Originally Posted By -em So today after hitting the Wilderness Preserve (which was a nice cheap nature hike) I stopped by Epcot. You can tell they are getting ready for Flower n Garden as Sorcerer Mickey and brooms have taken residence behind Spaceship Earth.. <a href="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t71/DL_EM/2-09588.jpg" target="_blank">http://i157.photobucket.com/al...9588.jpg</a> and the gardens between World Showcase and Future World are getting pretty... I wanted to try KP again and can prove that it does experience down times.. I was "assigned" to Germany and after the first 2 mini missions the handset died so made the trek back to Italy (start point) where apparently the whole system had gone off line.. It was all restarted within 3 min so treked back to Germany.. After I finished there it gave me the option to do another mission so I choose China- I liked the upgrades as I can now use my Cast ID to get a mission ticket and I love the option of doing more missions.. I did notice someone hadn't been so careful by Towers <a href="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t71/DL_EM/2-09597.jpg" target="_blank">http://i157.photobucket.com/al...9597.jpg</a> and the thing that left the bad taste today.... If you are going to change the prices WAIT till you can change the menu sign... I wanted a snack (cant afford to eat) and stopped in Norway. Apparently they raised all the prices (awhile ago according to their CMs..) and they havent changed their large menu board... (the individual items had a new mini sign with the new price) so while the school bread was still a decent value I would've preferred to pay 1.99 vs 2.49... -em
Originally Posted By danyoung I love seeing pics of the F&G art going up. I only get to this festival every other year, and my next visit is 7 weeks away - can't wait!!!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Em, I think with the current pace of price increases they can't even keep up. Increases used to be once or twice a year ... now, they're anytime the beancounters look at the numbers and think 'MY JOB!!!!!!!' ... funny, with all the money I didn't spend on food at WDW I am headed to Morton's to take advantage of their depression era deal (two full filet dinners with appetizers, salads, veggies, taters and desserts for $99.99) ... somehow I think that's going to be consierably better than what I would have had at Le Cellier anyway.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> You can tell they are getting ready for Flower n Garden as Sorcerer Mickey and brooms have taken residence behind Spaceship Earth.. << Don't they have one similar to that at the Studios? >> and the gardens between World Showcase and Future World are getting pretty... << It's a shame they don't stay pretty year round anymore. >> and the thing that left the bad taste today.... If you are going to change the prices WAIT till you can change the menu sign... << We have to discount ticket, and room rates to keep the numbers up, so why not gouge everybody with our ever increasing food prices. You're a class act WDW. Thanks for the update -em. It's really sad when WDW CM's can't afford to eat where they work. Does anybody else see something really wrong with this.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper When I worked at WDW the food in the employee cafetrias was pretty reasonably priced. I'm not sure a ballpark vendor could afford to eat the food in a ballpark. Not sure if that is fair criticism.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Not sure if that is fair criticism. << Evidently Henry Ford disagreed with you. He tought his employees should make enough money to afford the product they produced. You might be surprised how much a vendor in a ballpark makes.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Don't they have one similar to that at the Studios?< Yup. It's on the lawn outside of the Brown Derby. Mostly brooms, if I remember correctly.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I don't see a lot of Ford employees running around in the Thunderbird. Did Ford's employees get free cars? Disney employees get in the parks for free. Considering the cost of admission these days that is a pretty deal.
Originally Posted By MPierce Here you go wahooskipper. I'm sure -em would be satisfied with the difference in pay. <a href="http://cornellsun.com/node/32026" target="_blank">http://cornellsun.com/node/32026</a>
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Ok..but what do the folks in the food stands up in the concourse make? Minimum wage.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I don't see a lot of Ford employees running around in the Thunderbird. Did Ford's employees get free cars? Disney employees get in the parks for free. << That's the point a ford employee can afford to buy the product, they don't have to. How much does an AP cost. You aren't seriously trying to compare that to the price of an automobile are you?
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Ok..but what do the folks in the food stands up in the concourse make? Minimum wage. << Are you positive about that?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper No...but a Disney employee doesn't have to eat the food IN the park when they have very affordable options in the cafeterias. I have never gone to a resort and thought...wow, there is some cheap food. Food is expensive at ball games, concerts, amusement parks, etc. Why should Disney be different?
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Yup. It's on the lawn outside of the Brown Derby. Mostly brooms, if I remember correctly. << Thanks Dan. I thought there was one similar at the Studios. I remember the brooms a DTD also, but i don't know if Mickey was there are not.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I have never gone to a resort and thought...wow, there is some cheap food. Food is expensive at ball games, concerts, amusement parks, etc. Why should Disney be different? << Disney should be different because they are Disney. I didn't say I wanted cheap food, how about reasonably priced food. What a stupid concept.
Originally Posted By -em >>No...but a Disney employee doesn't have to eat the food IN the park when they have very affordable options in the cafeterias.<< Have you been to an Armark lately? If you get a meal you are still looking at spending 5-7 bucks (plus drink) with *very* questionable quality depending on which one you go to... They do have Subway in the parks Armarks, but the prices are a bit higher than normal Subways so you are still looking at 4-7 dollars depending on sub plus add a drink you come out no better than eating on stage... The only thing that is significantly cheaper is the bottled soda but even thats now 1.40... Plus going backstage to eat is not practical when in the park with non-cms... I used to get kids meals but most places the kids meals are now 5-7 dollars... which would be tolerable if they were as filling as before. The chicken nugget meal if you got fries and fries for the sides used to be almost as much food as the adult meal.. Last time I ordered it it didnt even fill the big circle of the mickey plate...
