News Gideon's Bakehouse May Be Cooking Up New Venture at Disney Springs

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Gideon's Bakehouse May Be Cooking Up New Venture at Disney Springs

Gideon's Bakehouse May Be Cooking Up New Venture at Disney Springs

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[Comped]

Not a bad idea, and one of the few times I'll say that Disney should absolutely do something that I barely know anything about. Supporting an Orlando business for Disney is a smart choice, especially when it makes oodles of money.

Should I try those cookies?

 

[James Alucobond]

Should I try those cookies?

If you like massive ingredient wads loosely held together by flour and butter.

 

[Comped]

If you like massive ingredient wads loosely held together by flour and butter.

Not particularly. I appreciate well constructed cookies that don't fall apart too easily.

 

[dmc493]

Hot take I don't enjoy a Gideon's cookie at all. I know I'm in the minority - good for them if they're expanding or trying new things

 

[James Alucobond]

Not particularly. I appreciate well constructed cookies that don't fall apart too easily.

I wouldn't say they fall apart really, but even the outer surface is always so overloaded with the mix-ins that you can't really handle a chocolate chip cookie from them without winding up with a palm of melted chocolate. They're not really my cup of tea, but I know some people care more for the ingredients than the cookie itself, in which case they might be to your taste.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I think they’re delicious but we prefer to get a few cookies and divide them up between the four of us. I wouldn’t want any single cookie for myself entirely.

Also love their cakes. And they are far cheaper than Cake Bake Shop.

 

[networkpro]

I think they’re delicious but we prefer to get a few cookies and divide them up between the four of us. I wouldn’t want any single cookie for myself entirely.

Also love their cakes. And they are far cheaper than Cake Bake Shop.

I'll agree on the cakes, they are better than the Ganachery or Erin McKinnas house of wish it were real cake.

 

[Nunu]

I think they’re delicious

100% agree.

we prefer to get a few cookies and divide them up

We divide them too, they're quite big! When I'm solo, I'd get just one, it lasts me two-three days.

 

[Tha Realest]

Just an FYI, Steve commented in the associated Reddit thread and said that this is not true and he doesn't know where the information is coming from.

Wasn’t this owner and company also famously opaque / possible misleading when there were Covid breakouts early on in their opening? I also recall a number of former employees complaining about their business practices.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Delicious cookies. Highly recommend.

We’ve also been to the original location. No difference in taste but flavors will vary between locations based on the day. Also recommend visiting there if you have the opportunity. Just know it’s easy to overlook!! We walked around the entire building before finally stumbling upon it.

 

[Casper Gutman]

At least Gideon’s has some personality, something in very short supply at the Springs. Other than Jock Lindsey’s, most of DS is interchangeable, bland, and profoundly uninteresting. It is one of the sad ironies of modern Disney that they feel the need to slap unnecessary IPs and characters on every inch of their immaculately themed and differentiated hotels while stripping them from the Springs, which really needs the boost.

 

[dmc493]

At least Gideon’s has some personality, something in very short supply at the Springs. Other than Jock Lindsey’s, most of DS is interchangeable, bland, and profoundly uninteresting. It is one of the sad ironies of modern Disney that they feel the need to slap unnecessary IPs and characters on every inch of their immaculately themed and differentiated hotels while stripping them from the Springs, which really needs the boost.

It’s a more cohesive and elegant district than downtown Disney ever was, for how it operates with non-Disney shops and partners, I think it’s fantastic.

World of Disney is another story

 

[Rinx]

Hot take I don't enjoy a Gideon's cookie at all. I know I'm in the minority - good for them if they're expanding or trying new things

I think they are awful and I will never understand the hype.

 

[mattpeto]

I think they’re delicious but we prefer to get a few cookies and divide them up between the four of us. I wouldn’t want any single cookie for myself entirely.

Also love their cakes. And they are far cheaper than Cake Bake Shop.

The cold brews are also fantastic.

 

[Casper Gutman]

It’s a more cohesive and elegant district than downtown Disney ever was, for how it operates with non-Disney shops and partners, I think it’s fantastic.

World of Disney is another story

Downtown Disney wasn’t great but large sections had some actual personality and there were spots of genuine interest - Adventurers Club, World of Disney, Disney Quest, etc. The three sections actually felt somewhat distinct. DS has almost no personality. Anywhere. And the absolute last thing I’m interested in when visiting Disney World are “non-Disney shops and partners.” I have lifestyle centers where I live - and almost anywhere else I might vacation. Those sort of stores and restaurants actively make DS feel less special. Universal knows this and has been actively pushing third parties out of CityWalk for years to the areas great benefit.

All that said, smaller, less ubiquitous third-parties like Gideons, especially themed ones, are much preferable to most of what’s in DS. I’d be fine with them expanding and very happy if they amped up the theming to the exterior and surrounding area.

 

[Jon81uk]

Those sort of stores and restaurants actively make DS feel less special. Universal knows this and has been actively pushing third parties out of CityWalk for years to the areas great benefit.

I would say that the change to only having one massive Universal store at CityWalk has made it significantly less appealing to me, if you've spent all day in the theme parks where they have merchandise for the characters in that theme park, sometimes you want to look at other products. CityWalk didn't have many stores but what was there complemented the theme park merchandise pretty well.

I do think Disney Springs has gone a bit too far down being just full of chain stores in the Town Centre section, I miss places like Magnetron and the quirkier stuff that used to be in West Side. But generally if the entirety of Disney Springs was just Disney merchandise it would be incredibly repetitive, even if they hadn't built the Town Centre expansion.

 

[WorldExplorer]

At least Gideon’s has some personality, something in very short supply at the Springs. Other than Jock Lindsey’s, most of DS is interchangeable, bland, and profoundly uninteresting. It is one of the sad ironies of modern Disney that they feel the need to slap unnecessary IPs and characters on every inch of their immaculately themed and differentiated hotels while stripping them from the Springs, which really needs the boost.

My favorite thing about Springs is taking a Disney bus there and having the overhead speaker go on this hilariously long lecture about the different districts and their back stories.

You keep thinking it's got to be over now...then it keeps going.

Then you get there and there's no reason to care about anything they said.

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

I am not a fan either. I prefer Summerhouse cookies.

 

[flyerjab]

The coffee cake cookie and peanut butter cookie are good, but the other cookies have way too much stuff on them. I actually can’t stand the chocolate chip cookie. I like cookies where you can actually taste the cookie part of the cookie. But that’s just me.

The theming is fantastic. And the peanut butter cold brew is absolutely fabulous!