Originally Posted By Darkbeer Isn't Domino's big in the UK, don't they sponsor The Simpson's on Sky One?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<FYI, Tom Monaghan is no longer the owner and operator of Domino's Pizza, he sold out in 1998 for about $1 billion, though he still has some non-controlling stock.>> Selling the company doesn't make the crappy pizza taste any better. Once Papa John's came on the scene, Domino's really had no reason to exist.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Darkbeer - you are right. They do Sponsor the Simpsons on Sky 1, and my 2 year old said tonight when they arrived "Yay - Simpsons". We have 3 in this town, so yes they are the biggest. But they are better than UK Pizza Hut and Papa Johns is only in large cities here.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Living in a very Italian area of Brooklyn, I can tell you that Domino's in no way, shape, or form resembles real pizza. Let alone good pizza.
Originally Posted By Mr X The Simpsons? Sky 1? Huh? Oh, and Dabob you aren't allowed to talk about pizza if you ive in Brooklyn..it's not fair to the rest of us! (on the other hand, I have an award winning Japanese steakhouse near my home, so that's an okay tradeoff )
Originally Posted By SuperDry I fess up - I'm the "angry LPer" that Disney tried to send to bed without his dinner. To make a long story short, I did go down to the front desk with my laptop to show them what their website said. I'm not normally one to make a stink about much of anything, but I thought that this was a material misrepresentation (well, mistake, as I doubt very much that it was malicious), and I really had planned my night around being able to get a meal once I got to my room, arriving on a late flight and taking Magical Express. Had I known that there would be no food, I would have rented a car so I could pick up something on the way to the resort. And in something very uncharacteristic of me, I went to the front desk mostly just to see what the duty manager would say (I saw him come out of the back office when I was checking in). I didn't really expect him to be able to magically produce food if the kitchen was closed. I just wanted to see what he would say, as this was clearly a case where they were wrong and I wanted them to know that this stuff really does matter from time to time. When they offered to pay for Domino's (not much else is really available for delivery after 1am), I thought that was a reasonable way to handle the situation. I told them that I thought the most important thing was that the website gets fixed so that this doesn't happen to the next guest. They gave me a look along the lines of "Do you really think we can get TWDC to change the website?" And, the look of the Domino's driver was priceless. I guess it's not every day that he gets paid right out of the till at the front desk. The mouse even gave him a $5 tip on an $18 delivery.
Originally Posted By SuperDry But you want to hear something really ridiculous? Let me move on to the next day's outrage: I was at Yakitori House in Japan at Epcot, and attempted to order yakitori. "Sorry, we don't have yakitori." And not in the sense that they had run out that day or that it wasn't ready - Yakitori House apparently does not serve yakitori at all, and thinks this is quite reasonable and normal. You should have seen the looks on everyone's faces when the Domino's guy showed up with my pizza.
Originally Posted By Mr X **taking Magical Express** Oh, you didn't tell me THAT part... Serves ya right for being a FREELOADER! Hope you choked on your dominos, FREELOADER! p.s. I'd have rented a car and gotten WAFFLE HOUSE if I were you...open 24/7 and yum yum YUM..a true southern treat!
Originally Posted By Mr X **I was at Yakitori House in Japan at Epcot, and attempted to order yakitori. "Sorry, we don't have yakitori." And not in the sense that they had run out that day or that it wasn't ready - Yakitori House apparently does not serve yakitori at all, and thinks this is quite reasonable and normal. You should have seen the looks on everyone's faces when the Domino's guy showed up with my pizza.** ROFLMAO.
Originally Posted By Mr X Wow, a $5 tip. That's the biggest surprise of all! Did they actually let you look at a menu or something? Or just offered a cheese pizza and a coke (diet)? Or did they ask you what toppings you wanted? I agree, you really couldn't ask for more at that hour, as far as them trying to take care of your immediate needs appologetically. However, if I were you, I wouldn't order any room service from Disney ever again (you're probably on the "spit list" lol).
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Did they actually let you look at a menu or something? Or just offered a cheese pizza and a coke (diet)? Or did they ask you what toppings you wanted? >>> They gave me a menu, dialed the number, and then handed me the phone to order. I could have ordered anything I wanted. Actually, they showed me the menu and asked me if anything on it would be acceptable to me. Although from room service I would have ordered a more traditional meal, I ended up ordering from Domino's what I otherwise would have ordered from them.
Originally Posted By Mr X Sounds like they did the best they could, anyway. Props to the hotel staff on that one! NOW, the question is, will the website get changed or not??
Originally Posted By Mr X You need to title your trip report "SuperDry's magical Domino's Disney Vacation"
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< **taking Magical Express** Oh, you didn't tell me THAT part... Serves ya right for being a FREELOADER! >>> What's wrong? Magical Express is now an included benefit of staying on-site. I have to say that I was rather pleased with the whole experience. Considering that they're not exactly in the mood these days of doing stuff for nothing, and considering that it must cost a lot of money to run it, they must be rather convinced that it's keeping people on-property on average for enough extra time in order to justify the cost. I wonder how much the taxi and rental car business went down as a result?
Originally Posted By Mr X I got the impression that most people headed "on property" on the mears shuttles..so I don't think taxis and rentals took too much of a hit (no way of really knowing though).
