1000mg of vitamin c as well as b,d,e, Fauna (Guest) "orbitz" drink. As usual, nobody wanted to ingest Ourbits and so it was discontinued. on 01/17/2008 4:55 pm. [Comics] Bring back bonkers candy! ss, yeah I think I've seen the pure cane sugar Coke at World Market too (which is owned by Costco). After all, the old Orbitz drink didn't have a panda on the bottle cap like the new Capsela brand does. Believe it or not, Clearly Canadian is re-launching original formulas in glass bottles via a fan-led campaign to bring back into production. my mom would get them for when she went to the store. HEY! My apartment rarely gets below 70 degrees - maybe that has something to do with it? When I returned to Taiwan, there were Orbitz-like drinks there, and I bought them. on 01/16/2008 1:53 pm. © 2019 TIME USA, LLC. orbitz pineapple banana cherry coconut sealed lava lamp drink 90s rare! LMAO! It's marketed as a vitamin supplement in Japan, the drink itself contains the vitamins B1, B6, and C, and the floating balls supposedly contain vitamins D and E. There is also a pink, peach flavored "womens" version containing collagen and ceramide and purported to help improve your skin. on 03/21/2008 12:17 am, [...] in L.A., it was to show you that the old Orbitz novelty beverages do still exist under the guise of Capsela. Needless to say - I'm willing to part with them - I have pics of if anyone is interested. on 01/17/2008 12:41 am. i was like 6 or 7 the ONE time I had orbitz. The ill-fated fruit drink featured brightly colored balls of gelatin floating unnervingly inside, leading some to compare the Canadian export to a portable lava lamp. on 12/30/2013 8:14 am, Clearly (Guest) Nice find RoG but damnit, now I'm craving for an Orbitz now! Orbitz was a non-carbonated drink that was released by the Clearly Canadian company back in 1996 and featured colorful edible balls which lay suspended in the liquid. And it just disappeared. on 01/15/2008 10:30 am. Orbitz Soda is Back! The balls settled to the bottom after a couple of years, and it hasn't done anything interesting since. i only took one drink so i dont really know how it would taste now.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.169.54.16 17:59, October 14, 2006 Like teeing off a golf ball in a ceramic bathroom.... Clearly - I still haven't seen Clearly Canadian on shelves anywhere. Next time I'm there I'm getting me a case of Orb..er..Capsela (we know who you really are, Orbitz, the disguise isn't fooling anyone). I have enough trouble finding R.C. on 01/16/2008 9:25 pm. I remember orbitz... it was earlier this decade in Los Angeles. It was sold in England, but spelled properly: "Ourbits". I live in Beijing right now, and here there are many Orbitz-like drinks around. The balls still float in the middle, they didn't sink to the bottom like that earlier comment about them in the science classroom. In the Philippines (a rich source of "weird" food for Caucasians), Orbitz is also a brand of a locally-produced shake with huge black balls of sago (a tropical tree producing starch). Dungeonbrownies Just make sure you go a decent place.. Orbitz as most said, was ok in taste but the floating jelly balls were kinda gross in the end. [img] = insert image, [url] = insert hyperlink. We should have known, the day before my friend and I were arguing over who would get the last bottle on the shelf. I love Mitsuwa. The ill-fated fruit drink featured brightly colored balls of gelatin floating unnervingly inside, leading some to compare the Canadian export to a portable lava lamp. on 01/16/2008 4:55 am. That was a sad day for my buddy, he never it was the bottle he would never have. Hey, we had one some of those at our anime convention in Houston like a month ago. Blood_panther (Guest) Ravenwolven - The Orbitz bottles frequently exploded in the plant? "Passover, the eight-day holiday that commemorates the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, begins at sundown April 2 with the first seder. on 01/16/2008 5:56 pm. Not so much. Christian Bodkin (Guest) So did any of you guys ever get to try Orbitz when it was still sold in stores? Want Your Ad Here? It was absolutely my favorite childhood beverage! More background, see Orbitz (soft drink). You're telling me you guys didn't get them very much down there? So yeah, it's nice to see one of my favorite novelty beverages back in action, even if it is under a different name (perhaps they changed it because "Orbitz" is now also the name of a well known travel agency). However, floaty balls are win. Website. So this post is about 100 million years old but I just wanted to confirm that yes, Kosher Coca-Cola is made with sugar and not corn syrup. on 01/15/2008 8:50 