The stand up tables...

[4077]

Just curious now....

Obviously many are displeased with the removal of the rockers for those tables....The Rev mentioned that the porch (to the management) is like any retail space...to make money rather than just have people relaxing and not spending. Have those tables been getting the desired results....getting used a lot? Anyone noticed?

 

[ilovedisneymm]

Maybe someone should grab a six pack and give their best cousin Eddie impression for an afternoon at those tables...

 

[staceyrhood]

I first Noticed the high tops in August, there were 2 of them and less rockers...now there are even more, and only 2 rockers left this is the first trip where we have not ordered a drink at crocketts and sat and rocked while the kids played on the playground. Very sad. People were sitting at the tables though, looked like they were waiting for a table at Trails End.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

. . . People were sitting at the tables though, looked like they were waiting for a table at Trails End.

1) Yep, pretty much, anymore.
2) Boy, we used to love The Porch.
. . . I can remember sitting and rocking with MrsRustyScupper
. . . having a few drinks (we don't do a lot of beer)
. . . people watching and rocking her chair with my foot
. . . tough to be comfortable, OR ROMANTIC, in a hightop with stools

 

[ilovedisneymm]

That is the sweetest

Boy, we used to love The Porch.
. . . people watching and rocking her chair with my foot

 

[TheRustyScupper]

That is the sweetest

TheRustyScupperRomanceAgenda: (Reasonable - Inexpensive - Free)


REASONABLE:
. . . A leisurely afternoon at the Grand Floridian Tea.
. . . Evening Jazz at Scat Cat lounge at PO French Quarter.
. . . Evening drinks in Grand Floridian lobby with the string quartet.
. . . Disney Florist deliver flowers to your restaurant.
. . . Rent a pontoon lake cruise with food.
. . . Reserve a 1-hr private (joint) spa treatment at the Grand Floridian.
. . . Walk around the grounds of resort, and arrange dinner waiting at a table on the path.
. . . Send your wife flowers on no special day with a note "Happy Unbirthday to You".

INEXPENSIVE:
. . . Enjoying a drink while sitting in the garden behind Epcot-England.
. . . Server bring a pre-arranged birthday cake.
. . . Tip servers to sing Happy Birthday or Happy Wedding.
. . . Pull a glass slipper from your suitcase.

FREE:
. . . People-watch at FW from the porch, while her moving rocking chair with your foot.
. . . Any of the boat rides after dark.
. . . Relaxing in the resort hot tub. (Libations optional)
. . . Draw her a warm bubble bath, and put her favorite perfume into the water.
. . . Write a note saying "Love You", put in her underwear drawer.
. . . When you get back after, slowly take off her shoes, and rub her feet. (A definite killer!)
. . . When tasting the wine, place her finger in the glass and taste the wine from her finger.
. . . When getting dressed, tell her she still turns you on, even GETTING dressed.
. . . If she wears glasses, take them and PUT THEM ON her, caressing her cheeks.
. . . Instead of sitting across from her at the restaurant, sit next to her, and play "kneezies".
. . . Lastly, write her a poem. Style doesn't count. The THOUGHT is the important thing.

 

[SouthAlabama5er]

I'm taking notes

 

[tiggerdad]

Maybe someone should grab a six pack and give their best cousin Eddie impression for an afternoon at those tables...

uuuuhhhh, think you better bring your own beer. Here is what Disney wants...


Besides, if I got good and beerd up I might go stupid and smash those tables and not be able to visit the Fort again.

 

[Jaylens Papa]

TheRustyScupperRomanceAgenda: (Reasonable - Inexpensive - Free)


REASONABLE:
. . . A leisurely afternoon at the Grand Floridian Tea.
. . . Evening Jazz at Scat Cat lounge at PO French Quarter.
. . . Evening drinks in Grand Floridian lobby with the string quartet.
. . . Disney Florist deliver flowers to your restaurant.
. . . Rent a pontoon lake cruise with food.
. . . Reserve a 1-hr private (joint) spa treatment at the Grand Floridian.
. . . Walk around the grounds of resort, and arrange dinner waiting at a table on the path.
. . . Send your wife flowers on no special day with a note "Happy Unbirthday to You".



INEXPENSIVE:
. . . Enjoying a drink while sitting in the garden behind Epcot-England.
. . . Server bring a pre-arranged birthday cake.
. . . Tip servers to sing Happy Birthday or Happy Wedding.
. . . Pull a glass slipper from your suitcase.

FREE:
. . . People-watch at FW from the porch, while her moving rocking chair with your foot.
. . . Any of the boat rides after dark.
. . . Relaxing in the resort hot tub. (Libations optional)
. . . Draw her a warm bubble bath, and put her favorite perfume into the water.
. . . Write a note saying "Love You", put in her underwear drawer.
. . . When you get back after, slowly take off her shoes, and rub her feet. (A definite killer!)
. . . When tasting the wine, place her finger in the glass and taste the wine from her finger.
. . . When getting dressed, tell her she still turns you on, even GETTING dressed.
. . . If she wears glasses, take them and PUT THEM ON her, caressing her cheeks.
. . . Instead of sitting across from her at the restaurant, sit next to her, and play "kneezies".
. . . Lastly, write her a poem. Style doesn't count. The THOUGHT is the important thing.

Rusty
A great list, but you may want to change the order, like licking the wine off your fingers before rubbing her feet.

 

[ilovedisneymm]

Ummmm.....yes! It is a good idea to being your own

Although, we have had our weak moments and paid the $12 per two beverages before at the Trading Post. We have been looking around for a extra small cooler that will stow away nicely in the golf cart while we are at the parks. Something that won't draw to much attention while away. Kids always seem to want to run and play by the beach and play area just off the boat and find ourselves not making it back to our site for sometime later.

uuuuhhhh, think you better bring your own beer. Here is what Disney wants...


