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I recently visited Disney Sea and found it very strange that food carts (10+ popcorn flavors each in different carts) never sold drinks. They were 1 item only. Popcorn or ice cream or nuts but only that 1 item. Drinks were only available at the very few vending machines or at full restaurants. I think they are missing a big upsell opportunity.

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I was at Magic Mountain recently and got very annoyed that there was nowhere and nothing that sold just beverages.

Every option was a tens of minutes wait behind people ordering food.

I did eventually find a cart selling, also inexplicably, only pre-packaged frozen slush type treats. Serviceable enough for my thirst. Yet, still, for no discernible reason, the very short line took tens of minutes.

I had a pretty lousy time despite it being one of my favorite places on earth. It was hours of waiting and being thirsty for a grand total of four rides only to see all the queues shut down an hour before close.

They could do much better.

It's the unix philosophy applied to food service: do one thing, and one thing well. (Whether they have lived up to the second part of that is in the eye of the beholder).

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