“Rapid Fill” Refillable Mugs

The 2014 design of Rapid Fill refillable mugs

The 2014 design of Rapid Fill refillable mugs

All of the Walt Disney World resort food courts offer special refillable insulated mugs. These “Rapid Fill” mugs can be purchased for a one-off fee and can then be refilled at ANY Walt Disney World Resort Hotel drinks fountain station as often as you like for the duration of your stay (excluding theme parks, water parks and Disney Springs). However please note that you cannot bring them back again for further free refills during subsequent stays, at least not without paying the full fee again.

The mugs used to be well-themed and would vary from resort to resort, but more recently all of the Walt Disney World resorts have offered just one standardised generic design which is changed roughly once a year. The current mugs have a Fab Five character theme, and the handles/lids are available in orange, green, blue or pink.

The mugs feature a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip installed in the base which allows the mug to be used for a specified amount of days only, all the way through to the guests’ entire length of stay (multiple-resort stays are permitted, but the days must be consecutive and may need to be set up for you by a Cast Member). The drinks stations at the Port Orleans food courts were switched over to the new chip-based system on 19 August 2013, having already been pre-selling the new style of mug for about a week.

Originally priced using a tiered structure ($8.99 for 1 day, $11.99 for 2 days, $14.99 for 3 days, and $17.99 for a full length of stay) the mugs are now only sold at a single price – currently $22.99, which increased from $21.99 at the end of October 2024 – which covers 14 days, or up to the length of your current stay if that is longer (see a cast member for extensions beyond 14 days).

Riverside Mill beverage station (note the two status screens above the dispensers)

Riverside Mill beverage station (note the two status screens above the dispensers)

The mugs can be used as often as you like during the chosen time period (which ends at midnight of the final day of use) but there is a mandatory 2½ minute delay between refills. Mixed drinks can be dispensed (subject to the overall maximum fill-level for the cup) by partially filling your mug from several different dispensers in succession – but there is a 70 second time limit for doing this. Guests can check their remaining days via the fountain beverage dispenser’s display screen while they refill.

It is still possible to buy a single drink at the food courts as the paper cups also contain an RFID chip coded for several refills over the next couple of hours.

Coffee, hot chocolate, iced tea and water/ice are also available and are NOT restricted by the chips.

Rapid Fill mugs may be purchased and activated at the Riverside Mill or the Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory. All Disney Dining Plan guests receive a free Rapid Fill mug as part of their package, and at busier times these can be picked up at the main Reception Lobby when you check in which avoids you having to queue in the food court before getting your first drink.

Note: Before around 2000, the resort mugs were sold on a “perpetually refillable” basis, so if you still happen to have an older design – even dating back to the old Port Orleans/Dixie Landings days – then technically you should still be allowed to refill it based on the original terms under which it was sold. However the new chip-based system will prevent these older mugs from being used and you will need to discuss the situation with a manager to see if they might be able to work out a temporary solution for you. This would be handled on a case-by-case basis.

Drinks available at the Port Orleans Food Courts

(Subject to Change. Last Verified August 2024)