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Disney Analyst

Disney Analyst

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ProjectXBlog said:
your incredibly condescending tone aside, if someone wants to go to a bar with a friend and not be forced into interacting with strangers, that doesn’t make them crazy or wanting a “date night.” that means they just want to enjoy the time they’re spending with who they’re with. hell, i went to the cantina alone and was miserable from how much of a sardine can it felt like. also sure, it’s technically more efficient to limit guests’ time but that doesn’t mean the service itself can/should be as slow and unfriendly and inconvenient to the customer as it is here. and just because some bars don’t have tabs doesn’t mean it makes sense for this one not to, even considering the time limit.
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I’m just here to be devils advocate ;) enjoy your evening.
 
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DarkMetroid567

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George Lucas on a Bench said:
It's a shameless knockoff of the HP wand shop. The difference being that the HP shop recreates a scene from the movie perfectly and is charming...for kids.

No children to be found at GE. Just a bunch of neckbeards playing with glow sticks.

At least they're playing JW music?
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Ollivander's straight up isn't very fun unless you get chosen, and then the immediate wand shop is a nightmare. My family hated it.
 
lifeisgoodboy

lifeisgoodboy

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I am not sure were to put this for star wars thread but I was wondering does anyone think they put the MF ride in batuu was make it like in memory of the MF because Kylo Ren might destroyed the MF in episode 9. Here is a picture of it:
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TROR

TROR

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lifeisgoodboy said:
You can see that Kylo Ren hands are outward. So that means he making the MF split apart.
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Besides the fact that's a lame fan poster, WDI had no idea what would happen in The Rise of Skywalker when designing the land. When the land was announced, The Force Awakens still hadn't even hit theaters.
 
mandelbrot

mandelbrot

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MoonRakerSCM said:
Man, the top of the falcon is going to look ugly after a couple seasons of rain and sun...

I have some review comments on Oga's from my two good friends who love disney. They got some reservations mid week and went in the evening to check it out.

They absolutely hated it.

They got hectically sat with two other groups in a booth much too small for that many people. They were forced to sit on small stools facing the family of 6 and other group they were forced to sit with. Menus were rushed into their hands. They proceeded to sit there, staring at the wall and strangers in front of them on the uncomfortable stools for 15 minutes without any service and contemplated leaving because they were miserable. Finally a CM came over and informed them they were out of several different drinks and took their order. The CM proceeded to explain "We exchange credits here before provisions, hehe, good moons, brights suns" and my friend asked "What?" and the CM bluntly said "You pay first."

So they payed, and then got their drinks delivered 15 minutes later. The drinks they said were nothing special. The family of 6 left and they moved into the booth and could actually relax a bit. The CMs proceeded to shove more people into their booth and the experience continued to be miserable because they spent the remainder of their time scooting back and forth in the booth to accommodate more strangers.

They ordered the bar bites (paying beforehand again) which they commented was nothing special... they also proceeded to get a couple of the beers (they noted the Bad Motivator IPA is pretty good).

Overall, they said other than the effects of alcohol, it was a terrible experience and they are amazed Disney executed it so horrifically. Why are there no bar tabs? Every other bar on Disneyland property has bar tabs... why not here? My friend noted that the CMs appear to be stressed and hectic based simply on the fact that they spend most of their time running cards prior to any order.

My question is... is the Cantina even run by the resort food/bar operations? It is distinctly NOT a bar (Carthay, Hearthstone, Trader Sam's) so what gives?

Friends said they'd never go back unless it was with me or someone else to experience it for the first time.
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Oga's Cantina is a glorious space providing a terrible experience. Disney really doesn't do bars very well. The only Disney-run bars on property that work as they should are Napa Rose Lounge and (usually) Carthay Circle Lounge. Every single other location (Yes, Trader Sam's included) is run very poorly. Anyone visit the new Craftsman Bar? Yikes!

Disney will put anyone in the company behind a bar before hiring an outside professional bartender so you get a bunch of people who don't know what they're doing. Guests complaints don't matter and they are only evaluated by showing up on time for their shifts.

