3TinksAndAnEeyore
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When I told my husband, he said, “Cantina only? Might give new meaning to the line “Greedo shot first”. As in, “I’ll have the Greedo shot first.””
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I wonder if they will extend this to their other restaurants, or could only legally limit to Star Wars Land (correct me if I'm wrong but I believe legally they could not get around Walt's liquor rules for Disneyland?) It would be nice when eating somewhere like Blue Bayou if you could have something other than water or soft drinks with your meal.
For me, it's less about people being visibly drunk and more about trying to shuffle past the Haunted Mansion without someone's beer sloshing on me.
I or could only legally limit to Star Wars Land (correct me if I'm wrong but I believe legally they could not get around Walt's liquor rules for Disneyland?)
How the mighty have fallen.
For me though, it’s not about becoming or being a problem. It’s the fact Disney have done it because they realise what alcohol does to the profits.
I will NEVER understand the argument that "family friendly" means no alcohol. Absolutely never. People used the same sky-is-falling lines about Gay Days and anything else they disagreed with, wildly overblowing imaginary scenarios that aren't grounded in anything real. Let people live their lives until it negatively affects you.
And for the record, MANY sober people are more annoying than drunk people.
It might be because most kids/young adults under 21 can't legally drink.
Also, it does negatively affect others. That's one of the reasons why such strict regulations are put on alcohol sales across the U.S. We've seen drunk and belligerent people over in DCA and that's not the type of environment I want to subject kids to. It doesn't happen frequently, but it does happen and the same will happen over in DL. It's not the "sky is falling" thinking, it's common sense. Where there's alcohol there will be people who can't regulate their own drinking and will become a nuisance to others.
Hey, sorta like this (at WDW):
This guy and the patrons around her seem to be affected...
You're obviously entitled to feel however you want, but ... because a FEW people – a wildly small percentage of the millions of people who visit the parks every year – are unable to control themselves, alcohol should be TOTALLY banned? You could use those situations to teach your children a lesson instead of wanting to ban something the overwhelming majority of people around you are capable of handling.
Also, alcohol sales are not strict because people are annoying when they're drunk. It's because children should not be drinking it. Disney's not selling alcohol to children. They're selling it to of-age adults.
It's a shame the slippery slope has gotten out of control online already with people on other sites SO concerned that children are going to start being abducted in the parks because their parents are drunk.
When I’m paying thousands of dollars for a vacation to Disney, I’m hoping for a safe family environment to enjoy and share a vacation. I don’t want or need an opportunity to teach the kids not to overdrink.
Ah yes, the “I’ve paid a lot for my vacation so I want to dictate how other people should act” line.
I would ask you the same questions: Do you avoid EVERY place with alcohol? What about hotels that have mini bars? Because if we’re going by your definition, those are probably unsafe, un-family friendly places too.
Just unreal how one location selling alcohol that you can’t take out into the rest of the park means people are going to act like Mardi Gras. But it’s easier to start the moral panic than wait and see how things actually shake out.