There were times Cast Members would be much stricter and argumentative about people wanting to order at a register. But also, the abandonment of mobile order only should be a bit telling that it didn’t create any sort of great efficiency.
And its a turn off that you have to go through red tape first by telling a cast member you want to come in and order and eat, you shouldn't have to do that, never use to had to. They have stationed too many wall blocks and permission points everywhere that it has zapped the fun out of it. Had to go through at least 3 or 4 cast asking permission the other night just to buy a bottle water off to the side after the parade when leaving main street, they wanted no one veering out of their exit line.
Where are you eating that this is happening?
has happened at the abc commissary and at columbia harbour house, maybe its certain days times?
What does keeping the option tell you?There was no mandate until the pandemic.
Gee, looking at those you would almost think Frontierland is supposed to be old and not have modern stuff like racecars in it.
What sort of gotcha do you think you’ve found? I haven’t said anything about getting rid of mobile ordering as an option.
Same sort of gotcha you think you found when you said they opened up the registers after the pandemic.
If mobile order offered the claimed capacity gains then they would and should have kept mobile order only.
Again, you are jumping at the idea that people hate mobile ordering for saying it doesn't add capacity. They are not the same. I can sit here and say it works well for some people and not for others, and it's fine as an option.
As can be seen from the posts above there are situations that call for - or people who prefer - ordering at a register. Disney is accommodating them.
I don’t know. If you visit other threads posters are saying Disney is lying about attendance and the place is a ghost town. Why would they add dining capacity at this point?
Because guest spending and attendance are not mutually exclusive.
But if there are so few guests shouldn’t they fit comfortably within the current capacity?
Nobody said there were no advantages, just that it didn’t increase capacity. There are clear advantages in things like staffing.
No, because a recent downturn in visitation is still several thousand more people per day than were visiting in 1993 (the last year before the massive Adventureland Verandah was shuttered and since followed by the Tomorrowland Terrace along with other smaller venues). Visitation can be down over recent years without being at all time lows.
So Disney does not need more dining capacity because people are committed to buying and don’t care if they fit?