New Blog: Starbucks to Replace the Main Street Bakery at Magic Kingdom

[freshmanjs]

Not sure where you live, but here in NYC it does.

I work in midtown. A grande coffee is $2.20 + tax.

 

[BEASLYBOO]

Personally I enjoy Starbucks coffee, though not their prices!

My only concern, their pastry goods are often stale. In fact one of the stalest croissants I've ever purchased was at Starbucks, it ticked me off so bad, I drove back to complain and return it! I told the Mgr. that at $4-$5 for latte's etc the least they could do is have fresh pastries! The only decent thing I've ever had, the lemon iced pound cake and the Marbled Chocolate pound cake! They have lousy scones, at least the 3 or 4 locations around work/home!And the sandwiches aren't any better!

One can only hope that if they are to replace a well known/loved bakery shop that they will be forced to do much better!

Hopefully no one will mess with the Boardwalk bakery!

 

[Patrickprincess]

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Me too! I hate starbucks. Part of me prefers the nasty Nescafe. Lol. And yes, their hot chocolate SUCKS. Its the worst i ever tasted in my life.

I would be happier with dunkin donuts as well! I prefer their coffee over Starbucks!


Prices vary. It all depends where you live.

I HATE DUNKIN DONUTS! secound guests have been complaing about the nasty coffee( i can't weigh in over the nescafe because i have never tryed it.)for many years. I just read mouseplanet and in thier update they said that the Main street bakery will still have thier baked goods for sale. Also i just want to say this in the disneyland history there have been many sponsers how the heck do you think disneyland got bulit. I have also seen the photos of starbucks in DCA and it dosen't look like any starbucks that i've seen. Belive me where i live there are at least three people are so scared of change. If you don't like something then DON"T BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lorelei528]

I work in midtown. A grande coffee is $2.20 + tax.

Grande=medium.

 

[freshmanjs]

Grande=medium.

The venti is $0.20 more.

 

[freshmanjs]

Yes, this!!! DH and I HATE Starbuck's and everything it stands for. Freaking $4 for a Large Coffee?!??! Are you freaking kidding me? Even their hot chocolate sucks.

So upset by this, it's making me nauseous.

What does Starbucks stand for that you hate so much?

 

[twinklebug]

What does Starbucks stand for that you hate so much?

I'm finding it a bit funny that in 6 years of membership here and less than 300 posts you've chosen to post so many times on this one thread. You've gotten quite defensive of the Starbucks brand and I'm unsure why. We're all entitled to our opinions. Some prefer Nescafe, some Starbucks, others DnD... and some hate them all. No biggie.

Also, the baked goods - we know what we've been told, but reality and vision don't always match up... it's a wait and see game. I just hope they keep the giant cinnamon rolls where one can feed an army

... am also curious how they'll restructure the line so the area we wait for our drinks in does not interfere with seating or the line. Guess I should examine the DCA version some more.

 

[Lorelei528]

The venti is $0.20 more.

We'll have to agree to disagree because I know that all my friends and co-workers who drink Starbuck's come in with with their Ventis and they pay like $3.80 something which for all intents and purposes is $4.

 

[twinklebug]

We'll have to agree to disagree because I know that all my friends and co-workers who drink Starbuck's come in with with their Ventis and they pay like $3.80 something which for all intents and purposes is $4.

My bet is those are Lattes they have... they cost quite a bit more than the base coffee (but in my opinion, on a cold day, are SO good )

 

[freshmanjs]

I'm finding it a bit funny that in 6 years of membership here and less than 300 posts you've chosen to post so many times on this one thread. You've gotten quite defensive of the Starbucks brand and I'm unsure why. We're all entitled to our opinions. Some prefer Nescafe, some Starbucks, others DnD... and some hate them all. No biggie.

Also, the baked goods - we know what we've been told, but reality and vision don't always match up... it's a wait and see game. I just hope they keep the giant cinnamon rolls where one can feed an army

... am also curious how they'll restructure the line so the area we wait for our drinks in does not interfere with seating or the line. Guess I should examine the DCA version some more.

I find the topic interesting. that's all. not sure why i need to defend my post count.

i am genuinely curious why you hate "what Starbucks stands for." I would totally understand if you just don't like their products. But I'm not sure what they stand for that would be objectionable? I am not defensive of Starbucks in any way. Mostly I just don't like logical inconsistency and hysteria (not saying you) that has been projected by some.

 

[Lorelei528]

I'm finding it a bit funny that in 6 years of membership here and less than 300 posts you've chosen to post so many times on this one thread. You've gotten quite defensive of the Starbucks brand and I'm unsure why. We're all entitled to our opinions. Some prefer Nescafe, some Starbucks, others DnD... and some hate them all. No biggie.

That's just what I was thinking. To each his own. No one needs to explain why they love or hate anything to anyone. LOL.

