SaintsManiac
Wait for it.
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- Dec 9, 2014
I'm still hoping we can get in Thanksgiving week. If not, it will be NEXT Thanksgiving!
Sadly there is no guarantee. There are a lot of dining options still closed so not sure if Disney will open more of those first or, something new?We are going over Christmas-NYE. Have two Epcot days! It’s got to be open by then right?!
Me too and exactly my thoughts!I had to push my April trip out to September, maybe being able to do this will be one good thing about having to wait so long to be back in my happy place.
First the head chef quit, then a large panel of glass broke & had to be repaired, then COVID caused the park to shut down, just to name a few reasons...Any speculation out there for why this has been delayed as long as it has? Disney is well versed in both construction and restaurants.
First the head chef quit, then a large panel of glass broke & had to be repaired, then COVID caused the park to shut down, just to name a few reasons...
Just thinking out loud but wondering if Disney is working hard to open a restaurant during reduced seating times that was already going to be in great demand? Would it be good PR for them to open something when the majority of people are unable to get a reservation? I can see a lot of disappointed people when it first opens.
Good points.I would counter your comment with the thought that it is better to open a new restaurant with a reduced capacity so to give time working out the kinks. Disney is bound to upset many many visitors anyways as not everyone can get in at once.
Plus, adding a restaurant with reduced capacity is still an overall increase in available capacity. Everyone eating at the newly opened restaurant (or even at re-opened establishments that are currently closed) is one less person competing for the limited capacity elsewhere.I would counter your comment with the thought that it is better to open a new restaurant with a reduced capacity so to give time working out the kinks. Disney is bound to upset many many visitors anyways as not everyone can get in at once.
Of course, if they don't also increase the number of people they let in the gate, opening those places may actually lose them more money.
Just thinking out loud but wondering if Disney is working hard to open a restaurant during reduced seating times that was already going to be in great demand? Would it be good PR for them to open something when the majority of people are unable to get a reservation? I can see a lot of disappointed people when it first opens.
I could be wrong, but from the concept art, I think the tables are affixed and may not be portable where they can easily remove some and spread the rest out, which means they would likely go the route of many places and just have every other table not being used. I'm also assuming that the tables had already been installed since they were SOOOO close to opening ("soon") when COVID hit, so not likely that they would adjust how many they put in at first and add more later.I guess the visitors to the new restaurant in those first few weeks or months won't necessarily know what space 220 is supposed to look like with regards to tables, spacing etc ( assuming they do not fill the restaurant with the amount of tables they would have had, had covid not happened). It will be when things are back to "normal" there may be complaints about how cramped it is in there etc.