Kellykins1218
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2012
I love them. We have the refillable souvenir cup from our local amusement park (free refills all season) and we use it almost every day. The combinations are fun to try. My favorite is Peach Sprite.
Couldn't agree more! Coke at the movies always has a lime taste from the freestyle machines.I dislike them. I just want regular fountain Coke, but even though I don't choose an extra flavor, mine always ends up tasting funny (like lime usually). I've even tried running it for a few seconds before I fill my cup, but no luck.
Also, only one person at a time can fill their cup. The old style machines seemed more efficient.
They tend to create lines at the soda machine as people scroll through all the options, think, and finally pick something. They are in many of the chain restaurants now.
My Doctor has been off sugar and artificial sweeteners, so all it does for me is create a wait to get ice for my iced tea.
I think they put in the new machines to save money on soda consumption. You may have to wait in line now to use the machine so some people are not getting refills.
I tried one of the newer versions today at a fast food place. This one is different. It was large countertop machine with a 32" screen, one ice dispenser in the middle, and two drink dispensers on either side. The scrolling was fast. This only had options for cherry, raspberry, and/or vanilla, but I could select and combine any combination of those three. Maybe the older machines have it to, but this one also had a extra flavor shots.
Only the bottom of the screen was used for beverage selection, and there was no physical button at all - just the touch screen. Most of the screen was flashing Coke animation and ads for stuff available at the restaurant.