willtravel
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Cheaper than actually building a permanent building... You can at any time just pack it up and move to any park.
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Food Trucks coming to Downtown Disney this fall
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Interesting. Which one is serving the Starbucks coffee?
71jason
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In the real world, yes. But these will be owned and operated by Disney corporate. Which rather defeats their purpose.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
Not really, it allows them to add new "pop up" eating locations, owned by Disney (and not 3rd party) in DTD without having to add a Brick and Mortar store, leaving those to be sold to 3rd party vendors. And, if one of them does poorly, it would be REALLY quick and easy to change up it's offerings.
tonganprince
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PeterMarcus
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I would not be surprised if the food trucks will eventually be doing market research on new dishes that would later show up in F&W or table service. The new Disney Springs would be an interesting Out-of-gates place to do some experimenting.
But, yeah, I'm really interested to see how DDP and/or TIW would be handled, and if the prices will be any different than the prices for the same dishes at F&W or anywhere else in the parks.
But, yeah, I'm really interested to see how DDP and/or TIW would be handled, and if the prices will be any different than the prices for the same dishes at F&W or anywhere else in the parks.
lazyboy97o
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So? It's still locations that third parties will compete with. Why should they care that in theory it could go away easily? The inverse is also true, Disney could add more and increase the competition.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
I don't think Disney cares too much about taking away from the 3rd parties. This discussion was had last time the food trucks showed up. I'm fairly certain that Disney likely tells their vendors that there is no guarantee on the amount of competition at their location. This would allow Disney to add meal capacity at little cost to them.
scpergj
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Have you tried Corner Taco? Now that I work in Riverside they are sometimes right on the river, behind the old fire station. Best fish taco I've EVER had. Seriously.
He's right...the food truck thing is really big in Jacksonville. I've had some really good food from them.
Not yet. I was planning on trying it at the rally they had downtown a couple of months ago, but that turned into a major CF. They have another one going on at the Academy Sports on Kernan and Atlantic at the end of September that we are going to try and go to.
71jason
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The "last time" the trucks were owned by Disney's primary third party partner (despite every effort to obscure that fact, and make the trucks look like they were run by small entreprenuers).
I can't say this would encourage me to open another quick-serve restaurant--or even something like a Red Robin--in Disney Springs. But maybe TDO has figured that out already, and this is a back-up plan.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
I guess I just see them as totally different kinds of dining experiences, both of which should easily be able to co-exist in the same area. For the most part, the food-truck food you're going to eat standing, or on nearby benches and/or curbs. This type of quick-serve food doesn't typically offer the option of any sort of tables/chairs, restrooms, etc that even a McDonalds would offer. There are a lot of times when folks are not in the mood to stand/walk and eat, and would choose the quick-service brick-and-mortar option.
If I owned a Red Robin franchise, I still think I'd be more than happy to place my franchise in DTD, even knowing Disney might park a food truck outside of it. The services and food options I can offer at my storefront are completely different than the ones they can offer out of their truck.
We live in a small town, and the one food truck we have serves the best food in town! The chef/owner has already been on Chef Wanted (didn't get the job), and is in talks with Food Network to be on a few other shows. He is planning a sit down restaurant in the near future, and we can't wait to see what he comes up with in a real kitchen! It really is a good place for a young chef to start his/her career without a lot of financing.
71jason
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In the real world, this has proven not to be the case. One of the bigger issues in Orlando right now is the draconian restrictions that were recently placed on food trucks--prompted by bricks and mortar restaurants that have been feeling the competition. In a controlled setting like DTD, even more so. There's X number of guests who are going to eat lunch at DTD any given day--if they graze from the food trucks, they're not buying a sandwich from the Earl.
sshindel
The Epcot Manifesto
I don't feel it a direct comparison between the daily lunch routine of workers (Chicago has similar restrictions on food trucks, which has basically stopped the trend from gaining any foothold) to vacationing Disney folk.
Workers, who are going out to eat in the same area, over and over have more chance to start picking food up from food trucks, for variety, for ease (take it back to the office, to a park, etc).
People vacationing behave differently though, and I think that dining patterns of folks at DTD would differ greatly from those folks in their "home" lives.
I can't honestly say I've studied the patterns of food goers in detail though, just in my own experience. When food trucks are present, they are just another option, sometimes I visit them, sometimes I dont, depends on many factors. On vacation, they'd have to offer food that was drastically better than what I could get for the same price at a place where I could sit down and get a high chair for my kid, etc.
Radok Block
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Good point. I'm hoping they'll let some up-and-comers have some fun with them, though. I could see them being 'branded' by Famous Personality ChefsTM* who would then (ideally) tap some young talent to develop them out.
*pleasepleasepleaseNOTGuyFieri
love disney
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So the article states that they will be coming the fall of this year...does anyone know when and for how long?
The Enchanted Fare one sounds interesting, I hope they include the black pepper popcorn from Tokyo Disneyland...delicious!
As for the World Showcase of Flavors featuring items from the Food and Wine Festival, I wonder if being able to sample a limited selection of foods from the festival might encourage some folks who weren't planning on going to the festival to attend.
The Enchanted Fare one sounds interesting, I hope they include the black pepper popcorn from Tokyo Disneyland...delicious!
As for the World Showcase of Flavors featuring items from the Food and Wine Festival, I wonder if being able to sample a limited selection of foods from the festival might encourage some folks who weren't planning on going to the festival to attend.
RandomPrincess
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Well the Disneyland corn dogs cost $6 at DLR. I could see similar pricing.
ThemeParkJunkee
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If only they would have a truck serving flavored popcorns ala Tokyo Disney...