Trader Sam's-Disneyland is coming out with their own mugs - General Tiki

K kenbo-jitsu Tiki Socialite Southern CA Joined: Jul 27, 2011 Posts: 367	K kenbo-jitsu Posted posted on Fri, May 18, 2012 6:31 PM Well what took them so long! On every occasion I’ve been to Trader Sam’s they’ve had the same two take-home items on offer. Pay a little extra for a Krakatoa Punch and it will be served in a Tiki Farm produced mug you can take home. http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=768 Order a HippopotoMai-Tai (collective groan) and pay a little extra and it comes in a clear glass two-faced tiki goblet. http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=61 Even though Ooga-Mooga labels it “common”, I’m actually quite fond of this one. One of the tiki faces is happy and the other angry. Face the glass whichever way suits your mood. Neither of these is a branded item. They’re not specifically made for Trader Sam’s and they don’t say "Trader Sam’s" (or even "Disney") on them anywhere. I was stunned! If you don’t have kids or really buy Disney products much, maybe you don’t understand how stunning this is. This is STUNNING!! Disney will normally take every opportunity to sell you branded merchandise. They are masters at it. They sell you stuff at unexpected times and, perhaps, even at times when it’s not welcome. Yet Sam’s is a setting where guests are EXPECTING there to be a branded souvenir. They’re LOOKING for it! How is it possible these folks have run a cool new tiki bar for an entire year without a single branded tie-in? Don’t mistake my rant here. I’m a big fan of Sam’s and Disney (and Tiki Farm) and I’m happily looking forward to what they’ll have. I'm only surprised they waited this long.

Well what took them so long!

On every occasion I’ve been to Trader Sam’s they’ve had the same two take-home items on offer. Pay a little extra for a Krakatoa Punch and it will be served in a Tiki Farm produced mug you can take home.
http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=768

Order a HippopotoMai-Tai (collective groan) and pay a little extra and it comes in a clear glass two-faced tiki goblet.
http://www.ooga-mooga.com/cgi-bin/all/mug.cgi?mode=view&mug_id=61
Even though Ooga-Mooga labels it “common”, I’m actually quite fond of this one. One of the tiki faces is happy and the other angry. Face the glass whichever way suits your mood.

Neither of these is a branded item. They’re not specifically made for Trader Sam’s and they don’t say "Trader Sam’s" (or even "Disney") on them anywhere. I was stunned! If you don’t have kids or really buy Disney products much, maybe you don’t understand how stunning this is. This is STUNNING!!

Disney will normally take every opportunity to sell you branded merchandise. They are masters at it. They sell you stuff at unexpected times and, perhaps, even at times when it’s not welcome. Yet Sam’s is a setting where guests are EXPECTING there to be a branded souvenir. They’re LOOKING for it! How is it possible these folks have run a cool new tiki bar for an entire year without a single branded tie-in?

Don’t mistake my rant here. I’m a big fan of Sam’s and Disney (and Tiki Farm) and I’m happily looking forward to what they’ll have. I'm only surprised they waited this long.

Post #637100 by kenbo-jitsu on Fri, May 18, 2012 6:31 PM