In the meantime, I cracked open my cookbook and pulled out a recipe that I got all the way back in 2008... The Blue Glo-tini. Now I know it's kind of early to dub a recipe from 4 years ago a classic, but I think this certainly could be a contender. First of all, it comes from just about the best Disney promotion in recent memory, Disney's "Year of a Million Dreams," a promotion that was so much fun, it lasted over 2 years. There were special shows, parades, characters, and people chosen at random for all sorts of special magical moments, everything from dream FastPasses to special lanyards, pins, or Mickey ears, to overnight stays in Cinderella's Castle, even a whirlwind trip over 15 days to every Disney theme park in the world, where everything from food to the taxes on the prize were picked up by Disney. Disney gave away free memberships to Disney Vacation Club, free cruises, exclusive Caribbean resort vacations, trips to what later became Disney's flagship retreat in Hawaii... I wish I could tell you the excitement that came with seeing the Dream Squad with their baby blue shirts and crisp white vests walking towards you with big smiles and unlimited wish-granting potential, making your mind reel with the possibility at what you were about to receive, what wish was going to be granted... And then watching as they choose the family in front of you to carry Dream FastPasses and take an exclusive behind-the-magic tour with an Imagineer.
To this day I blow right through the Dinosaur! gift shop because I know that the need to look at dyed agate and the same fossilized rocks sold at every knick knack store across the country cost me Dream FastPasses back in 2008.
Luckily for bad planners like me, there were a variety of special drinks available across all of the parks to help drown away the sorrow that came with losing out to a wish granted, my favorite being the Blue Glo-tini. I had my first (and second and third) drink at Coral Reef in EPCOT and I remember our server talking about how, when he lost power due to a hurricane, all he had were the blue ice cubes served in the drink to light up his apartment for 2 days. I won't lie, I ordered the drink for the blue light-up ice cube. I'm not much of a drinker, not a fan of martinis, and it wasn't covered under the Disney Dining Plan and paying $8.50 for a drink was against everything I stood for. But it looked so cool, I just had to give it a shot. It was so good, I ordered two more, had one of the best meals I've had at Disney, and remember very little about walking back to the bus that took us to our hotel.
While the "Year of a Million Dreams" is long gone, the special signature drink of the event lives on at a variety of restaurants in both the parks and at the resorts, renamed as simply the Blue Glo-tini. A word of warning: they're stronger than you think.
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Year of a Million Dreams Blue Glo-tini
As was served during the "Year of a Million Dreams" promotion
Still featured as Blue Glo-tini in a number of locations across WDW
°o° 1.5 oz Citrus Vodka (I use Smirnoff)
°o° .5 oz Peach Schnapps (I used Jenkins)
°o° .5 oz Blue Curacao (I used Bols)
°o° 1.5 oz Pineapple Juice (Dole, of course)
°o° 1 oz Sour/Margarita Mix
Combine all in a martini shaker, shake, then strain into a sugar-rimmed
martini glass. Finish by floating a glowing “ice cube” in the glass.
°o° .5 oz Peach Schnapps (I used Jenkins)
°o° .5 oz Blue Curacao (I used Bols)
°o° 1.5 oz Pineapple Juice (Dole, of course)
°o° 1 oz Sour/Margarita Mix
Combine all in a martini shaker, shake, then strain into a sugar-rimmed
martini glass. Finish by floating a glowing “ice cube” in the glass.
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