Californian Elitist
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Am I the only one who does not like Starbucks? Coffee Bean FTW.
Reliable enough for me to post ... and ask others what they've heard.
It certainly makes sense, though.
Plaza is small for full serve these days and the location is perfect for a coffee shop.
It seems Fountainview is EPCOT's Starbucks, which makes a lot of sense since it used to be a coffee bar before becoming an ice cream shop.
Worried about Studios, which could be the Writer's Stop, although I've heard that folks at TDO think it's 'too out of the way', which has me worried for Sid's.
Have no clue for DAK, but a guess would be one of the entry shops will get chopped in half and they'll shoehorn it in there. Starbucks wants high profile locales for the $$$ they are ponying up.
@raven24 Your not alone ... when I am desperate and I need coffee they are my go to ... but I preferr one off coffe shops when I travel ... best ones I have been to are Commonwealth in Birmingham, MI and Stumptown in Portland, OR ... Coffee Slingers in Oklahoma City is pretty good too.
I dunno... the Plaza at MK seemed to me the very definition of unremarkable food. It wasn't great; it wasn't bad. I won't miss it. If Starbucks wants to serve their breakfast food like at DCA, seems like big competition for the Main St Bakery? Or is the Bakery so busy that it just doesn't matter?
Why not put it in where the tomorrowland noodles joint sits?
Am I the only one who does not like Starbucks? Coffee Bean FTW.
Coffee Bean is pretty good (I've been to the one @ CityWalk Universal Hollywood) but I think their mostly a west coast chain. I'd give 'em business as well if they spread out east a bit more. But if it's espresso drinks you're into like myself, it's hard to beat the Bucks.
Not to doubt the Spirit on this, but the quoted text above does seem to be the most likely scenario. Why would Disney remove a full-service restaurant for a coffee shop and bakery when the park already has a coffee shop and bakery right next door?From high level operation management, what they are being told is that Main Street Bakery will be closing its doors for a "unique" refurbishment in January, not the Plaza. During this time, "the Main Street Bakery will be transitioned to offer a new and unique line of exclusive offerings to Magic Kingdom guests" which leads them to believe that that will be the new home to the Starbucks in the Magic Kingdom. The freshly baked goods are now going to be offered at Big Top in Storybook Circus & chocolate drizzled croissants at Gastons Tavern..
From high level operation management, what they are being told is that Main Street Bakery will be closing its doors for a "unique" refurbishment in January, not the Plaza. During this time, "the Main Street Bakery will be transitioned to offer a new and unique line of exclusive offerings to Magic Kingdom guests" which leads them to believe that that will be the new home to the Starbucks in the Magic Kingdom. The freshly baked goods are now going to be offered at Big Top in Storybook Circus & chocolate drizzled croissants at Gastons Tavern..
From high level operation management, what they are being told is that Main Street Bakery will be closing its doors for a "unique" refurbishment in January, not the Plaza. During this time, "the Main Street Bakery will be transitioned to offer a new and unique line of exclusive offerings to Magic Kingdom guests" which leads them to believe that that will be the new home to the Starbucks in the Magic Kingdom. The freshly baked goods are now going to be offered at Big Top in Storybook Circus & chocolate drizzled croissants at Gastons Tavern..
Not to doubt the Spirit on this, but the quoted text above does seem to be the most likely scenario. Why would Disney remove a full-service restaurant for a coffee shop and bakery when the park already has a coffee shop and bakery right next door?
The signs definitely point toward the Main Street Bakery becoming the Starbucks. Does anybody else find it unusual that Gaston's Tavern in Fantasyland is going to serve the gigantic cinnamon rolls the Bakery is famous for? My first thought was that the company needed to find a place for that sort of treat once the Bakery disappears.
From high level operation management, what they are being told is that Main Street Bakery will be closing its doors for a "unique" refurbishment in January, not the Plaza. During this time, "the Main Street Bakery will be transitioned to offer a new and unique line of exclusive offerings to Magic Kingdom guests" which leads them to believe that that will be the new home to the Starbucks in the Magic Kingdom. The freshly baked goods are now going to be offered at Big Top in Storybook Circus & chocolate drizzled croissants at Gastons Tavern..
Nothing wrong with that. Auntie Gravity's can use a little more anyway.Opening team members for Gastons (which will have a soft open tomorrow, 10/11 at 10am if all goes to plan - thus why the planters are there) have been wondering why the cinnamon rolls are being served there as well. The basic goods that are the most profitable will be dispersed among existing establishments (Confectionery, Big Top, Gastons). Exploratory efforts have also moved to increasing the Aunti Gravity's menu in Tomorrowland as well to absorb the lower end of the profit making items.
All this talk about moving the money making items to other locations so the Bakery can offer exclusive offerings really seems to be plausible case for Starbucks. That's what management is thinking.. that's what is being implied
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