McFlea
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2010
this was our first time at POR and I was super annoyed about the crowds in the food court. I don't mind waiting in a long line for my food, but when I then have to go and wait in a long line to PAY for my food......after which time my food is COLD.....that is unacceptable to me. Especially when there's 8 registers and they only have 3-4 of them open. I'm not sure it's a POR thing but more a Disney cutting staff everywhere thing, but I was pissed. The prices they charge for food, I expect to eat it while it's still hot. I swear, in the future if I encounter that again, I will be getting my food and skipping the cashier line. I wouldnt mind if they had all registers going and it really was just that crowded, but when the crowds are due to them being cheap and cutting staff, screw it.
I totally agree. While I didn't encounter lines that were TOO long, at no time did they have all registers open. And the one's that were open, were pretty slow. On our first night there, the CM charged my dining plan for 2 extra snacks for water, rather than include them as part of the meal. Honest mistake, no biggie, and thankfully I checked my receipt. She was apologetic, said she didn't know how to fix it and started looking around for help. I didn't think she even could fix it, so as I was just about to tell her not to worry about it, that I would go to the front desk, the person in line behind me jumps right in and says "just go to the front desk". Thanks for the tip, I'll get out of your way now.
I saw many grouchy guests - tired and cranky parents, crying kids, bickering families, it made me sad. I'm sure the extreme heat had a lot to do with it. Even the CM's seemed more lethargic this trip. I'm not really complaining, it was a great time, just a little different than past experiences.