugs but depending on I guess the soda revenue it could always be a possibility. I told him he might get a few emails over that. He appreciated the fact of everyone's loyalty toward the park.
I apologize for the negativity in advance but the PTB need to know that because of the "only refill in the current year" thing, I haven't bought new mugs the past two years. Prior to that I bought a new one every season, but I won't anymore. And if someday they refuse to fill the old cups, I just won't drink anything but water at the park.
Okie,
I understand completely. As a family of 5, we drink water when we go everywhere to save money and calories. SDC has always been the exception since we get a "deal" on frozen lemonade and root beer floats and neither have nutrition labels (someone will probably correct me on that but we purposely haven't looked). We saved money on Monday and will continue to do so until we can locate some older mugs cheap. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one disappointed by this policy change.
STEPHEN D
Because of the fact they quit making annual souvenirs, like the giant advertisement free fold-out map, pressed coins, etc, I started buying 1 souvenir cup a year, just for my annual souvenir, long before I worked here. As far as price, it's the best deal of any park, I recommend the 2 for 20 daily. 2 weeks ago, I went to 6 Flags, and their cold drinks only thin cup was 15.99, with free refills on the day of purchase ONLY. Just an fyi
Wow! :o Wasn't but 5 or 6 years ago Frontier City was $8.99 per year.
Makes you wonder if its about revenue how Holiday World can give out free soft drinks all day long to guests.
Quote from: Runner1960 on August 01, 2014, 07:02:03 AM
Makes you wonder if its about revenue how Holiday World can give out free soft drinks all day long to guests.
Does Holiday World charge for parking as well as admission? Soft drinks are a high profit item in comparison to other things.
Holiday World has free parking, drinks, sunscreen, and tubes at the waterpark.
Keeping people hydrated with free drinks and giving out free sunscreen has helped cut down sun related illnesses at the park. When they started offering the free drinks they bumped the admission price some to offset the costs - with that being said, soft drinks cost very little and are a major money maker due to the price gouging most places enjoy
Quote from: Swoosh on August 02, 2014, 11:33:39 AM
Holiday World has free parking, drinks, sunscreen, and tubes at the waterpark.
Keeping people hydrated with free drinks and giving out free sunscreen has helped cut down sun related illnesses at the park. When they started offering the free drinks they bumped the admission price some to offset the costs - with that being said, soft drinks cost very little and are a major money maker due to the price gouging most places enjoy
Yep the syrup is dirt cheap compared to what you pay for 200z. bottles and such at gas stations. It's why fast food restaurants put the drink machines on the other side of the counter and pretty much offer unlimited free refills and stopped having to deal with folks asking for refills and why most restaurants are still under 3 even thought they dirty up glasses when they refill you with a completely new glass.
I'm interested to see how that Holiday World business model will work at Alabama Adventure in Birmingham that's a short interstate drive from Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta and on. It's like Shlitterbahn and their cooler policy. It's great goodwill. Shlitterbahn will still sell you a decent sized mug with admission with reasonable refill prices. SDC's refill prices are getting out of hand. Had a neighbor take his family of 5 to Worlds of Fun when we were in Texas and he abused, I mean got his fill of their all you can eat food promo while we compared and contrasted the trips. I hate paying for parking at a lot owned by the park. Yeah, it get it at Disney, you get the monorail over.Disney is its own beast. Just bump the admission up a couple of bucks per ticket and promote the heck out of free parking. This is where SDC does it right, with it's parking structure with free and pay. As I type that, I'm sure they're contemplating changing it.
Quote from: sanddunerider on July 29, 2014, 11:24:08 AM
"Runner, Off Topic"
Runner, I quit caffeine 3 years ago for medical reason, switched to Root Beer, which as a rule is Caffeine free,,There are a couple of other kinds of pop that are caffeine free also,,
the first of of April this year I quit drinking pop of any kind, I also cut out my morning candy bar/package of donuts... I do also feel much better and my clothes fit better also.!! Alos I am wearing jeans from 2 years ago... LOL... Imagine that<!...
When I need a "sugar" fix, I have been either drinking the new Gatorade "2" (cant be good for you), Or I drink Kool-Aid, with 1/2 sugar mixed in... After drinking water for days, a Kool-Aid tastes like a "treat"
The first of June I decided to quit eating Deep Fat Fried food, that is a little harder to do... If you eat out somewhere/anywhere, everyone cooks food in grease... But so far so good.......
OK.!! Back On Topic, There lots of older mugs with 1.50 refill price on them, my favorite are the Buzz Saw Falls mugs..
Sunkist Grape has no caffeine but Sunkist Orange does. Strange.
