Buffet for Young Children - cost?

[rillsung]

What age to they start charging kids for buffets and character meals?

 

[Susie63]

3

 

[sonnyjane]

2 and under are free, ages 3-9 pay the kid's price, above that pays the adult price. The exact price depends on which restaurant/experience you choose.

 

[rillsung]

OK so it's like Disney World then. Thanks!

 

[TigerlilyAJ]

Just wondering if anyone has had their kids' ages asked? Shown any scepticism? I'll be with a 34 moth old who should be free, but is also large for his age. Should I show him my son's Ontario Health Insurance Plan ID as proof of age? (That won't be funny to non-OHIP customers. )
I'm also planning a 2014 WDW trip a month before my eldest turns 10 so he can get a WDW trip as a child instead of as a "junior/adult" BS, so this question could be relevant for his very tall-for-his-age self, too.

AJ

 

[DisSarahK]

Just wondering if anyone has had their kids' ages asked? Shown any scepticism? I'll be with a 34 moth old who should be free, but is also large for his age.

We went when my son was 2.5 and he was quite tall for his age (in the real world people always commented on his height and were skeptical about his age) and nobody at Disneyland ever questioned us about his age.

Now he did have a baby face (appropriate to his age) despite his height and that might have helped his cause. A child with his height plus a more mature looking face might have been questioned.

 

[cgh]

I plan on bringing the birth certificate for our son just in case. He'll be 33 months, tall for his age, and talks pretty well. Everyone always thinks he is at least 3. He sucks his thumb and always gets comments "he's still sucking his thumb?!?"

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

It's 3. After 9, it becomes adult.

 

[I❤MICKEY]

My son actually turned 3 the last day of our visit. He's in the 95th percentile for height. No one ever questioned it. As a matter of fact we did the birthday part at the Plaza. The castmember asked me his age. I said he turned 3 that day. She said what time was he born - to which I replied 7:56 PM MT. She responded well then he's still 2 in my book and didn't charge us. Not sure what would have happened if he had been earlier in the day but I thought that was cool.

We didn't bring any of my kids birth certificates into the park but I did have them at the hotel.

I think the only time you would ever be questioned would be if your child was clearly older -- like 4 or 5.

 

[rillsung]

Disney is really good about not questioning anything. I have heard for WDW park entrance they might ask a child their age (since kids that age don't lie yet) but I don't think people really say anything at meals. Also I wouldn't carry something like a birth certificate in the parks... What if it's stolen?