Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Okay, now I don't like to complain but when those bean counters mess with ice cream at the parks it really ticks a cauldron gal off. For years the Disney theme parks have had really good soft serve ice cream--like at Mrs. Pott's Cupboard. Well, yesterday when Orddu and I went to order ourselves some of the tasty ice cream we've always enjoyed, we were surprised to find out that there's a new kind of vanilla ice cream being sold at the Magic Kingdom, now, which doesn't taste nearly so good at the kind they used to sell! It's not even white! It's yellow! And it doesn't have the creamy goodness of the former ice cream. ORDDU: I'm afraid Orwen is right. This new ice cream comes across more like yogurt than anything else. It's very watery and unappealing. We asked a manager about it had he admitted they've changed vendors. We expressed our distaste for the change and, while he couldn't express his agreement, his facial reaction seemed to indicate that he did agree. We mentioned that, once again, Disney management has gone and fixed something that wasn't broken. ORWEN: Declining by degrees, Kevin Yee would say. But who ever thought it would start affecting the soft serve ice cream you buy at the parks? I guess we'll just have to buy those Haagendas Ice cream bars from now on and forget about soft serve...
Originally Posted By mousermerf I suggest an ice cream sandwich from the Fountainview. Your choice of flavor between two fresh made cookies.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I've never had an ice cream problem. I recommend a Dole Whip. Only thing that's universally bad in WDW is the Coffee IMHO.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I am going to guess it's a fat free frozen yogurt to go along with the 'healthy' updates to food offerings
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Not just MK ... the wonderful tasting, fresh gelato from the Beach Club Marketplace is no longer available (even though it is still listed on the menu board at $2.69). Instead, the serving counter has been removed and replaced by a pastry type case. When I asked a CM about it, he admitted it was gone for good. But then walked me over to what I call the 'DVC special' frozen refrig. cases to show that Disney did still sell pre-packaged gelatos (three flavors now, chocolate, cookies and cream and mango) but said it wasn't the same. I'm sure they took the gelato away due to guest requests ... just like thr prime rib at Boma ... oh, and the linen napkins there too!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I can, on a certain level, why Disney would want to seem sensitive to a healthier life style, but if I wanted to deprive myself of the few pleasures that life still offers, I'd stay home.
Originally Posted By Mr X Hi Witches! <-waves That's a bummer. You do realize that if you hop on those brooms and come over to Tokyo Disneyland, they have the best, most delectable ice cream out of any Disney resort. ***I'm sure they took the gelato away due to guest requests ... just like thr prime rib at Boma ... oh, and the linen napkins there too!*** lmao! <---shakes fist at abominable prime rib that utterly ruined last vacation with its' generous portion size and tasty flavor
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Just serve the good stuff. I'll watch the calories. I'll eat what I want. It's not like I'm not going to be walking 10 miles today to tour the parks anyway and I start sweating every time I pull my wallet out at WDW so there's no way I will gain weight there. On the other hand maybe someone should go on a Disney diet and trumpet all the weight they lost only eating Disney food, kind of like Jared at subway. Besides, Who can afford to eat enough Disney food to gain weight anyway. I think my head is gonna explode. If they want me to lose weight, why are they giving me the Disney dining plan for free? Someone stop the madness!!! .....i'm so confused......
Originally Posted By MPierce >> That's a bummer. You do realize that if you hop on those brooms and come over to Tokyo Disneyland, they have the best, most delectable ice cream out of any Disney resort. << Along with curry popcorn!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I'm sure they took the gelato away due to guest requests ... just like thr prime rib at Boma ... oh, and the linen napkins there too! << Or like the all beef hotdogs at Casey's Corner.
Originally Posted By MPierce Hint: Any changes made at WDW are about saving money. Not improving quality.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Of course you're assessment is correct, MPierce, duckling. It's just that this is becoming all the more obvious at every turn. The real question becomes: how far will they go with this? A very close friend of ours who works at one of the Disney restaurants on property says he sees the drop in quality all the time. He says it's as if the managers and accountants think the public is too dumb to notice the difference between good quality food and bad quality food. They're wrong. ORWEN: They've just become so greedy within the Disney company. Everyone one of those bad decision makers ought to have to eat their own slop every day and then have their wages garnished to pay for it until they put the quality BACK! ORDDU: There are still a few good items left but for how long? It's like a scavenger hunt to find food at the parks that's still worth the prices--or to just find food that good PERIOD! ORWEN: Oh, and hello to you too, Mr. X, duckling! We would fly our brooms over to Tokyo Disneyland, too, but that park was cursed for us because the Horned King used to have an attraction inside Cinderella's Castle. Even though the Castle tour doesn't exist any more, the Horned King left his curse behind and it's deadly for us cauldron gals.
Originally Posted By Mr X That's okay, they have the same ice cream at DisneySea (or is the whole resort cursed?). They USED to have "sea salt vanilla" ice cream too, which was interesting, but I think it's gone now.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Witches was the crappy ice cream the same price as the good stuff?? im guessing yes. When i go to DL i sometimes might gain a pound or 2 but they so have some yummy treats.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Oh, yes, the price is the same, tashajilek. But there is no longer any good soft serve ice cream at the Magic Kingdom anymoe and that was our point. They've substituted something good with something inferior--a watered down soft serve that's yellow instead of white and it melts faster than the original soft serve that they used to sell. Supposedly this is a property wide change for the worse. ORWEN: The regular ice cream that you can still get on Main Street hasn't changed. It's only the soft serve ice cream that's been ruined. (Well, ruined for us at least. Maybe others won't notice but we'd sure be surprised if they didn't.)
Originally Posted By tashajilek HMM maybe people will stop buying it b/c its gross? making them bring back the better quality ice cream!! Yea probaly not.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ***I'm sure they took the gelato away due to guest requests ... just like thr prime rib at Boma ... oh, and the linen napkins there too!*** lmao! <<---shakes fist at abominable prime rib that utterly ruined last vacation with its' generous portion size and tasty flavor>> Well, it's not like the strip loin that replaced it was/is crap. But it's much thinner and not as tasty. Doesn't compare with the prime rib I had on DCL. Of course, they did also add a container of what looks like 'Sam's Club' bagged iceberg salad mix because apparently many guests won't eat 'weeds' (at least that's what a sucky CM told me). Obviously, I'd still go to Boma, but there's no denying a Walmarting effect.
