News New Pirates of the Caribbean-themed lounge

[Bocabear]

if Aunt Polly's had something unique and kind f wonderful, it could actually drive attendance to the island...it culd be the special thing people seek out on their trips to WDW...not uncrustables and apple slices... What if they made frsh fried hand pies... peach Hand pies+ a la mode...a single signature thing and drinks. Make them like the old cookie ice cream sandwich at the Main Street Bakery...Something unbelievable for it's reasonable price and memorable and instagrammable....Bring back Tom and Becky to hang around the porch for meet and greets... It could be a really special thing...a little detail... a little depth...

 

[Purduevian]

FYI this is how Disney classifies it's QS in MK:

QS Restaurants:
Casey, Columbia, Cosmic Rays, Pecos Bills, Pinocchio

QS Kiosk:
Friars nook, Golden Oak, Lunching Pad, Sleepy Hollow, Tortuga Tavern

QS-Coffee:
Main Street Bakery

Snack:
Aloha, Auntie Gravities, Cheshire, Cool Ship, Gastons, Liberty Square, Plaza Ice Cream, Prince Erics, Storybook Treats, Sunshine Tree, Westword Ho

 

[SilentWindODoom]

if Aunt Polly's had something unique and kind f wonderful, it could actually drive attendance to the island...it culd be the special thing people seek out on their trips to WDW...not uncrustables and apple slices... What if they made frsh fried hand pies... peach Hand pies+ a la mode...a single signature thing and drinks. Make them like the old cookie ice cream sandwich at the Main Street Bakery...Something unbelievable for it's reasonable price and memorable and instagrammable....Bring back Tom and Becky to hang around the porch for meet and greets... It could be a really special thing...a little detail... a little depth...

To be clear, those were options that needed no preparation and don't need to be thrown away if they're not sold in the low-traffic area that can provide a full lunch for picky ones and children playing on the island while referencing their history of selling peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. But the main show was supposed to be some kind of Southern specialty that... I couldn't think of at the time.

Honestly, hand pies do sound like a good option. Mass produce them, toast them up and serve. The goal was to find something that could fulfill need without too much risk in the event that five people go during the day.

But I just went to look into past menus there and found out that right before the pandemic they'd opened up with an absolutely beautiful menu! I'm shocked! So maybe they are willing to go out on a limb in that location.

FYI this is how Disney classifies it's QS in MK:

QS Restaurants:
Casey, Columbia, Cosmic Rays, Pecos Bills, Pinocchio

QS Kiosk:
Friars nook, Golden Oak, Lunching Pad, Sleepy Hollow, Tortuga Tavern

QS-Coffee:
Main Street Bakery

Snack:
Aloha, Auntie Gravities, Cheshire, Cool Ship, Gastons, Liberty Square, Plaza Ice Cream, Prince Erics, Storybook Treats, Sunshine Tree, Westword Ho

While a lot of this makes sense, I have no idea what the difference is between Pecos and Tortuga that got Tortuga pushed down a level.

 

[LSLS]

While a lot of this makes sense, I have no idea what the difference is between Pecos and Tortuga that got Tortuga pushed down a level.

Pure guess, but Tortuga doesn't look like it had a kids menu.

 

[Purduevian]

Pure guess, but Tortuga doesn't look like it had a kids menu.

Not sure but just comparing the menus and also other QS Restaurants... So to be a "Restaurant" you need sides I think?

	Pecos	Tortuga	Casey	Columbia	Cosmic Rays	Pinocchio
Entrees	14	5	9	9	9	8
Sides/snacks	6	0	7	6	2	4
Kids' Disney Check Meals	4	0	0	2	2	2
Kid's Meals	3	0	0	2	2	2
Beverage options	9	3	7	10	12	12
Desserts	4	0	0 (baseball brownie listed as a snack)	2	1	2

 

[SilentWindODoom]

Huh. I guess I'd just checked it the other day and looked long enough to find out they were selling barbecue and didn't look deeply into it. When you actually count it like that, the current Tortuga menu is paltry, the number of items of a kiosk. I suppose I'd never thought of restaurant categories by menu but by the structure and serving method. But by the size of that menu, they've clearly been treating Tortuga like Friar's Nook.

I wish there was an archive of historical menus somewhere to compare what's sold over eras and when changes came.

 

[LSLS]

Huh. I guess I'd just checked it the other day and looked long enough to find out they were selling barbecue and didn't look deeply into it. When you actually count it like that, the current Tortuga menu is paltry, the number of items of a kiosk. I suppose I'd never thought of restaurant categories by menu but by the structure and serving method. But by the size of that menu, they've clearly been treating Tortuga like Friar's Nook.

I wish there was an archive of historical menus somewhere to compare what's sold over eras and when changes came.

Here's 10 years ago.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

Here's 10 years ago.

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This is the menu I was referring to. Thanks for finding it. Forgot about the nachos and the quesadillas via the kids menu. The taco salads and burritos were great.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

Here's 10 years ago.

View attachment 790943

 

[LSLS]

Go google the wayback machine. It's an internet archive of web pages.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

Go google the wayback machine. It's an internet archive of web pages.

I can't believe I didn't think to use the Wayback Machine on the AllEars menus.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

I can't believe I didn't think to use the Wayback Machine on the AllEars menus.

There’s also this mind blowing thing called a google image search. You just type the WDW restaurant menu of your choice, the year you want said menu to be from, hit search and then poof! Pictures of the menu appear out of nowhere! It’s a combination of rocket science and sorcery.

 

[JoeCamel]

There’s also this mind blowing thing called a google image search. You just type the WDW restaurant menu of your choice, the year you want said menu to be from, hit search and then poof! Pictures of the menu appear out of nowhere! It’s a combination of rocket science and sorcery.

And it along with real time map and traffic data is "free" for all. Boggles the mind

 

[SilentWindODoom]

There’s also this mind blowing thing called a google image search. You just type the WDW restaurant menu of your choice, the year you want said menu to be from, hit search and then poof! Pictures of the menu appear out of nowhere! It’s a combination of rocket science and sorcery.

I've done a whole lot of searches over the years, and every instinct and experience told me that there was no way typing in the restaurant and the date was going to get me anything but slammed with official and unofficial site repeating the same things about the current restaurant as assistance to visitors.

I know that Disney Food Blog frustratingly doesn't include any date information in their posts (and had to look at the dates on the comments to find out when Aunt Polly's had that menu) and AllEars and Disney would just have current information. I thought my best bet would be searching for frames in old videos or searching for unlabeled shots of the menu among hundreds of pics in a trip gallery.

Isn't it always the way when you finally give up trying that trying would have worked immediately?

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Here's 10 years ago.

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$2.50 for a bottle of water

Those were the days...

 

[Captain Barbossa]

$2.50 for a bottle of water

Those were the days...

And under $3 for a fountain beverage.

 

[castlecake2.0]

$2.50 for a bottle of water

Those were the days...

Water is $3.50 now, not a terrible increase for 10 years

 

[ToTBellHop]

Water is $3.50 now, not a terrible increase for 10 years

$5 at Six Flags!

And Disney makes it very easy to get free ice water.

 

[castlecake2.0]

$5 at Six Flags!

And Disney makes it very easy to get free ice water.

$6 at universal for their "premium"(only) water

 

[Ice Gator]

According to ITM they are demolishing Pirates.

So THAT'S where they're putting the Moana boat ride! I always found the Pirates to be way too problematic these days anyways.