Post #719766 by Hurricane Hayward on Mon, Jun 9, 2014 9:00 PM

On 2014-06-07 21:32, wizzard419 wrote:
I'm not sure it is so much a contract where Dole is saying 'you can only call it DW if juice is served' so much as 'Dole didn't pay for a spot in the food and wine festival so they get no brand recognition". Since you don't need a contract to buy the mix, as opposed to products like Coke, where they are heavily concerned with brand management, it probably just came down to that.

Might also be weird to see "Dole Whip with [whatever brand they use] Rum" so many trademarks it would make the signs look awful.

Yeah, I'm guessing it's something like that. No money, no brand placement. I would expect Dole to have more interest in a permanent location at the Poly though. I love those floats, so I'm hoping we get the full monty.

OK, this is straying a little bit off topic, but the best place to get rum-topped ice cream at WDW is actually over at L’Artisan des Glaces in France at Epcot. They call it an ice-cream "martini," but it's just a big glass of ice cream doused with a hefty shot of booze. You can mix and match ice cream flavors with top-shelf liquors. Grand Marnier was tempting, but I had to go with Rhum Clement V.S.O.P. from Martinique, an excellent agricole rum. I had them pour it over a mix of white chocolate ice cream and pineapple sorbet. Pretty darned tasty:

Now, back to those Trader Sam's rumors ...