TheTexasKid
Member
Is it true that they are going to remove the rutabaga mash from the menu at Akershus?
Say it ain't so.
I hope not. It's my favorite at Akershus.
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is this true?
- Thread starter disneymomof3
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I hope not. It's my favorite at Akershus.
slappy magoo
Well-Known Member
Well, here's the thing: The character meal at Liberty Tree Tavern is scheduled to go away, and I think the one at Garden Grill is also ending (don't quote me on that one, however). Character meals ARE popular, people love them so much, they don't want to leave...which means that the restaurants can't turn tables over as fast, which means fewer customers served and less money raked in.
But the flip side to that argument is: Would the restaurants with character meals be as popular if they got rid of the characters? I'd argue (sadly) that LTT won't have a problem staying full, especially if it continues the all-you-can-eat-family-style food they serve at dinner, even without the characters. And by not having the characters, they'll be able to serve more people as the guests will be less apt to hang around if there's nothing to see. But Akerhus? No offense to the good people of Norway OR the Norway pavilion, but I can't imagine as many people flocking to that restaurant were it not for the meet-and-greets. I'm coming from ignorance here, as I've never gone, but perusing the menus that I've seen, I've never has a desire to go, either. As my baby gets older, I'm sure she'll want to see princesses and we'll wind up there, but it's not floating my particular boat. And I can't imagine the demand for Akershus being as strong without characters. Without them, Akershus might compete with Morocco as the easiest restaurant to get into without ADRs.
My preference is that WDW would consider MORE character meals, especially in restaurants in the various resorts as opposed to the parks, even if it's just character lunches. Get some people out of the parks during the busiest times, they'll more or less rotate with some of the people who DO stay in the parks through lunch, and then split late afternoon when the people who left for lunch come back. Families get more opportunities to see characters without waiting on hour-long lines in Toontown, the crowds in the parks lighten up a bit as crowds are not only distributed throughout the parks but throughout the entire WDW complex. But since people already paid for their admissions to the parks, the parks don't lose THAT money (the one "potential negative" I see would be that the people who go to character lunches, in the resorts might opt to shop in the resorts' shops instead of back in the parks - less merchandise, sure, but also fewer guests, which could be a more pleasant shopping experience. It improves the bottom line at the resorts, but at the expense of the theme park's stores).
The other thing I can imagine WDW might consider would be hard start AND END times for character meals, much like the dinner shows (or more appropriately, your lunch periods in school). If dinners are serve from 5 to 10 pm, then every hour a whole new group of guests arrive to eat, and 50 minutes later, they're ushered out so the tables can be quickly cleaned and prepared for the next wave of guests. Not as "magical" by a long shot, but I can imagine them at least trying it as it guarantees a maximum amount of guests being served.
J_Krafty24
Active Member
Another possible bonus for having more character meals at the resorts would be for repete WDW visitors who stay at lower level resorts. Getting them in the door of the deluxe resorts for a meal is one step closer to getting them to shell out the big bucks and actually stay there instead of a value or mod.
plutoismyhero
Active Member
I do agree that more resorts should have character meals but i also think that the character meals should be more diverse with characters other the the fab 5 and the few others.
I think a lion king meal would be awesome, or how about a toy story meal, or wait a cars meal HAHAHAHAHA how about a pixar meal at the new pixar hotel they are building on the new plot of land that pixar bought.................:lookaroun, but seriously toy story would be awesome. maybe a muppet character meal that would be the greatest thing ever i would never leave.
Now i know there are other characters at character meals but i still think that they need to bring out more of the OTHER characters.
Also what does the akerhaus have on the dinner menu cause im going in about 3 weeks and we are going to eat there but we have never been there so i have no clue what they have to eat for dinner.
I think a lion king meal would be awesome, or how about a toy story meal, or wait a cars meal HAHAHAHAHA how about a pixar meal at the new pixar hotel they are building on the new plot of land that pixar bought.................:lookaroun, but seriously toy story would be awesome. maybe a muppet character meal that would be the greatest thing ever i would never leave.
Now i know there are other characters at character meals but i still think that they need to bring out more of the OTHER characters.
Also what does the akerhaus have on the dinner menu cause im going in about 3 weeks and we are going to eat there but we have never been there so i have no clue what they have to eat for dinner.
PhilharMagician
Well-Known Member
RiversideBunny
New Member
What? No rutabagas on the menu?
Another budget cut.
Another budget cut.
potatoheadman
Member
I have confirmed ADR for end of January, so i'm sure it's around till then.
disnyfan89
Well-Known Member
Ummm, has anyone noticed this thread is from July????
:lookaroun Just saying.
:lookaroun Just saying.
jhastings74
Well-Known Member
LOL!!!:ROFLOL:
You beat me to it! I noticed the date after trying to figure out how they 'just barely announced' the cancelling of the two character dining experiences, as another poster mentioned..