Some new dining options are coming. Has anyone been to these?
https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...own-disney-district-at-the-disneyland-resort/
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FOOD TRUCKS
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Deleted member 107043
Those sound delicious. Looks like they're aligning with the gourmet food truck program at DTD at WDW.
GiveMeTheMusic
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Dos Chinos does a fusion of Mexican/Asian tacos and burritos. The filling options are entirely acceptable to me.
SANTANA CHICKEN
Vietnamese chimichurri chicken, carmelized onions, & sweet peppers
HOLLYWOOD CHICKEN
Coconut panang curry chicken, fried yams, tamarind, & cabbage
WESTMINSTER CARNITAS
Vietnamese Pork Butt Carnitas, Cabbage, Pineapple, Pickled Carrot and Diakon, Southeast Asian Salsa Verde, Onion and Cilantro
BOLSA PORK BELLY
5 spiced roast pork belly, pickled daikon & carrots, cabbage
DOS CHINOS ASADA
Vietnamese chimichurri Angus beef
OAHU SHRIMP
Garlic shrimp, pineapple, crema, & cabbage
IRVINE SHRIMP
Dulche De Leche, Chili Lime Roasted Walnuts, Cabbage,
SANTANA CHICKEN
Vietnamese chimichurri chicken, carmelized onions, & sweet peppers
HOLLYWOOD CHICKEN
Coconut panang curry chicken, fried yams, tamarind, & cabbage
WESTMINSTER CARNITAS
Vietnamese Pork Butt Carnitas, Cabbage, Pineapple, Pickled Carrot and Diakon, Southeast Asian Salsa Verde, Onion and Cilantro
BOLSA PORK BELLY
5 spiced roast pork belly, pickled daikon & carrots, cabbage
DOS CHINOS ASADA
Vietnamese chimichurri Angus beef
OAHU SHRIMP
Garlic shrimp, pineapple, crema, & cabbage
IRVINE SHRIMP
Dulche De Leche, Chili Lime Roasted Walnuts, Cabbage,
Stevek
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Love The Habit, kinda surprised that they are doing this and not sure I'd be so happy if I were a current DTD tenant
Stevek
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The Habit isn't exactly gourmet, a significant step up from standard fast food, but not gourmet. The other two are definitely what I would expect from food trucks.
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Deleted member 107043
Yeah, my use of gourmet was probably incorrect. I consider any truck that isn't this, and prepares food to order, a gourmet food truck lol.
Curious Constance
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It's only weekends in October, so they shouldn't be too upset.
Stevek
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But aren't weekends the busiest? I took one of my daughters down a couple of Saturday's ago and I was surprised how packed it was. Very long waits...so long that we settled for Whitewater Snacks versus any sit down restaurant. If it's failing as bad as some people claim, it must be during the week.
Stevek
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But some of those food trucks are soooo good. Brings back memories of my mid teens when I worked for my uncle at his construction sites.Yeah, my use of gourmet was probably incorrect. I consider any truck that isn't this, and prepares food to order, a gourmet food truck lol.
yookeroo
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Don't the trucks at WDW offer food found elsewhere at the resort? I guess with everything within walking distance at DLR, it makes sense to offer something different. And I like the choices here. The Habit makes a real good burger, something hard to find at the resort.
Still, trucks that offered corn dogs, Dole whips, skewers etc. would probably work.
TP2000
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I'm always frustrated when TDA is like three or four or seven years behind the curve on trendy stuff like this.
I would have been impressed by Sprinkles cupcakes in 2011. In 2016 it's just a single notch above a Starbucks on the hip scale.
Likewise, I would have been impressed by Food Trucks in 2013, because I was won over by the hipster goodness of food trucks during a visit up in Portland (AKA Hipster Capital of America) back in 2011. But now in 2016 food trucks seems like a thing that's a few years too late to be newsworthy. And one of them is run by Habit Burger? There's a Habit Burger near my house in Villa Park, seven miles east of Disneyland, and it's good and I go there once a month. But there's a couple dozen Habit Burgers in affluent neighborhoods all over SoCal. Why not something more original or unique?
If this Food Truck idea was one of the things Christie Fleischer came up with, maybe she's not as hip as Miceage tried to make her out to be. Whatever they were doing in Portland in 2009 isn't a hip thing when it finally arrives at Disneyland in 2016. It's just a nice option to save you from the crap burgers at Tomorrowland Terrace.
I would have been impressed by Sprinkles cupcakes in 2011. In 2016 it's just a single notch above a Starbucks on the hip scale.
Likewise, I would have been impressed by Food Trucks in 2013, because I was won over by the hipster goodness of food trucks during a visit up in Portland (AKA Hipster Capital of America) back in 2011. But now in 2016 food trucks seems like a thing that's a few years too late to be newsworthy. And one of them is run by Habit Burger? There's a Habit Burger near my house in Villa Park, seven miles east of Disneyland, and it's good and I go there once a month. But there's a couple dozen Habit Burgers in affluent neighborhoods all over SoCal. Why not something more original or unique?
If this Food Truck idea was one of the things Christie Fleischer came up with, maybe she's not as hip as Miceage tried to make her out to be. Whatever they were doing in Portland in 2009 isn't a hip thing when it finally arrives at Disneyland in 2016. It's just a nice option to save you from the crap burgers at Tomorrowland Terrace.
Californian Elitist
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I was thinking the same thing. Why have a food truck that's a burger chain? It should have been something that started as a good truck and is only a good truck. There are plenty of options.
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No shade intended, but one could argue that's a feature of the Southern California bubble and the Hollywood-centric nature of the entertainment industry that dominates the region. In the past few decades LA and OC counties always seem to be playing catch-up on global and national trends when it comes to urban style and hip-ness.
Yeah there are tons of food truck options, but I'm guessing Disney isn't trying to be an innovator here. Disney just wants to offer decent, basic grub. It sounds like these particular trucks have brand recognition with the locals, so that could draw some APer's over on their next visit. And the offerings aren't overly gourmet or 'foodie'--burgers, wings and tacos--so out-of-town guests won't be put off. It's a safe choice. The Disney Way on many things these days.
Travel Junkie
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At least in the instances TP talks about, So Cal started the trend. Sprinkles is an LA brand and Hollywood is responsible for the cupcake trend beginning. The food truck craze really took off in LA. A lot of talented chefs did not have enough money to open a restaurant in So Cal and turned to food trucks and creating a higher end food truck product then what was the traditional truck that came around at lunch time.
westie
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To me food trucks lower the appeal of Disney. I am a fan of roach coaches. The best burrito in town comes from a roach coach but, I don't want to see that on my vacation. My apologize to those that bring their own food but, the wife and I are Disney foodies and plan our trips around meals. Steakhouse 55, Uva Bar and Trader Sam's are our go to's. Food trucks just take away from the glory that is Disney imo.