Price of Pop Going up at Disney

[topolino]

I don't get it when people call it all "Coke". Coke is a brand name. What do you say when you want a Sprite? Do you order a "Sprite Coke"?

Anyway, here in Buffalo, it's "pop".

 

[Rozz]

We've already stopped buying as many sodas in the parks as we used to because of prices even though Disney is not as bad as some other parks.

We take our Hydro Flasks filled with the coke product of our choice into the parks. A little ice and cold coke stays cold a long time in one of those things! Add the free cups of water, some dried fruit and nuts for grazing and our costs for snacks and drinks is a little less painful.

We still enjoy our favorite park snacks at least once during our stay-Dole Whips, churros, French pastry, German caramel chocolate thing, and a couple others the kids like. I see where we need to cut back some more!!

At first, I too thought this post was about the POP Century resort!

 

[Yeti77]

I don't get it when people call it all "Coke". Coke is a brand name. What do you say when you want a Sprite? Do you order a "Sprite Coke"?

Anyway, here in Buffalo, it's "pop".

I'd say that the practice of calling all soft drinks or sodas "Coke" is slowly fading in the South but still around. You can order a "Coke" in some restaurants and they'll ask you what kind or flavor. You'd then reply with "Sprite."
I'm not defending the logic. That's just the way it is. Down here, 9.9 out of 10restaurants serve Coke products. Pepsi products are few and far between (other than Taco Bell, KFC, and the grocery store). I'd never heard them called "pop" until I visited Ohio in the 90's. It took me several minutes to figure out what was being sold. Just another thing that makes all these different regions interesting. I really think "soft drink" is becoming the standard down here.

 

[ADP]

I'll probably stop buying pop from the carts and start going into the shops to buy the bottles. This way I'll at least get 20% off the drink with my premium AP.

 

[jesswindsor]

I guess the price in everything will keep being raised, it gets a little discouraging sometimes. Soda has always been high at all theme parks. I can see more people skipping the soda and getting free ice water instead......well untill they start charging for that.

 

[TerrytownGrl]

Yep me too. I call it Coke. One of northern friends ask me what when they don't have Coke. I stated that I drink what they have.

But most southern restaurants have Coke and that's all that Disney's ever had since I have been going.

Yep...we call it Coke here too. As a matter of fact, at restaurants, we automatically order Coke products. So if they don't sell Coke, the server has to stop and say, "will Pepsi be okay?"

 

[DCTooTall]

I don't get it when people call it all "Coke". Coke is a brand name. What do you say when you want a Sprite? Do you order a "Sprite Coke"?

Anyway, here in Buffalo, it's "pop".

I was going to Xerox your question and show it to some people, but something caused me to sneeze before I got a chance and I didn't have a Kleenex handy so I had to go to a coworker's desk to get one.

Unfortunately, about the time I got to his desk, he was complaining about a nasty papercut he just received, and since noone had a Bandaid, he used his last Kleenex to try and keep from bleeding all over the place. He used some Scotch Tape to hold it on his finger. I then had to dig out an Aspirin in order to keep him from complaining about the pain.

Ugh.

Of course somehow things just got worse. The Dumpster out back is overflowing and they've not been by to empty it in a week, Some kids throwing a Frisbee dented my car in the parking lot, my neighbor borrowed my Crockpot so I can't have dinner waiting on me when i get home, The Jacuzzi is on the fritz, the Jet Ski rental I was planning on was damaged because of Irene, and the freakin Realtor just called telling me that the house i was looking at had a tree fall on it (Guess they forgot to wrap it in Bubble-Wrap to protect it.).


By the time i got back to my desk, I discovered a Post-It where my boss was telling me to get back to work. He wrote it in Sharpie, so I figured I should just forget about the Xerox.






(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks)

 

[kbelle8995]

It's not a "pop" or a "soda"! It's a "coke"!

http://www.popvssoda.com/

It also counts that Coke is a southern product. There's a reason why there a "World of Coca-Cola" attraction in Atlanta, GA.

