chadwpalm
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Pirates doesn't need to be running for the BB to open.
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Disneyland officially reopening April 30th
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ToTBellHop
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Not technically. They could choose any restaurant to have alcohol and picked the one attached to a closed E ticket? I thought they cared about their publicity? “Reporting live from the Disneyland restaurant inside the STILL CLOSED Pirates of the Caribbean!”
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el_super
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It could go either way I guess... but the restaurant is actually a bit nicer when the ride is closed.
ToTBellHop
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That, I’m sure is true. It’s a really pretty restaurant but I didn’t find the food worthy of the location (or prices) last time I went. Has it improved in recent years?
el_super
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I wouldn't know because I too... haven't been in several years. I wouldn't say that it wasn't really worth the cost, but it definitely wasn't worth the hassle.
Californian Elitist
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This doesn’t surprise me at all. I was expecting this, as I’m sure others were, too.
ToTBellHop
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I find the timing of the announcement amusing. “After a year away, you could use a drink.”
180º
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Considering how few table service restaurants Disneyland has, the leap to serving alcohol at all of them doesn't seem like such a leap. I wouldn't be surprised to see that in a couple of years. Although maybe they will want to keep it to Blue Bayou and keep all the (non-Star Wars) alcohol in one kitchen.
TP2000
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The Blue Bayou often remains open as a restaurant during Pirates of the Caribbean refurbishments.
During major Pirates refurbs the restaurant can close for a week or two, but then it reopens often weeks before the ride actually does.
TP2000
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For the record, I don't care much about Gavin any longer. The Recall Election is happening this fall, and his ability to run for political office outside of California is now toast. He's toxic nationally now, and that's all I cared about. The other 49 states may send us thank you cards later. Unless First Partner leaves him over his latest affair, they can go run a winery together happily ever after. I could care less now.
But I do care about Sacramento dictating how industries they clearly know nothing about run their business. That has nothing to do with the current governor, it's a massive bureaucracy run amuck.
A bureaucracy that could say it's fine to sit unmasked at The Blue Bayou for an hour or longer (now drinking cocktails and wine which lengthens a meal time!), but it's not fine to sit masked in a boat moving through that same building for 16 minutes.
If that's not proof these people are frauds regulating things they know nothing about via arbitrary rules, then I don't know what is.
180º
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Your signature is a Gavin quote.
As for the rest of your reply, point taken. The first time. About 900 of your posts ago.
Figgy1
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Booze increases profit margin
TP2000
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Just upstairs from The Blue Bayou is Club 33, and they've been serving alcohol there since 1967. After the Club 33 expansion about five years ago, they've got a full cocktail bar and a restaurant with an impressive wine list up there.
If anything, The Blue Bayou is just an extension of Club 33's sizable alcohol service now.
I'm pretty sure we'll see this go towards the DCA model, where cocktails and wine is offered at Carnation Cafe, The Blue Bayou, Cafe Orleans and Star Wars Land. And then you'll get a very limited option for wine/beer at a few key buffet restaurants like Plaza Inn, French Market, and Pizza Port. Then they'll probably stop with that. At least for a decade or so.
If they do that, New Orleans Square will be liquor soaked! Which is thematically appropriate.
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ToTBellHop
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You’ve read all 900? I think you should be recognized with a “TOP FAN” badge.
TP2000
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I'm dying laughing here now because I was going to change my quote this week, and I've been sampling some other really funny quotes that others have in recent days.
But now, I'm keeping that ridiculously idiotic Gavin quote for another month or two. Just for you!
As for my posting regularity, I've apparently got over 18,000 posts here now according to that little tracker thing. But that only started being tracked about a decade ago, so I lost credit on a bunch from the 2000's. I average about 5 posts per day, 365 days per year, in the last 12 years.
I'm retired, and as long as I find it entertaining I plan to keep posting here on a wide array of fun topics.
TP2000
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I'd still like to know where the Western States Pact went, or why it was abandoned less than a year after it was created to much fanfare and hoopla. This would seem to be a perfect time to use it. (For non-westerners, all three governors in the Western States Pact are Democrats, so there's no divisive "red state vs. blue state" junk involved)
If you're going to finally use the Pact for something, use it to limit tourism to California from its member states.
It's also a concept fully supported by science and data, because the two other West Coast states have dramatically better health metrics than California, and now with higher vaccination rates than California. Scientifically, you'd want as many Oregonians in California as possible. The two other states in the Pact have case rates half that of California!
California = 92,800 Confirmed Cases Per 1 Million, 16.1% Fully Vaccinated
Oregon = 39,019 Confirmed Cases Per 1 Million, 16.7% Fully Vaccinated
Washington = 48,010 Confirmed Cases Per 1 Million, 17.9% Fully Vaccinated
So what happened? Why wasn't the Western States Pact and it's officially stated goal "to coordinate the rollback of economic restrictions implemented by the state governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic" not used here for the tourism industry? And why?
More Than 12.7 Billion Shots Given: Covid-19 Tracker
Bloomberg counted up the shots administered in 184 countries and 59 US states and territories
www.bloomberg.com
TP2000
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One other thing I'm surprised isn't getting more attention, and that I think is going to be a HUGE problem both short-term and long-term, is this little nugget of info that George posted here last night from the CM union...
So between 30% and 60% of the CM's that Disneyland was recalling back to restart the park are gone. Moved on with their lives after a year of not working there. They've got new jobs that pay better and treat them better, or they just started a new chapter of their life that doesn't involve being a CM any longer. That's not surprising in the least, but it's disastrous for trying to restart the park even at reduced capacity. Much less hopefully ramp up to 100% capacity during the rest of this year.
This seems like a mess that will really impact Disneyland's ability to recover quickly!
So between 30% and 60% of the CM's that Disneyland was recalling back to restart the park are gone. Moved on with their lives after a year of not working there. They've got new jobs that pay better and treat them better, or they just started a new chapter of their life that doesn't involve being a CM any longer. That's not surprising in the least, but it's disastrous for trying to restart the park even at reduced capacity. Much less hopefully ramp up to 100% capacity during the rest of this year.
This seems like a mess that will really impact Disneyland's ability to recover quickly!
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
I thought you worked for Zenia Mucha
Curious Constance
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So there will be indoor dining in the parks when they open? Did that change with the tier change? I thought they weren’t allowing it at all inside the parks?