pm. Jolt was actually run out of our area because parents could not get their wired kids to calm down.. blondie (Guest) The original plan called for less caramel coloring, giving it the amber look of beer. i loved Orbits. Still have it, and the balls are still suspended. on 01/16/2008 10:58 am. but ive been trying to remeber the name of this brand of soda for the last few days and every time i mention it to my parents they look at me like im crazy cause they do not remember it! DorkMatter (Guest) A cough-syrupy taste and incoherent ad campaign about its origins on Planet Orbitz ("Prepare to embark on a tour into the bowels of the Orbiterium," its website invited) didn't help matters, and the drink was shelved within a year of its debut in 1997. I'm so excited! They were at the beverage rack in those 99¢ONLY stores, i bought all the ones they had including a "glow in the dark" drink called ALIEN ALE, anyone remember those? You could feel the heat in your throat. We would never drink this beverage again.". No portion of I-Mockery may be reprinted in any form without prior consent. V8 +Energy, Healthy Energy Drink, Natural Energy from Tea, Peach Mango, 8 Ounce Can (4 Packs of 6, Total of 24) 4.7 out of 5 stars 17,121 $14.96 $ 14 . on 01/16/2008 9:03 am, Oh, and the Japanese drink above is a vitamin-drink. Ahh at leat I still have Arizona Tea Great Buys, if they ever take those off the market I'll go insane, Sammy D (Guest) clearly.ca/locator/, I jusy wish they still made Crystal Pepsi, (yes I know I am one of 7 people in the entire US, who actually like the stuff, but I miss it), BawdyLittleMonkey (Guest) i've always tried figuring out what it was, but i could never remember. This many comments and no one mentions Pepsi Blue? on 01/16/2008 2:23 pm. If so, what'd you think of it? on 01/15/2008 6:28 pm. Orbitz - Cruise Booking Review from Vernon Hills, Illinois. To Japan! Fuck Mountain Dew, SSUUUURRGE!!!! Yes indeed, the drink has apparently been living incognito during recent years under the name "Capsela" by Suntory. But at that point, it was pretty much doomed. Spruce Moose A Tribute to Fallen Sodas | Gunaxin (Guest) I've often thought of putting a light underneath to see what would happen. on 06/19/2010 11:30 pm. Illegal Connections. On the plus side, New York Seltzer is back and tastes exactly like it did back in the day. It's a lava lamp drink. Donivan (Guest) Although vastly promoted, widely advertised, and sporting a cough medicine/confused fruit punch/cherry Sucrets-type of flavor, it was not meant for this world. mac (Guest) And even sometimes we would poor it in a wine glass to look like we were drinking wine. The lumpy-ness was repulsive. on 01/15/2008 1:27 pm, Desert_Screams Good times, good times... max (Guest) Still, I wish my kids had the opportunity to try it. The one drink I miss the most is Cactus Cooler, that stuff was the shit. I didn't like Orbitz but my sister was hooked on the stuff. on 01/17/2008 2:10 am. Offer is exclusive to Orbitz Rewards® Visa® Credit Card holders enrolled in the Orbitz Rewards program. MFB (Guest) I used to gross out the other kids at my school cause it not only looked nasty when you mixed it up but is made horrid slurping noises when you ate it. I actually miss this stuff. Ir's not my SPLASH. I bought a case a while back. Or Stroh's Beer? We really couldn't taste the cherry and banana flavors. 142 likes. Nigel, Carl and the rest of the team consistently offer friendly service and high quality food even during busy times. And one day it was gone. we had to stop at the gas station so she could get her diet coke and she got me this. on 01/21/2008 10:38 pm. Top Rated Seller Top Rated Seller. A bottle of Orbitz today will set you back around $20on eBay—around the same price as an actual lava lamp. Done. zenki36830 (Guest) J Mo (Guest) Wow I remember that stuff from when I was 5, I've been asking adults if they new about it but no seemed to remember. GUEST N CALI (Guest) Relevance __A_YAHOO_USER__ Lv 7. I miss dnL, remember? The apple was a great tart flavor. Orbitz Marketers called Orbitz a "texturally enhanced alternative beverage," but most consumers just called it gross. Close. Nigel (Guest) If anyone can find the recipe, please send it to me. i loved them! HEY!!!!! on 01/16/2008 11:53 am. If you get a bubble smoothies for 2$, you'll probably wish you hadn't! on 01/16/2008 7:07 pm, The museum of science and industry in Chicago has had a bottle of Orbitz (along with other defunct beverages) on display, when I was there this last summer the little gelatinous balls were some what decomposed and the clear drink was turning a nasty yellow color. theyre actually all over the place [in asian supermarkets] next