Starbucks at WDW

kfergdisney

kfergdisney

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I like Starbucks, I like Cinnamon rolls. I am sad the Cinnamon rolls are not on Main Street anymore, but there are other places that have Cinnamon rolls. Just gives me an excuse to go to the Boardwalk Bakery!
Don't think Starbucks ruins the ambiance of Main Street. It was sad, to me, when they made all the stores into one walk through. I understand why, but it took away some of the unique store buying experience (I miss the magic store!)
 
kfergdisney

kfergdisney

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And some people like the smell of coffee...
Like with EVERYTHING....you can't please everyone. Someone will have a problem with something.
 
Phonedave

Phonedave

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I have been to quite a few amusement/theme parks. The one thing that aways made WDW different was that every other theme park brings in outside vendors for at least some of the F&B service. WDW was different. I'm not saying it was better or worse, just different.

The McDonalds fries were at least just fries, not full blown McD's. Having Starbucks there makes WDW feel a lttle less "different" than other parks. But then of course, WDW has been feeling a little less different year over year for quite some time now.

And Coke is different. It is not as if an Coke Store (run by Coke people) opened up on MSUSA. It is Coke products being served at WDW run locations.


-dave
 
sxeensweet

sxeensweet

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Phonedave said:
I have been to quite a few amusement/theme parks. The one thing that aways made WDW different was that every other theme park brings in outside vendors for at least some of the F&B service. WDW was different. I'm not saying it was better or worse, just different.

The McDonalds fries were at least just fries, not full blown McD's. Having Starbucks there makes WDW feel a lttle less "different" than other parks. But then of course, WDW has been feeling a little less different year over year for quite some time now.

And Coke is different. It is not as if an Coke Store (run by Coke people) opened up on MSUSA. It is Coke products being served at WDW run locations.


-dave
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I agree and couldn't have explained that better!! :)
 
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ToyStorygirl

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The only thing I will concede on is that it's a shame the bakery has gone (used to write my postcards in there!) and that there is no seating (bizarre and rubbish decision)

However Starbucks started off as 3 friends vision of selling quality coffee beans. Didn't the global empire that is Disney start as one mans vision too? Just because it's spiralled and become the biggest coffee chain ever doesn't change it's original roots anymore than Disney does.
 
sxeensweet

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rob0519 said:
No, the decline of maintenance, customer service, quality merchadise and lack of new attractions (not including FLE) have already taken the magic away. Being able to get a decent coffee or tea actually puts some magic back.
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A little off topic but about your comment about quality merchandise... Disney's merchandise is still far superior compared to what other parks offer. Uni I find most of their stores kinda dingy and not a good selection of quality items in the parks. Also Six Flags is about the same. I who loves to shop and spends alot at Disney left with like maybe 3 or 4 items from Uni and there really was nothing special about most of them. So yes we loss some more specific and original merchandise but it still blows the other competitor parks out of the water. Also the same for customer service , maintenance , cleanliness etc is still better than the others too. :)
 
WDW 3

WDW 3

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I don't think most people are unhappy with Starbucks. Fine add Starbucks coffee. Starbucks pastries are everywhere. We are unhappy with the destruction of the Main Street Bakery. It was a favorite of ours. Breakfast croissant. Cheese Danish. Someplace to sit in MK for breakfast. Afternoon break with someplace to sit. As someone said.... add Starbucks but don't eliminate the old favorites.
 
THEMEPARKPIONEER

THEMEPARKPIONEER

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Starbucks fits in fine in Future World since its pretty much just an expo meant to house franchises and sponsors but I don't see why the had to kill the Main Street Bakery, couldnt they have opened up a Main Street coffee shop?
 
Monorail Mike

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themeparkpioner said:
Starbucks fits in fine in Future World since its pretty much just an expo meant to house franchises and sponsors but I don't see why the had to kill the Main Street Bakery, couldnt they have opened up a Main Street coffee shop?
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From MousePlanet: "The new Starbucks location has an homage to the previous Communicore attraction at Epcot."

Has anyone been there recently, have a picture to share or know what this could be?
 
