Just a guess, but they may do that so people don't go there and just order a Coke to see the "show."Is there an issue with the soda. I was there in 1/16 and we went to the Grog grotto. There was a family with kids who wanted Cokes. They were told that coke was not served there and pointed to the non-alchoholic beverages.
Maybe the soda machine was not working or we misheard.
Just a guess, but they may do that so people don't go there and just order a Coke to see the "show."
That I'm not sure. But in Trader Sam's, they pour your drink in a souvenir glass and then give you a slip to pick up a boxed/wrapped glass on your way out to keep. The glass your drink is poured in is for bar use only. So if you are able to take drinks out of Trader Sam's, I suspect you'd have to ask them for your drink in a regular glass and pay for the souvenir glass separately.
Same for my experience August 2015 - the glasses are prepackaged and ready to go whereas the pearls are all "souvenirs" and had to wash them out back in the hotel. Could ask the grotto staff to quickly rinse them, if that was an issue.Didn't work that way for our pearls in February. We were there for quite awhile, drinking our drinks, paying the check, chatting. The server had ample opportunity to do it like that, but she didn't. Indicated we were to just take the pearls, so we did.
Might be the plastic vs glass issue people have mentioned with the pearls.
Didn't work that way for our pearls in February. We were there for quite awhile, drinking our drinks, paying the check, chatting. The server had ample opportunity to do it like that, but she didn't. Indicated we were to just take the pearls, so we did.
Might be the plastic vs glass issue people have mentioned with the pearls.
Just a guess, but they may do that so people don't go there and just order a Coke to see the "show."
Didn't work that way for our pearls in February. We were there for quite awhile, drinking our drinks, paying the check, chatting. The server had ample opportunity to do it like that, but she didn't. Indicated we were to just take the pearls, so we did.
Might be the plastic vs glass issue people have mentioned with the pearls.
Same for my experience August 2015 - the glasses are prepackaged and ready to go whereas the pearls are all "souvenirs" and had to wash them out back in the hotel. Could ask the grotto staff to quickly rinse them, if that was an issue.
Interesting. The two we got were glasses, not the pearls. Maybe because the plastic can't be re-used or something? Who knows!
do they have the souvenir glasses there too or just in trader sam's?
That I'm not sure. But in Trader Sam's, they pour your drink in a souvenir glass and then give you a slip to pick up a boxed/wrapped glass on your way out to keep. The glass your drink is poured in is for bar use only. So if you are able to take drinks out of Trader Sam's, I suspect you'd have to ask them for your drink in a regular glass and pay for the souvenir glass separately.
They wouldn't see a "show" for ordering a coke. Each alcoholic drink has a "show" to go with it. When you order a pearl - the giant pearl opens up behind the bar, order a nautilus they shout "dive, dive" etc. haven't seen any show to go along with coke. Besides..who the heck brings kids to a bar????
I've never even heard of this place but I certainly wont be visiting with prices like that. What is the justifiable means for paying $80 for 4 drinks? Is there a character meet and greet? Some other kind of experience?