So that probably is why we call it "Coke" in southern states.

Personally A Coke is just my preference. If they have Pepsi, I order a Sierra Mist.

 

[DCTooTall]

It also counts that Coke is a southern product. There's a reason why there a "World of Coca-Cola" attraction in Atlanta, GA.

So that probably is why we call it "Coke" in southern states.

Personally A Coke is just my preference. If they have Pepsi, I order a Sierra Mist.

Actually... The funny thing is that while Coke was invented and headquartered in Atlanta, Ga (World Of Coke is in Atlanta because of the company headquarters, and actually opened originally around the time of the '96 Olympics).... I Believe Pepsi was originally a north Carolina product, so technically they are both Southern.

 

[Halbleib1]

On our last trip at Christmas time we saw the same thing happen with the popcorn buckets. The price was the same at every park for the first half of our trip but for the second half as we got closer to Christmas day the price went up at the MK. The other parks remained the same. Guess they sell more popcorn there. LOL After the holidays the price went back down according to threads I have read about the buckets.

Soda is going up everywhere so it is not surprising they are raising the price at Disney. It use to be on sale around here all the time 1.00 or less for a 2 liter. Now most the time when it is on sale it is 1.25-1.50. It has been going on sale less and less as well.

 

[topolino]

I was going to Xerox your question and show it to some people, but something caused me to sneeze before I got a chance and I didn't have a Kleenex handy so I had to go to a coworker's desk to get one.

Unfortunately, about the time I got to his desk, he was complaining about a nasty papercut he just received, and since noone had a Bandaid, he used his last Kleenex to try and keep from bleeding all over the place. He used some Scotch Tape to hold it on his finger. I then had to dig out an Aspirin in order to keep him from complaining about the pain.

Ugh.

Of course somehow things just got worse. The Dumpster out back is overflowing and they've not been by to empty it in a week, Some kids throwing a Frisbee dented my car in the parking lot, my neighbor borrowed my Crockpot so I can't have dinner waiting on me when i get home, The Jacuzzi is on the fritz, the Jet Ski rental I was planning on was damaged because of Irene, and the freakin Realtor just called telling me that the house i was looking at had a tree fall on it (Guess they forgot to wrap it in Bubble-Wrap to protect it.).


By the time i got back to my desk, I discovered a Post-It where my boss was telling me to get back to work. He wrote it in Sharpie, so I figured I should just forget about the Xerox.






(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks)

While I appreciate your elaborate response, there is actually a very significant difference between your examples and my original question.

In your scenario, all of the producuts that are called by their name brand are virtually indistinguishable from their equivalent product. Any medicated ahesive strip is almost idenitical to a Band-Aid. Every black marker type writing instrument is just like a Sharpie. A Canon copier is the virtually the same thing as a Xerox machine. But a Sprite and a Coke are very different; completely different look and flavor. To say you want a Coke when you really want a Grape soda/pop is a lot different than calling every flying disc a Frisbee.

I'm not belittiling the way this is done in the South; on the contrary, I have a strong respect and interest in regional dialects. That's pretty much why I asked - to get a better idea of how and why it is done.

 

[DCTooTall]

While I appreciate your elaborate response, there is actually a very significant difference between your examples and my original question.

In your scenario, all of the producuts that are called by their name brand are virtually indistinguishable from their equivalent product. Any medicated ahesive strip is almost idenitical to a Band-Aid. Every black marker type writing instrument is just like a Sharpie. A Canon copier is the virtually the same thing as a Xerox machine. But a Sprite and a Coke are very different; completely different look and flavor. To say you want a Coke when you really want a Grape soda/pop is a lot different than calling every flying disc a Frisbee.

I'm not belittiling the way this is done in the South; on the contrary, I have a strong respect and interest in regional dialects. That's pretty much why I asked - to get a better idea of how and why it is done.

From my experience (Atlanta Native), "Coke" is used interchangably with a cola.... so that would be your typical black carbonated beverage.

