CRT adult ordering off Kids menu?

[Lisa F]

Hyperbole? Absolutely, but pretty warranted (and accurate) given the circumstances.

While I agree that Disney *QS* (emphasis on quick service) chicken nuggest are pretty good, we're talking about a SIGNATURE dining experience here. Is it too much to ask them to maybe have hand breaded chicken nuggets/strips? Instead, it looks like they just took an empty plate over to Cosmic Rays bay #1 or something and loaded 'er up. It's a kids' meal and all, but it's still a signature restaurant. They can do much better than that.

That's a slap in the face.

I don't know, but I'm guessing a lot of kids would be much less into hand-breaded gourmet chicken pieces than they would be into familiar chicken nuggets. They also have filet as an option for the kids as well. I think the kid meal selections here are pretty close to on par with what they are elsewhere... a couple of choices that are similar to adult choices (filet and chicken) and a couple of choices that are more simple and traditional "kid" food. And if someone is a plain eater and chooses to get chicken nuggets, that is their choice. Someone who is going to be all into hand-breaded panko blah blah blah is probably not going to be seeking out the kid's menu in the first place. They would be getting one of the other meals. those chicken nuggets are not meant to appeal to a signature diner. They are meant to appeal to a little kid who is a picky eater and wants chicken nuggets that they like and also wants to eat at the castle. Believe me, if they had signature-worthy hand breaded chicken pieces there would be a hell of a lot more parents wondering why, for the love of god and all that is holy, disney can't just have something on the menu for picky kids who won't eat filet or chicken with skin or turkey pot pie. Most kids are not food critics - they like what they like and are there for the castle and the princesses and their parents are hoping to get them fed too.

It is what it is, I'm not sure why anyone is horrified by a meal aimed at picky children at walt disney world in the castle! The prices are horrifying for all of it (the whole damn place) but that is a total supply/demand issue.

 

[stenmarks]

I don't know, but I'm guessing a lot of kids would be much less into hand-breaded gourmet chicken pieces than they would be into familiar chicken nuggets. They also have filet as an option for the kids as well. I think the kid meal selections here are pretty close to on par with what they are elsewhere... a couple of choices that are similar to adult choices (filet and chicken) and a couple of choices that are more simple and traditional "kid" food. And if someone is a plain eater and chooses to get chicken nuggets, that is their choice. Someone who is going to be all into hand-breaded panko blah blah blah is probably not going to be seeking out the kid's menu in the first place. They would be getting one of the other meals. those chicken nuggets are not meant to appeal to a signature diner. They are meant to appeal to a little kid who is a picky eater and wants chicken nuggets that they like and also wants to eat at the castle. It is what it is, I'm not sure why anyone is horrified by a meal aimed at picky children at walt disney world in the castle!

Yep. As a previous poster said, CRT is primarily about the princesses and the location.

MY child would be thrilled with the chicken nuggets, corn, and some sort of fruit. She doesn't eat mac and cheese (it boggles my mind) or other pastas, so at most Disney restaurants she has limited options. Though in this case, she would probably choose the filet .

 

[maxiesmom]

I really like the chicken nuggets they serve in Disney World. I must be odd I guess.

My very first meal at CRT we were seated, and my sister shoved a camcorder into my hands and told me to get to work. I said fine, as long as you feed me later. So yep, I paid for a meal at CRT and didn't get to eat. It was a few years ago, if the camcorder reference wasn't a tip off, but the meal back then still wasn't cheap. For any character meal, if you go in thinking you are going to get your money's worth in food, you are sadly mistaken. That is not what it is about.

 

[MEFacct]

The last time we experienced CRT, my son was just old enough for the the adult menu and price. He didn't like anything he saw and kind of pouted. When the server came to take the order, he said "I want a cheese burger and cheese fries." I don't think that was on the menu, but that is what he got.

