Why Disney World's Blue Milk Failed

The story behind the failure of Walt Disney World's Blue Milk, a beverage that was supposed to be a stellar addition to the Star Wars Galaxy's Edge experience. Join us as we explore the nuances of the amusement park industry, specifically in the competitive realm of theme parks like Disney World and Universal Studios Orlando. Despite Disney's reputation for creating magical experiences, the introduction of Blue Milk faced unexpected challenges. We analyze the critical factors that contributed to its downfall, comparing and contrasting the strategies employed by Disney World and Universal Studios Orlando. From the allure of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge to the competition with Universal's iconic Butterbeer at both Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood, we dissect the dynamics of the ongoing battle between these theme park giants.
This video takes you beyond the surface of amusement park rivalry, exploring the intricate details that make or break a theme park's offerings. Discover the lessons learned from Disney's attempt at Blue Milk and how it fits into the larger narrative of Disney vs Universal in the ever-evolving theme park landscape. From Walt Disney World to Epic Universe, we unravel the complexities of this captivating industry, shedding light on the highs and lows of innovation and competition in the world of theme parks.
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[@spaceshiplewis]

They could literally just sell a blue and a green boba tea slush. That would make the drink delicious, refreshing, and be a silly nod to Boba Fett.

[@MortexBerri]

I feel a blue milkshake would work

[@DrunkOnChai_]

Hire this man

[@AlgaeEater09]

It's WILD how disney can't even be that creative anymore.. and here we have an average person online who just Completely OBLITERATED disneys entire creative staff in one post. I'd totally buy a bobafett inspired blue milk bubble tea.

[@everythingpony]

Milk is refreshing

[@Bacony_Cakes]

@@AlgaeEater09surely a blue one would be jango fett themed?

[@Amphibicup-draws]

Universal is sitting on another gold mine. SpongeBob is right there: build a Krusty Krab and sell Krabby Patties and Kelp Shakes. It’s literally printing money

[@emorynox5395]

Spongebob is owned by Nickelodeon. Nick is owned by Paramount. Paramount has it's own indoor park, Nickelodeon Universe. While I would LOVE for Nickelodeon to 'come home' as it were and return to it's old HQ right at Universal Studios Orlando....they are being super stubborn and Universal has been having too much fun with Nintendo, Illumination, and Dreamworks; all of whom are more than happy to play ball with Universal for making epic attracts and fun new things. But you're right, being able to visit the Krusty Krab would be really awesome.

[@elizabethgates7024]

I think the original commenter might be talking about the Kids Frisco park, where Universal is including a Spongebob land. @@emorynox5395

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Seaweed shakes don't sound like such a good idea.

[@prologue_00]

The concept art for the Universal Kids theme park being built in Frisco, Texas shows just that: an entire land themed to Spongebob, complete with a Krusty Krab.

[@zombae_art]

​@bezoticallyyours83 what if it's made of mint or matcha to give it the "seaweed" look

[@LuvzToLol21]

It would have been so easy to fix too. Just copy the homework of every boba shop across the country and make it milk tea. The blue milk could be a chamomile/butterfly pea flower tea with a hint of blueberry, and the green milk could be matcha. Then serve it either iced or as a slushy. Park guests have already suspended their disbelief to feel like they're drinking alien milk, it's not that much of a stretch to think people in a galaxy far far away invented milkshakes.

[@elcu-chao95]

Thanks for the idea!!! Now I'm stealing twice ;)

[@greenghoul157]

Butterbeer is actually a British 17th century drink that makes you think of wizards while being a real recipe, in the case of Star Wars blue milk you could easily make blueberry milkshake yourself at home

[@joshuaanderson1712]

Yup, just take something somewhat obscure from the past, people would probably like to eat it again if you put just a little thought into the marketing.

[@randyrhoades8751]

@@joshuaanderson1712Case and Point: Elder Scrolls made people interested in cinnamon rolls again with their sweet rolls despite for a while it seemed like there would be a whole generation rejecting them as a desert option.

[@spearmint25]

@@randyrhoades8751LOL elder scrolls did not bring back cinnamon rolls 😂

[@Mpiewizard]

It doesn’t help that Disney kinda misinterpreted a mild fandom joke for curiosity as you called it. The actors were quite literally drinking milk with blue food coloring while filming that dinner scene, so it just became known as “blue milk” over the years. Nobody wanted to actually try the drink. It was just a behind the scenes fun fact that became a little joke that was later integrated into the canon. I believe in-universe it’s known as Bantha Milk, so Disney didn’t even get that right.

[@MyNameIsRow01]

I don’t know anyone who’s a fan of Star Wars who didn’t want to try Blue Milk

[@starsilverinfinity]

@@MyNameIsRow01 Same, but at the same time in universe its basically goat milk that peeople drink when water is being abit scarce. Honestly they chose the wrong drink cause "famous". There's so many weird and wacky drinks from the EU they couldve picked

[@MyNameIsRow01]

@@starsilverinfinity I mean, they do have a bunch of other drinks that people can order at the bars around Galaxy’s Edge, but I still feel like Blue Milk was the right choice for a simple cart drink, because people who don’t obsess over the Star Wars movies and EU books and comics, aren’t going to know what any of the drinks from those are, but they do know what Blue Milk is, and will want to get that instead, because they recognize it, even if vaguely, they don’t even care if it’s the best thing they’ve ever tasted, they just want to try the thing that they’ve seen in the movies

[@starsilverinfinity]

@@MyNameIsRow01 Fair enough

[@otaking3582]

I honestly wanted to try it prior to Galaxy's Edge, but then again I'm the type of person that would try the Desmond Pfeiffer Civil War Burger from Clerks TAS, so I'm probably an outlier.

[@paulzan2246]

As someone who’s gone to Galaxy’s edge in cosplay, ordering the Blue Milk would be so much better if it was an actual milkshake with some blue food colouring

[@nightsong81]

They could have made blueberry and pistachio flavored milkshakes! Real missed opportunity.

[@ffwast]

@@nightsong81 It could have been blue moon!

[@Toralian89]

Yeah it won't be unique, outside of coloring, but everyone like milkshakes and will order them.

[@c.a.k.comedy692]

@@Toralian89it’s not very unique lol the Disney blue milk literally tastes like milk with some icee chunks in it lmao

[@csharp3884]

I thought the blue milk is really good! Green milk is ass tho

[@EyreAffair]

You forgot to add that Butterbeer also even has knockoff versions of it being sold outside of the Universal theme parks in bottled form: "Flying Cauldron Butterscotch Beer (Soda)". It's sold everywhere from Cracker Barrel to Wal-mart to Publix. Blue and green milk? No knockoffs.

[@passchen-fail3704]

I got that at a comic book shop I go to for Warhammer and had thought it was the real deal until I read your comment lol. Good post.

[@calamitysangfroid2407]

Honeydew melon soy milk has been popular in Asia for ages. Although it's not a knockoff so much as an original thing that was made with 0 knowledge of star wars.

[@briannamcfarland5974]

Kind of, but the flying cauldron soda came out before the theme park. It's definitely a ripoff of butterbeer from the HP books, but not Universal Studio's butterbeer.

[@cashnelson2306]

That shit is way way older than the universal park lol

[@fatcat1]

​@@briannamcfarland5974Flying Cauldron soda was actually called butter beer before Universal trademarked it.

