karrit2000
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2000
While I'm all for tradition I think this was a wise decision for this particular restaurant.
Personally I have encountered numerous drunken individuals in all of the Disney parks including the Magic Kingdom over the years and it's definitely been getting worse the last few years. Unless they were to breathalyze every guest who enters there is just no way to keep anyone who has been drinking out of any of the parks. As already mentioned, plenty of people eat outside of MK and return after over indulging. There are also those who return to their rooms to have a few during their park breaks & then return later. As for F & W being a drunk fest, I have seen just as many if not more intoxicated individuals in EPCOT on St. Patty's Day, NYE and any other normal day I may have visited. I've also seen intoxicated individuals making a spectacle of themselves and embarrassing their families in MK, DHS & AK as well as EPCOT on occasion. Whether they got their alcohol in those parks or elsewhere is unknown to me but it was clear that they were quite inebriated.
If people want to drink they are going to drink no matter where they have to go to get it. I don't think this decision to serve wine & beer in BOG is going to drastically raise the number of drunken guests wandering through MK on any given day.
Disney makes rules & they change them when they need to or choose not to enforce them as they see fit. I rarely see any CM's telling guests that they can not smoke except in the designated areas. Look at the uproar when they announced they were going to enforce the FP return window. There are just too many people out there who think the rules don't apply to them or are meant to be broken as evidenced by those who sneak alcohol into MK, smoke where they please, bring in their own food, etc.
Personally I have encountered numerous drunken individuals in all of the Disney parks including the Magic Kingdom over the years and it's definitely been getting worse the last few years. Unless they were to breathalyze every guest who enters there is just no way to keep anyone who has been drinking out of any of the parks. As already mentioned, plenty of people eat outside of MK and return after over indulging. There are also those who return to their rooms to have a few during their park breaks & then return later. As for F & W being a drunk fest, I have seen just as many if not more intoxicated individuals in EPCOT on St. Patty's Day, NYE and any other normal day I may have visited. I've also seen intoxicated individuals making a spectacle of themselves and embarrassing their families in MK, DHS & AK as well as EPCOT on occasion. Whether they got their alcohol in those parks or elsewhere is unknown to me but it was clear that they were quite inebriated.
If people want to drink they are going to drink no matter where they have to go to get it. I don't think this decision to serve wine & beer in BOG is going to drastically raise the number of drunken guests wandering through MK on any given day.
Disney makes rules & they change them when they need to or choose not to enforce them as they see fit. I rarely see any CM's telling guests that they can not smoke except in the designated areas. Look at the uproar when they announced they were going to enforce the FP return window. There are just too many people out there who think the rules don't apply to them or are meant to be broken as evidenced by those who sneak alcohol into MK, smoke where they please, bring in their own food, etc.