I know it's kind of late for dinner, but eating in the castle as the fireworks are going off is pretty cool.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

It's not just the quality of those nuggets (although they are questionable)

It's the ENTIRE presentation. It's cheap looking and hardly appealing.

I am sorry, they may be kids but you are claiming to be a "signature" restaurant. It should not look like someone went through the buffet line at Golden Corral when it's served!

 

[maxiesmom]

It's not just the quality of those nuggets (although they are questionable)

It's the ENTIRE presentation. It's cheap looking and hardly appealing.

I am sorry, they may be kids but you are claiming to be a "signature" restaurant. It should not look like someone went through the buffet line at Golden Corral when it's served!

Keep in mind that many on this board complain when the kids food is too "fancy". I'm guessing they have to have something more simple to go along with the turkey pot pie and beef tenderloin. Odds are if they fancied up the nuggets, many kids would complain.

 

[Pixie Dust ✨]

It's not just the quality of those nuggets (although they are questionable)

It's the ENTIRE presentation. It's cheap looking and hardly appealing.

I am sorry, they may be kids but you are claiming to be a "signature" restaurant. It should not look like someone went through the buffet line at Golden Corral when it's served!

Exactly. That plate is disgraceful. You could take the SAME food (minus that one funny-looking nugget), plate it differently, and have it at least look like something served in a real restaurant.

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Get a crown-shaped plate, line up the nuggets along the base, pipe the potatoes in three straight lines as shown above & top with the corn in neat circles to look like "jewels." It doesn't require skill. It requires a pastry bag & a cookie cutter.

 

[maxiesmom]

Exactly. That plate is disgraceful. You could take the SAME food (minus that one funny-looking nugget), plate it differently, and have it at least look like something served in a real restaurant.

https://image.freepik.com/free-icon/premium-services_318-31765.png

Get a crown-shaped plate, line up the nuggets along the base, pipe the potatoes in three straight lines as shown above & top with the corn in neat circles to look like "jewels." It doesn't require skill. It requires a pastry bag & a cookie cutter.

How many kids do you think care? Not to mention if you separate the food into small portions it gets cold super fast.

 

[Lisa F]

Exactly. That plate is disgraceful. You could take the SAME food (minus that one funny-looking nugget), plate it differently, and have it at least look like something served in a real restaurant.

https://image.freepik.com/free-icon/premium-services_318-31765.png

Get a crown-shaped plate, line up the nuggets along the base, pipe the potatoes in three straight lines as shown above & top with the corn in neat circles to look like "jewels." It doesn't require skill. It requires a pastry bag & a cookie cutter.

that plate is not even a kid meal. it is an adult portion of the kid meal, which is not typical. They do it as a courtesy to picky eaters who want to dine at the castle and are paying adult prices. The kid's plates I've seen have been tighter and less messy but nothing using piping bags and cookie cutters. I suspect most kiddos don't care, they are too excited to be dining with the princesses and happy to have familiar food. I do miss those mickey head plates they used to have pretty much everywhere.

 

[Pixie Dust ✨]

How many kids do you think care? Not to mention if you separate the food into small portions it gets cold super fast.

that plate is not even a kid meal. it is an adult portion of the kid meal, which is not typical. They do it as a courtesy to picky eaters who want to dine at the castle and are paying adult prices. The kid's plates I've seen have been tighter and less messy but nothing using piping bags and cookie cutters. I suspect most kiddos don't care, they are too excited to be dining with the princesses and happy to have familiar food. I do miss those mickey head plates they used to have pretty much everywhere.

I agree to the point that I don't think kids care, but the chef should care. Presentation of food matters, even if it's a plate of chicken nuggets for a 5yo. The chef at what is billed as a "Signature Dining Experience" should be humiliated & horrified that that plate of slop came out of the kitchen attached to his/her name.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

that plate is not even a kid meal. it is an adult portion of the kid meal, which is not typical. They do it as a courtesy to picky eaters who want to dine at the castle and are paying adult prices. The kid's plates I've seen have been tighter and less messy but nothing using piping bags and cookie cutters. I suspect most kiddos don't care, they are too excited to be dining with the princesses and happy to have familiar food. I do miss those mickey head plates they used to have pretty much everywhere.

