Talk:Orbitz (soft drink)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is supported by the Soft Drinks WikiProject, a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to all non-alcoholic beverages. Please participate by editing the article, and help us improve articles to good and 1.0 standards, or visit the wikiproject page for more details.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale.

Actually, the balls were not suspended because of their equal density with the liquid, although the densities were close. In reality, according to an ACS article (http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=vc2%5C1rp%5Crp1_orbitz.html), the manufacturer used gellan gum to create an invisible 'spider web' that held the balls up in the drink.

I doubt that -- I have an original unopened bottle and the balls sink and move around like a lavalamp if I shake it. I don't think there's a 'web' ... --DolphinnGoLeafsGo 14:44, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't care how they did it. This is the nastiest drink I've ever had. PrometheusX303 15:18, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I think I am one of the three people who actually loved this stuff. My ex-girlfriend and I used to buy Orbitz at Boston's Museum of Science all the time. When the drink flopped, I bought case after case of the stuff at Ocean State Job Lot for pennies a bottle. -- DocSigma 19:27, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

No, I loved the stuff too. To this day, certain other drinks remind me of the flavor of Orbitz. In fact, it wasn't until just now when I was trying to find an online distributor that I found out the drink was discontinued. I am sad! --BennyD 03:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
I, too, loved this drink. I took one of these to school for lunch every day, as far as I can remember. The drinks tasted great, and the balls weren't like "soggy bread" as claimed on the main page... they were slighty chewy, if I remember right. *Sigh*... I could use a bottle right now for old times sake... Coolgamer 22:55, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Seriously, this drink does have a small group of folks who just love it, I'm one of them. I knew of the drink right after it came out but never tried it until college in 1998, where we could get it for a dime a bottle from a local dollar store their stock ran out in 2001. I've contacted Clearly Canadian as to whether they have any left over stock for collectors items but they've entirely run out it. And Coolgamer is right the balls were slightly chewy and I never had any issues with choking on them. Jhouserok 19:25, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Best Drink EVER Christastic 18:18, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Availability?

I used to buy this while in Wisconsin at Mars Cheese stores, and was hoping to find them anyplace other than EBay... If anyone has an idea, I'd love to know about it!

~ Miss Randomfacts

Company went dead broke, bankrupt, busted... finito (well the subsidiary of Clearly Canadian that made orbitz that is). There will be no more product manufactured, and no one except for collectors have the product anymore. eBay is your only solution... sorry to burst your bubble :)  ALKIVAR™ 21:38, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
I found some on EBay for you, RF, but it occured to me that it's been enough years since they were made that you might not want to drink them, y'know? ~Kylu (u|t) 23:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
...good point. ~ Miss Randomfacts (207.145.133.34 21:20, 7 May 2006 (UTC))

[edit] orbitz drink

i actually still have a bottle of the pineapple cherry banana coconut but it has been opened one time when i first bought it. i only took one drink so i dont really know how it would taste now.

Dani-69 19:55, 28 December 2006 (UTC)Dani-69Dani-69 19:55, 28 December 2006 (UTC) i have 2 Brand new bottles of Orbitz... raSpbeRry CitRus == and == bLuEBerRy mElon sTrawBery the were purchased in 1994 and they have necer been opened...Wanna Buy it??

[edit] introduced in 1996?

I remember where I was living when I drank my first couple of Orbitz-es and I'm thinking it was closer to the summer of 1994 when it was available in Vancouver Canada Could the 1996 date in the main article be wrong? Dzubint 01:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Well I am positive that I first had it in 1996. I vividly remember the exact circumstances. Maybe it was released earlier in Canada, though, seeing as it was a Canadian company. Maybe someone can verify this. --BennyD (talk) 03:10, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] THEY GOTTA COME BACK!!!!

Omg they have to start making these drinks again... I loved this drink so much.. I have all the flavors still .. i wanna drink them but i dont wanna ruin the collection —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.13.76 (talk) 21:09, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

It should be noted that this product was marketed heavily alongside the movie Independence Day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.200.18.37 (talk) 15:49, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Orbitzsoda.jpg

Image:Orbitzsoda.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 19:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)