News Round Up 2019

[rteetz]

 

[dina444444]

News

https://deadline.com/2019/08/disney...-and-national-geographic-blackout-1202705486/

 

[scrappinginontario]

Wow, a lot of items have been removed! Those pasta meals seemed extremely popular when I would walk through Landscape of Flavors for a mug refill. I wonder how the guests will feel about it.

If that’s the ‘design your own’ pasta station, our family for one will be very disappointed! Our family stays at Pop and at least once per trip we would head to AoA specifically for this dish.

This is making me wonder if the recent rumour of making all the resort food courts more generic might be true. That would be really disappointing as it’s neat to visit other resorts to see them and eat at their food courts. Last Dec we travelled to POFQ to try their beignets ind oh my, it was worth the trip!!

I’ll need to look more closely at the new Landscape of Flavor menu to see if it’s worth visiting during our upcoming trip.

 

[only hope]

News

Major Menu Modifications Debut at Landscape of Flavors at Disney's Art of Animation Resort

There was a lot of fanfare about the different offerings, customizable items, and many healthy choices when AoA opened, how that was the future of food courts...now its pretty much your standard food court fare. Guess the future wasn’t profitable enough. It’s a shame, the food really added to the theme there.

 

[Brocktoon]

Sorry if this was already posted but this is a good summary/cliff notes take on what is Batuu and the backstory to the land, etc

Might all be old news to some but thought it might be useful for people going soon that want to know more about it and its place in the Star Wars Universe

https://orlandoinformer.com/blog/st...dge/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Community

Reviews are starting to pop up for the new Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire novel. So far reviews are pretty good for what many thought would be a cash grab tie-in novel. The book does seem to point to Batuu and especially Savi's workshop potentially playing a key role in Rise of Skywalker

 

[TheMaxRebo]

NEWS

New food options at DHS for GE opening

https://twitter.com/x/status/1166681081032011776

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Reviews are starting to pop up for the new Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire novel. So far reviews are pretty good for what many thought would be a cash grab tie-in novel. The book does seem to point to Batuu and especially Savi's workshop potentially playing a key role in Rise of Skywalker

I actually decided to buy it and just started it last night. Definitely feels like it will be useful for setting the stage / filling some gaps before Rise of Skywalker

Glad I read Phasma first as it (and characters from it) are referenced

 

[firefly_ris]

There was a lot of fanfare about the different offerings, customizable items, and many healthy choices when AoA opened, how that was the future of food courts...now its pretty much your standard food court fare. Guess the future wasn’t profitable enough. It’s a shame, the food really added to the theme there.

It might not just be profit (though probably part of it). I was/am in a CBR Facebook group when I was planning that trip and when they reopened Centertown with a much more unique and Caribbean "inspired" menu, about some people in the group really dug the variety, but every single day there's a post moaning about where are all the "normal " foods like chicken nuggets. Unfortunately a lot of guests (not just kids) have really basic palettes and are scared of words like "plantain" or "banana leaf" or in the case of Sebastian's, "goat"... so sometimes it's guest pushback too.

The pasta thing I can't explain though since it's pasta, so pretty easy to please people with and not particularly expensive to serve...

 

[OKW Lover]

This really seems like a non-issue to me. If they weren't called "thermal detonator" I'm not sure how they could really be considered replicas of explosives.

The average person might not realize it, but they are very similar to a standard military hand grenade. I suspect most people think the "pineapple" hand grenade is still what the military uses, but that's not the case.

 

[tlmadden73]

Wow, a lot of items have been removed! Those pasta meals seemed extremely popular when I would walk through Landscape of Flavors for a mug refill. I wonder how the guests will feel about it.

Wow. I never stayed at AoA, and have a trip plan for October. Never realized they had such a diverse menu compared to say Pop Century or the All-Stars. I guess it was more of a "moderate" anyone (due to prices). I mean, I have a Little Mermaid room booked (which I understand are just well-themed rooms the same size as the other Values) and paying almost double what I've paid for All-Stars or Pop.

