Originally Posted By cassiedoodle (I haven't logged on i awhile, so I apologize if I have duplicated a thread) My husband and I were on our honeymoon last weekend in WDW. I have vacationed there every year since I was born, and my dad would always bring us strawberry swirls as we were waiting for Spectromagic. My husband wanted to carry on that tradition, so he went to Fantasyland to get some. About 20 minutes later, he came back to me empty handed. No more strawberry swirls. He went to city hall to ask why they have been discontinued, their reason was that it was too high in calories. He told them that there would be a crying bride on Main Street, and sure enough there was. Is anyone else upset about this lose? It's such a shame that I'll never have my favorite ice cream again
Originally Posted By vbdad55 they really need to stop this bull response while they have mac andcheese and fries on every kids section of buffet. I think we can decide what's best for us and in what moderation --
Originally Posted By cassiedoodle Exactly. People like me only have it once of twice a year, honestly what's the difference?! The woman that my husband talked to told him that they have had TONS of people asking about it... Shouldn't that be an indication that they made a mistake?
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Just bring them back, we are adults. I'm sure we can take care of ourselves, there are so many other things that are there that are high in calories.
Originally Posted By -em sigh need I say more except my family is gonna be (&^$ when they come back to WDW as thats their fav thing (Im more of a dole whip girl myself)
Originally Posted By cassiedoodle My mom is a dole whip girl, too. We tried the citrus swirl. It was good, but didn't even compare to the strawberry swirl.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Does that &^$ mean leaving a Disney Park with money in the pocket? WDW needs to hear about this!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 The response is PR bull ... when Disney can't (or in this case, won't) offer the truth, they make up some inane lie to make guests feel better and that The Mouse cares. I want my freaking Fantasia ice cream back at DLR, but it ain't happening either. Because Disney wasn't making enough (by whatever metrics they use) to keep buying a product made exclusively for them. Rest assured that whatever took the place of this item costs less for Disney to offer.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 ^^Did they even bother to come up with a replacement? Or just give us less choices?
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Ok, I'm having a little trouble with this one. This strawberry thing is too fattening yet there are buffets in every park. What about churros? because I eat about 20 when I'm at disney. Are they going to limit how many I can eat when I reach my calorie limit. How about they assign every guest a calorie limit and then let us decide what we eat to reach it. I'm fat 365 days a year. Its not like I can blame Disney for it because of the 1 week I spend there every year. Heck, I walk so much when I'm there, that I get to eat more to compensate for the energy expenditure. At least that's my reasoning. The other reason is "hey I'm on vacation" I'll go on a diet next week. This is one of those times like the Stitch show. It just leaves me scratching my head in wonder.
Originally Posted By dshyates So they eliminate the Strawberry Swirl because it is too high calorie, yet you can still get one of these: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUwKDqoClW0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...KDqoClW0</a>
Originally Posted By -em So I guess I can thank Disney for saving my waistline... As you know that extra 200 calories really is noticeable after I spent the day WALKING though the MK... Guess Ill need to get the double bacon burger next time
Originally Posted By cassiedoodle I have to agree, the odds are the strawberry swirl wasn't selling well. But before just dumping it all together, why not do what they did with the Dole whip? Put up an illustration of it, get it out there. Advertise it. People pass that Dole whip painting and say "wow, that looks great!" People that are new to Disney pass by the Enchanted Grove without even noticing it.
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys ^^ They've taken some of the "healthier" things away as well. For instance, at The Plaza, there are no more sweet potato chips or the potato salad being offered. I asked a manager about this and was told that they didn't sell enough, but in the same sentence acknowledged that a lot of people had complained about it. It's always about profits because if Disney really cared about calories, I'm sure they would also eliminate the banana split at the Plaza and that nasty calorie laden "Kitchen Sink" at Beaches 'n Cream over at the Beach club.
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys ^^ Didn't click on the Beaches 'n Cream video above, but that's really low calorie, isn't it?