C&D

C&D

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WDW 3 said:
I don't think most people are unhappy with Starbucks. Fine add Starbucks coffee. Starbucks pastries are everywhere. We are unhappy with the destruction of the Main Street Bakery. It was a favorite of ours. Breakfast croissant. Cheese Danish. Someplace to sit in MK for breakfast. Afternoon break with someplace to sit. As someone said.... add Starbucks but don't eliminate the old favorites.
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I will also lament the loss of the offerings from the Bakery; first the apple charlotte (went away a couple years ago), now apparently the other pastries (in lieu of Starbuck's fare).

As early risers (and early breakfast eaters), our mid morning 'coffee-and' was our treat (at Disney). It has been harder and harder to get some fine pastries about the World. Lost the frying pan cinnamon buns in Animal Kingdom (Kusafiri bakery) then the earlier mentioned apple charlotte; still hoping Starring Rolls continues to off the apple turnovers at the Studios.
 
Bairstow

Bairstow

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Monorail Mike said:
Has anyone been there recently, have a picture to share or know what this could be?
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Went there 3 days after opening. Didn't see anything Communicore related.
It seemed very clean, sparse even, and the A/C was turned way down, but other than that, no big deal.

I'm terrified that this is going to pave the way for a Taco Bell at Mexico followed by a Panda Express followed by a Fazoli's and so-forth.
 
The Empress Lilly

The Empress Lilly

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Bairstow said:
Went there 3 days after opening. Didn't see anything Communicore related.
It seemed very clean, sparse even, and the A/C was turned way down, but other than that, no big deal.

I'm terrified that this is going to pave the way for a Taco Bell at Mexico followed by a Panda Express followed by a Fazoli's and so-forth.
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I dread those too. One day, WDW's audience will be so overwhelmingly composed of guests terrified of unknown non-franchised food&beverage offerings, that the Yak and Yeti will be replaced by a Panda Express indeed.

The Y&Y is an outside vendor, as are many restaurants in EPCOT. But these are done the right way. Themed as an integral part of the theme, instead of themed as an outside vendor trying to blend in a bit.
 
Bairstow

Bairstow

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On the bright side, the Starbucks joint opened only a couple feet away from the miniature World of Coke, and is surrounded on both sides by the third-rate CES known as Innoventions, so it's not as if this was virgin, unbranded territory.

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THEMEPARKPIONEER

THEMEPARKPIONEER

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Monorail Mike said:
From MousePlanet: "The new Starbucks location has an homage to the previous Communicore attraction at Epcot."

Has anyone been there recently, have a picture to share or know what this could be?
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Theyres a picture on this site and it looks verry origional. I hope the rest of Innoventions follows.
 
Clamman73

Clamman73

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Monorail Mike said:
From MousePlanet: "The new Starbucks location has an homage to the previous Communicore attraction at Epcot."

Has anyone been there recently, have a picture to share or know what this could be?
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Are they just talking about the back of one of the signs outside that has a Communicore logo on it? It's not like they have the old oil rig model or population counter inside the Starbucks.
 
The Empress Lilly

The Empress Lilly

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Bairstow said:
On the bright side, the Starbucks joint opened only a couple feet away from the miniature World of Coke, and is surrounded on both sides by the third-rate CES known as Innoventions, so it's not as if this was virgin, unbranded territory.

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But Club Cool is how it's done right. Kinda. Not so much aesthetically.

EPCOT Center has always been a showcase of American industry. The very selection of the pavilions was driven by which sponsors they could sign on. It is not a mistake in itself to bring outsiders in.
In WS too several restaurants and shops are not just sponsored, but ran by outside vendors.

There is a difference between Club Cool and the next door Strabucks. Coke is a product. Starbucks is a place. For the same reason, I'm against opening a McDonalds in FW, but not against Nestlé serving its products in The Land.
The second difference is that Club Cool does something with the product. In this case, showcase Coke beverages from around the world, tying it in nicely with EPCOT's larger message. Likewise an experimental Starbucks would've been fine. EPCOT as a testing ground for new Starbucks products and procedures would've been just great - in fact, that is pretty close to what EPCOT tried to be in the first place.


But what we got is EPCOT sold for scraps. The way the entrance plaza was sold for a one-tme profit. The way the lakeshore is sold for ever expanding restaurants for operations that is forever under pressure to yield higher results. The CommuniCore plaza is sold as if it were Citywalk, a place were people hang out on their way to EPCOT, where they can fill up on their daily needs in their daily franchise chains.
 

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