Is WDW a Coke or Pepsi park?

[Clang]

Coke drinker. DH is a Pepsi drinkers. I WIN!!!!!:

 

[rwade428]

I'm a Pepsi drinker also and that's the only downfall of a trip to florida. BUT I have an aunt that lives in St. Cloud and she is also a Pepsiholic so whenever I visit she brings me all the pepsi I can drink...gotta love her!!!

I read somewhere on these boards that if you take the bus to DTD and get off at Pleasure Island you can walk across the street to a convenience store and buy all the pepsi you can carry....that's why I love you guys on the disboards

 

[DonnaLeah]

My DH an I are both Diet Coke heads!!!!

 

[sters]

Unfortunately, it's COKE. Also, a Nescafe park

 

[Gaiusrex]

Well, if there's no Pepsi, I'll be drinking lots of beer

 

[Cinderpals]

Great! Do they have Dr. Pepper too, or is that Pepsi?

 

[Leota]

I started laughing when I saw the title of this thread..... I'm not a soda person, but have traveled with people who were dying for a Pepsi by the end of the trip.

 

[Banzai]

It's a Coke place. I missed my Pepsi One

 

[tink2]

Well, it's a coke park- which suits my family fine. However, they don't have Dr. Pepper- which is a coke product- and it kills me by the end of the week! Last year at AKL, they did have some kind of weird something that was supposed to resemble Dr. Pepper- can't remember what it's called- but it didn't even come close.
Oh well, guess I can hope the rumor about refridgerators in the moderates and deluxes are true and I will be able to get my fix in the mornings and evenings!

 

[kidzmom3]

I believe that all the fountain Diet Cokes are caffeine free. I couldn't figure out one day why I had a massive headache/then it struck me caffeine withdrawal

 

[Geoff_M]

Coke isn't mixed with local water, (bad tasting water) the carbonated water comes in tanks just like the coke syrup from the same supplier...the mixture of the two is regulated at each soda machine, the mixture can be effected if one of the tanks is low. (almost empty)

Unless WDW does it differently than every restaurant that I've seen, they use local tap water and use carbon dioxide tanks to carbonate it and add the syrup at the fountainhead. One of the attractions of fountain drinks is the extrememly low cost to produce a cup of soft drink and therefore its high profit margin. That margin would be greatly erroded if instead of using local tap water, you had to pay to carbonate the water off-site (presumably using the same Florida aquifer water), put it in tanks, and then pay to have it transported to WDW. On top of that, if they weren't using tap water it wouldn't make sense to ship the water and syrup seperately. If they were going to do it that way, they'd mix the water and syrup at the plant as to avoid QA problems at the restaurant due to improper mixing. Also, logistically, think of how many tanker trucks of carbonated water would be needed on a summer day at WDW.

The softdrink systems I've seen in restaurants normally address the local water issue by using a filtration system (similar to the "Brita" system) to treat the water before it's mixed with the syrup.

Another note... a syrup tank is a rare sight nowadays. The preferred container today by soft drink makers is the "plastic bladder" inside a cardboard box. It's a LOT cheaper to produce then using expensive metal tanks that have to be cleaned before re-use and the cardboard boxes are lighter and stack a whole lot easier.

As for me, "I'm a Pepper". We stop at a local supermarket on the way in and grab a couple of cases of our favorite softdrinks at a small fraction of the cost that drinks or re-fillable mugs would cost the 5 of us.

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

We take our contraband Pepsi into the parks with us. CMs at security never say anything. Now if they could just get some decent sweet tea.

Lori

 

[crzy4mk]

Originally posted by tink2
Well, it's a coke park- which suits my family fine. However, they don't have Dr. Pepper- which is a coke product- and it kills me by the end of the week!

Unless I'm mistaken, Dr. Pepper is not a Coke product. Mr. Pibb is Coke's "version" of Dr. Pepper. The reason I know this is because my wife is a Dr. Pepper addict, and will not drink even a sip of Mr. Pibb. She was not a happy camper on our last trip!

 

[tink2]

crzy4mk- I think you're right. I believe the drink at AKL is some kind of mr. pibb- but cherry or something like that. Anyway, wish they had something for all of us "peppers" out there!

 

[beavismom]

Originally posted by crzy4mk
Unless I'm mistaken, Dr. Pepper is not a Coke product. Mr. Pibb is Coke's "version" of Dr. Pepper. The reason I know this is because my wife is a Dr. Pepper addict, and will not drink even a sip of Mr. Pibb. She was not a happy camper on our last trip!

You are correct. Dr. Pepper is not a Coke or Pepsi product, but is distributed by one or the other in different regions of the country.

FWIW, I almost wish Disney was Pepsi so then I wouldn't spend any money on soda at the parks.

 

[Ted and Holly]

If I am not mistaken, soda dispensers use a container of syrup, local water supply, and a bottle of carbon dioxide. All are mixed in the system when you dispense it in the correct proportions.

Coke definitely tastes different depending on where you are. I used to not like the taste at WDW. Now, I am used to it because pretty much any area "fountain Coke" tastes like that.

Remember: Ice Station Cool is another blatant presence of Coka Cola at WDW.

Ted

Edit: Geoff, you beat me to it.

 

[KarenP99]

Originally posted by flyinglizard
sidenote... Many years ago a good friend of mine who is an exec at Dl told me that the Coca-Cola contract gives Disney Coke for free, but they pay for the other Coke products. Don't know which side of the fence Diet Coke falls on, but I thought it was an interesting story.

It is actually all the fountain soda that is provided for "free" (in exchange for the advertisement). All the bottled products are charged for.

Orville Reddinbocker provides the popcorn for free as well (or so I was told).

Karen

 

[WDW_Converter]

Cokes immitation Dr. Pepper is Mr. Pibb though they do distribute and bottle Dr. Pepper. Up her in the north east (NJ) Dr. Pepper is more often then not the one found at the fountains. In the last few years I have see more Mr. Pibb showing up around here though.

My one wish for disney would be to carry Pepsi not so I could drink Pepsi but so they would have Mountain Dew. Being a computer geek, drinking Mountain Dew is a right of passage so to speak.

 

[Geoff_M]

It is actually all the fountain soda that is provided for "free" (in exchange for the advertisement). All the bottled products are charged for.

Orville Reddinbocker provides the popcorn for free as well (or so I was told).

Until someone in a position to know (WDW senior management, etc.) states that as a fact, it's nothing more than an internet and/or CM rumor. Most exclusive soft drink deals offer the outlet a percentage of their syrup for "free" ("One case free for every three purchased", etc.) Except for "Ice Station Cool" (which doesn't promote any Coke brands available in the US) and the "super sized" Coke cup in the AS resort, I'm not sure that WDW offers much more in the way of advertising that places that consume a lot more Coke syrup (and don't get theirs free), such as McD's, offers them.

 

[Geoff_M]

Cokes immitation Dr. Pepper is Mr. Pibb though they do distribute and bottle Dr. Pepper.

I think you're confusing a beverage maker (such as Coca-Cola) with a local bottler. Most soft drinks you consume aren't bottled by the company that owns the brand. It's bottled by a local bottler that has a license from the brand owner to bottle and sell their brand. In some cases, local bottles may hold the rights to bottle and distribute "minor" brands (such as Dr. Pepper, a local brand, etc.) along with one of the two "biggies". But that doesn't mean that Coca-Cola bottles Dr. Pepper. Your local Coke bottler might, but not "Coke".