No more Main Street Bakery?

[2Tiggies]

This is what got from Gaston's, none of the nice gooey topping like you get at MSB plus the roll itself was really dry, needed to drink with it, I couldn't eat it on its own.

Disney's bid to promote healthy eating by abstinence then

 

[luke]

This is what got from Gaston's, none of the nice gooey topping like you get at MSB plus the roll itself was really dry, needed to drink with it, I couldn't eat it on its own.

Looks nowhere near as good as the MSB one.
Best one I had was actually at the entrance to Animal Kingdom but that was 5 years ago

 

[igk]

I'm sure some of you have seen this but Josh has an amusing (and IMO balanced) take on this at Easywdw

 

[luke]

I'm sure some of you have seen this but Josh has an amusing (and IMO balanced) take on this at Easywdw

Very good article thanks. Fully agree with pretty much all of it

 

[BethEJo]

I'm sure some of you have seen this but Josh has an amusing (and IMO balanced) take on this at Easywdw

Amazing! Thank you for posting that!

Having more variety that starbucks offers can only be a good thing, and like I said, I like their coffee The thing that was worrying me was that they'd no longer offer any of the normal 'Disney' goods, but can see now that that won't be the case!

It's just the change that bothers me - not necessarily that it's turning over to Starbucks, but the fact that it'll no longer be THE Main St Bakery that we all know! But I'll get over it Especially when I get to sip a caramel macchhiato in front of the castle

 

[Linda67]

I recently visited Disneyland and went into the Fiddler, Fyfe and Practical Cafe in DCA which is a Starbucks location

The themeing inside was really great and very Disney, the coffee cups had the Starbucks logo but also lots of little Mickey heads - the downside was that the pastries and bakery items were pretty much the same as you would find in any US branch of Starbucks

It was my first visit to the California parks so I'm not sure what was there before the Starbucks location and can't compare it to anything

I'm sure that the Main Street Bakery will look and feel fantastic, the imagineers know what they are doing but I really hope that they hold onto the yummy signature items like the cinnamon rolls, ice cream sandwiches and the wonderful cheese danishes

 

[disneyholic family]

I recently visited Disneyland and went into the Fiddler, Fyfe and Practical Cafe in DCA which is a Starbucks location

The themeing inside was really great and very Disney, the coffee cups had the Starbucks logo but also lots of little Mickey heads - the downside was that the pastries and bakery items were pretty much the same as you would find in any US branch of Starbucks

It was my first visit to the California parks so I'm not sure what was there before the Starbucks location and can't compare it to anything

I'm sure that the Main Street Bakery will look and feel fantastic, the imagineers know what they are doing but I really hope that they hold onto the yummy signature items like the cinnamon rolls, ice cream sandwiches and the wonderful cheese danishes

if they only serve starbucks pastries that will be terrible - starbucks pastries are the most tasteless dry, awful things in the shape of pastries, but without any taste at all (unless you like sawdust).

 

[DCLMan]

I adore Starbucks and I love their "hot milky fluid" latte as I've been told I can't call it coffee and I'm happy that I'm able to get it in WDW, HOWEVER to see such a wonderful family shop sacrificed for such obvious commercialism saddens me greatly

A family run business?????

It's run by Disney, a stock market listed company that prides itself on making a huge profit to pay it's share holders.

Everything at Disney is sponsored, from the hand soap to the photographs.

The whole of EPCOT is an advertisement.

 

[torsie24]

if they only serve starbucks pastries that will be terrible - starbucks pastries are the most tasteless dry, awful things in the shape of pastries, but without any taste at all (unless you like sawdust).

You and I must be eating in different Starbucks.

I've had tastier pastries there than some at WDW. And they are MUCH MUCH better than the DLRP ones.

Funny how when SB opened there the DLRP board were ecstatic! Lol.

 

[2Tiggies]

You and I must be eating in different Starbucks.

I've had tastier pastries there than some at WDW. And they are MUCH MUCH better than the DLRP ones.