I guess it is just cheaper to simplify it. I think some restaurants try to have too many options and that probably drives their prices up to keep that much variety in stock. (Plus it slows down service and quality). Look at Chick-Fil-A compared to McDonalds. McDonalds tries to make its menu so broad it doesn't do anything well. Chick Fil-A sells only chicken .. and does it really really good.

So .. to most guests (like me) who never experienced the previous menu, it's not like we will be missing it.
Based on how my family vacations, the food courts are usually for a meal or two on arrival and departure day .. and maybe the occasional breakfast. Everything else is eating at the parks.

 

[SaintsManiac]

News

Major Menu Modifications Debut at Landscape of Flavors at Disney's Art of Animation Resort

This is really disappointing!

 

[Brocktoon]

I actually decided to buy it and just started it last night. Definitely feels like it will be useful for setting the stage / filling some gaps before Rise of Skywalker

Glad I read Phasma first as it (and characters from it) are referenced

Can anyone confirm ... it looked like it was Vi Moradi (main character from Phasma and Black Spire) that was the hologram in the Rise of the Resistance pre-show video? I've also heard that they have a CM at Disneyland's GE that interacts with the guests as Vi Moradi? If so, that pretty cool how well they're developing the backstory to make GE feel more alive

 

[Farro]

This is really disappointing!

That's a lot of removals! I mean, how do you get rid of a kid's grilled cheese?

(not whining )

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Can anyone confirm ... it looked like it was Vi Moradi (main character from Phasma and Black Spire) that was the hologram in the Rise of the Resistance pre-show video? I've also heard that they have a CM at Disneyland's GE that interacts with the guests as Vi Moradi? If so, that pretty cool how well they're developing the backstory to make GE feel more alive

yes, that is Vi Moradi in the hologram and she is in the land (will be at both Batuu West and East)

 

[SaintsManiac]

That's a lot of removals! I mean, how do you get rid of a kid's grilled cheese?

(not whining )

And I am an idiot that promised my kid chocolate chip pancakes on her first Disney day. LOL! Guess she'll survive on donuts.

 

[rteetz]

https://blogmickey.com/2019/08/otterbox-unveils-limited-edition-disney-villains-collection/

 

[rteetz]

 

[BorderTenny]

It might not just be profit (though probably part of it). I was/am in a CBR Facebook group when I was planning that trip and when they reopened Centertown with a much more unique and Caribbean "inspired" menu, about some people in the group really dug the variety, but every single day there's a post moaning about where are all the "normal " foods like chicken nuggets. Unfortunately a lot of guests (not just kids) have really basic palettes and are scared of words like "plantain" or "banana leaf" or in the case of Sebastian's, "goat"... so sometimes it's guest pushback too.

The pasta thing I can't explain though since it's pasta, so pretty easy to please people with and not particularly expensive to serve...

In the case of Sebastian's, the excessive number of times "cilantro" appears on the menu is a much bigger turn-off than one or two appearances of "goat." At least for me, and for the thousands of people with the genetic predisposition to find cilantro disgusting.

 

[Farro]

In the case of Sebastian's, the excessive number of times "cilantro" appears on the menu is a much bigger turn-off than one or two appearances of "goat." At least for me, and for the thousands of people with the genetic predisposition to find cilantro disgusting.

So weird about cilantro.

And I'm one of the people that LOVE cilantro! Mmmm, mmm that smell!

 

[Eeyore daily]

I'm on the "hate cilantro" team too can't get past the soap smell/taste lol. That and not liking plantains makes the food at CBR not my priority to ever try.

What I don't understand is changing from challah french toast to regular french toast. It's way better with some challah bread, I mean not like I can eat it but still. Also getting rid of all the pasta makes no sense. That's almost a universal food group in itself.