Disney Hotel Mug Activation with DDP

[loopylo81]

My parents are heading out in October and are staying at Port Orleans Riverside for 5 days before meeting us at Art of Animation for 14 days. But we are a bit confused with the mugs at the hotels.

They have got the quick dining plan for the 5 days and get the free mug but what we are unsure of is if the mug will still be active at AOA as they have a 21 day park ticket or will they need to pay to have it activated again for the remainder of their holiday.

We have done split stays in the past but this was before the mugs got activated as the mug was valid for the entire stay.

Thanks

[fluffychicken]

If they only have the do for 5 days the mug will only work for that time. You could pay to reactivate it for the rest of the say.

[daftmum]

We had 5 days at akl with ddp overlapping with a 21 night stay at asm our mugs worked for 14 nights without us doing anything

[Thorpy]

Technically the above is correct. The mugs are active for length of stay, with a stay being tied to that resort. They are also not resort specific, so during those 5 days they can use it at any resort hotel and it will work.

That said, I have a feeling they no longer activate for specific periods, so they expire when you check out, as they did when they first introduced the system. I think they all now activate for 14 days by default, and if you're there longer, you go get a reset.

Unless the system has changed, when you use the mug it will say active until...and give a date. This will let them know how long it will work for.
So my guess is that they will be able to use it for a while once they transfer. Of course once they transfer, they can pay for reactivation either way.