Funny how when SB opened there the DLRP board were ecstatic! Lol.

It's personal taste. I wouldn't waste my money on anything from Starbucks because I don't like it. Not saying it's "not good" - but it's not good enough for me

However I cannot imagine Starbucks turning out a tastier baked item than WDW

Anyway, it will be what it will be. If it's what the masses want, it isn't a bad move. I don't believe Main Street is the place to introduce it and I am certain that had they announced plans for a Starbucks location elsewhere in the park it would have met with much less resistance.

As mentioned earlier here (or maybe it was elsewhere) there is no indication that Disney is going to do away with their signature baked goods entirely in any event so there may well still be the same gooey cinnamon rolls they serve there now I just won't order coffee there Starbucks don't serve coffee - they serve mik.

 

[vacationer1954]

The Main Street Bakery items were always far too sweet for us. Good for the kids, but not for the adults in our family.

 

[tinks_1989]

A family run business?????

They didn't say family run they said family shop I think they mean a shop where all the family enjoy it

 

[luke]

They didn't say family run they said family shop I think they mean a shop where all the family enjoy it

All the family won't be able to enjoy the Starbucks based replacement?

 

[tinks_1989]

All the family won't be able to enjoy the Starbucks based replacement?

I'm not agreeing or disagreeing just pointing out what the person is saying.

I don't drink coffee so I won't be in there but I only went in there once in 11 trips when it was Main Street bakery.

 

[wayneg]

I'm not agreeing or disagreeing just pointing out what the person is saying.

I don't drink coffee so I won't be in there but I only went in there once in 11 trips when it was Main Street bakery.

Exactly my stance on this. Since our first trip in 1993 I have been in MSB 3 times for 3 cinnamon rolls. Even though I dislike change and would love it stay as it is I don't feel I have any right to disagree with Disney's decision.
I really doubt I will pay Starbuck prices, I won't pay it for Starbucks or Costa Coffee outside a theme park so really doubt I will in one, its beyond me how they get so many people to pay those prices for coffee but they seem to do well.

 

[luke]

I really doubt I will pay Starbuck prices, I won't pay it for Starbucks or Costa Coffee outside a theme park so really doubt I will in one, its beyond me how they get so many people to pay those prices for coffee but they seem to do well.

To be fair, looking at the pricing in the California Adventure Starbucks, the pricing isn't all that much more then the MSB pricing...

 

[torsie24]

I actually feel that Starbucks (if it keeps it's regular pricing) will represent good value compared to normal WDW drink prices.

I'm happy about it purely because I'm lactose intolerant and it's so much easier for me to get a coffe/hot chocolate with soy milk in a place like starbucks.

I wish DLRP would do this, but they're only 1 year into a 5 year deal with Segafredo(sp) as at the moment I have no options for a hot drink in the parks if we go in winter (or the other 8 months of the year that are cold). (I don't like black coffee)

 

[wayneg]

To be fair, looking at the pricing in the California Adventure Starbucks, the pricing isn't all that much more then the MSB pricing...

Wouldn't pay MSB coffee prices as they are either
I always take my own drinks into parks, bottle of frozen water costs less than 20cents. Too tight to pay inpark prices. Thats why I say I have no right to moan about the changes.

 

[merlin307]

That's another of my traditions potentially ruined by corporate sponsorship.......

First day at Epcot then popping over to Magic Kingdom on the monorail at 5pm (ish) and heading straight to Main Street Bakery for coffee and chocolate cake, then sitting down beside the ducks and soaking in the atmosphere.

That's when the Disney feeling really kicks in..and I feel like I'm really back home

Fingers crossed they keep some of the bakery items and don't replace everything with Starbucks brand.....

 

[luke]

That's another of my traditions potentially ruined by corporate sponsorship.......

Is the Starbucks corporate sponsorship any worse than the nestle (tollhouse) sponsorship that MSB uses at the moment?