No more Mickey kids plates

[syko]

Due to cut backs there will be no more Mickey shaped kids plates.
We asked yesterday and was told by a manager, if the restaurant has any left then you will get one until they stock runs out.
It may seem a small thing, but when you have a child that does not like to eat the plate helped out alot.

 

[Ppufi]

Aww, too bad. I thought those plates were cute.

 

[rparmfamily]

 

[phins_jazy]

NOOOOOO!!!!! I love those little plates.

 

[tam626]

That's a shame.

 

[Corey10112]

Doh! We love those plates too. My MIL actually collected them and has enough for a small dinner party. It's a shame they won't be available anymore.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

That's sad. We love ours. We have about a dozen and a half of them. My kids use them all the time. They also look like Cinderella's coach when turned ears down.

I am glad I collected them. I will miss them...

 

[bumbershoot]

I feel really bad for the company that made them. That's probably pretty devastating for them!

 

[barnaby1]

Well I feel my upcoming holiday is ruined now!
We have one at home which my dd loves to use. I was looking forward to collecting a few more on this trip.

 

[Belle4mygrl]

WHAT??? You aren't talking about the dish plates but the plastic black ones, right?

 

[lntsmom]

that is just too bad! I love the immersive experience at Disney. Everything screams at you, "You aren't at just another theme park, you're at DISNEY!"

The magic is in the little things.

 

[hildarumpole]

That really stinks. It's not just the Mickey head shape that's so great, but the separate compartments for the different parts of the meal that makes them so appealing to kids. How much more can those plates cost? Commodity prices have been going down. Those plates are made of some sort of petroleum product. They should be cheaper now. Disney hasn't lowered the restaurant prices. They've gone up.

 

[JAM3]

Thats odd. We just got back and DD received one at every place we ate. Maybe we just got lucky? Never thought of collecting them, that would have been a wonderful idea. Why do I read of this now that I am home!

 

[delmar411]

Thats odd. We just got back and DD received one at every place we ate. Maybe we just got lucky? Never thought of collecting them, that would have been a wonderful idea. Why do I read of this now that I am home!

We also got one at every place the kids ate at the beginning of Dec. I even just now went back to the pics to double check and the plastic mickey plates were there.

 

[nettii]

That makes me sooo sad! My Dh and Ds 13 laughed at me when I keept my youngest sons plates now Im glad I did! I wish they would offer them for a little more money with your meal like the straws.

 

[RobinFabulous]

We just got back and in 7 days the only place I saw one was at Pop breakfast. But we did a lot of character buffets, and mostly counter service was pizza....

 

[Schmeck]

When those of you who bring them home are saying you 'collect' them, you are talking about disposable plates, right?

 

[Tiger926]

Just another thought from those of us who are very green and work hard to protect our environment.

Not everyone brings home the plates, so that is a lot of wastage as I am assuming that they are not recyclable. Also, not sure what type of plastic the plates are made of, but re-using them, although good for the environment, may not be good from a health and safety perspective. As well, the cost of these plates, is probably more than a paper plate, which is recyclable and will use less materials to make them. Plastic is not good for the environment at all.

It is sad for the company who makes and markets these plates, but from a cost perspective, these plates add little value to Disney's bottom line, so it makes sense for them to elimintate them. They have added recyclable and green napkins and straws at AK, so perhaps they are going to change the product to something that is more environmentally friendly as the Mickey plates are meant to be used once and disposed of. Sure they are cute, but I honestly can't imagine that picky kids (I have 4 picky nieces) are going to eat more or less depending upon what type of plate their meal is served on. If that is the case, then surely you can bring your own plates from home, since you have no problem lugging the Mickey plates around the parks anyway in order to bring them back home to re-use later.

Sorry that this is a hard change for some of you. I hope you and your kids are still able to enjoy WDW.

Tiger

 

[nicki.momof3]

My kids enjoyed the plats because they were differnet however I would never carry a used disposible plate around the park, pack it and fly it home - WHY it is a dispobible plastic plate. I am sure it is a easy cost saving measure that really impacts the consuner little. Would you rather have them keep the little plates and raise prices instead. This is a tough economy and disney is a BUSINESS. Give them a little slack. They offer free dining and 4/3 rates. They are giving plently back right now.

 

[mjbaby]

We have a few of them around our house - I'd clean them in the rest room and then bring them home. We didn't eat off of them again (I think the point about reusing for food and safety is a good one) but we used them for crafts, keeping beads in the separate areas or finger paints or whatever. It was precisely the disposable intent that inspired me to wash and reuse in the first place.

But. I agree that the plates, although cute, weren't that big of a deal. I rather liked the Disney-fied paper plates you used to get and now that these kinds of things can be made with corn starch they'd be so much a better choice for an organization that goes through a lot of them. We got corn-based kid cups at the Hershey Hotel over the summer and they were darling and, yep, fully biodegradable in our compost. It was kind of neat. I hope Disney follows a similar path.