Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I was thinking about how awesome it would be if Disney's California Adventure had built 'SciFi Dine-In Theater Restaurant' instead of 'Hollywood and Dine.' After all, Drive-in Theatres were quite popular in California, they show movies [which ties in to the Hollywood theme], and it would be fun to be there. Here's dreamin' California Dreamin' that is.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Why would anyone move from Pasadena to Merced?> Three words: Affordable new housing.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Remember when Jim in Merced CA ruled this thread? That was awesome.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Remember when some doofus at the store had the gall to ask Jim in Merced CA how much one of his tattoos cost and he shoved the rude loser into the cans of green beans? That was awesome. ;-)
Originally Posted By idleBrain <--- checks calendar for start of Boiled Custard season. Teasing TDG about his addiction. Awesome.
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror Remember when some Disney fans stretched their fifteen minutes of fame by sucking up to a few WDI insiders and morphing shamelessly into Cynthia Harriss sycophants? It's so awesome that's over.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I was also thinking that Soap Opera Bistro might have worked better with a different menu. Sandwiches, burgers, milkshakes et al. The 'gourmet' pizzas, and fussy salads did not exactly excite me -- and I'm no meat-and-potatoes kind of guy. The menu just seemed overly fancy for what was going on in the restaurant.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <and I'm no meat-and-potatoes kind of guy> Just what kind of guy are you, Jim in Merced CA?
Originally Posted By Stacers76 wait wait...awesome... ok I just wanted to say awesome too... carry on )
Originally Posted By gadzuux Erica Kane would eat a fussy salad - in perfect makeup and without ever actually chewing. She wouldn't be caught dead with a burger and a milkshake. You have to step into the fantasy, jim.
Originally Posted By hopemax But one of those rooms was modeled after Ruby's Diner, right? What else would you expect besides a big ol' greasy burger?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Erica Kane would eat a fussy salad - in perfect makeup and without ever actually chewing. She wouldn't be caught dead with a burger and a milkshake. You have to step into the fantasy, jim.> I guess I see that from a conceptual perspective, gadzuux. Perhaps it's not the fantasy in which I wanted to step. Still, the menu kind of sucked. <and I'm no meat-and-potatoes kind of guy> <Just what kind of guy are you, Jim in Merced CA?> Just trying to give a perspective that I'll eat nouveau cuisine and nice stuff if necessary. People will often look at me and think that I'm into eating steak, hamburgers and so forth, ya know, a meat-and-potatoes guy. Which I'm not. I don't really like most red meat. Grilled chicken? Sure. Hot dogs? Yeah, buddy. But not steak. Awesome, huh?
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy ^^^More than words can say. <Erica Kane would eat a fussy salad - in perfect makeup and without ever actually chewing. She wouldn't be caught dead with a burger and a milkshake. > Heh...sounds like Iris Cory Wheeler. Remember when Jim in Merced CA duked it out with Dabob2 in The Thunderdome? That was last month. And that was awesome.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA People talk about foods they could never give up. If someone said to me tomorrow 'no more red meat' it wouldn't bother me. Now, chips and salsa, on the other hand, that would bum me out to no end. Did the Soap Opera Bistro serve chips and salsa? I don't think so.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Still think places like the Soap Opera Bistro, Robert Mondavi and Wolfgang Puck should have been built outside the turnstiles and part of Downtown Disney. It was crazy to expect folks to pay full price to get into the park (remember, no AP's were available when the park opened, and most Multi-Day tickets had very little discounts, and many were not ParkHoppers), and then a large amount for the meal... But I think Disney has learned, and is now working on the Hotel eateries and up-scaling them instead....
Originally Posted By TheRedhead I think the high-scale places should have been built in such a way that you could have entered them from inside AND outside DCA.
