Cake Bake Shop at the BoardWalk is now open

[Minnie1222]

Look forward to the Rose Cappuccino.

 

[hcortesis]

It is not a good look for them when they post their opening menu, have a soft opening, then drop the price of an item, the croissant, by 50%, then reduce many other items, and raise a few more.

 

[Brian Noble]

True. Then again, the vast (vast!) majority of guests will have no idea that ever happened. It is only those of us who are Extremely Online who know.

 

[Micca]

It is not a good look for them when they post their opening menu, have a soft opening, then drop the price of an item

I'll admit I thought that first menu release might have been some kind of a publicity stunt. It's weird to drop some prices by a penny (!), some a few dollars, and some prices increased a buck. Whatever the prices, the quality/experience are gonna have to be A+

 

[happily single]

Is someone pranking us? The prices were crazy, then to adjust the prices to add .99 to some, but not all items is strange.. I read thru the new menu and found the changes random and odd.

but $9.99 for a hot chocolate?

 

[T00dles]

Analyzing the price changes on just the Lunch/Dinner menu, it's an overall price change of approximately -13.82%.

 

[Anthony1971]

.99 makes a person forget about the number before it. .99 also sound sounds cheaper. Say 40 you can easily picture 2 20s 39.99 is a mind trick makes it harder to associate the amount. They are catering to the people who stay at the non monorail resorts.
But I also doubt having or not having money matters this is an experience place and by Many’s definition of a person with money…. That person will not go out of the way for a slice of cake they will have a great dessert where they eat.

 

[focusondisney]

.99 makes a person forget about the number before it. .99 also sound sounds cheaper. Say 40 you can easily picture 2 20s 39.99 is a mind trick makes it harder to associate the amount.

That trick never works on me. I’m a “rounder”. You tell me 39.99 I automatically round up & think 40.

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

So now that I've looked at the menu, I definitely do want to try their cakes...but also since they've decreased prices (and I'm visiting next month) I expect it's going to be even more of a zoo, and I'm less likely to visit this year. If they have an efficient takeout window (ideally with mobile order ahead) we'll grab a slice or two and take them back to our room.

I don't think this pricing will be shocking to anybody visiting from the more expensive cities in America.

 

[gottalovepluto]

It is not a good look for them when they post their opening menu, have a soft opening, then drop the price of an item, the croissant, by 50%, then reduce many other items, and raise a few more.

It’s a bit sporadic of them but I don’t see any long term damage. The few Disney nerds watching close enough to even know about this have already made up their minds if they’re visiting.

 

[gottalovepluto]

…It is only those of us who are Extremely Online who know.

This is much more politic than my Nerd label…

 

[iZon]

If menu items ends in a dollar, I assume you’re a quality restaurant that’s worth the price. If everything ends in 99 cents, I assume you’re truing to hide the fact that you’re overpriced.

 

[snacks]

If menu items ends in a dollar, I assume you’re a quality restaurant that’s worth the price. If everything ends in 99 cents, I assume you’re truing to hide the fact that you’re overpriced.

The 99 cent thing is a really strange choice. Diners and fast food places end their prices with something to the right of the decimal. Nicer restaurants just use whole dollars. It's weird here. I can't imagine what they were thinking.

 

[Lisa01]

The other locations for Cake Bake have pricing that is inline with Disney pricing

So the other locations are ridiculously priced as well!

 

[Lisa01]

All of Disney is becoming just for the rich. They are actively pricing out the lower and middle classes. Walt is turning over in his grave.

 

[gottalovepluto]

All of Disney is becoming just for the rich. They are actively pricing out the lower and middle classes. Walt is turning over in his grave.

Yes. He’s absolutely mortified at the money making machine of a business he birthed and wishes he’d started a charity

 

[gottalovepluto]

So the other locations are ridiculously priced as well!

Did you even bother to catch up to the actual menus and then their updates before posting? You responded to a comment from Dec ‘22…

 

[gottalovepluto]

The 99 cent thing is a really strange choice. Diners and fast food places end their prices with something to the right of the decimal. Nicer restaurants just use whole dollars. It's weird here. I can't imagine what they were thinking.

“Oh $@&… Plan A is going to blow up in our face but if we don’t at least give up the round numbered part of being a fancy restaurant we aren’t gonna have positive margins…”

(No, that does not bode well for the future. I know restaurants make it on razor thin margins but when they start to play the games of restaurants a step down from them it’s usually just the beginning of a downward trend and this place isn’t even opened for real.)

 

[focusondisney]

WDW tickets looked at Cake Bake Shop & said…..Hold my beer.

 

[PrincessKL]

WDW tickets looked at Cake Bake Shop & said…..Hold my beer.


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I’m so mad about this. Don’t they usually announcement when the prices will increase before they actually increase it?