Originally Posted By dagobert According to the French Disney forum Disney Central Plaza, ED SCA bought three restaurants back from Group Flo. Group Flo operates most of the Disney Village restaurants. Disney purchased King Ludwig's Castle, Annette's Diner and Cafe Mickey back. <a href="http://disneycentralplaza.englishboard.net/t23434-disney-s-achete-les-restaurants-du-groupe-flo-kingdom" target="_blank">http://disneycentralplaza.engl...-kingdom</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo That is a shame, most of them ran their businesses better than Disney did.
Originally Posted By Bolna Interesting, why did they do that? And as an aside, I always thought that King Ludwig's Castle was a rather peculiar place. I guess that's what happens when you encounter something from home in a foreign context. I guess Americans might feel the same about the "American Diner" restaurants which are so popular here in Germany...
Originally Posted By dagobert >>That is a shame, most of them ran their businesses better than Disney did.<< And their service is lot better and the waiters were friendlier than most Disney CMs, at least last year.
Originally Posted By dagobert From DLRPToday: "Along with most of the other Disney Village restaurants, Café Mickey is actually managed and operated under contract by Groupe Flo, a large French catering company. Or at least, for now it is — member Mr Freddy on Disney Central Plaza Forum has shared the interesting news that Café Mickey, along with Annette’s Diner and presumably The Steakhouse, all part of Groupe Flo’s “Euro-Gastronomie” subsidiary, will come under full Disney control when the current contract ends on 1st October 2011. Citing the fact that Disney now has more experience in restaurant management in Paris and can probably make some considerable savings (it is said to pay Groupe Flo €10m a year for the contract), another member suggests the handover could even mean each of the restaurants closing for between a week and a full month at the end of the this year, ready to become fully Disney-operated establishments from January. The change won’t affect Rainforest Cafe or King Ludwig’s Castle, which are managed under separate contracts to Groupe Flo and will likely always be separate to Disney. With Disney able to completely control the management and operation of the venues, rather than just make changes at arms-length, it will be interesting to see what differences, if any, we might spot when the changeover takes place. Looking at the bigger picture, this move may even tie in with promised developments for the Village over the next ten years, as Disneyland Paris slowly continues to improve the offering and give it more of a “Disney” stamp with projects like World of Disney." <a href="http://www.dlrptoday.com/2011/07/24/disney-to-take-control-of-groupe-flo-operated-disney-village-restaurants/" target="_blank">http://www.dlrptoday.com/2011/...aurants/</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert I've thought that New York Style Sandwiches has always been operated by Disney, but according to InsideDLParis, the restaurant closed, because Disney bought it back. <a href="http://twitpic.com/6un5d0" target="_blank">http://twitpic.com/6un5d0</a> I've never eaten there, but it seemed to be very popular, because in the evening lines were huge.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I suppose they figured there was no point competing with the Earl of Sandwich.
Originally Posted By dagobert I'm curious if Disney is going to reopen a snadwich store or if they are going to replace it with something else.
Originally Posted By u k fan The lines were long because it was too small for its purpose. They did some nice healthy options there and it was a cheap alternative to McD's, but it struggled to cope with demand so I won't be disappointed if they repurpose the space!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert New York Style Sandwiches has reopened: <a href="http://twitpic.com/746krj" target="_blank">http://twitpic.com/746krj</a>
