DHS New Roundup Rodeo BBQ sit-down restaurant coming to TSL

[note2001]

I like Toy Story, I think the land is cute, I think the decor of this dining location is... annoying

- BUT -
I am not the target audience, and I would probably feel very different had I grown up with Toy Story verses with Star Wars, where I adore the Cantina and the entire location only wishing they had made the West coast version substantially different from the East coast's so that there would be more to visit and see.

I'm sure my kids will love this location. I'm sure their kids (when they have them) will love this location.
I just want the food to be representative of the prices charged

 

[Drdcm]

I’ll take another sit down option at DHS. I’m not a fan of the other options… sorry sci-fi

 

[Casper Gutman]

Not sure what people were expecting thematic wise. Its a fairly limited theme to begin with.

It shouldn’t be a very limited theme. There’s an incredible range of things they could have done with the “made out of toys” idea. What they produced is incredibly lackluster because of arbitrary limitations that placed on themselves. There is absolutely no reason, for instance, all the interior spaces have to be claustrophobic, with low flat ceilings - they feel like slightly decorated storage areas (which some of them are).

The theme is not an excuse for the fact that the land is simply very badly designed - it’s an awful, inefficient waste of space with a single dull pathway, nothing intriguing to explore, and a collection of banal rides. Adding a full service restaurant here, rather then anywhere else in the park, is another inexplicable design decision.

It really shocks me how universally these boards condemn Dinorama, a far better designed and themed area, while many posters scramble to defend TSL. The fact that Toy Story is a legitimately great IP makes it worse, not better. Honestly, I think a lot of it is attributable to how reluctant folks are to acknowledge the Studio makeover, so anticipated, so delayed, so needed, was ultimately quite bad.

 

[James Alucobond]

It really shocks me how universally these boards condemn Dinorama, a far better designed and themed area, while many posters scramble to defend TSL. The fact that Toy Story is a legitimately great IP makes it worse, not better. Honestly, I think a lot of it is attributable to how reluctant folks are to acknowledge the Studio makeover, so anticipated, so delayed, so needed, was ultimately quite bad.

These lands both have problems, but they’re distinct problems. Toy Story Land fails on execution (the “how”) and Dinorama has problems with people being able to immediately connect it with the overarching theme of the park (the “why”). No one wonders what Toy Story Land is trying to say or what story it’s trying to tell, even if it’s not well told. But many wonder why Dinorama exists within Animal Kingdom unless they do a bit of digging for the overall Dinoland narrative.

 

[buckeyegator]

i really do not care in the interior has the Mona Lisa, or just childish scribbles, just about the food.

 

[buckeyegator]

are we going to see the prices before we reserve?

 

[JustInTime]

I like it. It fits.

 

[celluloid]

Not sure what people were expecting thematic wise. Its a fairly limited theme to begin with.

Almost like every intellectual property need not have its own land

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Almost like every intellectual property need not have its own land

the problem isn’t the IP, but the execution.

 

[celluloid]

the problem isn’t the IP, but the execution.

I normally agree. To me it is column A and Column B. ALL Toy Story has ever been to WDW is giant toys.

 

[buckeyegator]

think this gets tied to fantasmic, ie more people paying premium price for reserve seating?

 

[Matthew]

looks brill, like the idea and theme... my toddler will love it!

 

[lazyboy97o]

It really shocks me how universally these boards condemn Dinorama, a far better designed and themed area, while many posters scramble to defend TSL.

Diorama isn't "Disney". Toy Story Land is "Disney".

 

[cjkeating]

Diorama isn't "Disney". Toy Story Land is "Disney".

Yet Dinorama is fun and layered (if you want to pay attention) whereas Toy Story Land is as 2D as the cardboard cut outs in this restaurant.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

I'll pass on this one.

 

[FigmentFan82]

I feel like most of the new restaurants have just been big open rooms, instead of trying to create the feel of different sections and areas

 

[Bocabear]

looks brill, like the idea and theme... my toddler will love it!

Which is exactly what we all want in a $50 per person sit-down table service restaurant?
an expensive restaurant with the Toddler as it's target audience?
Thank God the other table service restaurants thought about a range of audiences....
I love BBQ, but this will be a pass for us.

 

[wdwmagic]

Hope I am wrong, but I still feel this place is going to have terrible acoustics. Wall to wall noise comes to mind.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I feel like most of the new restaurants have just been big open rooms, instead of trying to create the feel of different sections and areas

Didn't the video say they were creating 2 sections?

 

[Bocabear]

Didn't the video say they were creating 2 sections?

"sections" doesn't necessarily mean separate rooms... it could be separated with a half wall or some toy flats that do not go higher than 6'....and still be "Sections"...