We almost exclusively grill everything and have for years except for breakfast staples like bacon and sausage.
People hit yard sales for mugs around here, we got a few Buzzsaw's this way but we hate the hassle of keeping up with them when all of us ride the big rides.
Technically, you only need one mug. Consider taking along some smaller cups that fit inside the mug, and filling them from the mug. Then get another refill for the mug when it's empty. Where there is a cheapskate, there is a way!
Shame on you HB!! :) I think that is against city ordinance
Understand the the annual purchase of drink mugs is to keep the cost of city tickets fee down.
Seems to me, the sales are to increase profits.
Would like to know about the root beer float refills? First I have heard of this with the souvenir mugs.
Thanks.
Harp
Quote from: Harp on September 16, 2014, 01:41:38 PM
Would like to know about the root beer float refills? First I have heard of this with the souvenir mugs.
Thanks.
Harp
The root beer floats are good on my old glass mugs from the 80's. Not so sure about the ones since then since we never purchased any after the glass ones.
Ok. Thanks.
Harp
We were just there a few weeks ago and bought mugs, but got the older ones with Saloon girls on them. Was told they never expire and can always be refilled, whereas the ones for this year only cannot. Seems to me buying the older ones is the way to go!
Where exactly did you purchase older ones?
They must have ran low on the Red/White/Blue ones. We were there the first couple weekends of September and they had the "SALOON" cups at all the concession stands. They are printed with an expectation date of 2012 but are being marketed as a "forever cup."
The older ones were for sale at all the stands we stopped at. You could choose between this year's mug and the old one.
So....what's the word on refills on the old mugs this year? Headed back to SDC and was wondering if I should even take my old mugs.
Honoring Old Mugs as they have in past,
have used my Buzzsaw mugs 3 times,,
discounted price, no questions asked.. ;D
My mugs from 1995 are still good !
Quote from: History Buff on August 02, 2014, 06:30:41 PM
Technically, you only need one mug. Consider taking along some smaller cups that fit inside the mug, and filling them from the mug. Then get another refill for the mug when it's empty. Where there is a cheapskate, there is a way!
When we were there a couple of trips ago we took one of last years mugs by mistake and they filled it once, but later at the lumberjack camp they would not, which OK fine, so I was telling my wife we would just fill our current mug and dump it in the old mug and refill it again later. The lady working at the register said if we did that they would take away all of our mugs. WOW. I figure if I pay for a refill it is mine to do with whatever I want, I could dump it on the ground if I wanted it.
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When we were there a couple of trips ago we took one of last years mugs by mistake and they filled it once, but later at the lumberjack camp they would not, which OK fine, so I was telling my wife we would just fill our current mug and dump it in the old mug and refill it again later. The lady working at the register said if we did that they would take away all of our mugs. WOW. I figure if I pay for a refill it is mine to do with whatever I want, I could dump it on the ground if I wanted it.
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Was her name Hillary?
^ 8) No, Hillary would have made them give their mug refills to people who don't have mugs at all.
Anyway, I get their point, but they have to know smart people will do that.
^LOL! Hillary!! ;D But, I have to agree with Okie! He bought the mug and legally paid for the refill. It's up to him what he wants to do with it once he pays for it.
Seems like SDC is becoming too "corporate" so to speak. The day they start charging for parking, stop letting you take coolers in to the park, etc. will be the day we stop going. One reason we love SDC so much is because it is "cost effective" for my family. If the PTB start getting too money hungry people will stop going and it will blow up in their face.
To be fair, they are perfectly within their rights to sell products at their own prices and rules. I have to admit, if I owned it, I'd try to figure our how to keep the outside food out. Of course, if I owned a Taco Bell, I wouldn't want people bringing in a box of Pizza Hut, either. I mean, we call SDC a park, but it's not like it's a municipal park; it is privately owned. And incidentally, we carried food into Disney World just about every day we were there.
At the same time, if there's no written rule about pouring out your refill and getting another one, I don't think they have a leg to stand on. It's kind of complicated.
Quote from: joshblakebran on August 04, 2016, 07:36:17 PM
Seems like SDC is becoming too "corporate" so to speak. The day they start charging for parking, stop letting you take coolers in to the park, etc. will be the day we stop going. One reason we love SDC so much is because it is "cost effective" for my family. If the PTB start getting too money hungry people will stop going and it will blow up in their face.
You DO know that the park has long been nicknamed "Steal Your Dollar City" - if people haven't beenturned off by the park's "money hungry" actions by now, I don't think they (PTB) have anything to worry about. It's not like they are forcing you to pay for lockers at the rides like Six Flags.
You remember the year they tried to call is "Save a Dollar City" in their TV spots?