Beer at Magic Kingdom

[Hibernians]

MK should never serve alcohol.....it is a park meant for children.

to me the only downside to MK is they do not serve alcohol... the funny thing is i dont even drink. they need to get with thte times and start serving it.

 

[Sweettears]

MK should never serve alcohol.....it is a park meant for children.

No, its meant for those that are children at heart even if they choose to enjoy adult beverages.

 

[snykymom]

Not anymore -- after they bought Anheuser-Busch, InBev sold off the Busch parks to a large-ish holding company, and management is now incorporated as "SeaWorld Entertainment."

Understood. But it was still a beer company when I was there.

If all of WDW were dry, and the resorts surrounding MK were dry, then I think there'd be a problem. But it's not. It's one park. And if you like wine with dinner (I do), you can get wine with dinner just a few steps outside the parks. I can also enjoy a nice dinner without wine. (Now if I could just find a nice dinner in the Magic Kingdom . . . !)

 

[ntsammy5]

I agree MK should be kept dry as it was Walt's desire for it to be that way.

I don't know. I was talking to Walt just last night and he told me he was planning to sell beer in MK soon!

 

[MichelleVW]

MK should never serve alcohol.....it is a park meant for children.

Uh no...it's a park meant for everyone...

No, its meant for those that are children at heart even if they choose to enjoy adult beverages.

seriously....some people are so narrow minded..

 

[Planogirl]

What is it about the phrase "children of all ages" that people don't understand? I believe that Walt Disney meant for Disneyland to be for everyone regardless of age or child status. I don't think that we can say for certain what his plans were for MK but it's probably reasonable to assume that he wanted the same there.

I personally don't have a problem with MK being alcohol free but I wouldn't have a problem if it wasn't either. Wanting wine or a beer with dinner seems very reasonable and certainly doesn't imply alcoholism or a desire to get falling down drunk. Since that's not going to happen though, it's easy to get alcohol in the resorts - the gift shops even sell mini bottles of the stuff.

 

[Sassagoula Billy]

Bzzzzz..... So what you're saying is no alcoholics or Valley Girls allowed?

Yes!

 

[FigNewton]

This is such an odd subject to me. I don't think anyone has said anything like "if you want a beer in MK you are a drunk."

Its generally more along the lines of "if you can't go a day without a beer you have a problem." But people react to the former like it is the latter. That latter sentiment generally arises when people express some level of indignation over the unavailability of alcohol without ever considering the reasons for it. It may sound like judgement but there is a basis for it.

I don't have a problem with people drinking. I don't even have a problem with people getting drunk in the right environment. And unfortunately there are far too many people in the world who can't distinguish what the right environment IS. Like the family at Epcot I saw in may who were yelling racial comments to CMs in Morocco and then turned up and disrupted Miyuki ten minutes later.

 

[Withacy]

I have NO PROBLEM with the MK being alcohol free. I don't drink much - when I do, it's mixed drinks - I don't even like wine or beer.

BUT -

Talking about having wine or beer with a meal like it's about getting hammered is actually pretty ignorant. Like you're stuck in some sort of college-binge-drinking mindset. People in many cultures routinely drink beer or wine with meals as a matter of course - not to get buzzed, but because they enjoy it - and feel it adds to the meal. Have you ever even heard of a sommelier? Google it.

I'm sorry if you were scarred for life by people who drink for juvenile reasons - but suggesting that everyone drinks for that reason is just ignorant ON YOUR PART. I have no problem with anyone who holds the opinion that the MK should remain dry, but when they start spouting ignorant nonsense to support that opinion, it sort of annoys me.

 

[NMW]

Amen! And if you can't make it through one day without it, you've got a problem, anyway.

Epcot has lost some of its shine for me due to so many drunks walking around. Not a pleasant atmosphere some of the time.

We go every year and Epcot is our hands down favorite park. I have never seen drunk people walking around.

 

[Pjimmeyer]

There's nothing wrong with MK being an alcohol free zone. I don't get why people think its such a bad thing. Of course MK is for everyone adults and children alike. Why in the world does the fact that its for adults too mean you must serve alcohol? Sad.

 

[KellyNY]

I do not understand one thing, why if someone asks about alcohol at MK, people think they cannot stay dry for a day. What a nonsence. If someone got a drinking problem, he will get alcohol for much less and drink in his hotel room, paying that much for a drink at Disney is not the best idea. I do not drink other then on special occasions and only 1 or 2 drinks. However when on vacation I want to have a drink while I walk in a park, so what. I have different drinks at Epcot, I want to try different things, again 1 or 2 drinks a day, or none, depends on what I want that day. And believe me when I walk around WS with my glass of wine and kids see me, the only thing that can possibly come to their minds is that while I drink I am not drunk at all. Consider it a good example on how to do it right. I have nothing against MK to be a dry park, but I do not think it has anything to do with kids at all. If they would do it because of kids, all parks would be dry, and people would have to walk a straight line a touch their noses as they enter any park.

 

[TDC Nala]

Don't care that MK is dry, really. It would vastly improve the restaurants to be able to get some wine, but I just don't bother to eat there.

Just leave us Epcot. And the Dawa Bar, and the little outdoor bar at Studio Catering that has the really good pina coladas.

 

[Philagoofy]

The only way I'll go on "it's a small world" is to tie one on first.

I did this once & sung so loud with the rest of the little people that they banned me for life.

