Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2014/03/05/pollo-campero-and-babycakes-nyc-closing-at-walt-disney-worlds-downtown-disney/" target="_blank"><b>3/5/14: Pollo Campero and BabyCakes NYC Closing at Walt Disney World's Downtown Disney</b></a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Interesting. Aren't both of these relatively recent additions to DTD? I wonder why they're getting eliminated, rather than relocated
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Who knows? I recall a time when they went to all the trouble to remodel the a certain store that only lasted one year--only to tear it down and build what we now know as The World of Disney Store.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Makes me wonder if Chik Fil A would be more popular in the new Downtown Disney especially since they are introducing grilled chicken to their menu. I am not familiar with the El Pollo Franchise. Is it as crazy popular as CFA?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't know a ton about Pollo Campero, but I think that a lot of Chick-Fil-A's popularity has to do with the novelty of it. When I lived in North Carolina, they were as common as McDonald's; people enjoyed eating there, but it wasn't really anything special. When I moved to California, there were only 2 or 3 in the entire southern California metropolitan area, and people went nuts for it because it was so rare; in the time since then, it's become more common out there, and less exciting to a lot of people. With a large contingent of WDW visitors coming from the South, I don't think they'd see it as anything particularly special or unique Plus, it might be strange to have such a high-profile location that's closed on Sundays (though they seem to do just fine in mall food courts, despite the weekly closure)
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I doubt Disney would allow Chik-Fil-A to operate on their property.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Disney let the Chinese government dictate exactly what could and couldn't be included in their CircleVision film in the years immediately after the Cultural Revolution. Assuming they get their rent check each month, I see no reason that Disney wouldn't let Chick-Fil-A operate a location in DTD
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Well given their recent pull of support for Scouts, it would be rather hipocritical to allow Chick-Fil-A, but we probably shouldn't get into that here in this thread. I'm just making a passing statement anyway.
