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I would think grocery delivery would be slam dunk for them, rather than allow the outside vendors in. Could probably augment some hours for the mini van drivers too.
 
I suspect they will start slow and then expand. If you remember a couple of months back they had the ability to Order the limited edition Artist signed Tiki Room Jose Statue. It was limited to 2 per person and they validated APs and the rest of it. They kept a certain number back for selling in parks but allowed a limited number of Preorders online. I can see Disney doing that with a combination of personal shoppers in parks. If every limited Edition had a limited number per guest allowed online, and they also kept stock for in parks, you can easily both benefit from the preorders as well as the in park shoppers. Charge a nominal fee/ shipping/handling, and keep control of inventory more tightly.
 
sachilles said:
I would think grocery delivery would be slam dunk for them, rather than allow the outside vendors in. Could probably augment some hours for the mini van drivers too.
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Grocery is tough I think. Sure Disney could do it but they would need to store them somewhere and I think Disney would rather people eat in their dining venues than cook.
 
sachilles said:
I would think grocery delivery would be slam dunk for them, rather than allow the outside vendors in. Could probably augment some hours for the mini van drivers too.
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Only issue with that is that Disney doesn't want to make it convenient for you to buy outside the bubble. Thats part of the reason why they started charging for receiving packages for you from amazon and other places. To many people were just ordering packages to the resorts with food supplies and Disney sees that as potential revenue loss.

Also think of the cost of running something like that as well. Disney to maximize profit would have to buy "groceries" in bulk to sell to the guests, they would then also need to store these items, which means more warehouse dry and cold storage. They would need to hire more people to handle the infrastructure of the bussiness add on model not to mention to give the resort guest the full feel, then offer to deliver them to guests rooms. There is alot of upfront cost for Disney to start this type of service not to mention quite a bit of logistics, By limiteing this to outside vendors, Disney yes loses potentional grocery revenue, but they do not have to staff or pay for the logistics of a service that prob will have less of a mark up then there food and beverages.
 




skier_pete said:
One big complaint I have of Avengers / Marvel is the lack of any particularly memorable orchestral themes. Lots of other movies series have done this over the years, and even more recently - you can hum the Pirates theme, or maybe even Wonder Woman's (not all that hummable, but memorable), but the Avengers music is so sort of blah that even though you recognize it when you see it, you couldn't recall it to your friend. It's sort of a problem that plagues a lot of modern movies though - the style is more propulsive that melodic.

John Williams true genius was his ability to take 2 bars of music and make it so catchy that you can recall it from memory. Sing along with me....
Indiana Jones!
Star Wars!
Superman!
Jurassic Park!
Jaws!
Harry Potter!

Now- Avengers!

You get my point...
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I disagree. I love the Avengers music and it's definately recognizable.
 
so the NEWS that @rteetz posted about earlier I think is pretty interesting


For those that missed it:
STOLport set for significant expansion:

https://wdwnt.com/2018/12/imagineer...-C3NUiKPqkFGGU6CCSVkF9Exp91Ul3xejKL9RgIPS6j24


This is the area where the old tiny airport was for when executives and others would fly directly to the property, and is on the other side of the roadway that goes to the MK parking lot

The article speculates that this would be used for work related to TRON and the Reflections resort - but I am seeing a lot of speculation that there could be much more afoot in the area, for why now, after all these years, are you building up the infrastructure here?

Probably nothing, but fun to speculate
 
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TheMaxRebo said:
I love the themeing and that they are going to the extend of having Rosita out there talking to people ...

... still wonder if we will ever see Trader Sam's like drinks there (with Galaxy's Edge just being the entry point within DLR to serve alcohol)
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That’s a very good point. Personally I can see Disney expanding the alcohol in Disneyland to table service if the Galaxy Edge Cantina faces no backlash but I don’t think we will see them roll out alcohol to counter service or stands anytime soon.
 
rteetz said:
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The STOLport WDI offices are expanding

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...x-set-for-expansion-near-to-magic-kingdom.htm
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TheMaxRebo said:
NEWS ... of the interesting (for speculating) variety

STOLport set for significant expansion:

https://wdwnt.com/2018/12/imagineer...-C3NUiKPqkFGGU6CCSVkF9Exp91Ul3xejKL9RgIPS6j24


This is the area where the old tiny airport was for when executives and others would fly directly to the property, and is on the other side of the roadway that goes to the MK parking lot

The article speculates that this would be used for work related to TRON and the Reflections resort - but I am seeing a lot of speculation that there could be much more afoot in the area, for why now, after all these years, are you building up the infrastructure here?