 

[linzbear]

I think the idea behind MK being a dry park is more so that there's one place to go where parents/people don't have to worry about running into someone who doesn't know when to stop. Club 33 in DL is invite only - people who Walt trusted. Presumably he trusted them to not get wasted in Club 33 and then wander his park.

It's supposed to be this whole fantasy and take you away from the real world - seeing an alcoholic stumbling around kind of takes away from that.

Not to say that anyone in this thread doesn't know their limits - but there's always that one guy/girl at the party who just doesn't know when to stop, and then proceeds to make a fool of himself (and not in a good way!).

Honestly, I've only ever seen this at Epcot, but AK and DHS are both much smaller and less visited, so I think the problem wouldn't show up there. I think it would in MK.

I'd be perfectly OK with TS restaurants serving wine/beer though, so long as there's no bar. Considering you'd need a reservation, and you'd have to go through the server who can limit you to 2 or 3 per meal, the chance of public drunkenness goes down pretty drastically.

 

[FigNewton]

Talking about having wine or beer with a meal like it's about getting hammered is actually pretty ignorant. Like you're stuck in some sort of college-binge-drinking mindset. People in many cultures routinely drink beer or wine with meals as a matter of course - not to get buzzed, but because they enjoy it - and feel it adds to the meal. Have you ever even heard of a sommelier? Google it.

I'm sorry if you were scarred for life by people who drink for juvenile reasons - but suggesting that everyone drinks for that reason is just ignorant ON YOUR PART. I have no problem with anyone who holds the opinion that the MK should remain dry, but when they start spouting ignorant nonsense to support that opinion, it sort of annoys me.

Good thing NO ONE HERE suggested that was the case then, eh?

Can we stop ranting against positions which haven't even been
presented? It escalates for no reason.

 

[Withacy]

Good thing NO ONE HERE suggested that was the case then, eh?

Can we stop ranting against positions which haven't even been
presented? It escalates for no reason.

With all due respect, when people say "if you can't make it through the day without a drink, you have a problem" in answer to people CLEARLY saying they'd just like a glass of wine or a beer with dinner, YES THEY ARE suggesting that's the case. Just because they didn't phrase it exactly that way doesn't mean that's not what they're saying.

Anyone who wants to back down from that now, fine. Welcome back to sanity.

Since I don't drink wine or beer with dinner - EVER, rarely drink at all, and personally have no problem with the MK being dry, the only reason I joined this conversation was BECAUSE I read people jumping (unfairly) all over people who did want that glass of wine or pint of beer as if they were raging alcoholics. It was just so massively unfair, I had to respond.

And if you don't want this conversation to "escalate", reframing things that were said to fit your purpose doesn't help.

 

[A_Princess'_Daddy]

With all due respect, when people say "if you can't make it through the day without a drink, you have a problem" in answer to people CLEARLY saying they'd just like a glass of wine or a beer with dinner, YES THEY ARE suggesting that's the case. Just because they didn't phrase it exactly that way doesn't mean that's not what they're saying.

Anyone who wants to back down from that now, fine. Welcome back to sanity.

Since I don't drink wine or beer with dinner - EVER, rarely drink at all, and personally have no problem with the MK being dry, the only reason I joined this conversation was BECAUSE I read people jumping (unfairly) all over people who did want that glass of wine or pint of beer as if they were raging alcoholics. It was just so massively unfair, I had to respond.

And if you don't want this conversation to "escalate", reframing things that were said to fit your purpose doesn't help.

Fantastic post and points!

I agree with those who really don't care that MK is dry. I rarely drink out in public, have no interest in drinking at MK, and really don't think it's a big deal that the park is dry. But to argue that no posters on this thread, or on this board in the past, have insinuated that a person wanting to have a drink means that person needs help and/or doesn't know how to control themself is fallacious, because the posts are quite evident and the holier-than-thou statements are insulting to the vast majority of people who drink within reason and act responsibly when drinking.

 

[nessz79]

With all due respect, when people say "if you can't make it through the day without a drink, you have a problem" in answer to people CLEARLY saying they'd just like a glass of wine or a beer with dinner, YES THEY ARE suggesting that's the case. Just because they didn't phrase it exactly that way doesn't mean that's not what they're saying.

Anyone who wants to back down from that now, fine. Welcome back to sanity.

Since I don't drink wine or beer with dinner - EVER, rarely drink at all, and personally have no problem with the MK being dry, the only reason I joined this conversation was BECAUSE I read people jumping (unfairly) all over people who did want that glass of wine or pint of beer as if they were raging alcoholics. It was just so massively unfair, I had to respond.

And if you don't want this conversation to "escalate", reframing things that were said to fit your purpose doesn't help.

Fantastic post and points!

I agree with those who really don't care that MK is dry. I rarely drink out in public, have no interest in drinking at MK, and really don't think it's a big deal that the park is dry. But to argue that no posters on this thread, or on this board in the past, have insinuated that a person wanting to have a drink means that person needs help and/or doesn't know how to control themself is fallacious, because the posts are quite evident and the holier-than-thou statements are insulting to the vast majority of people who drink within reason and act responsibly when drinking.

Amen and amen! Not a big drinker either and I don't care that MK is a dry park. However, I too resent the insinuation (and sometimes right out saying) that someone that would like to have a drink in the MK has a drinking problem. It has been said. No one was jumping to conclusions.

 

[DeluxePrincess]

One of my favorite activities in WDW is people watching. How have I missed all of these sloshed people wreaking havoc in the parks?