New Enhancements, Dining Options Coming to Disney’s BoardWalk

[JoeCamel]

That… doesn’t look like a very long line to me? What is that, all of three people in line?

Its not the number of guests but what the guests in that number will spend - Saint Bob........

 

[JoeCamel]

Disney is guilty of a lot of price-gouging, but they’re not even the most expensive theme park for certain types of food. In my experience a burger and fries at Sea World is going to cost more than one at Cosmic Rays.

With or without the surcharge???

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

This is certainly a special place

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

I’m setting the over/under on this place closing permanently at the amount of time the Galactic Failcruiser stayed open, and gun to my head I’d probably take the under.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

I think the biggest issue for cake Bake Shop, beyond the pricing, is during the daytime. Despite its location by EPCOT, it has been proven by every other restaurant that has tried to make it on the BoardWalk, that most EPCOT guests are not willing to leave the park to go there.

I think this place could **maybe** have survived at Disney Springs, with the menu items at a lower price point. But yeah, at the Boardwalk? It’s doomed. They could slash prices and it wouldn’t matter at this point.

 

[JoeCamel]

I’m setting the over/under on this place closing permanently at the amount of time the Galactic Failcruiser stayed open, and gun to my head I’d probably take the under.

Yeah, sooner...

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

But how late are you looking for places to be open? WDW isn't a late night/bar club type destination.

It used to be…. Kungaloosh!

In general it kinda seems like people forget or weren’t around a couple decades ago - WDW was a much different place.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I’m setting the over/under on this place closing permanently at the amount of time the Galactic Failcruiser stayed open, and gun to my head I’d probably take the under.

Point a webcam at a cabbage and see which lasts longer.

{Points to those in the states who get this reference.}

 

[aladdin2007]

Disney is guilty of a lot of price-gouging, but they’re not even the most expensive theme park for certain types of food. In my experience a burger and fries at Sea World is going to cost more than one at Cosmic Rays.

and at sea world you have to pay for a shopping bag, and they don't accept cash which is just wrong on so many levels when every other business/themepark/entertainment venue does.

 

[JoeCamel]

It used to be…. Kungaloosh!

In general it kinda seems like people forget or weren’t around a couple decades ago - WDW was a much different place.

Bring back the all nighters!

 

[Tha Realest]

I think this place could **maybe** have survived at Disney Springs, with the menu items at a lower price point. But yeah, at the Boardwalk? It’s doomed. They could slash prices and it wouldn’t matter at this point.

Even aside from the ridiculous prices, there are some infrastructural and transportational issues in terms of getting to this place. It’s a pain to get to a Boardwalk /Beach Club restaurant when you have a reservation. As far as prices go, even much more modestly priced TSRs are hurting now, in and out of the parks.

I’m taking the under for the SWGS time frame.

 

[gerarar]

 

[hismattjesty]

and at sea world you have to pay for a shopping bag, and they don't accept cash which is just wrong on so many levels when every other business/themepark/entertainment venue does.

I agree as well. Unfortunately, it's becoming the new norm. All Six Flags and Cedar Fair parks are cashless, and have been for years now. I went to 4 different stadiums for sporting events and 2 concert amphitheaters, and yet again, all cashless. I personally HATE this trend.

 

[Bocabear]

Well... That is it...no matter what they charge, people will buy it at WDW... So I guess they will now feel emboldened to continue to drive the prices of everything up even higher... As long as people clamor for the product despite the cost, they will continue the upward climb in cost to enjoy it... I guess that bucket didn't tip yet.
And if the numbers of people are supposedly down, why is the reservation system even in place?

 

[gavvy]

The Disney World Restaurant With Higher Prices Than Monaco

Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, has swung open the doors to a restaurant with higher prices than one of the world's most famous and flashy eateries.

www.forbes.com

Think I'd prefer to go to Monaco.

 

[WorldExplorer]

I'm not saying the place is definitely going to fail, but it's amazing how many people will just completely flip and declare something a rousing, long-lasting success based on one image of one night within like two days of opening (when it's still the shiny new thing).

I guess a lot of people were expecting no one to ever show up?

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Weren’t there long lines for the $$$ corn dogs on opening weekend too?

 

[LSLS]

The opening month is not the question, the question is what does it look like in 4 months. I think the Starcruiser comparisson makes sense in that respect. It's definitely possible it does well, but I can say from my small group of people I know that go to Disney, none have even a curiousity desire to eat here.

 

[DisneyCane]

and at sea world you have to pay for a shopping bag, and they don't accept cash which is just wrong on so many levels when every other business/themepark/entertainment venue does.

Don't you realize that if you have to pay for a shopping bag you are saving the environment? The merchandise that you put in the shopping bag doesn't have any negative effect even if it is plastic crap made in China.

 

[Horizons '83]

They could open up anything and throw a cardboard cut out of a sign and people will show up the first few months because its shiny and new. Like others have said, what does this look like in a year?