2 yr. old at GF Tea?

[simonmunro]

Would it be o.k. to have a 2 yr. old at the GF Tea??? She'd be in a high chair eating yummy tea fare so she wouldn't be running around or anything. I know they have milk or juice for the little ones.

 

[ducklite]

I personally wouldn't bring a two year old to the GF tea. It's very quiet, refined, elegant, and any noise would be disruptive.

I'm not even sure they have high chairs available there.

Anne

 

[beaker]

My DS has been twice and we are going again in March he will be 2 and a half by then. The CM's just loved him and gave him a balloon. That being said if he got restless or whinny we would leave.

 

[justhat]

I think it's fine to bring them because as elegant as it might be, you're still at WDW where kids are widely accepted. They will definitely have high chairs for you, bcause even if they do not have them right there, the GF has other restaurants that have highchairs so I'm sure they would borrow one for you. Also, you could also put her in a regular chair if you really had to and I'm sure she'd be entertained with eating and you being right there. Now, if you were planning to let her run around wildly without supervision, that would be a different story, but since I doubt you are planning to do that I would bring her.

We went to the California Grill on NYE and considering the extremely high prices, service, and food selection, you wouldn't expect to see kids there. There were many little kids, however, ranging in age from 15 mos-9 years, and then many preteens and teens too. Though it was a very elegantly done celebration there were lots of kids and I did not feel they took away from my enjoyment of the evening at all. And most of these little kids were left to play by themselves all night, at times taking over the dance floor and joining in with the hired entertainment, but I didn't see that as annoying at all. It was actually really cute to see them dance around with each other. They also served peanut butter and mini-marshmallow sandwiches cut into triangles for the kids and set those out right in between the 'adult' foods, like sushi, cavier, and filet mignon. If they didn't want kids to be invited, they would have specified that, so I wouldn't worry about it.

So I wouldn't hesitate to bring her along, she'll have a great time and you'll get some supercute pictures of her enjoying her tea!

 

[simonmunro]

Thank you guys, I appreciate your responses.

 

[crs7568]

I would not hesitate to bring my 2 year old daughter to tea at the GF. In fact, on New Year's Eve we stayed at The Plaza Hotel in NYC and took her to high tea at the Palm Court. She loved all of the little sandwiches and acted like a perfect lady. I think Disney would be a great place to expose your daughter to this type of activity. Have a great time and take lots of pictures!

 

[MHopkins2]

IMO it totally depends on your DD herself. If she's the kind of angel that will sit quietly, gabble with Mom, and eat / play with her food, by all means bring her. If she gets cranky and miserable from having to sit still for more than 5 minutes, maybe it's not such a good idea.

 

[izzarelli]

I have to agree with MHopkins2...I think it depends on the child AND also the parent. When we went last time there was a little one running all around while the Mom enjoyed her tea & was oblivious, it made for a not so pleasant time for others. When the Grandmother finally took control and sat her down she was fine.


JMO

 

[punkin]

I wouldn't worry about behaviour as much as some on this thread, but I would caution you that they have fine china which is very breakable and two year olds are prone to accidents. That being said, I took my 3 yr old and she had a blast (no broken china).

 

[TandyR]

March 2001 trip we took our DD4 and DD1 to Grand Floridian tea and we had a wonderful time. They have a Belle's Tea just for kids, so they expect kids and are ready for kids. My DD4 (now DD6) asked to have real tea rather then the cholate milk in the Belle's Tea and they did that without a problem. We are planning to go for our next trip. Don't worry about the china...when we were there a CM broke some china...it is to be expected in the restarant business. So I would go and have fun, but leave if your 2 year old gets fussy.

 

[Jordan's MOM]

I think this would be the perfect place to introduce your dd a more elegant style of dinning. It will be shorter than a full meal but still expose her to the joy of fine dinning. We always took our DS now ten to any resturant we wanted to go to. We had resturant rules from the time he was about 2. They started out very short and simple such as inside voices and stay in your chair. they have expanded to now helping figure the tip. We expected good behavior and got it most of the time. Only once or twice did we feel the need to take him out for a time out. We would had never however let him disturb anyone else. Go and have a great time with your little one.


jordan's mom