Disney did the theming and immersion, but the bottom line is that Disney wants people eating in their parks. If people are choosing to eat elsewhere because they’re turned off by the names of food or they’re taking a pass because they don’t really understand what they’re ordering, I can see why a change was made. People don’t always stop to read the description of food. If tip yip is the first thing they read, they may take a hard pass and move on. It’s what people do.
I personally love the Tip Yip. But if I didn’t take the time to read to see what it was, I wouldn’t have ordered it. The name itself doesn’t sound very appetizing. Lol.
I don't understand this argument. So hungry people are waiting on line in a restaurant, they get up front to order (or have menus in hand). There are two sentences on each item. They stop after reading the first sentence due to "confusion" and then just....go somewhere else?
Because that extra one second to keep reading was too much of a commitment? So they...go elsewhere? Not buying it. Look at the Disneyland menus, which still have the original names. It's almost impossible to read "tip yip" with your eye already going to the next word, which is chicken.
I mean, obviously they're changing for a reason, no doubt reacting to customer complaints. But those complaints are absurd.
At this rate, it'll be six months before Docking Bay 7 is serving chicken fingers and fries.