Bolt
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It looks bare because it wasn't fully open. Once you get 100 people in line, it'll make sense why there's all that open space.Beautiful on the outside, the inside looks bare, cheap and a little dirty. Lazy
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Starbucks Trolley Car Cafe on Hollywood Blvd at Disney's Hollywood Studios?
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ford91exploder
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ford91exploder
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Starbucks uses 'Flash Frozen' pastries which they zap in the microwave.
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StarWarsGirl
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I agree. It doesn't look nice on the inside at all. Not as nice as the Main Street location and definitely not as nice as the DCA location.Beautiful on the outside, the inside looks bare, cheap and a little dirty. Lazy
Bing Bong
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Not talking about people... Do I really have to explain this?
Bolt
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Wasn't quoting you so go ahead if you want, I suppose?
Bing Bong
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Doesn't matter, neither of the posts were about how empty the cafe is, its the fact the place looks bare and lacks themeing.
Lord_Vader
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I greatly prefer DD over Starbucks, love the fact one just opened 1/4 mile from my home and is oney way to work every morning.
With a $1 refill cup, coffee is cheap and great.
With a $1 refill cup, coffee is cheap and great.
I'm not a fan of their pastries. I had no idea how they were prepared. An upgrade in coffee and a downgrade in pastries is how I viewed the MSB Starbucks.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
I was very disappointed in the MSB, It would have been fine to REPLACE the Nescafe dishwater with Starbucks but when they did away with the signature MSB treats I was very unhappy, Starbucks pastries are inedible at WDW and at any airport in the US and Canada, The WDW ones were special. Oh well they are gone now to Yesterland and kvetching about it will not bring them back.
THPFanatic
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I must say, even though I'm not a fan of coffee, and would rather have DD's pastries over just about any coffee shop, having a starbucks that would get a lot of traffic, because it is a few feet from a road in DHS that probably gets 80%-90% of the traffic of DHS because of ToT and RNRC, is a very smart move by Disney, which I find smart moves regarding location and Disney are rare nowadays. The only thing I'm unsure of is the exact location, is it by the wait times boards before you enter Sunset? Or is it on the corner that you can miss most of the beginning crowd just by going through the store on the corner of Sunset?
The Empress Lilly
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Looks a bit Spartan to me - to avoid the fanning the flames over the word bare.
But I never rated the L.A. Prop Cinema Storage shop. This does look like a step up. Some period theming, some placemaking. And great uniform on that Carrista Member! (But does he work there or did he simply came in for a look?)
The place looks too industrial for my liking, a remnant of the 'build the underbelly' imagineering period, when boiler rooms and industrial warehouses and steel and machines were considered the pinnacle of placemaking. If it was too much to hope for that too be changed, this Starbucks at least made the best of it and went along with the theme. Still think there should be a red trolley in there, or on the patio. Perhaps with a few seats to enjoy your coffee.
But I never rated the L.A. Prop Cinema Storage shop. This does look like a step up. Some period theming, some placemaking. And great uniform on that Carrista Member! (But does he work there or did he simply came in for a look?)
The place looks too industrial for my liking, a remnant of the 'build the underbelly' imagineering period, when boiler rooms and industrial warehouses and steel and machines were considered the pinnacle of placemaking. If it was too much to hope for that too be changed, this Starbucks at least made the best of it and went along with the theme. Still think there should be a red trolley in there, or on the patio. Perhaps with a few seats to enjoy your coffee.
WondersOfLife
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What was this building before it was Starbucks? Just curious!
Looks a bit Spartan to me - to avoid the fanning the flames over the word bare.
But I never rated the L.A. Prop Cinema Storage shop. This does look like a step up. Some period theming, some placemaking. And great uniform on that Carrista Member! (But does he work there or did he simply came in for a look?)
