Carrying a beer at the park....

[Bill From PA]

nataliesdaddy,

with the exception of the gentlemen that was talking about making the rounds at beers around the world with his older daughters

Hey, watch who you're calling a 'gentleman'!

Bill From PA

 

[nicknamy1996]

It sounds to me like the "party hearty" daddy associates drinking with being drunk. It's just a little confusing. It would be "boorish" to have a glass of wine with my pasta if offered at Tony's or even(god forbid) a beer with a dog at Casey's. But it's ok to pound them back at EPCOT (ya know, apparently the park with no kids.) And by the way KidCot at the WS was my DSs favorite part of the trip.

I personally have never had any alcohol at WDW (honestly, I'm too cheap) I was going to buy a dos equis (XX) when we got to Mexico but I balked at the price. Next year I will have one. Hopefully my kids(and random passers-by) will not judge me for this!

So yes you do have your right to express your views, but I would just like to know if they might be skewed by your view of drinking. Have you ever just had a beer for the taste or are you still a young pup who drinks to get drunk, and assumes that is what everyone does?

 

[Tsunami8]

Bill from PA, great sense of humor. Must be from that great state (commonwealth) you live in! Ever enjoy a cold one at a Red Barons game? I am headin down in 2 mos and will be sure to enjoy a pint of half-n-half at R&C while my 9 year old runs around unsupervised (hee hee!).

Getting to the point, if it's not too boorish to walk around the World Showcase w/ a pint, I'm curious to find out what are people's favorite (Country and Brand of Beer/Wine) to swill?


BTW, everybody needs to lighten up on OBNurse. Remember she brought ya into this world, she'll take you back out!

 

[welovemickey]

"BTW, everybody needs to lighten up on OBNurse. Remember she brought ya into this world, she'll take you back out!"

Tsunami8, that just cracks me up! Thanks for the laugh!

Obnurse, welcome to the DIS! Most of us don't bite, so ask any questions you want.

 

[Bill From PA]

Tsunami8,

We catch a Red Barrons game or two each year, and the great thing there is that they card EVERYBODY. I thank them profusely for that. The Rose & Crown is my favorite watering hole at Epcot and Tennants is my poison. We were there last Nov., and they just got in a new brew, I think from Austria, and it was great. Don't remember the name and I didn't ask what a non British Isles beer was doing at the R&C, but you may want to ask for it next visit.

Bill From PA

 

[clutter]

OB NURSE!!!

I do have some information for you about resorts, if you're staying on-site.

We were at CR, and I went to the food court to buy dinner for my freind, me and our two dds. She wanted a beer, and I thought that sounded like a good idea. Only one beer per person at the food court!!! (and at an outrageous price at that!!!) So we split said beer with our pizzas.

... but you can buy as many as you want, for a LOT less, at the gift shops.

 

[Tsunami8]

Bill from PA, thanks for the tip on the Austrian beer. I spent some time in London last year and got hooked on pints of Kronenburg. I thought for sure it was German until a bartender told me it was French. Unfortunately, I have a disdain for the french, immediately spat it out and went back to my New Castle!

 

[nataliesdaddy]

Originally posted by nicknamy1996
It sounds to me like the "party hearty" daddy associates drinking with being drunk. It's just a little confusing. It would be "boorish" to have a glass of wine with my pasta if offered at Tony's or even(god forbid) a beer with a dog at Casey's. But it's ok to pound them back at EPCOT (ya know, apparently the park with no kids.) And by the way KidCot at the WS was my DSs favorite part of the trip.

well that would be highly presumptuous - first I never said nor do I associate a casual drink with drunkedness or "being drunk". I don't know what would be so confusing. "Pounding them back" would be inapproriate anywhere in the parks. Furthermore, If people referenced my original post I said - a drink at the Crown (as in the Rosa and Crown EPCOT) would be ok, a drink at the Outer Rim (a Disney resort lounge) would be appropriate, I also said a glass of champagne i.e. wine would be okay over at France (Epcot)

I drink now on occasion, wine, beer, gin, tequila. Not the party animal I once was - metabolism drops appreciably with age - I say this, as it is not as if I am against drinking from some purient reason or religious belief - I guess you all should go call up Walt in his grave and lambast him as you apparently deem emotionally necesary to do with me. But Walt was right. MK is an innappropriate venue for drinking.