So in other words "it's OK for Disney throw stuff on the table because (A) you dared ask for something special and (B) it's just a kid" Hmmm..

Our standards seem to be pretty low here LOL!

But since it was an adult meal and was charged as an adult meal then.... they need to quit making it look less appealing then Golden Corral.

Sorry, the "Disney can do no wrong" chant isn't working for me here!

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

My wife and I ate here ( no kids judge us much lol ) and we both really liked it. I am very limited on what I can eat due to illness and ate of the kids menu. We had a lovely time and it was totally worth it. They only charged us a kids meal for me also which I did not ask or expect.

The meal was pretty good actually! My wife is my main carer and I did it for her anyway. I wanted her to experience the castle. The fact that I got a semi decent meal was just a bonus. Staff were lovely.

 

[Lisa F]

I agree to the point that I don't think kids care, but the chef should care. Presentation of food matters, even if it's a plate of chicken nuggets for a 5yo. The chef at what is billed as a "Signature Dining Experience" should be humiliated & horrified that that plate of slop came out of the kitchen attached to his/her name.

well when the plates are more appropriately scaled, it's not that bad. It's not an artful presentation but a lot of kids do not like their food touching or stuff all mixed up, which is what you'd have to do to get crispy and dry on the outside chicken nuggets to stay put on a slippery plate.

So in other words "it's OK for Disney throw stuff on the table because (A) you dared ask for something special and (B) it's just a kid" Hmmm..

Our standards seem to be pretty low here LOL!

But since it was an adult meal and was charged as an adult meal then.... they need to quit making it look less appealing then Golden Corral.

Sorry, the "Disney can do no wrong" chant isn't working for me here!

sorry, I don't see what's so wrong about it. The two sides are in neat piles and the chicken nuggets slide around on a slippery plate. it's not an artful presentation but at the same time people who are very picky often have issues with their foods touching and mixing as well. I don't think it is inappropriate that a simple meal targeted at a picky eater be served simply. For all you know the chicken nuggets could have been perfectly arranged and shifted on the way out of the kitchen, Without something to glue it down something like that will slide around. I'm saying that this particular thing is not on their typical rotation on a plate that size and in portions that size.

it's not that disney can do no wrong, it's that I am amazed by the things people get fussed over. If one of their regular entrees came out looking like a hot mess (and to me a neat pile of each of the sides and then some chicken nuggets is not a "hot mess" it's just not particularly artful) I can see complaining about it. But asking for something off menu and not having them plate chicken nuggets like it is something from a 5 star gourmet restaurant? not something I would choose to get fussed over.

 

[maxiesmom]

So now Disney needs to have crown shaped plates to make people happy? On the off chance they may order adult portions of kids food? If that were me, I would feel they were being patronizing. Ridiculous.

 

[Lisa F]

So now Disney needs to have crown shaped plates to make people happy? On the off chance they may order adult portions of kids food? If that were me, I would feel they were being patronizing. Ridiculous.

yeah, like "here you, princess who can't eat off the regular adult menu"

 

[Hibiscus]

So now Disney needs to have crown shaped plates to make people happy? On the off chance they may order adult portions of kids food? If that were me, I would feel they were being patronizing. Ridiculous.

I love the idea for a child. My kids would love it. It's ridiculous for an adult to order chicken nuggets in the first place, so I wouldn't really care about how it made them "feel." You want to be treated like an adult? Order adult food.

 

[wdw4rfam]

They are very accommodating. My daughter's friend had chicken tenders with mashed potatoes and corn, in a very large adult portion. They also let me substitute my side for another vegetable.View attachment 179817

That actually is way more food than the steak I got, and looks better.