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[–]Krzys_CCE 4 points5 points ago

I bought it once....ONCE

never again

[–]maevelilith 8 points9 points ago

I remember my high school chemistry teacher offered extra credit for writing a paper about why the balls in the drink "float" instead of sinking or collecting at the top. I called the number on the bottle to find the answer he he

[–]FridayNightSargin 1 point2 points ago

We had the same thing except once he learned the company was going out of business he bought cases of it, and so we ended up using it like 5 years after the fact.

[–]gin_and_catatonic 2 points3 points ago

At least the company went on to have a very successful vacation-booking website

[–]TheKingBeyondTheWall 3 points4 points ago

Am I the only one who thinks those would be great?

[–]essidus[S] 2 points3 points ago

I guess it all comes down to taste. For me, I couldn't stand drinking something with chunks of nameless, oddly colored junk floating in it. Also, it was pushed hard on the tv series Clueless. Remembering these makes me remember that, and the pain is unbearable.

[–]kocyandia 0 points1 point ago

you beat me to it essidus

[–]superscro44 -1 points0 points ago

my bio teacher in high school had a glass of this shit in his room, he used it to teach about collodial mixtures, cool guy and all but he believed in creationism and didn't really teach me shit through a whole year of AP bio, upvote for nostalgia!

[–]lostereadamy 2 points3 points ago

Fuck that noise, loved that shit when I was a kid.

[–]mlc2475 3 points4 points ago

This was a shitty drink but it made a great lamp! I put it on top of a puck like from IKEA and SHAZAAM!

[–]asternemeraldink 1 point2 points ago

I keep having to stop myself from compulsively buying a bunch of these on ebay.

[–]mobiuscydonia 1 point2 points ago

this is exactly the post I wanted to use to counter the one you're referencing. This shit TRIPPED ME OUT as a kid.

[–]CowboyLaw 1 point2 points ago

I still have two unopened bottles. Neat art, not a great drink. Mix of liquid and chewy globs.

Nice trivia: they jumped on the whole "Internet" thing quickly and registered their web page: Orbitz.com. Don't believe me? It's on the bottle. Thus, it lives on in a way.

[–]Amystery 0 points1 point ago

My father worked on these! He sold the machine which applied labels to those bottles, it was a long time ago!! but IIRC they were heat shrink labels. He brought home a case of this stuff before it was fully in the market. We all drank some and remember thinking; Why would anyone want balls in there mouth while drinking a soft-drink? I wonder if that had anything to do with the product failure.

[–]lowerletters 3 points4 points ago

Some people just want balls in their mouth no matter what the situation is.

[–]spermracewinner 0 points1 point ago

I remember buying it. It was a fun drink and we thought it was interesting. But once we tried one or two bottles we stopped buying, because it only looked cool. It was basically bits of Jello and flat unflavored soda.

[–]Xeracy 0 points1 point ago

nope

[–]spermracewinner 0 points1 point ago

You can make that yourself. Not exactly the same, but just get some 7-Up, defizz it, and then add in bits of Jello - not the type you refrigerate though. The one that comes in the plastic cups.

[–]fadedspark 0 points1 point ago

I fucking loved orbitz :(

My mom used to bring them back when she went down to the states with my aunt all the time.

[–]runfromtheraptor 1 point2 points ago

bahah i turned one of those into a lava lamp