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I like most of these ideas. The Food Pavilion would be a great idea. Interactive areas like cook like a chef, or food carving would be fun. They could bring back the Kitchen Kabaret. Food and Wine is also a good idea as it smoothly transitions between Future World and World Showcase and I agree with you that it would have dishes from previous festivals that are no longer available.
The long awaited AUSTRALIA/New Zealand pavilion!
The idea of a new Pavillion is a great idea.
Move Starbucks there and give us back the Fountain View Bakery in its original spot.
I love the idea for Taste of Disney. Not to make disney visitors put to be simpletons, but some of the restaurants sound pretty exotic. What a good way to braden their horizons. They would have to keep table available at all times though, so those of us who book 6 months out don't take them all :)
#2 made me laugh. Have a cast nember there to help you make reservations at one of the restaurants. What 6 months in advance? With this fast pass plus system there arent chances to book a reservation 7 days in advance. 3 months out everything is booked up so that part of the idea is useless.
(Permanent Food & Wine) There is a motto: Always leave them wanting more. A special event draws hoards of people to the theme parks soley for that experience. If the experience was available 365, it looses its appeal. Food and Wine Festival is akin to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party and Not So Scary Hallowen Party ... limited time themed events.
With all due respect, the idea here isn't to give guests the full Food and Wine experience all year round. It is, instead, to offer them the opportunity to enjoy a few select dishes that are only available during those dates at other points of the year.
The food trucks at Downtown Disney also offer cuisine available at the four theme parks, and yet they haven't caused guests to cease visiting those parks, have they?
(Pop Up Restaurant) Disney is not in business to give a chef a low-cost, low-risk way of doing anything. Low-risk to the chef certainly would not be low risk to Disney. A guest is not likely to return to a restaurant in which they have had a bad experience. Using paying guests at a retail kitchen as guinea pigs is a "recipe" for disaster.
All of these are great ideas! I think they have a beer tasting held there during some events.