[@VestedUTuber]

So, the thing is... Butterbeer is a recurring iconic beverage in its franchise. Blue Milk is a meme that Disney mistakenly took seriously and only actually appeared once in its entire franchise. Even if Galaxy's Edge had taken off like Wizarding World did, I don't think that would have helped Blue Milk's sales.

[@rickpontificates3406]

I've tried both Butterbeer and blue milk. Butterbeer is WAY BETTER. The "frosty" version of Butterbeer tastes like a vanilla shake with a hint of butterscotch. Blue milk tastes like a blended slushy with a kind of "sickeningly sweet powdery" taste

[@russellclaycomb146]

I thought the Blue Milk tasted like a clean bathroom smells.

[@rickpontificates3406]

@@russellclaycomb146 Whatever it was, it was only moderately tolerable

[@jesusxfreak2]

@@russellclaycomb146 yah. at first it was ok but that taste got worse the more you drank it.

[@richardperhai8292]

Hot butter beer tastes like a wassail with topping. Its so good :)

[@jdmichal]

My son got the blue milk at Oga's since he doesn't like sodas. He didn't like it either so I ended up drinking it. I thought it was interesting, but not bad. But I also actually like Pepto Bismol, taro milk tea, and other chalky drinks. So I guess I'm the target audience lol

[@sailormars336]

The poor janitorial staff in Star Wars land must spend all day changing out trash bags full of milk lol

[@brobot411]

Oh god I didn’t even think of that 🤢. Warm milk too.

[@MorfsPrower]

The Magical Kingdom of curdles and that strange pungent odor that's not exactly coming from the bathroom nearby 💀

[@davemccage7918]

And the toilets from people like me that get instantaneous explosive diarrhea from drinking milk.

[@scawfan75]

Especially in the FL heat...

[@baseddoggie]

@@davemccage7918 It's rice milk, so I doubt it has the explosive qualities of dairy.

[@Ice_Karma]

As far as I'm aware, caffeine is only a mild diuretic, so sodas with "typical" amounts of caffeine (so no Jolt, energy drinks, etc.) are still net-hydrating, but obviously not as effective as uncaffeinated beverages. (On the other hand, alcohol is a fairly strong diuretic, and much of a hangover is dehydration.)

[@trustytrest]

Yeah, sodas are still hydrating in the end. It's just less hydration due to the caffeine. Then you still get games like New Vegas where the sodas dehydrate you anyways.

[@gabbonoo]

same with beer. it dehydrates parts of your body but if you're stuck in a desert with 10% Alc beer, you wont die.

[@starbird3939]

Especially with alcoholC it is important to drink water before sleeping. Also heard coconut water is amazing to have after alcohol.

[@gabbonoo]

@@starbird3939 coconut water and unsweetened ice tea fill the post-boozing wants because they dont have what one often overloads on while social drinking(sugar, calories, n strong flavors) and it's more entertaining than cold water so it feels like you're doubling down on refreshing stuff.

[@Bobo-ox7fj]

The entire notion that any soft drink dehydrates you is completely and immediately disproven by looking at the hundreds of freaks that drink nothing but soft drinks and don't die after a couple of days.

[@stormwulf117]

Mark Hamill said that the Blue Milk used in Star Wars was a shelf-stabilized "camping milk" that tasted oily. The Green Milk was just colored oat milk that he liked better.

[@octogonSmuggler]

They should have just recreated the bar from A New Hope along with an animatronic band. They'd be hitting on that 80s nostalgia with animatronics in a restaurant.

[@marzipancutter8144]

That would be such an easy banger. Of course it's different to sit down at a restaurant rather than grabbing a quick drink, but it would still probably be extremely popular. If they wanted a product that everyone could just grab in passing I'd still say star wars lends itself far more to any kind of snack rather than a drink, too.

[@MorfsPrower]

I would absolutely pay for one day in the Cantina, just to see a shoddy holographic recreation of the band playing the only song they know how to play. Lemme get 1 Jabba Feast with extra Katarn Crinkle Fries and some Andorian Ale to wash- wait Andoria is Trek, DAMMIT.

[@AlienCowThatMoos]

Sadly Kathleen Kennedy somehow sold the company on the idea that Star Wars land should EXCLUDE anything from the franchise before her time in it. Cause Disney isn't in the business of nostalgia right? Thank god the Millennium Falcon and Chewbacca where in the new trilogy or Galaxy's Edge would truly have nothing.

[@the3dluxe53]

Ok, include an occasional blaster fire sound in the background and I’m sold.

[@sarafontanini7051]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY DON"T HAVE THE CANTINA!? WHO THE FUCK MAKES A STAR WARS THEME PARK AND NOT MAKE THE GODDAMN FAMOUS CANTINA!?

[@lyrajaded]

They should have partnered with calpico. It’s milky, sweet, refreshing, and super popular. Plus most Americans are not familiar with it, so it would be a unique experience to many people

[@eccentricthinker142]

Regular white and orange mango would have worked wonders. Don't touch the green melon though, it has that... artificial chemical taste in common with the blue milk

[@Niya.B649]

Honestly yes! I had the stawberry one and it soo good and refreshing!

[@drawmeariver]

Yeah, or something like a boba shop! Boba is really fun, colorful, evens contains the milk Disney so wants. Boba teas places are really popular now too, I see them everywhere

[@creaturefeaturecosplay]

Calpico is so good! I love the peach flavor

[@LoveMyUnusual]

That's a good point! Every blue moon, I'll pick up a Calpico at my local Daiso. It looks milky, but it's light, refreshing, and sweet. The peach one is really good.

[@Zorothegallade-gg7zg]

TBH most Disney fiascos nowadays seem to be a consequence of Disney trying to push how much of a markup they can add to ideas with nearly zero effort put into both conception and execution.

[@C_Corpze]

"I know some psychopaths who drink milk with every meal." Me, a Dutch person:

[@techpriest4787]

Oh? And I eat it and many forms. And when I do I laugh maniacally.

[@IG88IGLOO.]

The location to get Butterbeer helps it out greatly. You have to walk right by it when you enter to just get to the rides. Then you will see people holding the drinks everywhere. But at Disney, you have all of the people who bought blue milk downing it around the bathroom waiting for their families.

[@tombucannon]

did this 3 days ago LOL

[@plaguefellow4956]

I've heard the butter beer is terrible in universal, I've had it bottled and bought from a store and it was good. If I had to guess why it could taste bad at universal would be how often the taps are cleaned or the heat

[@CALIFORNIAsGAMER]

​@plaguefellow4956 I had butter beer and blue milk I give butter beer a 7 outta 10 and a blue milk 8 outta 10 the reason why butter beer succeeds its so close to the entrance and ppl who like harry potter love Harry potter the Harry Potter series is better than star wars but star wars is cool too

[@Enchanting_Travel_by_DiannaLLC]

butter beer at universal is awesome I prefer the hot myself @@plaguefellow4956

[@LimeChana]

When I went to Universal I thought it was pretty good. It was at night so the cold might have helped the taste but I'm pretty sure you can order it hot sometimes so the temperature probably doesn't matter that much@@plaguefellow4956

[@mattmiller9809]

Star Wars Land could've worked, but designing it off the Sequel trilogy with an unknown world was a recipe for disaster.

[@Smiggly2574]

Plenty of time to fix that

[@StarWarsThrowbacks]

It should’ve stayed as Tatooine & Endor

[@Smiggly2574]

As I said in other comments@@StarWarsThrowbacks . Disney has the attitude of FU we are Disney we will do what we want and you will still come. Mickey Mouse and the other Disney characters do not have the same market penetration they used to have. Magic Kingdom gets around 17 million visitors a year which is the highest in Orlando. Even getting that down to 12 million to 13 million will be huge. Comcast will not be able to match them on cruises or in Hollywood as well.