 

[tmq2766]

Hey nataliesdaddy,
How do you feel about saving chairs at the pool, or bringing last years mugs

 

[peachgirl]

MK is an innappropriate venue for drinking.

You're missing the point. The point is that the OP didn't ask for opinions on the subject. She just asked if you could walk around the parks with a beer.

Regardless of the fact that your answer has nothing to do with what the OP wanted to know, the way you chose to express the opinion that wasn't asked for is objectionable to say the least. Let's see...idiot, classless boor, bozo,threatening to "go balistic" on park guests..... all seems just a little over the top when all that was asked was a simple yes or no question.

I could give my personal opinion on what I think about people who "party hearty" anywhere. But, since it has nothing to do with what the OP wanted to know, I'll refrain.

Btw, have you noticed that no one is arguing with your opinion about alcohol in the MK? It's not your opinion, it's the way you're saying it that's getting the reaction.

 

[nataliesdaddy]

Peahcgirl, why exactly would I care what others think about my adding sentiments and opinion that are extraneous to an issue?

Obviously, having read the boards for several months now - people frequently interject emotion and opinion and belief when all that was requested was a factual reply. So your having an issue with that is your own issue.

As to how I articulated my sentiments, I am not in the least bit concerned if people did or did not take offense.

To reference what I said - "I have been a partyer for most of my life - I mean party hearty all the time - and even with that background...if some bozo was walking around MK with a heineken in their hands I would go ballistic on the idiot - not much in life that hacks me off - but that would certainly be one - Its a kids place for crying out loud !!! I mean there are 2 to 10 year olds through the wazoo... at wdw... yeah I would be livid - a brew at the Crown ? ok - a glass of champaign or wine at france? ok - slammin a round or two back at the outer rim? ok - but toolin down mainstreet with a brew? what classless boor would do such a thing?"

so what? someone thinks that another person doing such a thing is a classless boor. So what - And how I expressed it? I differentiate between parks and behaviors - and what I would find acceptable and what I would not - and that I would GOD FORBID judge that someone doing something I deem innappropriate as a classless boor? well perhaps I should find offense that someone judges women wearing thongs at the parks as classless sleezeballs (on a different thread). But I take no offense to the statement even if my Girlfriend wears thongs and way too small tank tops terminally. If someone judges such women as "sleezeballs" or whatever other derogatory term, unlike others I realize that is their sentiment and they are welcome to it and they are welcome to express it in terms like "classless or sleezy or cheezy" or whatever derogatory incindiary means thay may want.

I mean I really don't care if people don't like the manner in which I articulated myself in that one post. I did read a few good responses to what I said - but I also read a good slew of passive aggressive nonsense - which really boiled down to nothing more then the pot calling the kettle black

 

[nataliesdaddy]

by the way - when my young one is of age I think I would rather like to do the Beers Around the World thing. My favorite foreign beer is Harp (don't know where that is from), Sapporo (the coors of Japan), and good ole Guiness Stout - make a Black and Tan

 

[nataliesdaddy]

by the way - when my young one is of age I think I would rather like to do the Beers Around the World thing with her. My favorite foreign beer is Harp (don't know where that is from), Sapporo (the coors of Japan), and good ole Guiness Stout - make a Black and Tan

 

[obnurse2003]

Nataliesdaddy: So what you are saying is that you really don't care if you "pounced" on someone or their feelings? How Disney is that?

