Disney to change All-Star Cafe

[crazy4wdw]

Disney to change All-Star Cafe

July 28, 2007

The Official All-Star Cafe at Disney's Wide World of Sports -- a full-service, sports-bar themed restaurant specializing in half-pound hamburgers, sandwiches and salads -- will be closed this fall and replaced by a new "fast casual" restaurant to be named later, Walt Disney World confirmed Friday. The Disney-owned cafe will close Sept. 23. The new Disney-owned restaurant should reopen Nov. 20 offering counter service sandwiches, soups and salads prepared fresh daily, said Disney World spokeswoman Kim Prunty. She said customer surveys showed that many athletes and spectators preferred a restaurant where they could get fresh food fairly quickly between sports matches, rather than a place for leisurely meals.

Scott Powers of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report. Information from The Associated Press also was used.

 

[Disneybag]

It's about time they did something with that place. The service is painfully slow, they got rid of the NTN Trivia, and they haven't updated the decor since Griffey left the Mariners and Shaq left the Lakers. Good riddance!

 

[Luv2Roam]

Makes MUCH more sense.

 

[EUROPACL]

She said customer surveys showed that many athletes and spectators preferred a restaurant where they could get fresh food fairly quickly between sports matches, rather than a place for leisurely meals.

That kind of survey "thinking" has done some pretty big damage in the past. (Character Attack of the Hotels and Early Entry saying goodbye.) I wonder if that is really what the surveys say or if customers just wanted faster service? I took a look at the menu over at Deb's and it already seems pretty standard fast food disney..so the big improvement will be they sell you something they made that morning instead of when you order it??