[@jomahawk7488]

That is SOLEY the fault of C*NTleen C*NTedy. She is responsible for making Galaxy’s Edge be about her vanity fanfiction, and not the established lore of tattooine or courosaunt

[@kena9763]

Disney intentionally raised prices and genie plus to reduce crowds.

[@ash_11117]

I have a story about the green milk. It was April 2022, and on the last day of my vacation, me and my family finally went to Hollywood Studios. Of course, the first place we went was the Star Wars area. We went on most of the main rides, very fun. Around noon, it was getting hot so we went to try out the blue milk. Very strange flavor and consistency, but it was cold and refreshing. A few rides later, we went back and I got the green milk. Once again, it was a strange, indescribable (not in a good way) flavor and texture. I didn’t like it as much as the blue milk but I kept drinking it. As the day passed it melted, and I got really tired of it. I felt nauseous just thinking about it. After I built my droid at the Droid depot, I started feeling really terrible, sick all of a sudden. We all wanted to go in more rides but I felt sick to my stomach, like I could vomit at any moment. My family and I made the long trek back to our hotel, first going on the lift back to Epcot, then on a bus to somewhere else, then on a monorail. It’s really all a blur. Eventually we got back. The last thing I remember is my family trying to decide what we would order for dinner. I can’t remember anything else from the day but my mother recalls me sleeping with my eyes open. I woke up early in the morning next day, fell back asleep, and woke back up three different times until I felt totally fine. Moral of the story: don’t drink the green milk.

[@Xenomorthian]

"don't drink the water, they put something in it, to make you forget. I don't even remember how I got here."

[@fatcat1]

It's the potion that Charlie drank in Smiling Friends

[@thesithofearth3617]

Ive had the green milk a couple of times, it's ok i guess. Maybe yours somehow went bad

[@avivaelena9143]

Maybe controversial but I think if there was a more anatomically daring dispenser for the beverage, people would go buy more.

[@rolandswift4311]

Or make good parents avoid the park all together to protect their children from the uncomfortable and/inappropriate imagery.

[@KomaValorina]

​@@rolandswift4311 No

[@legometaworld2728]

@@rolandswift4311Pretty sure that was a joke

[@knemetz80]

I think you're missing some important history. Butterbeer recipes were available online before anyone knew Harry Potter Universal would be built. Butterbeer fudge recipes were available before we knew about the theme park. Recipies for butterbeer cake, cookies were all online. Harry Potter included food and treats as a part of its world from the beginning, so it was easy for people to be curious well before we had a chance to go to a place we could buy a Butterbeer. Similarly, Universal had a starting point to go with for the recipe. A favorite was already identified. They didn't invent the drink as people liked it, they marketed it. Stars Wars has never really included the food in their world, its always been small asides. Harry Potter seeing the snack cart for the 1st time was part of entering the magical world. Of course , we wanted to know and try anything we could. There is no starting point for that curiosity in Star Wars.

[@greggv8]

Right! That's the next thing to be CGI edited into Episode IV. The Millennium Falcon needs a flight attendant droid pushing a drinks and snacks cart so CGI added Han, Obi-Wan, Luke, and Solo can each grab something easily identifiable and make delighted faces when they eat and drink it. Then when Leia gets on, add a scene of her grabbing a cold one off the cart after they leave the Death Star.

[@WereScrib]

Star Wars always treated its food exactly like in WW2 propaganda films it has as so much of its lineage. Something no one wants to linger on too long as the film isn't one about food products. I think what made it frustrating for me is realizing emotionally, I want to eat Star Wars food, because it's always looked, sounded, seemed and been in the original trilogy and the old EU, like food. Nothing amazing. But food. Blue Milk? Probably MILK. Probably different from our milk, but I'm sure its fatty and rich and refreshing. The random meals eaten here and there? Look, vegetables, cereals, bread. The issue I think is Star Wars never has people obsess over food. Food is something you eat. It's mildly interesting at most. Luke doesn't enjoy his meal in Empire Strike's back, whatever he's eating in A New Hope is just 'food', clearly. The only person who seems to enjoy his food immensely is Jabba and I don't think Disney wants to serve live frog things. I don't want to eat the rations in Empire Strike's back cos i assume they'll be good. They clearly aren't. I wanna make like, a Star Wars ized D-ration.

[@marzipancutter8144]

​@@WereScrib Good Point. There was that Cantina Cookbook, so there must have been at least some interest in Star wars themed food. Sadly not much of that interest around it is inherent to the main series itself, and even if there might have been some more stuff in Legends that would have only mattered to deeplore fans and not the general public, and it's gone now anyway.

[@sarafontanini7051]

Plus the harry potter foods tend to be SLIGHTLY weird to be intrsting but would still work in real life. Hell, people been eatign chocolate frogs for decades in australia, making the harry potter version is just good ideas

[@penguinsrbirds2]

@@marzipancutter8144 To be fair, they make a cookbook for literally every movie, TV show, video game, RPG game...literally any piece of media with an identifiable brand, lol. They have a Seinfeld cookbook, and one of the "recipes" is literally a bowl of cereal. The recipe is literally, "Buy Kix cereal. Pour in a bowl. Pour in milk." So, there doesn't even have to be interest in the food of a franchise in order for a cookbook to be shit out.

[@matth3w2002]

Rise of The Resistance is seriously carrying that whole land on its back.

[@k9feces]

I went there before it opened, we just stood there looking at the millennium falcon😂

[@Courier_333]

The falcon ride is genuinely amazing When you're the pilot

[@Shi_gai]

And even then it’s not even the best ride in the park it’s in

[@davidgaston7334]

Which is sad because it's already falling apart and has terrible reliability...

[@arex9000]

@@Courier_333 i had to request to be a pilot because every time we got engineer. I feel engineer needs to be redone or for little kids only.

[@domehammer]

If I was going to make blue milk as a 'drink' I would make it a vanilla milkshake with blue dye. Then green milk would just be a mint milkshake.

[@estlin2001]

Honestly the biggest lesson from this is executives and/or their families should test a new thing themselves before green-lighting it.

[@bobbinthepirate]

I feel like another huge thing of why it didn't boost visitors is because the park is also SUPER expensive. At this point it's literally a playground for the rich. They've maxed out on the people who are going to fly or drive out to Disney on a whim because there's only so many people now who can afford to do so. Everyone else will have to save for years and years before they can make a single visit.

[@MovieFan1912]

When you put it like that, it makes me think of a scenario similar to “The Menu,” but with an immersive theme park experience instead of a high class restaurant on a private island.

[@wyldebill4178]

More like the playground of the credit abusers

[@Walkinthepark_travel]

Technically it costs about the same as universal, and the drinks cost about the same as well.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Hear hear!

[@CommanderLexa8541]

Fr. My mom and I saved money for years to go (we live in México) and when we got there, just having a nice drink was a blow to the wallet. They gotta choose between cheaper tickets or cheaper merch/food. It's not enjoyable and the merch is ass anyways. It sucks and it's expensive and it's always fucking crowded.