It is obviously above you to admit that you may have possibly come across a little harsh. I would have thought that might have crossed your "mind". Oh well. As a Newbie, I am learning that it is NOT necessary to respond to all posts.

My final word is: This wasn't a drinking issue debate. It was a question. Period. The end.

 

[WDWAurora]

Ok, in response to the OP....I think that what you've seen here shows the kind of reaction you'd get. I've never walked around with a drink (this trip in two weeks will be the first one where I'm of age), but I do think there are people who would make a comment to your husband. I'm not one, but if there are people who will comment to smokers, they'll probably say something to people having a drink as well. Just a possibility...

 

[peachgirl]

why exactly would I care what others think about my adding sentiments and opinion that are extraneous to an issue?

Clearly you don't. You might want to because how one posts affects how those that read it judge the worth of the comments.


If you're just posting to inflame or just to be able to read your own words in print...you're doing fine. If you'd like to be listened to and have your opinion taken seriously, you're not.

Just don't be so surprised when people call you on it.

 

[pnelson]

To the original OP-Drinking publicly is allowed in MGM, EPcot, and AK and Downtown Disney. There is no drinking of alcohol allowed at the MK. I think she's satisfied with that answer-The rest is all just peoples opinions.

What can we say, we haven't had a good pool hopping thread in a couple of days. We needed to release our tensions, sorry we picked your thread to do it in.

 

[disneygrrrl]

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[nataliesdaddy]

Originally posted by disneygrrrl
nataliesdaddy,

So are you saying that the Golden Rule need not apply because there is a computer monitor and keyboard between you and others? I mean would you really speak like that to someone face to face? A perfect stranger who asked a perfectly legitimate question? If so, then in MY emotional opinion you have a lot to learn about manners..........People like you on these boards is the reason I have not asked many questions or posted.....until now....No one is disregarding your sentiments or feelings on the subject, in fact I tend to agree with you on the MK, but come on, be adult.....


And perhaps I viewed YOUR post as passive aggressive nonsense to the OP....


Main Entry: passive-aggressive
Function: adjective
Date: 1946
: being, marked by, or displaying behavior characterized by expression of negative feelings, resentment, and aggression in an unassertive passive way (as through procrastination and stubbornness)
- passive-aggressive noun (Merriam-Webster)

...so which one are you...the pot or the kettle?

hahahahahah this is getting humorous - passive agressive as you so thankfully posted from Meriam - Web is indirect (i.e. unassertive passive way) - I was quite direct and to the point - not passive

then you quote the golden rule - what you don't seem to understand is that exactly what I did. And yes I do speak with friends and family in such way and I would hope they would not be so bashful or shy to do sowith me...and thankfully they are not. My closest friends tell me precisely what thay think whether complimentary or insulting. I would not have it any other way. Someone's reality is there reality whether it "hurts my feelings" or not. For them to hold back because they were worried about hurting my feelings would be not be being honestor true to themselves or with me and would be a sign of having a bad relationship. And yes I would speak face to face to a perfect stranger that way also. And I have - one one occasion much to the pleasure of the person I respected in that way.

MY fiance appreciates it - she asked so I told her she looked like a bag lady in an outfit she was wearing. She also heard me say say she looked stunning in the Hickey she put on. She knows that when I say something it is not because I am being nice or polite - and my friends know that to and I know that about them.

Oh - and in the old saying... obviously I am the Kettle - that is after all the point of that saying - it is saying that people will exhibit their own indiscretions or behavior or complaint and use as an excuse what they see to be the other's indiscretions, or behavior as an excuse for their own. In other words hypocracy - as I was the person who angered everyone then I would be the kettle.

 

[pointandshoot]

Reading this thread made me want a beer. Hey wait...what park am I in? Excuse me, I am flashing forward to next week's trip.

I find...

A beer while waiting for Illuminations - Goid Idea
A beer with my lunch at Flame Tree sitting by the water - Good Idea
Beer before riding Mission:Space - Maybe Bad Idea

-Chuck