Halloweenqueen
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- Mar 21, 2007
Do you ever feel uncomfortable reading a debate? I sorta did in this case...
Back on topic, I signed the petition but I wish I could qualify my answer. I DO like Starbucks hot cocoa (I'm not a coffee drinker) and I like to be able to dash across the street from work to get some when I'm chilly. But the mental image of seeing THAT Starbucks on Main Street is sad to me. So I truly hope Disney makes Starbucks comport its look to match the surroundings seamlessly. I don't want a giant circle-type sign, I don't want the cheesy smattering of so-so pastries and I really don't want that lady in Prada shoes and a Gucci bag (tsk tsk for not matching, ya rich lady) tapping her feet with impatience while ordering her non-fat, skim milk, extra caffiene mocha. That's all I'm saying. Keep it themed correctly with the right "air" about it and I'll be happy
Now that is an image I would love to see in the parks! I'm not a label hound, so I don't even know if I could identify Prada and Gucci, but would find it hilarious to see someone doing that at Disney. I would follow her to see her ride Splash in that get-up!
lady in Prada shoes and a Gucci bag (tsk tsk for not matching, ya rich lady) tapping her feet with impatience while ordering her non-fat, skim milk, extra caffiene mocha.
I'm excited about Starbucks. But I am sad about the bakery.
Any chance Starbucks will offer fast passes??
As for the lady in Prada and Gucci...is it the labels, what she's ordering or the tapping that's offensive?
There's a guy that frequents my local S'bucks that drives a Lotus.
All I can say is "Who drives a LOTUS??"
From what I can gather: A mainly existing version of Main Street Bakery, with subtle molding of Starbucks definitely serving Starbucks Coffee.
I don't envision Main St. Bakery blended with a corporate brand name.
Isn't Disney a Corporate brand?
Yes...no room for them on Main Street either.
I don't really understand the corporate take over part of the debate. I can't tell you how many pictures I have of the Smucker's Jams & Jellies window on Main Street (my grandad worked for Smucker's) and the ice cream parlor isn't Disney ice cream...it's Edy's complete with Edy's signs. I understand the old time Main Street feel argument, just not the corporate side of it.
Amen. Eddy's signs at the ice cream parlor, Coke-a-Cola signs all over the place, etc. The MSB isn't going to change much, it will just start offering Starbucks items in addition to some of the old items. Not the end of the world. At least we'll have something besides Nescrape to drink. Corporate food and beverage partnerships have been a part of the Disney park experience since Disneyland opened in 1955.
People need to go look at how the Starbucks location in DCA is themed and calm the heck down (The Fiddler, Fifer, and Practical Cafe). It is very tasteful and not at all obtrusive.
We love the Main Street Bakery but are not at all worried about this change being done in any way that is untasteful or out of place with the location.
Nor do I think it could go anywhere else in the park. It is the only location that is big enough but not too big for a cafe setting that would still fit the location/theme. Can't put it in Tomorrowland, or Fantasyland, or Adventureland, or Liberty Square... only have Main Street left, and a cafe does fit there, as it has for years.
As for the argument that a Starbucks wasn't around in turn of the century Marceline, MO - neither was an Eddy's ice cream parlor or a hot dog stand.