Originally Posted By avimagine Well we'll just use the Edit feature which Doobie did promise is being worked on once it becomes available in order to edit our posts onto topic. Free Dining is like... however is what we were discussing. How the Six Sigma business model is good. Look at the value added for free dining (which is built into the price) or how Toyota had just over 17 million safety recalls last year (including defective brakes and badly rusted frames and...) and only recalled another 1.7 million this week. Not bad for the "most reliable" auto company. Free Dining sucks.
Originally Posted By avimagine No Free Dining = Polloack frozen fish sticks and non Wild Atlantic Salmon from a fish farm! Happier?
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt When something is free one wonders why. Is it useless/inferior to begin with? If Disney priced things correctly would they need to promote "freebies".
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo agreed Mark, though I suppose some do not get the idea of conversation, relational thinking, or the importance of questioning. One thing I always loved about Lp is the ability to converse and explore ideas. some boards delete posts that deviate (albeit pertenantly). And FWIW, LEAN Six Sigma (sadly I do have my belt) are the cause of a lot of the walmarting and declining of products including Disney, most apparent in WDW (and maybe DLP)
Originally Posted By avimagine I won't comment about Six Sigma training either So all I can say is green. Heh I'm guessing your black?
Originally Posted By avimagine Not officially green but "acting" just like my job title for the last few yrs.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Sadly - Black Belt Six Sigma, PRINCE2 Advanced Practitioner, MSP Practioner. But I think a change of career is in order soon.
Originally Posted By avimagine Again? I miss business models that actually cared about the long term... This includes Disney and their dining.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Apparently I am not intelligent enough to think I might be able to go on a thread that touches upon something i might be interested in. So you two have at it and make another notch on your belts by making yet another long time poster feel rediculously stupid for only trying to get information that might be relevant to an upcoming vacation.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>I miss business models that actually cared about the long term... This includes Disney and their dining. <<< Agreed. I am trying, but it is getting harder and harder.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oh come on haunts, settle down. It is a conversation. Plain and simple, and there is nothing to stop you brining it back on track without making snarky comments about how the conversation deviates.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>We called to book our Oct WDW trip and the CM advised us that there would be no free dining this year.<<< That is interesting, in the UK market right now they are advertising buy 1 week get one week free on park hoppers and free dining for the duration. Still have no desire to go.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt Haunts, my mom & brother did the free quick service & said it was a waste for them. The enjoy The Castle, Dinner Shows & the like. Lower room rates would entice me to visit.. not so much on food. I got mail from Mickey last week about 40% off The Wilderness Lodge but, I'm waiting for The Fantasyland expansion to be completed. ...so we're cruisin' instead!!! DCL here we come!
Originally Posted By avimagine I'm sorry this new LPer came, I'll slowly work on getting my fill of LP and then hang back. Don't wory.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Sounds like a good choice HH. Agreed, the food deal is not as great a deal when they have continued to lower quality in the restaurants as a result. same thing is happening at DLP. they do not give free dining, but the dining plan has become popular, and since that has happened, they have simplified menues and also turned more table service restaurants into buffets (not a fan, not sure how many people wash their hands properly at theme parks)
Originally Posted By avimagine ^^ Well i'm especially aprehensive of the men, all I'll say is watch where most men go after using the facilities. Something tells me it's the door.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt True Dave, nothing worse than some little darling sneezing all over the buffet!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Yeppers, that is pretty grim, though my wife says women do it too. How high up the priority list is Boma or Chef Mickey's sounding now?