As for Oga's? It's a mostly standing-room-only bar, half-filled with kids, which is the only location in the park that serves alcohol. The drinks are pre-made and weak, there's a two drink limit, and a time limit on even being there. That's not a bar. It's a meet-and-greet with an audio-animatronic Rex which you are not even allowed to walk up to. It's a fail on every level EXCEPT for interior design.
 
BubbaQuest

BubbaQuest

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George Lucas on a Bench said:
It's a shameless knockoff of the HP wand shop. The difference being that the HP shop recreates a scene from the movie perfectly and is charming...for kids.

No children to be found at GE. Just a bunch of neckbeards playing with glow sticks.
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I get that, but I must have missed the movie (there are so, so many) where to become a Jedi all you have to do is walk into Apu's Lightsaber and Squishee shop and buy one.

I mean seriouly you get the same Yoda recording if you pick Blue or Red?

Thank you, come again.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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Disney Analyst said:
The Cantina is more fun if you decide to get into it and socialize with those around you... sorry your friends didn’t get the date night they wanted in the Cantina 😂 oh, and I know plenty of bars that don’t do tabs.

Much easier to keep organized and get people in and out with current 45 minute max time period.
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Okay, I'm going to take this on because I occasionally travel by long distance train and am used to being seated at a booth table in the dining car with strangers. But the way a dining car is managed and operated means it always ends up a fun evening.

I know how to handle social situations like that, and the dining car stewards also know how to handle it and introduce each passenger to get them talking. It's fun, and I have had many memorable meals and conversations with my fellow travelers, who were all strangers before we were seated randomly at the small table as America or Japan or Switzerland rushed by outside the window!

But what we are talking about here is an overpriced high concept bar in a theme park. A scandalously small bar with about a 100 person capacity, in a theme park complex that gets over 25 Million customers per year. There is no current point of reference at any other Disneyland Resort dining facility that is run like this, nor at any other dining facility that is not on a train or cruise ship. It appears that TDA is trying to maximize the tiny capacity of this location by seating strangers with strangers in the half dozen small banquettes that line the walls. And this is not the first account, nor will it be the last, that the Cantina CM's are rude and harried and not very good at setting a hospitable mood with their customers (I'm trying to be kind there).

What's now clearly obvious after repeated reviews like this, plus my own personal observations of the crabby Cantina hostesses on the verge of a nervous breakdown outside the location in June, is that Disneyland management has not trained these Cantina CM's in the fine art of hospitality and people management. You don't just dump a half dozen strangers into a banquette without a word and expect them to enjoy the evening; it's only going to be awkward and uncomfortable unless someone at the table is mercifully good at being personable and outgoing. And gosh-darnit, I can't be everywhere at all times to start the conversation and make the evening sparkle! :cool:

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If you are going to run this Cantina like a railroad dining car and force Date Nite parties of two to sit with family parties of four and another older party of two, you are going to need to learn the fine art of hospitality. Disneyland's once-vaunted training team, who created an entirely new service standard in the mid 20th century under the famous Van France and others, needs to reach out to Amtrak, if not VIA Rail or Japan Rail or Swiss Rail or British Rail who all operate long distance dining cars seating strangers with strangers.

My easy bet is that Disneyland's training team is too stupid to know they should do that, and the managers in Star Wars Land are too dense to expect their training department to do that for them. And the hourly CM's being led by those Star Wars Land managers are too clueless to know that a dining car steward on the Coast Starlight to Seattle or Swiss Rail to Zurich or Flying Scotsman to Edinburgh is introducing each party of strangers to each other, including a fun fact about each person in the introduction, to get the conversation going and erase any sense of awkwardness. And dining car stewards have been doing this nightly for 150 years. :rolleyes:

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Seriously, how was this Cantina designed so poorly for a theme park complex that gets 25 Million customers per year? And how is it managed so poorly that grumpy CM's are just dumping random strangers into random banquettes with no sense of style or hospitality or showmanship? It's like the managers of Star Wars Land should be running a swap meet or a gas station instead of a Billion Dollar Land based on Star Wars.

How did they get so bad at this??? What the hell happened to Disneyland??? Who is running this place??? :rolleyes:
 
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