Sometimes you land on an island and it becomes obvious very quickly why there’s nobody else there. Now, don’t get me wrong, I like Splenda. I use Splenda every day. But their island…
The island is done in that kind of fantasy-land cartoon style we’ve seen in Ben & Jerry’s and the much-missed Pocky. That look can be a lot of fun, and there’s a redeeming hugeness to most of the build. The difference is that there is nothing to do here that will keep your interest for more than thirty seconds. For example, the lemonade pool and Ferris wheel feature a straw in the base of the glass that will shoot you up into the pool. That’s a lot of fun! Once.
Still, that’s not the lamest thing I saw.
The Shake Slide lets you ride an apple down a Crazy Straw (or a fair facsimile thereof). Except they haven’t worked all the bugs out, so you always get stuck right about… there. Not to mention, you’re going the direction of backwash. Maybe that’s better than being sucked up into a gigantic set of pursed lips, but that would have had the advantage of being funny (or horrifying).
That, however, is not the lamest thing I saw.
Down on the ground you can grab a HUD and swim in a pool of Splenda. At least I think it’s Splenda. If it’s Sweet ‘n Low they need to talk to their builder.
Surprisingly, this was not the lamest thing I saw.
Outside the pool there are kiosks with refreshing drink recipes.This is as close as the island comes to having actual information content. Luckily, someone was smart enough to set up the kiosks to if you click them you’ll get a notecard with the recipe, which is somewhat better than transcribing it. Of course, there’s nothing that tells you that you can get the notecard, so you have to figure it out for yourself or depend on curious bloggers.
It was a close contender, but that was still not the lamest thing I saw.
In the Cafe you can sit at the bar or at a table and look at the desserts, fruits, and frosty drinks. You’d expect something to see one of those free food or drink vendors, but no, you just sit there and look at the food. But the strangest thing?
None of drinks are coffee. There’s not a mug in sight. In a cafe.
That was the lamest thing I saw.
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