Grape Soda, Sprite, Mtn Dew, etc don't fall under the cola umbrella, so they aren't "Cokes".

 

[MomiTo2SwtGuys]

Being from the South (where we call everything "Coke" or sometimes "soda"), I read the title of the thread and wondered why the rates at Pop Century would be increasing without the rest of the Value Resorts.

Oh my, that is what I thought the whole time. I was thinking maybe the price was going up because of the resort being free standing instead of grouped together like the All Stars.

Oh well, I hate that the price of a soda is going up though.

 

[smitch425]

Being from the South (where we call everything "Coke" or sometimes "soda"), I read the title of the thread and wondered why the rates at Pop Century would be increasing without the rest of the Value Resorts.

Oh my, that is what I thought the whole time. I was thinking maybe the price was going up because of the resort being free standing instead of grouped together like the All Stars.

Oh well, I hate that the price of a soda is going up though.

I believe the price of POP Century is going to be $5 more per night than the All Star Resorts in 2012. So you were kinda of right, even though you were wrong.

 

[Cap.Steamboat Willie]

From my experience (Atlanta Native), "Coke" is used interchangably with a cola.... so that would be your typical black carbonated beverage.

Grape Soda, Sprite, Mtn Dew, etc don't fall under the cola umbrella, so they aren't "Cokes".

Alas!

Poor Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, C&C, Royal Crown etc

They never had a chance

 

[kbelle8995]

From my experience (Atlanta Native), "Coke" is used interchangably with a cola.... so that would be your typical black carbonated beverage.

Grape Soda, Sprite, Mtn Dew, etc don't fall under the cola umbrella, so they aren't "Cokes".

Exactly and here if you want a Sprite, Dr. Pepper or any other drink,you simply state that that's what you want. Just if you order Pop you specify what kind you want.

My sister is a Dr. Pepper fan and if she wants it that's what she orders is a Dr. Pepper.

My goodness this thread certainly took a different turn didn't it. Anyway I'm trying to cut down on my Soft drinks so I will probably drink more water. I love the caffeine, the Caffeine don't love me.

 

[topolino]

My goodness this thread certainly took a different turn didn't it. Anyway I'm trying to cut down on my Soft drinks so I will probably drink more water. I love the caffeine, the Caffeine don't love me.

You think this is bad, you must not spend much time on the Community Board.

 

[WaltD4Me]

I don't even "get" pop, soda, cola, coke, whatever you want to call it. I very rarely drink it, but whenever I do I am more thirsty after I drink it than I was before. I am a coffee, water, Snapple, Crystal Light...mainly water person.

I have a friend who actually put in a mini fridge in her room next to her bed so she can crack open a Pepsi as soon as she wakes up. Yuck.

 

[Friendly Frog]

I was going to Xerox your question and show it to some people, but something caused me to sneeze before I got a chance and I didn't have a Kleenex handy so I had to go to a coworker's desk to get one.

Unfortunately, about the time I got to his desk, he was complaining about a nasty papercut he just received, and since noone had a Bandaid, he used his last Kleenex to try and keep from bleeding all over the place. He used some Scotch Tape to hold it on his finger. I then had to dig out an Aspirin in order to keep him from complaining about the pain.

Ugh.

Of course somehow things just got worse. The Dumpster out back is overflowing and they've not been by to empty it in a week, Some kids throwing a Frisbee dented my car in the parking lot, my neighbor borrowed my Crockpot so I can't have dinner waiting on me when i get home, The Jacuzzi is on the fritz, the Jet Ski rental I was planning on was damaged because of Irene, and the freakin Realtor just called telling me that the house i was looking at had a tree fall on it (Guess they forgot to wrap it in Bubble-Wrap to protect it.).


By the time i got back to my desk, I discovered a Post-It where my boss was telling me to get back to work. He wrote it in Sharpie, so I figured I should just forget about the Xerox.


(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks)

I also clicked on the thread thinking the OP meant Pop Century prices. BTW, we call them "soft drinks".