Probably nothing, but fun to speculate
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;)

WDI is doing a lot of expanding. Their offices at Epcot are expanding as well. The cruise line also uses the WDW offices so with all the expansion at WDW and DCL this makes sense.
 
rteetz said:
;)

WDI is doing a lot of expanding. Their offices at Epcot are expanding as well. The cruise line also uses the WDW offices so with all the expansion at WDW and DCL this makes sense.
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I don't know what you mean ... I was just referencing your post

:rolleyes1

(ok, so I edited it ... but I am slightly annoyed as I did a search in the thread for "STOL" and nothing came up so I figured it was new news ... so I blame the search feature!)
 
rteetz said:
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WDW testing personal shopper service

http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2018/...lect-disney-world-park-merchandise-locations/

Kind of funny considering the crack down on this in Disneyland
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Man, I got excited about this seeing the headline...but unless I'm misunderstanding the DFB article, these CM shoppers don't do the same thing the busted DL shoppers did. To me this new service sounds like I walk into a WDW store and there's a CM there that'll help me pick out my next Mickey t-shirt...or if it's not in that actual store, they'll locate a place on-property that does have it. Sort of like department stores have shoppers that help you pick out outfits.

The people that got their DL passes revoked didn't do that (at least not the ones that I know somewhat personally). The Disney purse Facebook groups I'm in had shoppers that were DL locals and they'd offer to pick up items that were available in the parks for others in the group - purses, popcorn buckets, etc. The shoppers would package the items and ship them to the rest of us, charging retail, PayPal fees, shipping and a "shopper fee" (normally 10-20% of the retail price). It wasn't talked about, but I think most/all of us knew that they'd buy the items using their AP discounts but still charge us retail, so in addition to the shopper fee they were pocketing the discount. Definitely a little shady...I never had issue with paying the shopper fee (I thought of it as paying for gas for them to drive to the parks, paying for their time for actually getting the item and packaging it, etc.) because living here in Ohio, if I wanted something that was parks only and wasn't on the app, how else could I get it? But pocketing the AP discount obviously seemed like them profiting off of Disney merch, so I'm not too surprised they were busted. Two of the most prominent shoppers got their passes revoked July or August, but like the article says, the WDW shoppers still have their passes.
 
Ariel484 said:
Man, I got excited about this seeing the headline...but unless I'm misunderstanding the DFB article, these CM shoppers don't do the same thing the busted DL shoppers did. To me this new service sounds like I walk into a WDW store and there's a CM there that'll help me pick out my next Mickey t-shirt...or if it's not in that actual store, they'll locate a place on-property that does have it. Sort of like department stores have shoppers that help you pick out outfits.

The people that got their DL passes revoked didn't do that (at least not the ones that I know somewhat personally). The Disney purse Facebook groups I'm in had shoppers that were DL locals and they'd offer to pick up items that were available in the parks for others in the group - purses, popcorn buckets, etc. The shoppers would package the items and ship them to the rest of us, charging retail, PayPal fees, shipping and a "shopper fee" (normally 10-20% of the retail price). It wasn't talked about, but I think most/all of us knew that they'd buy the items using their AP discounts but still charge us retail, so in addition to the shopper fee they were pocketing the discount. Definitely a little shady...I never had issue with paying the shopper fee (I thought of it as paying for gas for them to drive to the parks, paying for their time for actually getting the item and packaging it, etc.) because living here in Ohio, if I wanted something that was parks only and wasn't on the app, how else could I get it? But pocketing the AP discount obviously seemed like them profiting off of Disney merch, so I'm not too surprised they were busted. Two of the most prominent shoppers got their passes revoked July or August, but like the article says, the WDW shoppers still have their passes.
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Yeah its not exactly like a real personal shopper. I am not opposed to personal shoppers but I do think Disney should set new limits on merchandise so people are not allowed to buy 20 at a time.
 
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