Starbucks coming to Disney Parks (sorry Tim Horton)

That is awesome news.... ; if I actually liked Starbucks. ; Sigh.

 

You'll need XPass just to get in. ; If there is anything that would be an instant moneymaker for the parks, it is this.

 

I'd have loved to see a Tim's instead...but I can't complain. ; Starbucks will still be a step up over the heated swampwater and Sanka instant crystals.

 

Touche'

 

Gary will be kept from going within a 500' radius of any and all Starbucks within the parks during Pixelmania. ; Tim Hortons in the room is ok, as it gives him time to burn some of it off whilst en route to the destination du jour. ;

 

I wonder how many snack credits it will be for a Trenta.


/Oh great, now I can see it:


DISNEY ANNOUNCES NEW DINING PLAN

With the unprecedented crowds lining up at the Starbucks on Buena Vista Street, Disney Parks is proud to announce the new Starbucks Dining Plan. ; You get one counter service, one table service, and seven snack credits each day of your visit. ; Three snack credits are required to purchase any* drink on the Starbucks menu.


* hey you, the guy who got the http://shine.yahoo.com/shine-food/most-expensive-starbucks-drink-ever-23-60-plus-214200067.html Most expensive Starbucks drink ever, read this fine print: ; Any drink refers to a drink listed on the menu, up to size Trenta, with no additional espresso shots, and only one total flavor added. ; No extra protein powder or mixins included in the any drink offer. ; All extras are available at an extra cost to the Disney Dining Plan guest. ; Have a magical day!

 

When it really goes downhill: ; When the Starbucks goes on the advanced reservation system, so you have to book your coffee 11 months in advance of your stay.

 

;D

You have me laughing out loud at work Justin!

 

wow. ; just wow.

 

Stranger from a strange land

I'm OK with Starbucks, even though I speak a strange and exotic language that none of their 'baristas' can understand. ; While everyone is speaking Starbuckeze, with their double-caf half-caf espresso-latte-chinos in vente doble grande size...in comes the stranger from a distant land who goes to the counter and asks for a 'large coffee'...which is greeted by an immediate cessation of all conversation in the restaurant, except for a lone cricket that somehow got inside and starts his song, and a bunch of doe-in-the-headlight stares back at the stranger who just spoke some weird unintelligble gibberish. ; One of the brave baristas tries to communicate with the stranger with the strange tongue..."lahr-jay cough-eee? ; My name is Aimee. ; Do you want frappucino? ; Vente or grande?" ; And the stranger looks at them with a raised brow, obviously not understanding their language, and trying desperately to communicate some jumble of foreign thoughts...raising his voice, he spits out his odd musical grunt again: LARGE... COFFEE!". ; And again, the doe-eyes stare back at him...while someone finally steps on that annoying cricket. ; Somehow after desperate minutes of mimery, the two sides come to an agreement, and the baristas finally settle on handing over the simplest concoction they can think of in hopes of satisfying the stranger, giving him a grande Pike Place roast. ; Luckily it seems to work, as the stranger looks relieved and his stress level drops as he eyes what appears to be what he wanted. ; And they all wipe their brows with sighs of relief as the foreigner leaves, the conversation picks up, the cricket remains are cleaned off the floor, and they all hope the strange man returns to his strange land and doesn't come back in their store again.

 

Re: Stranger from a strange land

Dude, they gave you a medium. ; Although you may not have wanted the value size above Venti.