Now this is a terrific idea - Magic Kingdom eateries take control of seating

[Phonedave]

back on topic, I think maybe a time has come to expand Animal Kingdom's picnic program to the MK. Set up a way to pre-order sandwiches or Boston Market-type meals to go, sandwiches preferably. Between park benches, the tables at the never-open-when-I'm-there Noodle station, and, for the diehard park commando, eating while in line, having a pick-up window would probably do wonders to alleviate restaurant congestion. And the price would seemingly be 1 or 2 cms at the restaurant where ordered meals are prepped & bagged, and 1 or 2 cms to keep replacing the trash cans throughout the park that will inevitably fill up faster because of the extra to-go trash.

Heck, I'll take it one step further - every picnic meal comes with (probably unnecessary) fastpasses for the riverboat ride (I'm drawing a blank - the Liberty Belle?). This gives people a chance to eat and experience an attraction at the same time. It's a 15-20 minute ride, which would probably be enough time to eat a sandwich and some chips. And hell, plenty of people eat snacks on the boat already, so they have the CMs around to keep the boat clean anyway (at least it usually seems clean when I ride it).

I like that idea.

You could even serve them from over by the Noodle Station. that would encourage people to use those tables.

-dave

 

[slappy magoo]

I like that idea.

You could even serve them from over by the Noodle Station. that would encourage people to use those tables.

-dave

Yeah, except that if the Noodle Station is only open seasonally because they don't want to spend the money having another eatery open, it makes more sense to have the meals prepped in one of the perennially-open restaurants. Probably cheaper to have a few extra employees in a place already open prepping those picnic meals rather than opening a place specifically for this purpose. So it's win-win in that another eatery doesn't have to open, but the eating areas in the existing restaurants aren't as congested.

 

[Phonedave]

Yeah, except that if the Noodle Station is only open seasonally because they don't want to spend the money having another eatery open, it makes more sense to have the meals prepped in one of the perennially-open restaurants. Probably cheaper to have a few extra employees in a place already open prepping those picnic meals rather than opening a place specifically for this purpose. So it's win-win in that another eatery doesn't have to open, but the eating areas in the existing restaurants aren't as congested.

I didn't mean to use the Noodle Terrace kitchen to make and serve them. I just meant to have the distribution point there.

They could prep them in a kitchen deep in the bowles of WDW, and simply hand them out at the TNT seating area.

-dave

 

[slappy magoo]

Ah. Gotcha.

 

[CheshireFigment]

I would be happy to see this year-round, and at all the eateries.

I live nearby and often go to the parks alone. What's more is I am in an ECV. When I go to a Quick Service location I normally have to drive with one hand while holding onto my food to keep it from spilling with the other hand while trying to find a table from a seated position.

And usually the tables are so close together that I can only use "border" tables. I have had able-bodied people "race" to a table ahead of me and sit down and then send one person off to get the food.

I have had times that I have just pulled up to a table with people sitting there (with no food or trays), park myself and my food, and start eating. And if they complain tell them if they don't like it they can talk to a CM to get me to move.

 

[protiius]

seems like a good idea to me...

 

[unkadug]

seems like a good idea to me...

Are you referring to :

• the original post
• the most recent discussion
  or
• the last posters idea of getting a cast member to get them to move

:veryconfu?

 

[eddiemcgarrigle]

Personally I think it's a great idea as I am sick of waiting in line for food only to spend twenty minutes wandering around looking for a table when all around there are people sat at the tables with no food. I applaud this move towards guaranteed seating as one of those who prefer to eat our food with at least a little heat in it.

 

[mikeb_86]

I think this could work!!!

 

[EvilQueen-T]

i have to agree that something had to change...especially during peak times. i've basically given up on doing quick service meals because of all the drama with finding tables etc... i've had a hovering family spill soda down my back and we'd only just sat down and started eating (uggh... and i don't even like getting wet on splash mountain) and don't care to repeat that kind of experience.

i guess it really comes down to the fact that the mk just always seems overcrowded no matter what time of year you go (we've been going since the first year they opened). hopefully with the new plans for expansion they'll add enough extra eating places in the mk to ease the crowding at meal times in the quick service places. i've just resigned myself to either grabbing a quick bite at a kiosk type venue or making sure my adr are all set well in advance.

and can anyone tell me when the noodle station is actually open? we go at all different times of year (we live about 2 hours away from wdw) and i haven't seen that place open in years????? :shrug: