I wonder if they have the roped off premium seating areas, like they did for previous festivals.
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High prices at the Arts Festival food kiosks (compared to other EPCOT festivals)
- Thread starter Radeksgrl
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ToTBellHop
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DFB said in today's review that most of the dishes were entree size.
Tony the Tigger
Well-Known Member
Well if all goes well, I will find out on Friday!
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
DFB said everything was amazing. Like every other review they have put up the past few years. Everything is awesome when it's foh free.
21stamps
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Take photos! The whole festival sounds fun!
peter11435
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Do you know for a fact they receive the items for free. I ask because I remember them saying they did not
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
I am not 100% sure on their arrangement with Disney. They may pay for individual items in a festival setting, but you can be 100% sure they are incentivized for good reviews.
peter11435
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Well I prefer not to assume which is what you're doing. You may be correct but obviously you are just assuming that is true.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
Do whatever you want bud. I'm not stopping you.
peter11435
Well-Known Member
Never asked you to stop me.
But I don't think you should accuse them of being paid off for good reviews unless you have more than a hunch that it is true.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
Why would you ask me to stop you? What kind of logic is that?
peter11435
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Soarin' Over Pgh
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I don't think they are offered free samples of anything because they're a blogger. I've seen plenty of "meh" reviews on their site before.
They do have great pictures.
peter11435
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Same to you.
GiveMeTheMusic
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I don't know which dishes they tried, but the ones I tried were not entree size. One of the booths is serving a single scallop.
C D Hazel
New Member
I don't mean to hijack the conversation, but I'm wondering if anyone has tried to book the dining package for the Broadway series during the Arts Festival. I just got off the phone with Disney Dining, and a very nice cast member didn't seem to know what I was talking about. When she did a little research, she told me there was no availability--at any of the restaurants that are featured for the dining package (along with the Liberty Tree Tavern, which I assured her was not part of the Arts Festival's dining package). Has anyone else run into a similar issue?
And the package doesn't seem to be accessible on MyDisneyExperience, either.
And the package doesn't seem to be accessible on MyDisneyExperience, either.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Expect the food prices at all the Festivals to match this one. Oh and buffet pricing at 1900 Park was 69.95 pp. during Marathon weekend just like Sprit said it would be in the New Year.
Yes we WANTED to do it but fiscal sanity prevailed. A single meal is not worth car payment type money.
Yes we WANTED to do it but fiscal sanity prevailed. A single meal is not worth car payment type money.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Depends on the definition of entree.... DFB uses terms which are extremely generous when it comes to Disney portion sizes.
Pixie VaVoom
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That reminds me of my first restaurant breakfast after moving down to the southouthern states. I grew up near Canada. The waitress asked me if I wanted grits. I told her I wasn't sure if I would like them ...so could she just bring me ONE?? Boy did I get a funny look !!
Kman101
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True. It also seems like portion sizes vary by day or by chef ... but it seems the price complaint was what marred DCA's Holiday festival, the food was apparently good but size was tiny for the price asked (I wasn't there, just going by reports).
I again suggest you shouldn't expect a tapa, sampler, entree, whatever, to be a meal, they expect you to buy several others at the other booths, but you should also get what you pay for, not some tiny portion when you can go buy a burger, or something similar at the same price.
So something is missing in how they run these things. I really do think they just expect people to pay no matter what.