[@Strawberry_Cubes]

This could have been a 5 second video that just says “everyone wants to drink a nice sweet root beer style drink; no one wants to suck down literal monster alien cow milk”

[@xx-yd5mm]

isn't it bantha milk? who looks at that thing and thinks ' the milk it makes sure would be delicious '

[@jenniferp1917]

Right! I watched it on 2x speed and it was still way too long and boring!!

[@MorfsPrower]

I'd rather eat a flank steak of one of them beasts call it a Jabba Feast. But Didney no duet.

[@AlexDown1]

This video was just yappin for so long it's milk, already cut off an audience by default, as someone who likes milk, I'll only drink it with "baked goods" and the like.

[@tsm688]

@@AlexDown1 Its not **even** milk. It's rice milk.

[@BrandonNeedles]

I keep hearing about Green milk but the entire video I only saw Blue and Yellow. I know I'm not color blind, am I the only one?

[@Demonslayer-dt9dl]

The yellow is the green milk. Yes it looks more yellow than green.

[@Stormchazer246]

“Butter beer” already *sounds* delicious before you’ve even tasted it, but “Green milk” just makes you want to gag.

[@emmajoy3864]

my God, do I have a blue milk story. step into my shoes: it's august 29th, 2019. the opening day of galaxy's edge. you've spent the first six hours of your day, starting at about 4am, standing in a queue for an underwhelming ride that basically tells you you're a dumb idiot at the end. you like star wars well enough but would never have put yourself through this if you were not being dragged here against your will by a family member you will go no-contact with in a few years' time. that man's credit card is linked to your magic band. you know your home state of florida well enough that when the heat starts cranking up you feel the next 8 hours of your day in your bones. you are going to get into that blue milk line. you are going to get that stupid huge milk jug souvenir cup, and it will take up space in your kitchen cabinets to this day. and you are going to make someone else pay for it. i emptied that stupid huge milk jug that day. it was all i had. it was the only friend in my corner. it was me and my jug of blue milk against the world. and when i hit the bottom, i announced this to my friends over discord, and they all asked, "so, was it good? was it awful?" after everything, the only answer i could give was "I Don't Know." have you ever had a screwball ice cream? it comes in a cone-shaped cup, and at the bottom of the cone is a gumball, but because the gumball is sitting at the bottom of a funnel of melting ice cream, by the time you actually reach the gumball it's melted into a weird crumbly chalky lump that falls apart in your mouth? imagine letting a hundred blue raspberry screwball ice creams sit out in the sun for a few hours, taking out the gumball meltings and sticking them in a blender, and making a smoothie out of that. that's what it's like to drink blue milk. but it was cold and that's what i needed that day, so 7/10 for blue milk, 0/10 for green milk because i only just remembered that i tried a sip of that too and I must have repressed the memory up until now because it was that bad.

[@mariedelaurentis980]

OMG dyin'!! You were channeling a fierce Erma Bombeck.

[@keganmemestar4465]

Lmao, this has the same energy as a greentext

[@PlatoonGoon]

This could be condensed into about three sentences.

[@emmajoy3864]

@PlatoonGoon but they'd be very boring sentences. Sometimes people say things for fun and not pure conveyance of information. i did say i had a story, not a news headline.

[@passchen-fail3704]

Platoon goon sounds like one of the Disney execs who are against fun and who designed blue milk as a cash grab

[@myannguyen]

When you described blue milk as a rice milk with fruity flavoring, it reminded me of a drink called Milkis, that I enjoy. It's like a melon flavored creamy soda. I never had blue milk (of butter beer for the record), but this description tells me either me and park goers have different tastes, or disney should have done some more research on milk drinks.

[@theanimeneko0921]

Trust me, it tastes nothing like Milkis. The blue one honestly reminded me of the original bubblegum flavor but gross

[@weathereport]

I remember trying the blue milk when I went to Orlando about a year and a half ago, and honestly I was surprised by how much I liked it despite being put off by the whole fruity milk thing.

[@WanderingMiqo]

The texture is actually very similar to Milkis, maybe a bit thicker and take away the carbonation. I've only had the strawberry Milkis, but imagine a thicker, non-carbonated, berry or mango flavored Milkis. That's basically the blue and green milk.

[@callasocrazywow]

the blue is delicious and I’ve never been under the impression from people I’ve talked to that it’s less than half of people that enjoy it (my whole family loves it, for example). I do not understand this video’s vendetta against it at all

[@WanderingMiqo]

@@callasocrazywow Yeah, the person who made this video is waaaaay over-exaggerating.

[@thegreaterclaush8292]

I would love that in one moment one of their competition makes an inmersive lore right feast, and diney makes a clone trooper canteen with clone slop and blue milk

[@joshuaanderson1712]

Ha! The canteen's changed suppliers and now the milk's blue with a strange taste.

[@LemCatOfficial]

Here's my presentation of the milk types, for creative Star Wars' fans - curious to make some (maybe with Princess Leia cinnamon rolls! ~Banthas' Blue Milk: Coconut milk (not water) and butterfly pea powder (until desired blue; a little goes a long way, so be mindful). ***If you can only buy butterfly pea flowers, then steep like tea in the coconut milk ovea low heat, then cool! ~Bantha Milk Smoothie: Make Banthas' blue milk and add bananas and blueberries. On the side, mix some sugar with fresh pineapple juice (avoid canned), so it is very sweet. Mix coconut cream, pineapple-sugar mix, and butterfly pea powder to taste and desired vibrant color (it may be altered from the acidity in the pineapple juice to make a stunning pinkish purple!), then dollop on top ofthe smoothie with a few more blueberries and maybe a candied lemon peel if your fancy like that! So refreshing in the Tatooine desert land! ~Thala-sirens' Green Milk: Sift about a tablespoon of *ceremonial* matcha powder into a small bowl (avoid the more bitter *culinary* matcha if possible). Add only a few ounces of (not excessively) hot water and whisk with a bamboo whisk. You should have a very concentrated matcha to work with. Simply delude with hot coconut water, and if it is too soupy, add coconut cream to make thicker like milk. ~Thala-siren Iced Milk Latte (no expresso): Follow the first three sentences of the Thala-sirens' Green Milk recipe. Add a little banana extract and a little honey (or vanilla syrup, etc). Add *warm* coconut milk to breakdown honey until throughly combined. refrigerate until cool, add a few ice cubes, shake, and serve with whipcream and a drizzle of syrup (caramel, strawberry, get creative!). ***You can buy banana (or strawberry extract) from the bakery aisle alongside peppermint and vanilla extracts! ***Coconut milk substitute is the best for these recipes since some call for coconut cream as well, but any sub-milk should do. I wanted to avoid animal milk so that it can be enjoyed in hot weather longer and additionally that makes more people, like vegans, able to enjoy it too! Sources used for anyone interested! Spies, Dani. “Matcha 101 + How to Make a Matcha Latte.” KZbin, KZbin, 21 July 2017, kzbin.info/www/bejne/epPKemqDmaikpLc. “Wookieepedia.” Fandom, starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page. Accessed 7 Mar. 2024.

[@businessrecreationjack8184]

I drank blue milk once thought this is ok. When i visited Universal. I forgot how much butterbeer I got. Like... even from a non hardcore harry potter fan. I love it.

[@fo-ef8qo]

I've been to Universal a few times and I love butterbeer and now I wanna go back and drink it again. I dunno if I'll even try blue milk once

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Butter beer has nothing to do with Universal or Harry Potter, it's at least 400 years old, that's the oldest recorded UK recipe for it.

[@businessrecreationjack8184]

@user-yv2cz8oj1k I learn something new everyday.

