Nine new 50th anniversary food and beverage items were announced to debut today at the Magic Kingdom, but guests searching for them at the park have faced a series of disappointments instead.
The Always Tea Time Slush was set to launch at Cheshire Café, but the venue is closed for the season. Cast Members at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café told us that they might receive the slush sometime this week, but weren’t certain.
When we stopped by the Main Street Bakery this morning for an EARidescent cinnamon roll, Cast Members informed us that they could not serve the new roll until they sell out of the current, standard pastry. The new EARidescent cinnamon roll is the standard Mickey cinnamon roll, decorated with edible glitter and a 50th anniversary chocolate medallion. Cast Members said despite this, they can’t sell the decorated version yet, and advised us to check back “later.”
Pinocchio Village Haus actually had both new items, a Croque Monsieur Flatbread and “it’s a small world”-themed Tart, in stock. However, as pictured above, the advertised flatbread featured large slices of ham between layers of cheese. The flatbread served to us had diced ham cubes sprinkled on top.
Over at Sleepy Hollow Refreshments, the menu lists a chocolate and cherry Chilling Chambers Pop Featuring the Tightrope Walker. Instead, we received a push pop of undeterminable flavor (but definitely not chocolate or cherry) featuring the Quicksand Stretching Room Portrait.
Aloha Isle has discontinued the Showtime with José Float in favor of the new Crooning Flowers Float. However, the photo promoting the new concoction featured the same blue chocolate feather from José’s treat, whereas the actual float served is adorned with a (more appropriate) flower.
Finally, over at The Plaza Restaurant, where a new version of the Cheers to 50 Years Sundae was due to debut, we discovered that it won’t be available until Wednesday. For those keeping count at home, that leaves three of nine announced items released on schedule and as advertised.
Were any of the new snacks you wanted to try unavailable today? Let us know your experience in the comments.
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Disney disappointing the public, again. Keep writing about this and calling them out. They figure consumers are too dumb to notice.
How disappointing!! Another strike for Disney.
Just so done with them lately, compared to Universal.
Simply amazing that D gets away with this sort of thing….still?
As always, more promises they can’t deliver. Laughed more than I should at ‘of undeterminable flavor’
Just another way things are going away from magical and more towards less than average since good ole Bob Iger stepped aside. THE WALT DISNEY company needs to to take their heads out of their backside and see the destruction of their unmatched customer service and quality and change the leadership in charge of WDW parks division. The damage being done now will take YEARS to rebuild. There is less and less reason to stay on property now than ever before and couple that with no Dining plans, no airport bus service, and now having to purchase fastpass “rights” is truly saddening. The cost of everything, lack of “perks”, and the nose diving of the quality in many aspects make it appear more like a flea circus than WDW. I do understand that money is tight and profits are down, but raising prices, cutting services, and reduced quality is not how to keep your very profitable parks of the past ability to continue making profits in the future. It sad to see the dramatic downward spiral that 1 leadership change can have on not just a park, but so many people’s vacation, many of which only go once because of the already high cost, now will be less likely to return anytime soon, if at all. Come on “daddy Disney” and fix this before it’s too late.