Actually, I think to put it better (though thanks for the likes
): I'm certainly not opposed to the Deluxe resorts expanding menus/making wait times less of a pain. I've eaten at Captain Cook's many times and I believe the Mara and then the one at the Contemporary as well as the one at GF once (as well as the one at the Beach/Yacht, but, well- I'll get in to that). I do appreciate, especially at the Mara, that some pains are taken to stick to the theme: the fact that there are some African inspired dishes on the menu is great, and I believe that when we did eat there we quite enjoyed them.
I also do think that something needs to be done about the mess of the Epcot resorts. While not everyone is on the Dining Plan (I'm usually not!), a lot of people are, which leaves the Swalfin unavailable. That leaves that tiny little shop that has some food in the back (that used to have great gelato, actually, but that sadly went away) in the Beach Club which... well, to be blunt, is basically 'here's a few sandwiches and pastries that have been sitting in the box for five years' and Boardwalk bakery which is ridiculously crowded and has a menu that keeps getting smaller and smaller. Expanding that would be good.
But an actual food court at at a Deluxe hotel? No, I don't stay at them, but I'm kind of icked at the thought. What ridiculously expensive (far more then it should be, in my opinion) hotel has a food court? I already think the Contemporary's counter service seems out of place (although the Contemporary is, while always a classic, one of the least well themed hotels in my probably about to get shot for my opinion). Walking in to the Grand Floridian and seeing a food court would break the 'Disney Magic', while walking in to All Star Sports and seeing one is just sort of 'Meh'.
Here's the thing, though: I have eaten at that food court. And, to be blunt: the food is just not that good. The attempts at trying the make your own pasta/make your own salad are getting better, but for the most part what you're eating tastes like it just stopped being frozen before being overcooked and having a bundle of salt dumped on it with no other seasonings. Food courts are not exactly 'YAY WHAT GREAT FOOD'. What they are are convenient.
And what is even more convenient? Room service. (Or the club level, as people much more lucky/good with money/rich/in touch with rich people/having sense to remember things then me have mentioned.) And, not to be blunt, if you have the money to stay at the Grand Floridian, you probably have the money to order room service if you wish (or, uh, stay at said club level). If it's a long night, and your kid is tired, and your significant other is giving you irritated looks and you're about to get a long lecture and you just want food NOWWWW: believe me, the last thing you want to do is be in line at a food court. Stations! People butting in lines! No trays! No drinks! No seats! No lid covers! Drink machine dead yet again! Huge, huge ridiculous lines at the cash registers that are getting corrupted with the lines for the various stations so no one knows whats what! It can get crazy.
What you probably want is to quietly go to your room, order room service, get the kid happyish and the significant other no longer glaring, and chill out in front of whatever Disney Movie of the day is while someone brings your food in what is probably actually less time then it would have taken if you waited in the separate lines for everyone's food, waited for a cash register, then waited for a seat. Because walking through food courts at prime time, let me tell you, those places are *crazy*.
because the lack of quick service options at Deluxe resorts prevents me from booking them.