Besides, if I got good and beerd up I might go stupid and smash those tables and not be able to visit the Fort again.

 

[jbrostek]

Even in warmer weather I cannot recall a time anyone actually ordered a drink out on the porch while waiting for a table or for the dinner bell for Hoop Dee Doo. But I am sure making it less usable was the desire.

 

[tiggerdad]

Bunch of maroons...

 

[bama_ed]

I think you guys have been WAY too nice on this topic. I'm grouchy because I came home sick from my camping trip over Thanksgiving (still attended the Iron Bowl though) and any thing I say that's impolite can be blamed on the medicine.

This is so incredibly stupid on Disney management's part that I'm shocked they would even say something that incredibly transparent that would expose their ineptness. I think it was in a different thread on this topic recently that TRS relayed the reason passed on to them during a team meeting was maximizing revenue per square foot, blah blah blah . That's a Hospitality 101 answer which is appropriate given that it is coming from Disney Interns hunkered down in the Lake Buena Vista bunker.

You might say, Ed - what's the problem with that answer? The problem is that access to that space IS NOT CONTROLLED. These high boy tables are put in bars and restaurants to extend visitor time because length of stay correlates to spend. BUT ONLY IF ACCESS IS CONTROLLED.

The porch is not controlled access. It's publicly accessible - anyone can walk up and sit down. Folks waiting for a TE table can sit down. HDDR folks waiting for the show can sit down. People watchers like me can sit down. No one from Disney is going to come out and say I have to buy something in order to sit there (what - confront a guest? we all know how to play THAT game). The high boys are in a public space - they might as well be out on the sidewalk. However, where access is controlled like INSIDE a restaurant (or access to outdoor tables via the restaurant or gate), you are expected to spend - a reasonable expectation in my book. And IMO that's no different than the rockers. But the rockers fit the theme of an outdoor porch. Haven't seen the highboys so don't know if they do.

All they've done is ruin the "show" theme a little bit more. Boneheads. I need more Thera-Flu.

Declining by degrees...drip drip drip

Bama Ed

 

[North of Mouse]

I think you guys have been WAY too nice on this topic. I'm grouchy because I came home sick from my camping trip over Thanksgiving (still attended the Iron Bowl though) and any thing I say that's impolite can be blamed on the medicine.

This is so incredibly stupid on Disney management's part that I'm shocked they would even say something that incredibly transparent that would expose their ineptness. I think it was in a different thread on this topic recently that TRS relayed the reason passed on to them during a team meeting was maximizing revenue per square foot, blah blah blah . That's a Hospitality 101 answer which is appropriate given that it is coming from Disney Interns hunkered down in the Lake Buena Vista bunker.

You might say, Ed - what's the problem with that answer? The problem is that access to that space IS NOT CONTROLLED. These high boy tables are put in bars and restaurants to extend visitor time because length of stay correlates to spend. BUT ONLY IF ACCESS IS CONTROLLED.

The porch is not controlled access. It's publicly accessible - anyone can walk up and sit down. Folks waiting for a TE table can sit down. HDDR folks waiting for the show can sit down. People watchers like me can sit down. No one from Disney is going to come out and say I have to buy something in order to sit there (what - confront a guest? we all know how to play THAT game). The high boys are in a public space - they might as well be out on the sidewalk. However, where access is controlled like INSIDE a restaurant (or access to outdoor tables via the restaurant or gate), you are expected to spend - a reasonable expectation in my book. And IMO that's no different than the rockers. But the rockers fit the theme of an outdoor porch. Haven't seen the highboys so don't know if they do.

All they've done is ruin the "show" theme a little bit more. Boneheads. I need more Thera-Flu.

Declining by degrees...drip drip drip

Bama Ed

Poor Ed - 'off his rocker'!!

Sorry you're sick, hope the Thera-Flu does it's job for you and you're better soon!!

But I do totally agree with you - Disney has done some really dumb things recently, but taking 'our' rockers away is at the top of the list for FW!

 

[Teamubr]

Even in warmer weather I cannot recall a time anyone actually ordered a drink out on the porch

Hey! I did... once. And I sat in a rocker and drank it. Funny, never did I think, Wow, if only there was a high table to sit at and enjoy my over priced drink.

Hopefully this is an exercise to generate additional revenue. Disney is smart like this. I'm sure they will be evaluating the effect on sales. We can hope it doesn't have the desired effect. That, our complaining and Disney's desire not to have anyone angry, might bring the rockers back.

j

 

[tiggerdad]

Ed, use some Mucinex if your sinuses are clogged up. I swear by this stuff, just make sure you drink plenty of water with it.

Here are some pics of the offending pieces of firewood for you...


Notice the two lonely rockers in the background...yep...that's all you got. Now in the corner of the porch where it turns toward HDR there is another big picnic table that takes up 2/3 of porch and you can't even get to the bench against the rail...idiots...



You can barely make out the third rocker on the right hand side of pic. That's all you got left, 3. Idiots

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Ed, use some Mucinex if your sinuses are clogged up . . .

1) I find that a 12-15 year old Single Malt Scotch works wonders.
2) After a liberal application of such, one feels A LOT bettter.

 

[JanL]

So would they freak out if someone brought their own rocker from Camping World and ordered drinks, LOL?

 

[tiggerdad]

So would they freak out if someone brought their own rocker from Camping World and ordered drinks, LOL?

LOL!

...Hey, wait a minute...

You could be onto something...

 

[SouthAlabama5er]

What if the tables and chairs ended up at the bottom of Bay Lake ? Think management will take a hint to bring back the rockers?