Ayla
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New Enhancements, Dining Options Coming to Disney’s BoardWalk
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trainplane3
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Flying Fish was closed this past Wednesday due to "engineering issues". From what it sounded like around the area at the time, they might've hit a water line the wrong way. It obviously reopened the next day.
ToTBellHop
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They are hard at work on a million gallons of cannoli filling to inject.Saw that in person this week and can also confirm that CakeBake still looks like an empty shell.
Bocabear
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no restaurant refurbishment and rebuild should take a year to do... Who even cares about the Cake Bake shop at this point?
Rather than add a restaurant that would serve the area reasonably priced fare, and late night dining for weary park goers, we are getting an overpriced jewelbox restaurant that would seem more suited to the Grand Floridian... Wrong placement again, and it is not adding needed dining capacity in the way it is needed at the Boardwalk. Aside from Tubbi's at the Dolphin there are no late night food options in this hub of 5 different hotels...
Rather than add a restaurant that would serve the area reasonably priced fare, and late night dining for weary park goers, we are getting an overpriced jewelbox restaurant that would seem more suited to the Grand Floridian... Wrong placement again, and it is not adding needed dining capacity in the way it is needed at the Boardwalk. Aside from Tubbi's at the Dolphin there are no late night food options in this hub of 5 different hotels...
Big T 1963
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Couldn't agree with you more Bocabear... Who is looking towards this type of food option??? And how many bake shops do we need on Disney property? Like to see how long this place last... I betting maybe a few years at best Anyone agree??
There's a bit of a misconception with the Cake Bake shop. It's two establishments in one. The bake shop is on the right with a seperate entrance ( the old ESPN entrance) for grab and go, the full service restaurant is on the left serving full breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner service, with it's entrance going directly under the main tower portion. They're known for cakes and pastries but it will have a varied and expanded savory menu that will change seasonally. To add, she has very high standards in regards to food, atmosphere, and service, so this could turn out to be one of the better WDW dining experiences.
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Weather_Lady
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Am I the only one who sees almost zero progress over the past several updates? It still looks exactly the same - a building behind walls with naked girders for a cupola-like structure on top. What am I missing?
jaklgreen
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I agree. It would have made more sense to do more casual locations, like you would typically see along coastlines. Fish and chips shop, steak and garlic shrimp Hawaiian style, Poke bowls, etc. This fancy, way overpriced cafe is so out of place here. I am a baker and love a good cafe and bakery, but those prices at their original locations are insulting. I can't imagine what the Disney upcharge will be.
I won't argue, the prices are outrageous. I've only had dinner there once and thought, 'This quiche better be good, cause dang, the price!' I bit into my quiche and thought I'd died and gone to quiche heaven. Not a heavy egg dish like expected. It was so light and fluffy it melted in my mouth. And the pastries are better than anything anywhere else. High prices yes, but worth every penny.
jaklgreen
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For me, I don't care how good the cake is, $16 for a regular sized slice of cake is insulting. And $6 for a SCOOP of vanilla ice cream is equally outrageous. I bet the owner is laughing all the way to the bank with those prices. Cake is one of the easiest things to make from scratch and cost very little.
James Alucobond
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Their cake slices are not regular sized and would definitely serve two. As for ice cream, most ice cream shops I go to are in the $5-6 dollar range for a scoop. A Dole Whip is already $5 for a bit of vanilla soft serve.
Disone
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Please stop. People want to be outraged. Let them be!!!
James Alucobond
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I mean, by all means be outraged by the rising price of food, but it's not something particular to WDW or this specific restaurant. Many places where I could eat for under $10 less than three years ago are now $13-$15.Please stop. People want to be outraged. Let them be!!!
jaklgreen
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That is my point, you can get a meal for the price that this place sells a slice of cake for. If people are willing to pay that, more power to the company. I am just astounded that people are willing to pay that for something that is so basic. It is like paying $30 for a McDonald's cheeseburger.
I am currently in one of the top tourist areas in the country. Last night we went to an ice cream shop that has been consistently voted the top businesses in the area. It was $5 for 3 scoops of ice cream. Is is not normal for one scoop to cost $5, not even in tourist areas.
James Alucobond
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Their standard cakes are over 7" tall. Their 8" rounds are recommended for serving 22 people, and their 12" rounds are recommended for up to 56. The slices you get in the shop are more than sizeable enough to share, with three full uncut 2" layers. It is expensive, but a comparison to a McDonald's cheeseburger is also not warranted, neither in quantity nor quality. Compare it to Les Halles, where one large macaron is $7.50 and a small tart is $7.00.
I've no idea where this was, but it is not the case in my area at any local ice cream shop. The most widely applicable pseudo-local example I can think of is perhaps Jeni's, which was $5 for a single scoop (cone or cup) last I checked. Might be more now as I haven't been to one in a while since there are none nearby.
Some confusion may also stem from how a scoop is defined in different locations; Jeni's, for example, sells in both half and single scoops, with single scoops being quite substantial. This is my experience locally as well, where a child's size is a half scoop, and when put into a cone, a single scoop is often a "double half scoop", which looks like two scoops atop one another.
StaceyH_SD
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I’m in Bay City, MI and even here the at excellent local housemade artisan ice cream place the price for a single scoop is…$5. And worth every penny. So the prices for a high end bakery/eatery located at WDW don’t seem that out-of-line from what I’d expect.
What’s actually funny to me is I recently moved back to Michigan from California and I expected things like restaurants would be less expensive than CA but they’re not. At least gas is less expensive here.
What’s actually funny to me is I recently moved back to Michigan from California and I expected things like restaurants would be less expensive than CA but they’re not. At least gas is less expensive here.
Big T 1963
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TDLFan I agree with you to a point however you stated "could turn out to be one of the better WDW dining experiences" ..Will see when the menu prices come out and if we all can't have our cake and eat it too.. LOL!
Bocabear
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OMG the new update...I will be shocked if this is finished in 2023 and they are still working on the steel framing. Then after the roof is up, windows, drywall etc... That would be 6 months but Disney's "Go Slow" building style could make it take another year...lol
And $16 for a slice of cake, no matter how large, still feels excessive...and that is without the standard Disney upcharge... I would expect $18-20 range...
And $16 for a slice of cake, no matter how large, still feels excessive...and that is without the standard Disney upcharge... I would expect $18-20 range...
James Alucobond
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Amorette's petit cakes, which are probably about the same size since they fit in your hand, are $20-$22.
