Baby comp meals?

[heathjh]

I have read in a few places that in some of the table service restaurants you can ask for a baby comp meal. I didn't understand what was meant by that until tonight. We went to Claim Jumper for dinner for the first time. They asked me if I wanted a baby comp meal.

So I am wondering if anyone has done this and at what restaurants?

 

[RMulieri]

A complimentary kids meal? At disney the official policy is children under 3 eat free at buffets, OR can eat off your plate for free. If you order them a meal you get charged.Sometimes I have heard that some places mat bring out a small meal for an infant and not charge.But this varies widely, and can not be counted upon or guaranteed in anyway.

 

[TDC Nala]

See the above post - it is, as far as we know, the correct statement of WDW's current policy.

 

[shruley]

THe only baby comp meals I know of at Disney are at all-you-can-eat places that are served family style, not buffet. At 'Ohana's our daughter who was 2 got chicken fingers for free, and at CRT dinner the 2 year old was offered noodles and they also brought us some potatoes. Otherwise if it's not a buffet, they need to eat off your plate or you buy them a meal at full price.

 

[n2mm]

We just returned this weekend and in our party was our 2 yo grand daughter. We paid for her meals at Whispering Canyon, Turf Club, 50s Prime Time, Grand Flo Cafe, LeCellier-dinner, and LeCellier-lunch. The only place we did not pay for her was at Cape May and Norway. Even though both places made her her own meals since she is latose intolerant, she was still free. (I must note that they did originally charge her the $19.99 at Norway, but once we questioned it, it was removed.) Though she could've eaten free at Whispering Canyon since daddy got the skillet, we did have to buy her a meal since she could not eat anything on the skillet because everything is cooked in butter. Several of the chefs went above and beyond making her pasta w/o cheese and special butter. Probably the most disappointing was that she could not eat ANY of the bread at LeCellier because there is dairy in all 3. The Turf Club and Cape May did an outstanding job feeding her and the chef at Cape May even made her an ice cream sandwich out of special cookies and tofu ice cream.

 

[TDC Nala]

The only place we did not pay for her was at Cape May and Norway. Even though both places made her her own meals since she is latose intolerant, she was still free.

Cape May is a buffet. Akershus is a fixed price menu. Children under 3 are free at both. Making the meals special due to a medical condition won't change the fact that infants eat free at these types of restaurants.

 

[hillview]

At the Wave they offered DS #2 noodles. I didn't take them up on it -- I had purchased him a dining plan (he is almost 2).
/hillary

 

[n2mm]

Cape May is a buffet. Akershus is a fixed price menu. Children under 3 are free at both. Making the meals special due to a medical condition won't change the fact that infants eat free at these types of restaurants.

Yes I knew she should be free at the buffets, but didn't know if I would have to pay since she did not eat what was offered. The chef at Cape May grilled her chicken breast, made her noodles with non dairy butter and made her an ice cream sandwich. We knew we would have to pay for all of her meals and had no problem doing so, since eating off of anyone's plate was not an option.

 

[Momto2PrncChrmgs]

We ate at mostly buffets or family style so didn't have to pay. At Ohana, we caved and ordered our 2 yr old chicken tenders since big brother was getting them and EXPECTED to pay since he wasn't eating off our plates. Our server didn't charge him, but I think that was probably just kindness, not policy. We tipped well. I think at a few places we were charged for the extra drink, but not at all.

 

[mykidslovesdisney]

We traveled last Aug w/ ds1 who is allergic to milk protein and soy. We had to pay for his meals at Corel Reef, Prime Time 50's and Olivia's. Even though he was only 1 they stated since they had to make a special meal then we had to pay. We did not have to pay at Crystal Palace, Chef Mickey, Tusker House, 1900 park fare and Beergarten. All of those places also made special meals for him too. The Chef's at Chef Mickey and Crystal Palace were awesome. I have heard conflicting stories that some didn't have to pay and some did. Just our experience. We are returning this Aug so we will be better prepared to pay for his meals since he does not qualify for the DDP

 

[gigi1313]

At the Wave they offered DS #2 noodles. I didn't take them up on it -- I had purchased him a dining plan (he is almost 2).
/hillary

how did you purchase him the ddp? i sooo want ds 1 to be on the dining plan because he eats like a person, and will not be happy eating off our plates... did you buy him a ticket as well?

 

[n2mm]

how did you purchase him the ddp? i sooo want ds 1 to be on the dining plan because he eats like a person, and will not be happy eating off our plates... did you buy him a ticket as well?

Don't know about this poster, but we often will buy the ddp for our 2 yo granddaughter because of her dining issues. We are DVC and AP holders and neither of them require you to buy tickets for these type of reservations. We generally will list her as 3 to get the ddp for her. We only do this when we have not exceeded occupancy.

 

[aubriee]

how did you purchase him the ddp? i sooo want ds 1 to be on the dining plan because he eats like a person, and will not be happy eating off our plates... did you buy him a ticket as well?

Don't know about this poster, but we often will buy the ddp for our 2 yo granddaughter because of her dining issues. We are DVC and AP holders and neither of them require you to buy tickets for these type of reservations. We generally will list her as 3 to get the ddp for her. We only do this when we have not exceeded occupancy.

DVC and AP holders do not have to purchase park tickets in order to add the DDP. However, everyone else does. If you are on a regular pkg then you would have to purchase the same length park tickets that everyone else in the room has. Everyone in the room must purchase park tickets for the same number of days in order to get the DDP. What you could do, is get everyone one day base tickets, then once you get there you could upgrade everyone else's park ticket to whatever they need at guest services and save the toddler's child ticket until he turns three. He would not need to the ticket to get into the parks. That way everyone (including the toddler) would get the DDP for the length of stay, but you'd only have to buy him a one day ticket to get it. Once you get checked in Disney couldn't care less what each person upgrades their ticket to or if they even use the ticket.

 

[gigi1313]

yes, i knew that dvc and ap people were exempt from the ticket purchase... i guess i had "package" on the brain when i asked... and i've considered the one day ticket thing but since we'll be there for free dining, i feel like it's somehow "cheating"... ergo, we'll probably pay for his meals oop...

 

[Pumbaa_]

Disney allows aging the child to add him to the DDP. It is their policy, don't see how it is cheating? I would add him without a qualm and have a great time

 

[gigi1313]

i know i can age him for regular trips... but for FREE?! maybe i'll call and ask... but of course, if i call three times i'll likely get four different answers