Ummmm...this is too too much info for me....No. It's not the same. Not at all.
The Freestyle machines use a micro-despensing technology. Instead of the carbonated (or non carbonated) water being mixed with the syrup, the ingredients are mixed at the point where the drink is dispensed.
So, there are cartridges that are basically the based soda flavour syrup. And flavour cartridges.
Each ingredient has it's own line to the combination point (right above where you put your cup).
Here's a picture.
Yes it does. It also tracks syrup levels, etc...and communicates that back to Coke as well.
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Burger King is in the process of rolling them out systemwide. They are running about 500 units a year with upgrades.I'm not sure what FF places have them. Here you find them at the chains Fuddruckers and Pei Wei's. I actually don't dine at alot of FF or chain places...but occasionally I've taken a customer to Fuddruckers and that is the first place I remember seeing them and I was totally enamored. Yah I think the taste is a little off of a canned vanilla coke or one from sonic but I still LOVE the options of mixing up these flavored drinks
I would love to have these machines at WDW, however I do agree they would probably cause way more delays and confusion and mess at the QS restaurants and probably not a good idea. In fact maybe as bad of an idea as Rapid Refill.
McD's, at the moment, is not interested in them at this point. They have (believe it or not) their own custom beverage rigs for drive through service.I can't imagine them at our McD's.....now I do hit the one near my house when the kiddos are with me over the summer because I can take the laptop, plug in, they can play and I can work in air conditioning...the fountain area at the one I go to is just about as busy as Roaring Forks during lunch
I'm from Canada. Whenever we do a cross-border shopping trip, we come home with 6-8 cases of pop flavours not available up here.
McD's, at the moment, is not interested in them at this point. They have (believe it or not) their own custom beverage rigs for drive through service.
Also, one of the chief complaints operators of the machines have had is how beverage dispensing has been lengthened.
They wouldn't work well in a very busy environment, unless there are a lot of stations.
Note...they don't have one at World of Coke's testing room. At least they didn't when I went there about a year ago...but, they did have one at the burger king down the street...
And don't forget issues with the germ-infested touchscreen.
They do exist. Whether a manager has them turned on or not is another question. I stayed at OKW at the beginning of January and they were installed and working as intended.
Note...they don't have one at World of Coke's testing room. At least they didn't when I went there about a year ago...but, they did have one at the burger king down the street...
Man, that argument is getting old. How about your germ invested clothing, or the germ infested chair you just pulled out to sit on, or the germ infested railing you just held onto to get up those stairs, or the germ infested finger that you just scratched your nose with, or the germ infested door handle on your car or the germ infested pen you just used to sign your credit card slip, or the germ infested pull down bar on the ride you just took.And don't forget issues with the germ-infested touchscreen.
And yet, people survive and no one even knows about it, except the lucky person that eventually gets to clean the machine.
That's my point ppl don't die from that so don't worry about the touch screen being dirty
