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Post #779794 by JasonMa on Sun, Sep 17, 2017 2:31 PM

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On 2017-09-17 08:54, whoever wrote:

This is Trader Sam's only but as you can see on the lower shelf I also have the Chilled Monkey Brians mug and the Hovito Mojito glass from Jock Lindsey's Hanger Bar.

Wait... we have Indy-themed tiki mugs? Oh boy....Must have.

Jock Lindsey's Hanger Bar is a bar in Disney Springs (Downtown Disney) at Walt Disney World. The story is that after flying Indy around the world (Jock is the pilot in the opening scene of Raiders) Jock settled down in Florida and ran a hanger operation that eventually got turned into a bar. The bar is full of Indy references and nods to early aviation.

There are 3 glasses, all mass-produced in China (so not as nice as the Trader Sam's mugs, but not as expensive either). The Chilled Monkey Brains and the Hovito Mojito can be seen in my pic, there's a thirds called Reggie's Revenge that I plan to get on my trip over the holidays. Its a fairly plain glass with the bar logo on it and comes with the snake swizzle stick you see in the Monkey mug in my picture (on our first trip they didn't have the Reggie's Revenge glass yet, just the swizzle stick).

They also have 8 themed coasters from bars referenced in the Indiana Jones universe. Well 7 and then the 8th is a Rocketeer reference. The Raven (Raiders), and Club Obi-Wan (Temple) are the obvious once but also Atomic Cafe (Skull) and a couple from the Young Indiana Jones TV series. There's one called the Python Bar as well which is a reference to the fact that in the script Reggie is a boa constrictor but they used a python during filming. Apparently this one has changed size so there are two version of the coaster.