Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=1084" target="_blank">The Latest: Latest: Food and Wine Weekends Coming to DCA April</a>
Originally Posted By leemac Awesome. I was beginning to get worried! After we announced it back in January on Latest I thought it had fallen through when all talk about the festival dried up. This is exactly the sort of thing that DCA should be going and kudos to Jose Barragan, Michael Jordan and the rest of DLR Food & Beverage for perserving with this project. Lee
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Is they gonna' be havin' Frog legs ta eat? They sure better if'n they know what's good fer 'em!!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Napa Rose Cooking School? Wow, cool! I think the Celbrity Chef Dinners are going to be a sell-out. And I wish I could be there for the inaugural event!!!
Originally Posted By -em This is gonna be kewl- I doubt I'll do anything "fancy" but I love Epcots so it'll be fun to see DCA's version -em
Originally Posted By TomSawyer This is a very good idea. I wonder if this is behind the idea to spruce up the SF area.
Originally Posted By cstephens Hmmm, sounds interesting. The Napa Rose cooking school sounds great, but it's a bit pricey. Will need to talk to the husband about that. Looking forward to seeing what the other general programs are like. /cs
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I wonder if Mora will be represented in the line up of food samplings. If they do it like they do at Epcot, foods from all around the world are brought in for guests to sample. But, so far, Morva has never been represented. Maybe things will be different at DCA. ORGOCH: Just don't let 'em have ta eat nothin' that came bubblin' outta YER cauldron, sister! The world ain't ready fer Mad Witch Disease, yet!!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i can't wait. i loved this event at epcot, i can't wait to see DCAs version of it. even if it is all californian food. i would love to do some of the classes and dinners, but alas, no money for that, i think im gonna have to settle for the samples inside the park and hope that they bring it back next year so i could do the dinners.
Originally Posted By leemac <<and hope that they bring it back next year so i could do the dinners.>> lemisfan the deal is just for this year but they wil evaluate the weekends based on guest feedback and demand. So the more people attend the more likely it is to return and if you see a survey CM tell 'em what you think!
Originally Posted By oc_dean At first it appeared this event was taking place in the Grand Californian grounds - In "The Napa Rose" ... but I had to keep on clicking to eventually find, in little tiny white font: Located at Disney's California Adventure® Park. And I just come straight from a topic about DCA's lack of marketing. Too funny!
Originally Posted By oc_dean Here's an example: "A world of culinary adventure awaits you at Disney's California Food and Wine Weekends debuting this spring at the Disneyland® Resort. There is a smorgasbord of events to choose from which are sure to please every palate!" Anyway ... Looks like a cool event. But once again - Seems Disney is trying so hard to keep people knowing exactly where it is. Strange!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Hmmm...cooking school. When it comes up as a featured part of the Food and Wine Weekends everybody thinks it is the coolest thing ever, but when Cynthia Harriss brings it up, it is the worst idea since sliced bread. I know it isn't supposed to be an E-ticket attraction, but it is funny how vastly the reactions differ.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt. But just like the Soap Opera weekends, X-Games, Summer Concert Series, etc .... they seem to do so little to make the park better- IN THE LONG RUN. No matter who's running the shots.
Originally Posted By cstephens oc_dean wrote: > At first it appeared this event was taking place in the Grand Californian grounds - In "The Napa Rose" ... but I had to keep on clicking to eventually find, in little tiny white font: Located at Disney's California Adventure® Park. Well, the different parts of the event take place in different places. Yes, there are some things that will be inside DCA, but there are other things that will be taking place at Napa Rose, Granville's, and the Disneyland Hotel, so it's not just a DCA-only event. As for whose idea what is, it doesn't matter to me. The cooking idea at Napa is a cool idea, but having thought more about it, it would cost $500 for two of us. For that amount of money, we could instead have an amazing meal at Napa Rose and even invite two friends as guests. So, that's probably out. /cs
Originally Posted By Park Hopper My only concern about this event is that once again Disney is thinking too small. Most of the events have extremely limited capacity. Napa Rose Cooking class is limited to 20 people and they are only holding four classes during the month? How many hundreds of thousands of people pass through the resort in a month and only 80 of them will have this opportunity. Many of the other dining events also seem to be held in small venues. What is wrong with them? Don’t they think people will be upset when they read about these events and then can’t get into them? This event seems geared to cause more frustration than exhilaration.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Thanks cstephens for pointing out the other locations. I only saw 2 locations: DCA and the Napa Rose.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Looks like they are mainly going for the high end folks in this Disneyland RESORT event, since based ont he current schedule, the majority of events will be hosted in the hotels, and not DCA.