to the pouch drinks and ramune. At the time of writing, there are eight listings of various flavors, some offering multiple unopened bottles of this hard to find soda. on 01/16/2008 8:12 pm. Biks (Guest) Caribbean Splash. Jeff (Guest) :D. I remember chugging down a minimum of one of these a day, I loved it so much. Kim (Guest) The balls did not get in the way of drinking and it seems to me to be a bit sedate compared to other drinks that were around. on 07/06/2012 10:04 pm, Omg I though this was gone I use to be so addicted to this drink, Shade Mandel (Guest) Is it just me, or does that Capsela stuff remind anyone else of amphibian eggs? I used to drink the orbitz drink all the time when I was little. im sure they were called something else in the uk, an they were in clear 'cans', but there the same thing non the less! That would have been '95 or '96 and I still have them. on 01/15/2008 3:38 pm, back in the good old days me and my family drank about 3 bottles each everyday course thems where the days when you could still find cheap gas ahh the good old days. on 01/19/2008 4:13 pm. I've never heard of the Orbitz beverage before (heck, when I read the title of this entry, I thought you meant the travel company has gone into the food and drink company). on 01/16/2008 9:29 am. Copyright © 1997-2021 I-Mockery Productions : All Rights Reserved : (E-mail) Here's a look at some of the more ill-conceived refreshments in beverage history. ", I-Mockery Blabber (Guest) ". Find great deals on eBay for orbitz soda. I had all four - but was retarded and sold one on eBay a while back - not remembering that I had the remaining three, which I found last fall when I was cleaning out things around my place. on 01/16/2008 11:20 pm. thecatillaccat orbitz pineapple banana cherry coconut sealed lava lamp drink 90s rare! on 01/16/2008 8:25 am. Raspberry Pepsi (I think there where a couple of other flavors in that failed era) . The good news is, for those of you who want to be able to purchase Orbitz for both visual amusement and consumption, the drink is back... in a sense. Were they over-carbonated or something? [Features] on 02/09/2009 4:01 pm, [...] Although Orbitz may be dead, it lives on in a bastardized form. Cool idea although I never really thought it tasted that great. Skip to main content. Hell, I had almost forgotten entirely about it myself until you posted this. on 01/16/2008 3:49 pm. LordVger (Guest) Many Jews observe an additional Passover prohibition that includes rice, lentils, beans - and corn. on 01/16/2008 7:17 am, The only place I ever saw Orbitz for sale was at a nearby mall. Statement credit will be awarded within two billing cycles. Oh wow, I was just reminiscing about that drink, and, lo and behold, I see it here. Why was that? Well keep in mind that there's lots of things my great country is fighting to keep from you. Made by clear Canadian (Guest) Cafes tend to be over priced with sub standard food. on 01/15/2008 11:28 am. Between the Jolt and the Buzz Gum (more caffeine) people thought I was on cocaine. Even if you didn't like it you have to admit, it had balls! It must be protected, so that like it's corporate mascot, it doesn't go extinct. Looks AWESOME though.... Hope I get to try it in it's 'capsela' form. Those outlets have become pretty common and lots of people have had them. The "hot cherry" was actually warming as you drank it. I loved Clearly Canadian, that stuff is hard to find. +$13.95 shipping. I'm happy for you, though. on 01/16/2008 7:29 am. well, i actually really miss sprite ice. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Its crazy now that I think about it , it probably was 1996 too. of the week? Now before I get ahead of myself, let me explain a little bit about this amazing fruity beverage from yesteryear. That's a shame because it was the BEST TASTING COLA I have ever had. The flavor was ginger, though without the tartness one generally finds in commercial ginger ales. Answer Save. on 01/16/2008 4:57 am. Original Coke and I never had an Orbitz, I was kinda scared of it. ITS YOUR TOMORROW! The bottle, too, was a brown micro-brew style bottle with an old-timey red, white and blue label which had DRAFT in great big letters and 'cola' in small letters underneath. Mark Greene (Guest) on 04/19/2013 1:22 pm. rainbow (Guest) I forgot, on the topic of defunct foods anyone remember a product called Duo's. Brand New. My boyfriend at the time worked for 7up distribution and we got a discount on cases. [Games] They didn't have any of that stuff at the Mitsuwa Marketplace here in town and I'd love to see that stuff. Adriana (Guest) Thanks! I REALLY miss Surge though. Marketers called Orbitz a "texturally enhanced alternative