[@randomtexanguy9563]

@@user-yv2cz8oj1k cool

[@leapguy1235]

"Butterbeer" is just a cream soda Slurpee with a shot of butterscotch syrup. As basically a vanilla-flavored soda, cream is neutral enough to work well as a mixer, so - add some butterscotch syrup (I prefer Monin) to a NEARLY frozen can of A&W Cream Soda and you've got a pretty good approximation of "butterbeer". (I sometimes throw a dash of Midori melon liqueur in there too.)

[@mykie242]

This guy is spouting off like Universal invented butterscotch flavored things like they haven’t existed for 200 years… what a joke

[@ian3580]

@@mykie242 So go to your local Walmart or 7-11 and come back with some butterscotch flavored soda then. You can't. Because it is different. Butterscotch isn't a novel thing, but it's not a super common flavor for mainstream drinks either.

[@mykie242]

@@ian3580 Except you can: A&W Cream Soda and Torani Butterscotch syrup. If you’re so inclined, dribble a little Coffee Mate on top and you’ve got Universal’s Butterbeer. The point isn’t that Butterbeer isn’t available, it’s that this video acts like Butterbeer-flavored foods are unique and new when they absolutely aren’t.

[@Lakita2880]

​@@ian3580www.google.com/search?q=butterscotch+soda&oq=butterscotch+soda&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgBEAAYgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHjIICAoQABgWGB4yCAgLEAAYFhgeMggIDBAAGBYYHjIKCA0QABgPGBYYHjIICA4QABgWGB7SAQg1NTc4ajBqNKgCALACAA&client=ms-android-charter-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 Damn it's so hard to get man, what ever shall we do?

[@ian3580]

@@mykie242 That wasn't my takeaway from the video.

[@GavinMakesVideos-xm7dd]

Seeing the guy drinking the milk in the hallway feels like I'm watching some Star Wars news channel with todays topic being about blue milk dropping in sales due to taste

[@FTZPLTC]

Another smol addition to the big science fact: even if something has caffeine in it, you can still use it to rehydrate, because it will probably have water in it as well. It's not as effective for rehydration as pure water, but it's not going to leech water out of your body or anything.

[@c3d_ultra499]

The thing about butter beer is that conceptually it sounds like something delicious you would want to drink but it’s not the be all end all drink of the Harry Potter universe. The problem with blue milk is that it was a throwaway drink made for the first movie that Disney’s marketing team became obsessed with instead of inventing a in universe drink that actually is appealing, blue milk is what it is, it’s milk that is dyed blue, people want a candy sugary drink like something you’d get at Starbucks, blue milk sounds like something a little kid would make for cheap at home and also who wants to drink milk at a theme park in the hot Florida sun?

[@joshuaanderson1712]

They could have thrown in a cantina scene like Dex's Diner/etc, had a character order Brelmanian Fish/whatever with ____ to drink, focused a shot at the conversation from just beyond the food and gone on from there, it was possible but they'd need to work it into the movie a bit with a slower scene. Instead they went with 'He drinks the milk straight from the udder, market that.'

[@be.A.b]

Blue milk sounds absolutely vile! They should have just made a space soda lol

[@ottot3221]

Duff beer, butter beer, the Minion drinks, they are all pretty good. I don't think this is a one off. Neither is Disney as they also have the not so great LeFou's Brew.

[@MovieFan1912]

I don’t know if this opinion is controversial, but I didn’t think LeFou’s Brew was that bad when I had it.

[@1337slic3]

@@MovieFan1912 Yeah I like LeFou's brew. Not as much as butterbeer, but still. The best "wacky/unique" drink at the parks is the boba slush drink in the Avatar land imo

[@MovieFan1912]

@@1337slic3 I can’t argue with that. I goes great with that pineapple cream cheese spring roll.

[@1337slic3]

@@MovieFan1912 I hate cream cheese but I'm told they're great 😭

[@horse00626]

@@1337slic3 The Night Blossom drink in Pandora is always a must-have whenever I go, it's probably the best drink in Disney. Especially when paired with food from Satu'li Canteen.

[@scariaez2]

I remember people on twitter saying that the Grimace shake is what blue milk should have tasted like.

[@randyrhoades8751]

As someone who tried the grimace shake, all I have to say is: No thanks.

[@snowyyzoe]

I don’t get why they didn’t decide to make them smoothies or some sort of milk tea. Both sound very refreshing & the smoothie option could be fun considering it’s kind of a snack and drink in one

[@TheAppleNerd]

They really need to revamp the blue and green milk with a new recipe or replace the item entirely, but judging by how Disney has been in recent years it’s extremely unlikely

[@eclipsehorse8693]

they'll replace Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy before hey replace blue milk... and- good luck there!

[@ffwast]

They'll just raise the price and call it a revamp

[@spinlok3943]

And don’t forget about pumpkin juice! That also obliterated Blue Milk.

[@Walkinthepark_travel]

Pumpkin juice is sooo good

[@ducktails1695]

Yes it's not just butterbeer, Universal also has pumpkin juice and pumpkin fizz along with some other drinks inside Diagon Alley that are good as well. As far as themed drinks go Universal, really nailed it inside Wizarding World.

[@Falling-ender]

I don’t like butter beer but omg I love the pumpkin juice! It’s cold and so refreshing

[@kena9763]

Pumkin juice sucks

[@ducktails1695]

It's a hell of a lot better than that abomination Disney tries this shitty milk they offer. It's absolutely vile. @@kena9763

[@arnaudmenard5114]

They didn't invent butter beer, it is a real historical drink, nearly medieval. It's basically hot eggnog made with beer instead of milk

[@themystic8736]

I feel like its really simple. Butter beer sounds like an interesting drink with a unique and rich flavor. Blue/green milk sounds like milk with food coloring. Which I guess is exactly what it was in the movies.

[@mecredneck1]

Disney missed up by putting the milk stand in a spot most people don’t go if it was on a more traveled path and in more stands it would be more likely to be ordered

[@jazzcat9363]

Agreed. The stand is tucked away in a corner and if you don’t know where to look, you’ll miss it.

[@justinpenn9250]

The price keeps people away.

[@marzipancutter8144]

@@justinpenn9250 If you're already going to Disneyland you're already well past the point of making fiscally sensible decisions anyway, so I don't think that matters.

[@hazey_dazey]

Wonder if they thought it would be popular so they put it off to the side to prevent blocking walkways with the line

[@starmangalaxy2001]

Butterbeer is also offered in the food court unlike the milks. And Green milk is only available to the stands which even if it is the less popular of the two is still a baffling decision.

[@iberryboi]

I went all the way to Disneyland to try it yesterday. It was a hilarious experience, even the worker had a tone like "are you sureee you want this?", they should just start marketing it as disgusting because my family got a really good laugh, it was a real hit.

[@catbatrat1760]

"they should just start marketing it as disgusting" Kinda like what memes did for the Grimace Shake? XD Edit: Actually, I think that's what memes did for a lot of things... I guess it's a combination of the saying "all publicity is good publicity" and how word of mouth is known as one of the best kinds of advertising.

[@ihaveajojoaddiction9592]

@@catbatrat1760the grimace shake wasn’t bad, just mediocre

[@BrennanAbadie]

I went in 2022 and there was always people ordering blue or green milk. I only got the alcoholic version but, I could not get enough blue milk. My girlfriend and I both loved it. (Orlando , Florida Disney World)

[@Theover4000]

Finally got to watching this, been in my recommended for long enough! Enjoying it, so far!

