Children under 3 eat free?

[jennriggs]

Does children under 3 eat free in the restaurants? I know the park ticket is free - which is great!!

 

[Gracie09]

Children under 3 are not charged if they eat off the plate of another member(s) of their party. If you are at a buffet or all you can eat restaurant usually you can grab them their own plate. If you order them something you will be charged. At quick service restaurants you will be charged if you order them something.

 

[Allison]

Incorrect. They can get food at a buffet or family-style dinner without charge but not other places.

 

[Gracie09]

Incorrect. They can get food at a buffet or family-style dinner without charge but not other places.

If you order them something. If I split my steak or chicken or whatever at al ala cart restaurant with my one year old I am not charged. If I order her her own steak ala cart (or chicken nuggets etc) then I would be charged.

 

[asmit4]

Buffets are the way to go- because they are free then.

If you order them food off the kids menu- then you pay

 

[sommergirl25]

Unless something has changed, we were allowed to order a meal for our son (Under 3) from the menu for free at Akershus and 50's Prime Time. This was Feb 2013. I had no idea and the waiters made sure we ordered him a meal.

 

[Momma2PrinceNPrinces]

We went when DS was 1 and again when he was 3. We had to pay for him anywhere we went when he was 3 but he was able to eat off our plates at 1. We were never told he could have a free meal anywhere either trip.

 

[Allison]

If you order them something. If I split my steak or chicken or whatever at al ala cart restaurant with my one year old I am not charged. If I order her her own steak ala cart (or chicken nuggets etc) then I would be charged.

Well, yeah, by default you aren't charged if you didn't order anything at an ala carte restaurant.

 

[DopeyDame]

Unless something has changed, we were allowed to order a meal for our son (Under 3) from the menu for free at Akershus and 50's Prime Time. This was Feb 2013. I had no idea and the waiters made sure we ordered him a meal.

We've definitely never had that experience - you got lucky!

 

[Rae1232]

Well, yeah, by default you aren't charged if you didn't order anything at an ala carte restaurant.

If you are getting buffet then according to my info children under 3 are not charged. Normally when you order something from the ala carte then you will be got charged. Now in the hotels the option of paying through the credit cards is also available , you can get benefit of this option suppose if you are lacking money.

 

[Alesia]

Unless something has changed, we were allowed to order a meal for our son (Under 3) from the menu for free at Akershus and 50's Prime Time. This was Feb 2013. I had no idea and the waiters made sure we ordered him a meal.

That was pixiedust. Definitely not the norm.

 

[FigmentFinder]

That was pixiedust. Definitely not the norm.

It's a YMMV thing. I was offered a meal at Askerhaus for my 2 year old, I accepted. At 50's Prime Time we were offered a plate of macaroni and cheese and a drink. We graciously took the free drink, but not the macaroni and cheese because I wanted my DD to eat something else on vacation but mac and cheese. Not sure if we could have gotten any other entree at 50's than the mac for free.

I should have taken the waitress up on it because my DD ate all the meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans from my sampler plate. Then she started on my chicken...

No other restaurant offered her a meal.

 

[RachaelA]

Akershus offers a meal to kids under 3. CRT supposedly does most times as well (but that didn't happen to us our first trip when DD was 11.5 months).

Garden Grill brought out the kids plate for DD when she was under 3 (she was 11.5 months). Ohana asked what she wanted off Kona's kids menu.

 

[RachaelA]

That was pixiedust. Definitely not the norm.

Akershus is very much the norm (though I'm sure occasionally it doesn't happen). There have been countless threads on the restaurants board about it.

 

[ajwolfe]

Unless something has changed, we were allowed to order a meal for our son (Under 3) from the menu for free at Akershus and 50's Prime Time. This was Feb 2013. I had no idea and the waiters made sure we ordered him a meal.

We actually had this same experience! I guess back then I just assumed it was the norm because every place did it.

 

[kmb584]

When DD was under 3 she received meals (for free) at CRT, Akershus, Garden Grill, and 50's PT, and before she turned 3 she had been to WDW 7 times and received the same free meal perk each and every time at those restaurants.