Children under 3 and buffets....

[hart6066]

Do you have to pay for them if they eat off the buffet? What would the policy be at Akershus...menu pricing lists cost for 3-9, but I'm guessing unless the under 3's are sharing, you pay the child's price for them too?

Thanks!

 

[TEM1234]

They share your food for free, they eat the buffet portion for free, but you can't order them an actual meal for free. If I remember rightly from our meal at Akershus, the first part is a buffet, so you could get the under 3 whatever appetizers from the buffet and then my son shared my meal.

 

[tbre1982]

Kids under 3 are free at buffet. At akershus they offered my 2 yo a kids pizza and he wasn't charged.

 

[hart6066]

Thank you!

 

[MomOTwins]

I was also given a free kids meal for my toddler at both Akershus and CRT, though there is no "official" policy that I am aware of. Official policies are at buffets, under 3s eat free, and at table service, you have to purchase a kids meal if you want them to have their own food.

 

[Dis703]

Generally if it's a set price for kids/adults and buffet or family style, under 3 will eat for free and they can have their own plate. CRT isn't technically buffet or family style, but my kids at 2 were always offered their own meal. I'm not familiar with the menu at Akershus but assume if it's a set price by age it would be the same.

 

[Crystal824]

My under 2 kid (unless clearly an infant) have always been given the same meal at Akershus and CRT as their older sibling who was getting a child's meal for free. We didn't even ask for it, it just appeared when the other food came and we weren't charged. That isn't official policy so you can't really expect it, but for us it has always happened.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

KIDS UNDER-3 EAT FREE "411":

1) TECHNICALLY, there is no such thing as a "kids-under-3-eat-free" policy.
. . . no where in ANY Disney brochure is this mentioned
. . . there is no such policy
2) But, when done per policy, they eat almost free.
3) And, based upon CM discretion, they can eat free.
4) The official rules:
. . . kids under three can eat off the adult's plate
. . . they can still get an empty plate for themslves, and take food from an adult's plate
. . . if they order anything, like milk, they are supposed to pay for it
. . . if they order any food, they are supposed to pay for it
. . . this is anywhere, including buffets
5) What really happens:
. . at buffets & AYCTE kids actually "eat buffet food free"
. . . . . . adults could get the food, instead and give it to the kid
. . . . . . the adult could claim it is their plate kid eats from
. . . . . . they might as well have a drink, for same reason
. . . . . . it's tough to determine it was theirs or their parents
. . . . . . thus, kids can have their own plate and beverage without charge
. . at non-buffet, servers can determine if they ordered food
. . . . . . it is easy to tell if they got a drink
. . . . . . the server usually charges for food ordered for the kid
. . . . . . the server usually let's the drink go, but not food
. . . . . . the server, at their own discretion, can charge for beverage
6) So, to wrap-up, in practical terms
. . . at non-buffets, kids under-3 eat without charge ONLY from parent's plate
. . . at buffets & AYCTE, they can actually take food from the buffet table or separate plate
. . . at all meals, items are ordered for the child "might" be charged for them

NOTE:
. . . please remember to add your child to the table count.
. . . if there are four adults and a child, that needs an ADR for five people
. . . this is regardless whether the child is lap, stroller, highchair, or regular chair
. . . also, if the baby makes six people, the AUTOMATIC 18% GRATUITY is in effect
. . . no automatic gratuity at CRT-HDDR-LUAU-BBQ, as tips are already included in the meal price