 

[freshmanjs]

We'll have to agree to disagree because I know that all my friends and co-workers who drink Starbuck's come in with with their Ventis and they pay like $3.80 something which for all intents and purposes is $4.

There is no reason to "agree to disagree" on something that is a matter of fact. Starbucks does sell many drinks that are in the $4-$5 range but a cup of coffee is not one of them. Latte, yes. Drip coffee, no.

 

[vacationer1954]

Nescafe isnt the brand which is going to have a store on main street and epcot like Starbucks will.

The point is that Nescafe has had a store on Main Street in basically the same way that Starbucks will. Starbucks is replacing Nescafe, so why did you prefer Nescafe?

Some prefer Nescafe, some Starbucks

Thanks, that would really clear things up. If people prefer Nescafe, then they could say so, and perhaps say why.

 

[freshmanjs]

That's just what I was thinking. To each his own. No one needs to explain why they love or hate anything to anyone. LOL.

no one needs to say or explain anything on this board ever for any reason. but if you say that you hate what starbucks stands for, it is a reasonable question to ask why.

if no one explained why they love or hate anything these boards would be really dull and useless.

 

[Lorelei528]

There is no reason to "agree to disagree" on something that is a matter of fact. Starbucks does sell many drinks that are in the $4-$5 range but a cup of coffee is not one of them. Latte, yes. Drip coffee, no.

Semantics. Lattes or any other drink is basically coffee and milk or cream mixed together in some sort of fancy way. And I know most of my friends and co-workers don't drink Lattes everyday and they spend that much on their coffee in the East Village at Starbucks.
I do know my old boss at Time Warner used to get some Venti something something something that would cost about $8 dollars the way he ordered it. But he made the big bucks.....

 

[freshmanjs]

Semantics. Lattes or any other drink is basically coffee and milk or cream mixed together in some sort of fancy way. And I know most of my friends and co-workers don't drink Lattes everyday and they spend that much on their coffee in the East Village at Starbucks.
I do know my old boss at Time Warner used to get some Venti something something something that would cost about $8 dollars the way he ordered it. But he made the big bucks.....

so you "hate" this company that provides products that your coworkers and friends like to buy? why?

if you don't personally like their products, i totally understand that. but you seem to be expressing something more than that when you say you "hate SB and everything they stand for"

 

[vacationer1954]

But why would offering both drip coffee and espresso drinks be considered worse than just offering drip coffee? I don't understand why them offering more choices is considered bad.

 

[Jazzabelle508]

I personally am not a fan of this decision. I don't care that they are having a partnership with Starbucks. I don't even care that they are putting a starbucks location in each park. The thing that bothers me is that they are using Main street bakery to do this. I don't know about all of you but visiting main street bakery is a huge part of my vacation. My mom and I always go there multiple times a trip and indulge in their amazing cookies! Yes i'm aware that they are simply nestle tollhouse cookies but they are a thousand times better than any other version of nestle tollhouse cookies I have ever had. Putting the amazing cookies aside they have a bunch of amazing, one-of-a-kind treats that you can't find anywhere else served the way they are.

Also, a Disney fan has started a petition to get disney to revise their starbucks plan to not change main street bakery into a starbucks location, please sign here if you feel this way as well.

 

[freshmanjs]

I personally am not a fan of this decision. I don't care that they are having a partnership with Starbucks. I don't even care that they are putting a starbucks location in each park. The thing that bothers me is that they are using Main street bakery to do this. I don't know about all of you but visiting main street bakery is a huge part of my vacation. My mom and I always go there multiple times a trip and indulge in their amazing cookies! Yes i'm aware that they are simply nestle tollhouse cookies but they are a thousand times better than any other version of nestle tollhouse cookies I have ever had. Putting the amazing cookies aside they have a bunch of amazing, one-of-a-kind treats that you can't find anywhere else served the way they are.

Also, a Disney fan has started a petition to get disney to revise their starbucks plan to not change main street bakery into a starbucks location, please sign here if you feel this way as well.

What is the point of the petition? They only tell one side of the story. If Disney wanted more consumer research to judge reactions to this decision, they would do more research. Knowing that some people don't like the idea is not new information and does not tell them, on balance, what guests would think.

 

[vacationer1954]

That's a good point, but actually the petition is probably going to be overlooked for another reason. If you read the petition from Disney's eyes you'll probably see it as a misunderstanding what is going to happen. It talks about not "losing that piece of Main Street Americana that is the Main Street Bakery". Is there really any doubt that Disney considers their plans to fully safeguard that Americana feeling of the place? The petition talks about wanting specific bakery items, but they're available elsewhere in the park, and Disney probably realizes how having both their own products and Starbucks products will appeal to more customers than having only their own products. So I think in the end the petition is going to be ignored just because of how it was worded. For it to be a petition that Disney would need to pay attention to, it would have to outline negative things that Disney would recognize as negative things. I'm curious about what those negative things could be though.