Tzolkin, thanks for the update!!! I was hoping that when I first wrote the question on this forum that someone had just gotten back from Disney, or they are currently there, having the same dilemma. I do realize that some people on here did tell me that the mugs are always good for 14 days, (thank you to all) but I guess I wanted confirmation from someone that was/is there this year. With so many people telling me both ways are correct, before I proposed my question on here, I figured that maybe the policy had been recently changed. Because the wording states on the Disney website, "that the mug is only good for the length of the dining plan", I now imagine that either the webmaster misinterpreted the policy when he coded that sentence, both Disney customer service reps that I talked too are inexperienced, or Disney will let you continue to use the mug (as a courtesy) even though they would much rather have their customers purchase an additional mug. I'm not sure if Disney has a lot of turnover in their customer service department, but it sure seems like in the past 5 years or so, I've been getting bogus answers.