[@spinlok3943]

It’s just amazing how Disney has desperately tried to catch up with Universal and failed spectacularly.

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

You’re complaining over a dumb drink lmao?

[@spinlok3943]

@@Brandon-qd2lb if you wanna drink, some crappy blue milk, then be my guest.

[@davidgaston7334]

@@Brandon-qd2lb And you're on here complaining about someone whose calling out falling standards from a company that demands more and more money from us. Where does that place you Brandon?

[@rickpontificates3406]

@@Brandon-qd2lb More than just the drink. DISNEY IS A LEFTIST FAILURE! Lost BILLIONS on a string of BAD WOKE MOVIES in 2023

[@kiwikiwi2483]

When looking at market shares and attendance numbers, idk if it's Disney that's playing catch up...

[@saulpellett221]

When I went to Florida, I overheard locals saying they could tell if you're a tourist if you bought any milk. When i tried them out, I couldn't believe they got out of the test kitchen blue was better but both were bad.

[@JJMcCullough]

You have a really fun and funny personality. This video was a lot of fun to watch.

[@evilwillhunting]

The fact they don't have a Boba Fett Tea seems like an obvious miss IJS

[@pf267]

I honestly didn’t know that blue milk was so hated till I watched this video haha! I’m autistic and super picky about my drinks, so it shocked everyone when I became absolutely obsessed with blue milk after trying it the first time. Can understand why everyone else hates it though! Galaxy’s Edge is extremely mediocre and it’s the only thing I’d miss if the land disappeared tomorrow😅

[@eclipsehorse8693]

same here, I happen to love Beverly- nobody else can stand it!! :)

[@kyleinthejar6829]

lol I love how diverse tastes can be! I’m autistic as well, though unfortunately I had the opposite experience with both blue milk *and* butterbeer. Then again, all I ever drink is water, so my palate probably isn’t the most reliable

[@eclipsehorse8693]

@@kyleinthejar6829 what can I say we auts stick together and just KNOW when something isn't right! maybe it's a hyper sense of taste/smell/ or we just gravitate to what we know is safe...

[@kirkwahmmett1666]

Also autistic and I love the blue milk too! It has such unique flavor and texture that really intrigues me.

[@sirjid]

Autistic blue milk drinkers unite i guess. Honestly not that surprising, it textures very good.

[@shellnet411]

Actually, it's easy to make butter beer at home. If you can find the caramel whipped cream, there was one this past Christmas there was alcoholic that was really good for adults to make butter beer or you can do a siphon with some whipping cream and add caramel syrup, mix it up and whip in a siphon and then add a couple pumps of caramel syrup or butterscotch syrup like you put in coffees into your cream soda, and then add the whip cream on top, but if you can find the one they had for lattes it was like international delight years ago if they would still make that again it is perfect. It is the best it's more of a caramel flavor. That's why they keep messing up the butter beer it's caramel not as much butterscotch just a caramel with a whip cream float and you can use the syrup for that, otherwise it wouldn't mix in as well

[@starmangalaxy2001]

The fact that Butterbeer actually had a recipe before the park is a big boon for it too. Disney for some reason seems to think of the milks as their own attraction for some reason. The blue milk is the only drink in the Cantina that doesn't have it's ingredients listed, and the green milk straight up isn't served outside the stand. Not in Docking Bay 7, the star wars themed food court. And not even in the Cantina, where Blue Milk is served.

[@cdegenova1761]

Interesting perspective from an engineering design point of view. I think some other good requirements/goals of both drinks are presentation of drink and distribution stations, immersion into the world (which plays into your first point), and the cup design itself. I like your point on how much latitude the butter beer has in terms of different products. It is hard to copy butter beer when it serves an important roll in the story about contributing to positive emotions. One example might be Lembas from LOTR, but still that’s a survival food, yet described as tasty. It would be interesting to see if there’s a placebo effect with that among well versed LOTR fans whether or not it would make them feel full. Lol

[@ChozoSR388]

"They clearly didn't understand how it worked, or if they did, they completely ignored it" feels eerily similar to how I would describe the sequel trilogy and how they handled the Star Wars Expanded Universe...

[@MotionGoing]

Disney really thought they could compete with universal butter beer 😭🙏

[@uhhhhhhh4040]

They aren’t blue/green milk isn’t the actual comparison to butterbeer. The more close comparison would be Butterbeer to LeFou’s Brew at MK

[@MyNameIsRow01]

Butter beer tastes like sugar free caramel candies, I don’t understand why people like it, it’s awful

[@Sakura0o2]

but butterbeer vs dole whip?

[@loonytunescrazy]

@@MyNameIsRow01 I like Butter beer its like milkshake

[@M50A1]

​@@Sakura0o2dole whip is cope

[@JonasC22]

I like to imagine that at the end of a long day of disappointed milk drinkers, the park is littered with slimy patches of green and blue all over from discarded milks

[@AgentNine]

I also wanna point 2 more things about Butterbeer. Say "Butterbeer" and there are probably 2 things that come to mind. Butterscotch and Buttergin. Butterscotch is a real thing, and it's one of the better tasting kinds of toffee. There's an instant 'taste-association'. Essentially a name association but with your tongue. And you can pretty much taste how you think the drink would taste as soon as it happens. Not only that, but a butterscotch-based alcoholic drink joke also appears in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and its one of the more memorable jokes with just how simple it is compared to the whimsy of everything else. So Butterbeer doesn't just bring to mind some fun drink in a wizard book, but also a place of chocolate waterfalls, golden goose eggs, 5D-TV and the great glass elevator. All im sayin' is that Blue Milk was playing against someone with a stacked deck from the start.

[@RCassinello]

Well, probably helped by the fact that Butter Beer is a real drink that's existed for centuries.

[@Matty002]

universal just got extremely lucky that the food and drink choices from harry potter are more varied than star wars. like can you even name a food dish from star wars? meanwhile harry potter has all kinds of foods, snacks and candies. there was never a contest

[@acepokemontrainer1]

Disney should have just gone with 7 Eleven-style blue and green slushies. Sure their creativity points would be lacking, but it would at least be an enjoyable experience that guests, especially childen, would continue to consume.

[@lilwintery6434]

with the whole place being pretty immersive i think this would be out of place

[@finned958]

I never drank it, but my suggestion is blueberry milkshake and mint milkshake. And maybe strawberry milkshake for the First Order. Add a taro milkshake (purple) for Asian palettes. While they are fixing that, fix the awful Smugglers Run, the Batuu land that wasn’t featured in the sequel trilogy movies, and change Rise of Resistance to A New Hope.

[@bladechief872]

I agree💯

[@bezoticallyyours83]

That sounds a lot better

[@dutchmansmine9053]

Ditch the green milk entirely, no one wants that.

[@abdelali9279]

Whenever I think of blue milk it reminds me of a BTS video where Mark Hamill talks about how they made it, they got these cartons of this "long lasting milk" the one they keep no refrigerated at the supermarket imagine that milk under the Tunisian sun with tons of colorant and Hamill accepted he was holding back on gagging every time he has to act because for some reason they have to repeat the dinner scene, and Hamill ended up hating the whole experience, so yeah, there's that.

[@Victor-056]

3:56 Not just in the film, in the _Books_ Most especially, whenever Butterbeer is on the scene, people react to it with postivity. It made me want to actually try it for myself.

