Well, the wicked stepmothers, evil lions & wearers of puppy fur must be dancing in the Main Streets today, for they and all
the Dark Side have triumphed at the Magic Kingdom.
Yes, Starbuck’s
is invading the Disney ecosystem, starting with California Adventure in
June. According to the Disney
Parks blog the beachhead will be on Buena Vista Street, “a place that
transports guests to 1920s Los Angeles, when Walt Disney arrived in California and a cup of coffee was the perfect way to jumpstart a busy day.”
Well, fine; but I’m guessing the 1920s cup of coffee
was considerably different from what the Fiddler, Fifer and Practical Café (I
swear I’m not making that name up) will serve. Not to mention that your venti
triple-shot caramel macchiato will cost about 500 times more than the one penny
price of a cup of joe 90 years ago.
But what I’m really wondering is: do the little
princesses and midget Davy Crocketts really need one more source for a sugar
high in that environment? Are they not already wound up tighter than a cheap
watch (well, a cheap watch from the 1920s, when you had to wind one up) and ready to pitch wobblies at the least provocation? Do they really need "jumpstarting"?
No, I just cannot think that Mickey and Minnie are
sleeping well these days.
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