T
↩ replying to UnbansheeAnother C- effort. Maybe D+.
T
↩ replying to ToTBellHopI’m at the point where I stop caring about this stuff, because clearly the Imagineers do not.
T
↩ replying to EPCOT-O.G.This is particularly sloppy. I’d prefer stacked up succulents.
U
It's Toy Story Land -- there's no reason to expect anything better. The whole land is like that.
D
Here's a new video from inside Roundup Rodeo BBQ, along with an interview with Chef Brian Piasecki.
J
↩ replying to UnbansheeWhat else would you expect from Andy?
N
I won't allow myself to get excited over yet another overpriced, mass produced meat and pasta dining location.
The decor is silly (okay, it's toy story land, forgiven)
The food in disney's own promo video looked grey and unappetizing.
The dining area seems like it's going to be excessively loud with children.
Even the jar/pie deserts look like they found yet another way to cheap out on the food and make it easier to mass produce.
J
↩ replying to note2001I have an ADR in April. It's possible its a one-and-done but worth a try. I could report back but we'll probably hear back soon enough after it opens 3/23.
4
↩ replying to JohnDThis is another Dinoland USA situation. Sure, the theming is authentic: Dinoland really looks like a crummy parking lot carnival, and Roundup Rodeo BBQ really looks like a shoddy cardboard box.
The problem is that—no matter how painstakingly Imagineers build a crumbling parking lot or a cardboard box—neither are places people want to visit. When the core idea is bad, it can't be saved by careful execution.
Roundup Rodeo BBQ should have been a Lincoln Log cabin.
J
↩ replying to 412I can see that. Use that theme only on the exterior entrance side. Then apply fake half logs to the interior inside.
N
↩ replying to 412Love the Lincoln Log idea, but disney's budget was probably more on par with the cardboard box. (Does the Andy even own Lincoln logs? I want to say yes, but cannot find any images of them in the movie.)
P
Ok, I get this is going down the rabbit hole again but....
Its a back yard set up by a child, he is creating these things with what he has to work with. So now Disney gets dinged cause a child designed a restaurant out of a card board box and crayoned art on it?
Its toy story land folks, and its Andy's back yard. Its toys.
D
Disney has also shared a full video tour inside Roundup Rodeo BBQ.
J
↩ replying to 412I disagree that it’s comparable to Dinoland. Dinoland is simply mundane, a facsimile of something most people see as tawdry and cheap. Experiencing toys from the perspective of a toy, on the other hand, isn’t a droll theme, but some of the execution is questionable. The designers didn’t have to resort to taped-together cardboard boxes for the exterior here.