The new refillable mugs have a cute pool scene with several Disney characters. Four cap/handle colors are available: black, pink, blue and yellow. Black and blue are the most difficult to find. Yellow seems to be the least popular color.
When I first noticed a guest with the new design, I thought it must have come from a Disney water park. Mickey Mouse is shown exiting a big water slide, Minnie Mouse is poolside on a lounge and Goofy is playing in the water. Pluto, Donald Duck and Daisy Duck are also on the cup.
If you're not familiar with the soft drink refill program, here's the rundown. Guests buy a mug for $13.99 for continuous filling at the beverage station available at your resort's food court area (or designated filling station). Choices include various Coke products, ice tea, coffee, tea and hot cocoa. The mug is only good during the duration of your current visit and only at your own resort. We often stayed at Pop Century for our Disney vacations because the refills used to also included Coke and Raspberry Icees. They are no longer served at the resort due to problems with the machines. We miss the Icees! One last note... refillable mugs are not good at the Disney World theme parks.
Speaking of food courts, we decided to snack on an order of chili cheese fries at Disney's Caribbean Beach resort. This is what we got:
We order chili cheese fries all the time and have never had them served like this before. The chili and cheese were served in separate small cups. Each cup held about 2-3 tablespoons. We asked if this was a change (normally the chili and cheese is spooned on top) and were told that some guests had complained and wanted to put the toppings on themselves. I like it served the old way - it felt like we got a whole lot more toppings that way. Especially, since an order of chili cheese fries at Disney costs about $5.