[@MatecaCorp]

I had the Disneyland blue milk when it first arrived and it was quite good but absurdly overpriced. I never tried the one at Hollywood Studios.

[@hhhhhhhhhh1919]

green is better!

[@LilSmurfYT]

@@hhhhhhhhhh1919can you describe what they taste like? Going to have them when I go this summer

[@hhhhhhhhhh1919]

@@LilSmurfYT blue is very dragon fruity. more of a floral flavor. very chemically? green is mandarin orange flavored. SO good. i had 3 haha. its a bit like a mandarin orange creamsicle

[@Jspider56]

Star Wars has always been built around exciting adventures traveling rapidly between locations. Harry Potter was set at a school that while mysterious presented a consistent location with traditions and treats that children would be interested in. It was always goofy to just take relative popularity and assume they'd be equally suited to a similar format. Nobody thinks food with Star Wars and it was a very weird angle for Disney to try to press that. I'm also pretty sure the green milk might be gross in the sequel trilogy because the director hated the idea of a stupid advertisement being in his movie. As much as I don't care for The Last Jedi, I can see where a mandated advertisement in the middle of the movie did not contribute to the film being any better.

[@Anna-hj9oh]

Please talk about how disappointing avengers campus is (spiderman ride forcing u to use both hands while blasting loud sounds in your ears, concrete jungle has you roasting in the sun, taking out all greenery)

[@AzureWolf3]

Every time we visit Universal we are sure to get Butterbeer (we prefer the frozen ones). Haven't tried the Blue milk yet, but we'll be there in April so I have to admit that your video has enticed me to try it :D

[@kelseymiller6146]

They should have taken the fuzzy tauntum out of Ogas, made it non alcoholic and made that the drink of the land. The buzz button numbing/tingling effect is so cool that it would drive many people to want to try it and get it again. Oga’s is hard to get into and they are really keeping one of the coolest drinks they have behind a locked door.

[@Josh-ut4wv]

i remember taking a bit of that and i could not feel my mouth for like the next 10 minutes after that

[@greggv8]

@@Josh-ut4wvugh, who wants that? "I want a drink that might cause nerve damage in my taste buds." said nobody ever.

[@CSReed]

Wasn’t Lefou’s Brew supposed to be Disney’s response to Butterbeer? Because that’s delicious and worth getting when visiting Magic Kingdom! The France Pavilion needs it.

[@ramaslamas7]

It's mid

[@pinksiren8825]

That was probably the best drink I got at MK

[@passchen-fail3704]

Even McDonald’s sprite is better.

[@starmangalaxy2001]

I feel like I might be like the once person that actually liked Blue Milk, but yet again the time I had it was right before closing as I had an appointment to go make an R-Series Droid at that time so the heat died down a little and I was able to enjoy it and immediately leave back to a cooler area and wasn't effected by its lack of refreshing qualities. Meanwhile for Butterbeer? Tried a taste of it when it was offered to me. And it was nice and refreshing enough that I decided order one when we stopped to have lunch. Meanwhile I don't even think you can order Blue/Green Milk at Docking Bay 7 which is just a baffling choice, it'd probably be the most ideal to have it there, it's a cooler and lower intensity place, and if you didn't like the taste you could just order a more standard drink instead. In fact Disney probably knew the Green Milk wasn't gonna be as popular as even the blue counterpart because you can only get Green at the stand while at least Blue Milk is offered at the Cantina (with a cookie too for some reason). Meanwhile you physically can't escape Butterbeer, it's everywhere. Stands, dining and even shops if I remember right.

[@user-un1hm1yo4s]

you did a great job with this

[@stangsaleens7]

They really need to build a Pizza Planet in Toy Story Land.

[@bnicethegaynerd6025]

They once had a Pizza Planet at Hollywood studios but it closed to make way for PizzaRizzo. Also a Pizza Planet wouldn’t fit Toy Story land since the land is supposed to be Andy’s backyard

[@mikes-wv3em]

so the GQP nuts can come look for their underage girlfriends

[@randyrhoades8751]

@@bnicethegaynerd6025 They also had a Pizza Planet in the Tomorrowland as Disneyland, but the Pizza was of subpar quality. But I think a Toy Story/Bugs Life hybrid land would work well and using like an empty Pizza box or Pizza planet drink cup like in the movie would work well to make thematically work.

[@ryanjeanmski]

the problem would be solved for sure if they just made it into milk tea boba instead!! i would absolutely buy "blue milk tea" if it had blue popping boba and was branded as more of a fruity drink. Especially like, a foreign/alien type of cool fruit to fit the theme!

[@jdmichal]

Funny thing, they have both drinks and a jello thing at Oga's Cantina that feature popping boba! And it's good, too. The jello thing also has high quality pop rocks. It's a lot of fun to eat.

[@ryanjeanmski]

@jdmichal oh really!! Im not sure why they wouldnt just use this idea then. Have different fruit flavors for the green and blue, different kinds of boba as crazy alien foods?? Why not?? Clearly people like boba!!

[@Uncle-Jay]

In cannon Butter Beer is supposed to also have a low alcohol content, which adds that "cool" and "adult" factor, even if the IRL version does not. Blue Milk is just.. Yucky.

[@toms.a.savage7232]

They really thought Blue Milk would be a success? They really thought that one scene from The Last of Jedi of Luke milking that one monster would make people think "Yummy, I want some." and this would make them more money?

[@KC-Mitch]

I did a cast-member preview of the land a week or so before opening. A friend and I each grabbed a different color so we could share (they only let us try one color each 😒). Now, I don't know if they changed the flavor since then, but I remember the green not tasting too bad; quite fruity, similar to a mix for a frozen cocktail like a piña colada. The blue however, tasted vile; like cotton candy cough syrup. 🤢

[@PTGuy]

This video is shocking to me because I went a few years ago with my friends and we LOVED the blue milk, we bought two rounds of it, and I figured out the recipe and made a pitcher of it at home a few months later

[@HenryLytton0]

Yeah I feel like I'm taking crazy pills reading these comments, I loved how unique it tasted. The fact that its flavor wasn't immediately apparent was part of the charm, I think. I also tried to make it at home! The comments about drinking milk on a hot summer day are super valid though.

[@lilwintery6434]

@@HenryLytton0 ur not crazy it's not bad, i think the flavor fit for what it's trying to be

[@ShiftyMcGoggles]

From what I'm reading, it wasn't a popular flavour. Doesn't stop it tasting good for you, though! Like, marmite, or liquorish!

[@benobrien7920]

I remember trying it and liking it as well, I was surprised that they made something that's literally just milk in the Star Wars universe taste so good. But, to be fair, I don't actually remember how it tasted.

[@rabbitos]

11:55 says something about the drink being unique & not something you could get at a grocery store, but butterbeer has been in grocery stores for over a decade under the brand Flying Cauldron. It tastes the same as the cold soda sans the added foam. I grew up drinking it so when I finally had the Official Branded Product, it was an underwhelming ripoff (which the entire park felt like to me but that's another can of worms lol)

[@timesnewlogan2032]

Blue and Green Milk give me the same impression as the Grimace Shake: drinks are NOT supposed to be those colors. Red, orange, and yellow look appetizing, while green, blue, and purple look poisonous. I take one look at it, and my instincts say "Don't drink that!"

[@FTChomp9980]

Disney looked at the Blue Milk from Episode 4 of Star Wars and said: "I can milk this!🥛" But clearly since Disney doesn't understand Star Wars it failed and Hogwarts beating it with ButterBear that literally is pulled from the Source Material!🍻

[@spinlok3943]

Of course they don’t understand Star Wars, they looked at the franchise and only saw dollar signs.

