This week we talk about Counter Service technology with the excellent AJ Wolfe from the DisneyFoodBlog.
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It would be cool if you could order and pay for your food just like ordering pizza. You could give an a time estimate of when you’ll arrive and check in with your wristband at the table so they can bring your food out. I think you chould have to pay either way and if you’re late your food may be a little cold but that’s how it works at places outside of themeparks.
The ways of plussing up the dining experience at WDW by using smart phone apps is all well and good but there are an awful lot of international visitors for which this idea is impractical. I would need a mortgage for data charges if I used my UK smart phone in the USA.
If wi fi was available freely in the parks and hotels then that might be an option.
But for now, Disney will need to be careful not to alienate us if they rolled it out without giving us some way of being able to interact.