The DIS-Gruntled Fan: Things I wished hadn't changed: Casey's Corner

Read Time:3 Minute, 13 Second

I love Casey’s Corner, well I loved, now I like it.

When I first started going to Disney World, there was one absolute must do before anything else. Upon entering the park, it didn’t matter what time or what was going on, I made a B-Line right for Casey’s Corner.

Once there it was the Jumbo Beef Dog, Fries and a Large Orange Fanta. I would receive my order, make my way to the cheese fountain….Ah yes, the days of the glorious all you could pump cheese…Kids these days don’t know what they are missing…I don’t care if that cup they give you is overflowing with cheese, back in the day 5 pumps barely made a satisfactory coverage of dog and fries, 7 to 8 that was on par.

But times have changed and so did Casey’s, around 2008 the changes started, it began with a whole wheat bun…Whaaaattttt! who serve a hot dog on a whole wheat bun…

Then the ALL BEEF DOG disappear and was replaced by a Beef Chicken Mix… I DO NOT TRAVEL TO DISNEY TO EAT HEALTHY…..

But the straw that broke my fat guy back was, FOODIES… Yes, the Foodies began to influence the country with specialty food, and unique takes an deconstructed whatever’s…There was nothing wrong with the food the way it was.

The changes were nott major, but in my mind, not necessary. The Chicago Style Dog and the BBQ Slaw Dog.

No…No…No….No…

The Chicago Style Dog is an insult to the institution of Hot Dogteria…Just like Deep Dish Pizza…What is it with Chicago, let’s take something that is fine as it is and make it different, then lie to the world that it is the best and the only true way to make it. Making it messier doesn’t make it better.

The BBQ Slaw Dog takes a perfectly good hot dog and a perfectly good pulled pork sandwich and throws them on top of each other. The result, a meal that is to heavy and awkward to eat by hand (the main purpose of a hot dog)

Shortly after these changes I placed an embargo on Casey’s…

This year I lifted the embargo for a day. After a long battle against Zurg with Buzz Lightyear, we popped open My Disney Experience, to test Mobile order for Casey’s.

Being a fan of the mobile order for quick bites, we jump on and ordered 3 dog, 3 fries, drinks and cheese. Almost instantly our order was ready, another win for Mobile Order.

Picked up the order, pretty trouble free, it was just a busy day and Mobile Pick Up was packed.

As alway finding a place to eat was as easy as getting into Yale Law, but we got lucky. (Plus no BIRDS…)

Now it was time to eat. The fries were as good as they ever were, crispy and salty (point for Casey). The cheese, limited to what they serve me in the small cup, was still delicious with it’s liquidy cheesiness, like no other artificial oozy cheese in the world (another point).

But what they did to the Dog destroyed any chance for a win for Casey’s, the Footlong comes on a hero roll not a foot long hot dog roll. The hardness of a hero roll ruins the texture you are meant to experience with a hot dog. There is a reason it is a HOT DOG ROLL, it is soft, too soft to contain any meat not in compressed tube form, flexible enough to contain the cheese or kraut or mustard, etc, with out absorbing and making the dog dry.

Yes I am picky, and overall Casey’s still taste good…But the article isn’t called “I Like Casey’s Still Even Though It Didn’t Need To Change”. I want my old Casey’s Back