[@finned958]

@@spinlok3943They immediately replace what is actually popular (original trilogy) and replaced it with Batuu that wasn’t featured in the Sequel Trilogy. It’s a dead land.

[@spinlok3943]

@@finned958 Yep, having it based on the disastrous sequel trilogy was a massive blunder.

[@MovieFan1912]

When I read “I can milk this!” This is what I heard, 🥁🥁💥

[@taylerjones2986]

Just wait till Epic Universe opens up. More experiences more food options.. yeah I think Disney World is going to cry 😢 I just feel sad for Disney right now 😢

[@ao9688]

The only thing that disappointed me about butterbeer was that the standard served drink at the park is non alcoholic. In universe butterbeer has a low alcohol content so the true way to get full experience is to go to the hog’s head and pay extra to get a shot of alcohol of your choice to add. The only thing I’d change about the experience is to have the hog’s head sell the actual beer and the outdoor stands have the nonalcoholic version.

[@achannell362]

I was just about to add this. The alcohol addition to the blue/green milk is super expensive, but it’s vacay for me when I’m there so I want to have a drink. I think it’s a big miss for Universal not to offer an alcohol addition to the butterbeer at the cart.

[@ao9688]

@@achannell362there’s an alcohol add on to blue milk??? I’m… okay with how it tastes (I regularly drink nondairy alternatives so im used to it) but that sounds nasty!

[@Moocow2003]

eh, I get where you're coming from, but I think it'd be way too confusing for guests to have two identical looking drinks with the same name but one is alcoholic and the other isn't

[@achannell362]

Why? They have that with Blue/Green Milk at Galaxy's Edge and it's not confusing. They just call it Blue/Green Milk or Blue/Green Milk Cooler.@@Moocow2003

[@Saltience]

Butter beer is evocative of both butter based products and root beer, two things that already sound great. Blue Milk sounds unnatural and possibly spoiled.

[@aburninglandfillofbadmovie2930]

A friend drank the blue milk. I asked him why he didn't like it and he said quite simply it didn't really taste that good.

[@jennieepp8263]

I made a special trip to see Galaxy’s Edge a couple years ago. Since I’m a Star Wars fan I had to try the milk drink. I got both the blue and green and I hated them both. One did taste sweeter, but they both tasted like I was drinking flavored plastic! I couldn’t even finish them. Never again! And your right, there was no line to order one, just walked right up.

[@audgirlout9830]

Psychotic milk lover here! And yeah, I'm also adamantly on team "I have no interest in blue or green milk". You're not wrong that milk has a thicker, heavier connotation, but those are things I like about a glass of milk. But a good, cold glass of milk is also, you know, creamy? Refreshing? Has a subtle flavor that pairs really nicely with literally any baked product? And there are some fantastic dairy free milk uses out there, hot cocoa made with oat milk is thicker and richer than hot cocoa with milk and the slight nuttiness of it goes so well with the chocolate, but rice milk just sounds...thin and watery? And I can't speak for everyone, but fruity flavored milk sounds fucking weird? (Don't come at me strawberry milk fans, I said what I said). It's not surprising to hear that it's chalky, but I just wanted to say that everything about this drink sounds extremely unappealing to the milk drinkers out there too

[@illdeletethismusic]

a milk drink is quite appealing after a day working in a dusty environment, washes away the dust feeling and coats the mouth with a somewhat pleasant liquid for a bit but it has to be actual milk, not some bioengineered plant knock off, and it has to be thick enough, 3.5% fat at least

[@OnlyTAS]

​@@illdeletethismusicoat milk is *the* drink, creamy and light, but not making me feel like shit

[@jillcipher]

I don’t understand why they wouldn’t make it a milkshake 😭

[@yoshyfoods]

I'd gone to Galaxy's edge 3 years ago now, I had a pretty good time while there too. of course Rise of the Resistance line was stupidly long, but hey it was worth for the ride. Also the lightsaber experience, was a fun time too, made my own and picked up a Luke (ROTJ) model in the store. Naturally all the red crystals were sold out before I checked the shop, but oh well what can you do. Never did get the milk

[@AdventuresWithAlex]

I'm not super into Star Wars but when I first visited Galaxy's Edge in DisneyLand I was intrigued by the blue milk and got one! I thought it would taste creamy and sweet like how rice pudding tastes...nope it was bomb-pop flavored and totally not what i was looking for in a drink. I threw it away a few sips into the drink

[@Corkyjay]

U know whats crazy disney has amazing drinks examples being "the blood orange slush" for Halloween or "the Mickey Birthday Cake Shake" during mickeys 75th birthday celebration. But they tie it to specific times of the year so it doesnt have a long standing impact.

[@fleabaguette9699]

I went to Disney last summer, and I can assure you that in 90 degree humid Florida weather, the least appetizing thing in the world would be a milk drink. 😅

[@IAteABox]

I remember one time my family celebrated May the 4th with a big Star Wars movie binge with sweets and snacks and even blue milk from a local health nut store, Village Juice Co. It was unique and tasty, and felt like a novelty to celebrate Star Wars. And to think the multi-million dollar company couldn’t replicate the magic and taste of a drink containing SEAWEED is kinda sad

[@donfisherjr.2404]

Once again, Disney thought they could buy an existing I.P., throw money at it, slap a logo on hastily retooled gadgets and food, and it would be a money-printing machine for them. It's as though they never learned effective marketing.

[@ComedicRelief23]

Am I the only who remembers/had the blue milk when it was only at the Sci Fi SWW breakfast? I remember that one was SO good! It was almost like a cotton Candy creamy flavor. And then this stand opened up and it tasted….NOTHING like it.

[@sade1212]

Soda doesn't dehydrate you anyway. The effect of the usually fairly negligible amount of caffeine is vastly offset by the fact you're just drinking a liquid which is 99% water.

[@BasementDweller_]

I’m not rich enough to visit these parks, but I really really really want to drink Blue Milk. It’s been my life dream of mine. I love all types of milk.

[@MegaNerdX]

Don’t know if it’s just me, but the blue milk in the Cantina called the Blue Bantha taste a smidge better and I think it’s because the drink is colder in the Cantina & comes with a Bantha cookie to dunk.

[@starmangalaxy2001]

Noting that and the experience I had with the drink (I actually liked it but I got it when it was dark and not that hot out) I think temperature might have a significant factor on how it tastes, which like yeah that's the case with regular milk, but it's something that Disney seemingly didn't account for. I think there might be a better reception if the drink was offered in Docking Bay 7 since you're there to cool off, and having food to eat would also offset the apparently overwhelming nature of the drink.

[@summerniteh.3075]

I have a spin off product for blue/green milk -> one of those fake drinking glasses that look like you are drinking blue/green milk but there is something else in the glass that tastes good - like butter beer

[@1fishmob]

The thing is... I've never tried either of these beverages, but I'd personally try butterbeer not because of what you said, but because it actually sounds unique and worth trying at least one (even if it's from the harry potter website), while the blue/green milk sounds like an overpriced beverage that I could theoretically make at home with basic food coloring and milk/flavoring of MY choice for much cheaper. I know that because my parents used to do something like that.

[@Kaylersick]

i use to be able to find Virgil's butterscotch beer here but couldn't this last holiday season. that was able to be the same soda taste just no foam.