New theming added to Boulangerie Patisserie

[Prototype82]

To those of you who complained about the lack of theming in the new France Pavilion bakery, it seems Disney has answered your request. I probably got a little too excited over something so subtle. There are a few added details and props scattered about the walls now. For those in fear of the modernization of World Showcase, check out those Old World cooking scales.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

It looks rubbish. No self-respecting Frenchman would buy his bread here. It is a factory, a modern McBoulangerie.

Amazingly, every single boulangerie in Paris looks more charming than the Disneyfied version of it. French boulangeries are nearly all built in a quaint, traditional style.

It is the world upside down. Disney has got the modern, cold, real world variant, and the real world France has got the quaint, Disneyfied version of itself.

 

[71jason]

It is the world upside down. Disney has got the modern, cold, real world variant, and the real world France has got the quaint, Disneyfied version of itself.

WDW is all about selling as much product as possible, while the rest of the world adopted the Disney model. Don't have to go to France--in the US you can find chain restaurants with better, more interesting theming than their WDW counterparts.

 

[ToTBellHop]

It has good pastry, which is what matters most to me. For some reason, Jerome Bocuse approved of the current look.

 

[muteki]

The layout is the same as every other quick service redo of the past year or so.

But I will let that slide, because those sandwiches are delicious.

 

[DVC91]

Whoa, almost made a big mistake on a comment here. I thought for a moment that Starbucks bought Boulangerie but in reality bought La Boulange, a company based out of San Fransisco. whew!

 

[JimboJones123]

Oh crap! They have pots on shelves now!

Yippie-kai-yeah.....

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

Jerome Bocuse only focus is the bottom line. Which is why Remy has been eradicated.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Jerome Bocuse only focus is the bottom line. Which is why Remy has been eradicated.

I think he more doesn't see it as reasonable to pay for a squeaking rat in his nice French restaurant. I would argue his focus is good food. I don't find the prices to be particularly unreasonable.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Whoa, almost made a big mistake on a comment here. I thought for a moment that Starbucks bought Boulangerie but in reality bought La Boulange, a company based out of San Fransisco. whew!

Username DVC91, new user, avatar is the NextGen Mickey... forgive me if I view you as a spy until proven otherwise.

 

[DVC91]

Would it be better if I used the original DVC logo? I just used the NextGen logo cause I was attempting to photoshop it for my iphone lock screen and it was saved to my desktop lol. I've been reading these forums for a couple years but only recently started posting. I swear I'm not a spy! Perhaps a series of photos, beginning with one of 2 year old me in Old Key West might suffice?

 

[Prototype82]

It has good pastry, which is what matters most to me. For some reason, Jerome Bocuse approved of the current look.

I'll admit, it was built with speed and not theming in mind, but I'm going to be lame and say it has a warm feeling in there, even if it isn't historically accurate or as charming as it could be.

I haven't had the pastries since the rebuild, but sweet mother, those café parfaits are amazing with a Kronenbourg 1664...

 

[BoarderPhreak]

It works better than the old location size/flow-wise, but that's about the only improvement. I don't care for it. Blech!