Originally Posted By gadzuux I agree that this is good news. For one thing, I never met a bakery that I didn't like, and the Blue Ribbon bakery on Main Street is no exception. A bit pricey, but they stock lots of fresh tasty treats, and it's always been one of my favorite stops in my DL day. I've even been known to cart my pastries over to the old motorboat lagoon dock, and feed crumbs to the ducks. They love it! For another thing, the Plaza Pavilion has been underutilized for decades now. I seem to remember hearing rumors that a full-scale kitchen was been added during a recent rehab - a kitchen that could even do double-duty between Plaza Pavilion and maybe something new in the old Tahitian Terrace area. At the same time, Cafe Orleans and the French Market were supposed to be getting a rehabed kitchen down on the service level below. Does anybody know if any or all of this ever happened? I'm sure the baked goods are coming from the same bakery they always did, but an expanded bakery is a better bakery - that's what I always say. As to the Carnation restaurant, I've never eaten there, and don't particularly desire to. It looks cramped and frantic the way it's wedged into that tiny little space. I suppose the expanded indoor seating will help with that - some. It will probably just mean more cramped and frantic space, with some of it now indoors. Finally, being a lifelong day-tripper and never having an AP, I'm glad to see them move that out of the parks. It always seemed odd to me to have these big crowds of people all clustered together for financial transactions, whether it was at the Bank on Main Street or in the Plaza Pavilion. What are all those people doing anyway, and gee I'm glad I don't have to do it.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes >>> I do remember being little and having breakfast at Carnation inside and seeing a few imagineers having a breakfast meeting with blueprints on the table. That was exciting! <<< That's interesting. When I was very young, my family and I were having breakfast at the old Hills Brother's Coffee House and a bunch of imagineers took over the back room and had a bunch of blueprints out on the tables.
Originally Posted By crapshoot << and a bunch of imagineers took over the back room and had a bunch of blueprints out on the tables.>> "Imagineers. Very dangerous, you go first."
Originally Posted By dznydad Sounds good, but what I enjoy (and use)the Bakery for is the "coffeehouse" drinks (espresso, lattes, mochas). It's always a long wait for a double espresso in the Bakery (there is the cart at the hub, and the mint julip window in NOS, but on the way out with a car ride?). I really enjoyed the Mickey coffee they were selling a few years back. I thought I'd try to figure out what brand it was - and in tiny print it revealed itself to be a Nestle (Carnation?)product. Guess what? Can't find a Nestle coffee in the stores.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i like the sound of these changes but there is one thing that bugs me due to my inner mary poppins geek, but she is not a baker! to me this doesn't fit theme wise. I am sure there is another character or name that could fit better. Giver mary her own attraction instead
Originally Posted By smd4 >>> Can't find a Nestle coffee in the stores.<<< Really?? <a href="http://www.nescafe.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nescafe.com/</a>
Originally Posted By crapshoot << but she is not a baker! to me this doesn't fit theme wise.>> Do they still have the Mary Poppins Afternoon Tea in the Paradise Pier Hotel? I always thought that was the strangest place for Mary Poppins. Pavillion and Poppins? I could think of worse things.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I think this sounds great! I love Mary Poppins and indoor seating for CC would be wonderful in case it rains. That said, I hope they keep the mocha because I love it!
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Oh, and if they close BRB before opening the new bakery, I need to be sure not to schedule a trip during that time because we couldn't make it through the day without our espresso!
Originally Posted By Bellella I hope they don't take out the Carnation Cafe, the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor, or the Plaza Inn. Lovely places, good food.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm more concerned about the practically perfect British nanny having a permanent home on Main Street USA. Yes, they're both set to the Victorian theme, but in very different ways. Seeing her do meet and greets there always seemed fine to me, but then again, you can meet Mickey and the gang there too and they don't fit at all. But giving her a permanent spot just seems weird. It's just another example of placing characters where they only semi-fit, for the excuse of more characters. I'm all for the added capacity, but they could move the bakery to the Plaza Pavilion just fine without having to add the MaPo theme.
Originally Posted By smd4 >>>Yes, they're both set to the Victorian theme, but in very different ways.<<< Mary Poppins takes place in Edwardian England. "King Edward's on the throne, it's the Age of Men," as Mr. Banks sings. I agree she's out of place on Main Street.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I don't think she's out of place on Main Street at all. She certainly fits better there than in any of the other lands. Where else would she belong?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Just FYI, Edward immediately succeeded Victoria, and didn't reign for long. There wasn't really time to develop much "Edwardian" in look or architecture, so the look of MP's world could still properly be called "Victorian." I think her Britishness makes her more out of place on Main Street "USA" than the timing/style. But there are bigger stretches in the Disney universe.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Or, I should say, makes her more out of place as a permanent resident of Main Street USA if it's "her" bakery. All kinds of characters appear ON Main Street, obviously.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Tony's Town Square seems just fine on Main Street in the MK, and he's Italian. But, he appears in a film set in America (Lady and the Tramp). A bakery themed to Mary Poppins fits just as easily into Main Street. The Edwardian period of the film (not the books, which were set in the 1930s) fits neatly into the time period of Main Street. And the "fashion lag" makes the slight (but definite) differences with Victorian no big deal. Anyone wanting to see the best example of Edwardian design in film need look no further than My Fair Lady. Henry Higgins' home is high Edwardian style.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Or, I should say, makes her more out of place as a permanent resident of Main Street USA if it's "her" bakery." Maybe she's decided to set up shop in Marceline, Missouri? OK, that's a stretch.
Originally Posted By smd4 >>>She certainly fits better there than in any of the other lands. Where else would she belong?<<< Simply put, I wouldn't have her in the Park at all.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: How dare you try to evict one of Disney's most popular characters, smd4, duckling! That's just a horrible thing to say! If Mary Poppins doesn't fit in Disneyland then no other character fits, either! But of course we all know that Mary DOES belong at Disneyland so such an idea doesn't even need to be defended. You were just trying to get a rise out of us, weren't you? I knew it.
