Gaston's Pork Shank Going Away? That's what we were told.

[Nancyg56]

I think there is a lot more involved than the DDP. I understand that these contracts are teh base of the discusion, but blaming guests is like blaming patients when they use their insurance plan that has low negotioated reimbursement to Dr's.

WHile I believe the plan contributes to the overall decline in variety and quality at certain eateries, I think that the move for a healthier bottm line is more to blame. If Disney did not sell a dining plan, they still would be attempting to boost dining sales and to keep guests onsite. There would be some sort of special...and there would be mass purchasing to reduce overall costs, and we woudl be having this same discussion, but there would be another culprit to blame.

I live in a small farming community and you do not want to get me started on how complicated cost vs quality vs variety is. The bottom line s that no matter how you look at it. it all will come down to what people are willing to pay balanced with the cost of producing the product and then coupled with whatever profit the company either needs to make or wants to make.

WE can look at teh DDP as the problem but if we look deeper we might see that without that DDP as an incentive to keep folks onsite and eating, there would be a different issue.

 

[gmaners]

I do remember seeing a picture of a newly revised Gaston's menu where the pork shank was not listed….

 

[kandb]

I have a question. So if a non-Disney hotel has a family on the ddp ordering dinner and one dinner(entrée, dessert, drink) came to $58 and another dinner(entrée, dessert and drink) came to $40, does Disney reimburse the same amount for each guests dinner or is it based on the price of each persons selections? Hope I am making sense?

 

[Deb & Bill]

They must have already changed the cinnamon roll earlier in the year because the last time I had one it was awful. Very dry, even though the icing was still wet. I also thought LeFou's Brew was terrible. They could do better basic stuff and come out ahead.

 

[npcougar]

I think it is interesting that several of the new Disney Springs restaurants are cheaper than Disney restaurants, ex. the sushi at the new Morimoto place.

 

[Susie*Q]

Told ya it was going away. Gaston's Tavern now serves beef stew. I guess moonlighting Uber driving WDW Entertainment managers do get the memo after all.

http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2015/11/05/news-pork-shank-no-longer-on-the-menu-at-gastons-tavern-2/

http://www.**************.net/2015/...is-in-at-gastons-tavern-in-walt-disney-world/

 

[jrt1176]

I'm definitely disappointed with the news! I don't usually come to the restaurant board and we'll be at WDW in 2 weeks!

I was actually looking forward to trying the pork shank... It seemed to get a lot of positive reviews.