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On our anniversary last week, Anne and I decided to take a field trip to Disneyland and goof off for the day. It was damn close to perfect: it was warm in the sun and cool in the shade, not very crowded, and the longest we waited for anything was fifteen minutes. We ended the day at Trader Sam’s tiki bar in the Disneyland hotel.

“Do you know what you’d like to order?” The bartender asked us.

“What are you getting?” Anne asked me.

“I was thinking about that shipwreck drink,” I said.

“Me too,” she said.

“Well, then, you get that and I’ll get something different.” I said.

The bartender said, “You guys could both get the same drink, you know…”

“Oh no,” I said, “because that’s the first step to –”

Anne and I said, in unison, “–matching tracksuits.”

Then we laughed like people who had had lots of fruity tropical drinks, even though we hadn’t had a single one.

We ended up getting different drinks, and then shared a drink that was on fire, which is why I can’t remember the name of the drink I got. (Honestly, they’re all variations on the same theme: too much rum, a bunch of sugary stuff and a dash of primary colour served in  a vessel shaped like a skull or a tiki or something that could have once been a monkey, if that monkey was carved from a coconut in 1955.) It was a great day, and the perfectly silly way to celebrate the best day of my life, thirteen years ago.

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35 thoughts on “in which tropical drinks are ordered”

  1. Kristin O'Donnell Cruz says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:31 am

    Happy belated anniversary!

  2. MissMandaLuv says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:31 am

    That made me grin. My Will once said to me “Babe, if we ever dress in matching clothes, please slap me and then go change”. Your and Anne’s quips remind me of my life, and for that, I smile 🙂

  3. Joey Marone says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:32 am

    You’re truly a lucky man, You know 🙂

  4. JunkyardAcademy says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:33 am

    Sparking fits of laughter which last so long that the instigator of said laughter laughs themselves to tears because you are laughing yourself to tears = priceless

  5. opie051699 says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:36 am

    Awww…I think I just got something in my eye…feelings or something…

  6. Maxwell Adam Diamond says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:36 am

    My Wife and I did the same thing for our anniversary we did an over night and it was awesome. Trader Sam’s has some very good drinks. We kept our glasses form our first round as keepsakes. What got my wife and I was that the bartenders seemed to be having as much fun as we were.

  7. aSammyG says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:38 am

    The UH OA!

    1. Wil says:
      15 November, 2012 at 1:29 pm

      YES! And the chanting and the drums and the fire and oh my god

  8. Sara D Larkins says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:40 am

    I have never had the chance to go to Disneyland, but I will be going one day soon. Any suggestions on what to ride?

  9. Joe Creighton says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:40 am

    Congratulations to you both.

    “…Disneyland and goof off…” I see what you did there.

  10. dirtynumb says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:42 am

    What is this warm thing in my chest? Oh, yep, it’s a feel.
    Happy belated anniversary.

  11. Blair Beveridge says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:42 am

    Happy lucky 13, *cheers* and welcome back to your IPAs 😉

  12. schiptam says:
    15 November, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    Sounds like a fun day minus the rum that is 🙂 🙂

  13. sboyajian says:
    15 November, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    Happy birthday kids! Sounds like you got to enjoy a Scorpion Bowl mayhaps? We used to order 4 person Scorpion Bowls from the Chinese Restaurant (192 oz of rum, brandy, sugar drink mix, and a flaming shot of 151 in the middle). 1 Person per bowl and race to the finish.

    1. sboyajian says:
      15 November, 2012 at 12:06 pm

      Why the fuck did I say happy birthday? Happy Anniversary.

  14. rumdood says:
    15 November, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    Trader Sam’s actually has some pretty good drinks if you get the right guy behind the stick. Kelly, the bar manager, is really in to good cocktails and will ensure that your drink doesn’t end up being “too much rum and a bunch of sugar.”

  15. Frank Ozaki says:
    15 November, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    try being gay, and the same size as your partner. we inadvertently dress the same ALL THE TIME.

  16. lucidlotuslife says:
    15 November, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    If fifteen years is giant metal chickens, thirteen must be bigger than average, ceramic hamsters. Cheers to you both!

  17. Dan Foster says:
    15 November, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    I didn’t wanna have to do it but I’m gonna be *that guy*. Did your drink make you feel strange but also good? 😉

    1. Wil says:
      15 November, 2012 at 2:35 pm

      Hahahaha. Yes. Yes it did.

  18. Kitty Schwanitz says:
    15 November, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    Happy Belated Anniversary! I’m still laughing over the “goof” off. Such a sucker for a good pun.

  19. trishalynn says:
    15 November, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    Is Trader Sam’s a new bar? If so, where is it? I have very fond memories of the Lost Bar (the one in the middle near the pool with Captain Hook’s ship in it) and would be sad if they re-themed it.

    1. trishalynn says:
      15 November, 2012 at 5:12 pm

      Oh, and happy belated anniversary! Yours is a week earlier than my parents’ which was yesterday, and they’ve been married for two years longer than you’ve been alive. 🙂

    2. Wil says:
      15 November, 2012 at 5:18 pm

      It replaced the Lost Bar.

      1. trishalynn says:
        16 November, 2012 at 5:48 am

        This makes me sad because my favorite bar at the Disneyland Hotel is gone, but happy because you have a new bar at the Disneyland Hotel you like. Which I guess means I’m conflicted, but as long as I can still get an Irish coffee in a Disney cup and take it with me to the AMC theater to enjoy with a movie, I think I can manage.

  20. tuayna says:
    15 November, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    I’m glad you guys were able to have such a wonderful time. Sounds like it is a nice memory to cherish in the future 🙂

  21. Jen says:
    15 November, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    Congrats on a happy anniversary!

    I have a serious aversion to ordering the same food or drink as my husband. He thinks I’m insane for feeling that way, so now you’ve shown me the dark truth: obviously, he has a vision for our future that includes matching tracksuits.

  22. Perry Joyce Weden says:
    15 November, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    My sister sent me THE BEST picture that you were sweet enough to pose for from this night! Proof positive of the joy of anniversaries, laughter, and tropical drinks!

    http://ow.ly/i/18lR1

    1. Wil says:
      15 November, 2012 at 10:17 pm

      True story! Your sister was really nice.

  23. Chris Grucza says:
    15 November, 2012 at 10:39 pm

    Heh – that sounds pretty much like a conversation my wife and I would have also.

  24. wabbit89 says:
    15 November, 2012 at 11:09 pm

    Awwww….what a lovely day. Congratulations, Anne and Wil!

  25. Paul Lalli says:
    16 November, 2012 at 6:24 am

    Wil Wheaton and Disneyland. This post makes me disproportionately happy.

  26. Joe Weinmunson says:
    16 November, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    Tropical drinks can be GREAT, but it’s rare to find a bartender who can do them right. The tiki bartenders of the mid-20th century guarded their recipes jealously. It’s taken decades and lots of legwork from guys like Beachbum Berry to reconstruct and recreate complex tiki cocktails.

  27. milkbrain says:
    19 November, 2012 at 7:03 pm

    Glad you guys had a great anniversary! I haven’t even been to a Disney anything in the history of ever and someday I hope to bring my kiddos!

  28. Rob Sillybighat Mathews says:
    29 November, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    just watchin stand by me.. its the late late MOVIE on RTE 1 in Ireland….

    yeah man its way cool

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