Hey guys, I've experienced something twice within the past month while at the park and was wondering if anyone else had also seen this happen or may know why. Basically, let me preface this by saying I'm a college student who works at a restaurant, so my free time to go to the park is usually on weekdays as I'm usually working on weekends. Anyways, in these 2 moments that I'm referring to, all of Springfield has been closed. Krusty Burger, Moes, Cletus', Lard Lads, Bumble Bee Truck, etc. It's very disappointing because I feel that Springfield is the premier place to eat within the park and I love the fact we're able to get food that's unique to the park AND more fresh (not just waiting to be picked under a heat lamp). Both of these occurrences have been on weekdays, do you guys think that has anything to do with it? It sucks looking forward to Krusty Burger and then having your options limited to Mels, Gru's, Jurrasic Cafe, etc. I also feel terrible for the tourists who aren't there on a weekly basis like myself and others, and are looking forward to trying shops/dining within the new and heavily advertised themed land and then they don't have access to it the one day they're there.
At first I thought it was a budget/attendance thing, like the park would save on paying employees of these places on days where they expect a low attendance. But that just wouldn't make sense within this newly launched land. I've also wondered whether it was for maintenance/upgrades, but both of these times have come AFTER the official opening on May 13th. Would have thought they would have been done with maintenance type ordeals by the end of soft open. Plus it would just be stupid to have certain places ONLY open on weekends. You don't see that type of stuff happening with the ultimate competitor, Disneyland.
Also weird is that usually it is open on the weekdays in which I go, but on these specific occasions nothing within Springfield has been.
Just curious as to why this happens occasionally. I know a lot of people on here only attend the park on weekends and may not be aware that this happens, but anyone have any idea as to why?