DisBuckMan
DIS Veteran
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- Apr 14, 2015
I don't see it as a cost-cutting move. I see it as a revenue-generating move....and I completely understand.
We haven't waited for character interaction in 4 or 5 years at character meals, simply because (thankfully), our son grew out of the desire for that interaction when he was 7. He'd rather be spending time riding rides rather than waiting around to get a picture taken with a character he already has a picture of himself with.
That said, and back to the original point of my post...I can certainly understand it being a revenue generating move for Disney. And, like I said, I don't blame them. Almost all of the character meals are buffet/family style. There is zero way it should take 90 minutes or more to have a buffet meal, but we routinely see it at character meals, simply because it takes that long for the characters to make it all the way around the restaurant...mainly due to having to take up so much time at several (not all) tables. So, speed up the character interactions, and turn tables quicker. If you speed up every table turn by only 10 minutes, you've made a substantial increase in revenue for the restaurant for that day.
We haven't waited for character interaction in 4 or 5 years at character meals, simply because (thankfully), our son grew out of the desire for that interaction when he was 7. He'd rather be spending time riding rides rather than waiting around to get a picture taken with a character he already has a picture of himself with.
That said, and back to the original point of my post...I can certainly understand it being a revenue generating move for Disney. And, like I said, I don't blame them. Almost all of the character meals are buffet/family style. There is zero way it should take 90 minutes or more to have a buffet meal, but we routinely see it at character meals, simply because it takes that long for the characters to make it all the way around the restaurant...mainly due to having to take up so much time at several (not all) tables. So, speed up the character interactions, and turn tables quicker. If you speed up every table turn by only 10 minutes, you've made a substantial increase in revenue for the restaurant for that day.