beverage," but most consumers just called it gross. but i finally found it! Top Rated Seller. Does anyone know the recipe or where I can find it? Well now that there is this new product, I will let him that it is back. wendy (Guest) All rights reserved. [Home]. ... orbitz Vanilla Orange Beverage Lava Lamp Inspired 1990's Drink Bottle Unopened. I'm not a fan of food or drink items that remind me of those hard little balls of snot that rest at the back of the throat that you occasionally cough out. Although, the bite size pieces were small enough that you just sipped them up with the drink. It has left a hole in my heart that can never be filled. Also, there are a number of other drinks in Japan that come with floaties, it's a pretty common thing. Not even close to being the same as ORBITZ, but soothes my craving. We discovered they were slightly better cold, so we kept them in the fridge and any new guest who came over we made them try one. Posted by Linz Rewind Chances are you have a memory of Orbitz, whether it was gleefully chugging chunky sugar water or side-eyeing someone as they chugged chunky sugar water while you, smartly, abstained because wtf are those balls and why are they floating? on 04/26/2009 8:45 am. I bought one four pack, tried it, and immediately went and bought out every bottle they had. Cases showed up at my local Target. Casey (Guest) Well, much like boba on crack, ive seen these before at the market. The vanilla and orange flavor was gross but the others were pretty good. Disclaimer: While we work to ensure that product information is correct, on occasion manufacturers may alter their ingredient lists.Actual product packaging and materials may contain more and/or different information than that shown on our Web site. I must have thought it was good, because I remember buying it multiple times. Guaranteed by Fri, Aug. 7. Me and my friends would always spend our money on these. I have one of each flavor unopened of the original release of the stuff. They sat there for 10 years or so, and sure enough, the balls sank to the bottom. Other beverages I miss: Pepsi Blue, Pepsi Clear (or Crystal Pepsi), berry clear sprite, REGULAR mr. pibb (Pibb XTra just doesn't taste the same)... and the CRAZY FLAVORED MELLO YELLO! I lived with five people at the time and we all thought they were ok, but mostly weird. on 05/12/2016 1:27 pm. i actually still have a bottle of the pineapple cherry banana coconut but it has been opened one time when i first bought it. +C $41.43 shipping. i havnt seen these things in years! Orbitz in Rosedale is the only cafe that I ever buy from. Massive variety of flavours and you can get chewy tapioca balls and little jello cubes in all of them. I tried one when i was a kid. on 01/15/2008 3:22 am. I would spend weekends travelling to the country, buying out the little country stores stock of "real Coke" after the New Coke was introduced. I remember the drink tasted ok but the balls were'nt my cup of tea. We bought it just about everyday from the local corner liguor store. And also , RIGHT NOW! Being the soft drink geek that I am, I tried every flavor. While the Orbitz drink itself wasn't as bad as some people made it out to be, it didn't last long in the marketplace and was sadly discontinued. :(, stevetothepast (Guest) OR TWENTY. 1 decade ago. [Blog] on 01/15/2008 3:10 pm. Orbitz reviews (www.orbitz.com): 5 hours on the phone with customer service and credit card ripped off. My chiefest joy in life was to go to Aunt Cher's, as she always got some just for me. chenry (Guest) When back visiting the US for a week, my friend and I took a roadtrip in early 1997 and he bought an Orbitz. prophecy21 (Guest) I have an idea that requires the use of biodegradable, non poisonous, neutral buoyancy balls that will never stick to the walls of a vessel. Sakuma (Guest) Orbitz was unleashed on the market by the Clearly Canadian Beverage Company in 1997, each bottle packed with tiny, brightly colored gelatinous balls, giving the drink a lava lamp-like appearance. It was good but i had no other money at the time or a car to get to stores off of campus. Japan has always been more tolerant to novelty products, especially since Japanese companies can get away with smaller profit margins and more cliqueish customer bases, so I'm glad to see them picking up things that Americans decided were "too weird. on 01/16/2008 9:00 am, If you have a Chinese supermarket in your neighbourhood, look there. our mitsuwa here in san diego is nowhere near as big as the other ones (i am dying to go on a mitsuwa road trip), i'm going there once i've got a couple more bucks in my bank account ... i'm going to beg them to carry capsela if i don't find it.