A Cool Trick for Refillable Mugs!

Disney offers refillable mugs. You pay one price for the mug and you can refill it all you want--at your hotel. You can't refill it in the parks, although that would be AWESOME! The mug costs around $17 or it comes as part of your dining plan package.

There are "washing stations" in the food court for rinsing your mug out but that can be a pain. You fill your cup, take it back to your room, drink it and then maybe want to fill it with ice water to take into the park. But you can't because it's got a sticky Coca-cola residue.

Taking dish soap on an airplane is a huge chore. You can't bring it in a carryon and if you pack it in your checked bags, it could leak. What a mess!

I learned a neat little travel trick for cleaning those refillable mugs! We've done it on every trip.

Here's what you need:

• A cheap sponge. Dollar Tree is your friend on this one.
• Scissors
• Dish Soap
• Plastic Sandwich bag

Cut your sponge up into eight pieces. Cut it in fourths and then cut each of those pieces in half.

Lay each sponge out on the counter and squirt a good amount of dish soap into each piece.

Allow the sponges to sit and dry for a few days.

Put the pieces in a sandwich bag, seal it up, and toss it in your suitcase.

When you need to wash out your refillable mug, just wet one of the sponge pieces--it will get nice and sudsy for you and you will be able to wash your mug--and probably the entire family's mugs. At the end of the day, toss your sponge. Use a new one the next day! At the end of the week, you will have used up all or most of the sponges and have nothing to take home but your shiny clean refillable mugs!