The place looks too industrial for my liking, a remnant of the 'build the underbelly' imagineering period, when boiler rooms and industrial warehouses and steel and machines were considered the pinnacle of placemaking. If it was too much to hope for that too be changed, this Starbucks at least made the best of it and went along with the theme. Still think there should be a red trolley in there, or on the patio. Perhaps with a few seats to enjoy your coffee.
I really like the trolley idea. After my conversation with @DisneyPrincess1993 I realized how awesome it would be if they brought in some well liked local coffee shops, but I know that is a pipe dream. I've got to give the Disney Starbucks credit for something. If their prices are different from regular Starbucks, they don't seem to be a lot different. There was a chance for price gouging symbiosis that didn't occur. Kudos should be given for that. I don't mind by a cup of joe from any of these locales. I really like the one in EPCOT with regards to crowd flow. The lines go fast. Plus, the Disney coffee places feature lots of caffeine addicts. If its 95F, 9:30AM, etc. and you're at WDW, the odds are you are behind people in line who have not had their cup of coffee yet and already showered, got dressed, waited while their family got dressed, waited on a bus, got off the bus, went through security, almost certainly had a bag to check, went through line, one person in the party couldn't get the green Mickey circle to go around while every else is looking back at the 8 year old and wondering they should abandon her, I don't give a flying rat's if we get line for Soarin', where is the ******** coffee!
Anyway, that leads to a lot less people ordering adult milkshakes and I still think those people need their own line at all Starbucks. My heart sinks if more than 2 double frappucino, caramel, mocha, latte type things are ordered ahead of me.
hpyhnt 1000
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Looks alright. The big question is: will there be some kind of seating (either indoor or outdoor)?
tirian
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I'm with you on that. I was hoping for a DCA-style coffee shop, even though the building is too small for the seating arrangement in CA. This is very lazy; and the MSB location was already pretty lazy compared to what was there before Starbucks. WDI managed to top itself in the "generic" category.
flyerjab
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Looks a bit Spartan to me - to avoid the fanning the flames over the word bare.
But I never rated the L.A. Prop Cinema Storage shop. This does look like a step up. Some period theming, some placemaking. And great uniform on that Carrista Member! (But does he work there or did he simply came in for a look?)
The place looks too industrial for my liking, a remnant of the 'build the underbelly' imagineering period, when boiler rooms and industrial warehouses and steel and machines were considered the pinnacle of placemaking. If it was too much to hope for that too be changed, this Starbucks at least made the best of it and went along with the theme. Still think there should be a red trolley in there, or on the patio. Perhaps with a few seats to enjoy your coffee.
How cool would it have been to have placed a few red trolleys outside the front and/or back of the establishment with seating.
I remember a rumor that was started sometime ago involving an early description of the overall park redo of DHS. It was posted in the forums, and then almost a year later some loon found it somewhere and posted it here again as if it was new information. Suffice it to say, when I saw that I prayed that the innocent individual involved was a proud wearer of flame-retardant underwear. One can only imagine the drubbing that guy received, touting his new, top-secret info he had stumbled upon. Anyway, the one part of that rumor story I believe involved adding a red trolley car line that operated up and down the main street in the revamped DHS. I believe that something similar (or same) is done in DL? How nice would that be, though, to have an operating set of trolley cars that can pick up people near the entrance and take them down near the new Starbuck's location? A nice thought at least.
flyerjab
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I think that there should be "coffee only" express lanes. The mob that gathers at the pick-up counter at the MSB location is insane.
The Empress Lilly
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That's why seasoned pros such as myself enter Disney parks with coffee already in hand. -_-
Pre-entrance coffee carts, nearby McDonald'ses, and even hotel coffee in paper cup is your friend.
That's why seasoned pros such as myself enter Disney parks with coffee already in hand. -_-
Pre-entrance coffee carts, nearby McDonald'ses, and even hotel coffee in paper cup is your friend.
We bring our own so I always have coffee in my room. But, I'm an addict. At least until that final, post-lunch cup. Then, I'm addicted to urinals until dinner.