Please confirm or deny a rumor I heard!!

[Tomh]

I don't drink a bit, but DW enjoyed one of those slushies from France this past summer (after I bought it for her). I don't think she would be terribly upset if the booth were still there next summer, and I were to buy another lol.

 

[loveshak22]

Why haven't I known that France had vodka slushes all this time??!! On my to-do list for my next visit!!

 

[alvernon90]

From a local liquor store, and then you'd enter Epcot and enjoy the day there without drinking anything alcoholic, right?

Hmm, I'm starting to get the impression that you believe the parks (if not all of WDW) should be completely alcohol-free. At the rate things are going in this country, by 2025 Disney will stop selling alcohol and instead sell a variety of high-grade marijuana items, from candy and baked goods to potent concentrates that can be consumed in the parks with a Mickey Mouse vaporizer. (Frozen vaporizers will cost $20 more.) Disney's profit margins will be higher, and all of the problems associated with excessive alcohol consumption (fighting, vomiting, boorish bullying, line cutting, bad parking) will plummet.

Perhaps if you just take a break for a while, you'll find the whole scene is much more mellow a few years down the road, brah. Alright, alright, alright.

 

[disnut8]

How much of a tragedy would it be for you if WDW were to remove those outdoor drinking kiosks?

From a local liquor store, and then you'd enter Epcot and enjoy the day there without drinking anything alcoholic, right?

Er, not really. Getting a beer before Illuminations and then enjoying the show with the beer is the perfect way to end my day. Sorry you don't agree.

 

[cyndiella]

Sorry, that ear piercing scream you may of just heard was me after the reading the thread title and first post.

Should have known better anyway, since EPCOT really stands for Enjoying Premium Cocktails Outside Today.

Hahaha... I always heard it stood for "Every Person Comes Out Tired"... but I think yours is more accurate! (at least for me...)

 

[jtowntoflorida]

If Disney removed the alcohol from Epcot, I guarantee Epcot's attendance would plummet.

 

[JoshuaShaw]

Hmm, I'm starting to get the impression that you believe the parks (if not all of WDW) should be completely alcohol-free. At the rate things are going in this country, by 2025 Disney will stop selling alcohol and instead sell a variety of high-grade marijuana items, from candy and baked goods to potent concentrates that can be consumed in the parks with a Mickey Mouse vaporizer. (Frozen vaporizers will cost $20 more.) Disney's profit margins will be higher, and all of the problems associated with excessive alcohol consumption (fighting, vomiting, boorish bullying, line cutting, bad parking) will plummet.

Perhaps if you just take a break for a while, you'll find the whole scene is much more mellow a few years down the road, brah. Alright, alright, alright.

 

[2girlsmom]

Yes, we were there 2 weeks ago, and can confirm that the France stand is still there with the Grand Marnier and the Grey Goose slushes (and can also confirm they are delish, I love that GG lemonade), as well as the plum tea alcoholic slush still present in China.

 

[JoeA]

I like nothing more than over paying for a tastey Guiness at GB and then repeating when 1st tastey beverage is consumed!

Ah, good times!

 

[MEP2013]

I was there last week and can confirm the slushie booth is still there! I had a delicious grand marnier slush!
I agree that Epcot attendance would plummet and they won't get rid of it. I think the only reason my husband will agree to go back to Disney world is for the outdoor drinking. He kept asking me why we were spending so many days in MK and that we should go back to Epcot, lol!

 

[larryz]

... and all of the problems associated with excessive alcohol consumption (fighting, vomiting, boorish bullying, line cutting, bad parking) will plummet.

However, WDW security will have to break up large crowds of people, standing around, giggling at the birds, lamp posts, boats, other people, and their toes, all the while munching mass quantities of finger foods.

 

[Planogirl]

However, WDW security will have to break up large crowds of people, standing around, giggling at the birds, lamp posts, boats, other people, and their toes, all the while munching mass quantities of finger foods.

Just think of all of the food that Disney would sell!