Do any of the restaurants at the parks/resorts have a dress code?

[honeymo78]

Trust me - Citricos won't turn you away if you are wearing a tank top or if the gentleman isn't wearing a collared shirt. I've dined there last minute with mom in a tank top and my brother and I in tee shirts. Yes, the rest of the people were dressed a little nicer, not much mind you but with only 3 other tables full I doubt they cared what we wore as long as they were getting our business.

 

[Lewisc]

Originally posted by Disneymoon04
Well, I'll be there in February so I'm doubting I'll be "skoogie"


So is it safe to assume that as long as I'm not in daisy dukes and a tube top and my hubby2b isn't in his faded nascar muscle shirt we'll be ok in pretty much all restaurants? (V&A excluded of course)

V&A is the only restaurant that seems to list a dress code on their website so I guess you're fine. If you want to look in place try to avoid T shirts, muscle shirts, beat up looking jeans etc.

 

[Geoff_M]

Just remember "requesting" and "requiring" are two different things.

 

[CookieGVB]

Originally posted by Geoff_M
Just remember "requesting" and "requiring" are two different things.

For a minute there, I thought I stumbled onto the DCL board.

 

[JesseBlue]

Skoogie? ROTFLOL You guys crack me up.

I shower in the morning, use deodarant and I'm good to go for 24 hours. No skooginess whatsoever, even after a long day in the parks on a hot day. What can I say? I'm dainty.

Leaving the park and going back would take up too much time for me. There is no reason why you couldn't take along a shirt. Any restaurant inside a park is going to be pretty lenient about what you're wearing, even if it is a fine dining establishment.

Go- have a great time and tell us all about it when you come back!!!

 

[BCV23]

We've dined at Citricos several times...maybe 5 or 6...and have never been told "collared shirts" for men. I'm not doubting that someone told Anne that. Just hasn't been our experience. Resort casual is the most common lingo we hear currently and if you press Disney Dining for a further description....no tanks, no swimwear.

My guys always do wear polo type shirts at the nicer spots but they also wear polo shirts to the parks.

 

[peachgirl]

V&A's is the only place Birnbaum's lists dress requirements also, at least as far as I could tell and as of the 2002 book.

Since V$A's isn't my cup of tea, I'm not going to worry about it. I'll dress as I please and if the CM's don't want to seat me, I'll politely leave. I don't think it will happen though, since it never has before.

Btw, is skoogie about the same thing as skanky??? I'm pretty familiar with skanky so I just want to be sure we're talking the same level of disgusting.

For informational purposes only......

skanky is pretty darn bad and several steps below inappropriate but much preferable to being snotty.

 

[jeffemy]

Originally posted by peachgirl

skanky is pretty darn bad and several steps below inappropriate but much preferable to being snotty. [/B]

LOL, so true! Too bad restaurants don't have "attitude- codes". Then the people who are offended by all of us "commoners" wouldn't have anything to complain about. Hmm.. I knew room service had a greater purpose

 

[ducklite]

Originally posted by BCV23
I'm not doubting that someone told Anne that. Just hasn't been our experience.

If you'd like to PM me your email, I'd be happy to foward the email from the concierge that has the attached file with this info.

Anne

 

[pnelson]

Well, we plan on dining at Shula's and I don't plan on dressing like I'm attending a business meeting. I've never gone to a restaurant in a buttoned up to my collar blouse. I plan on being resort casual, and since it's November, it won't be shorts and a tank top. We are taking our son and he will probably be in tennis shoes. But I can say, we won't be skoogie or skanky, but we won't be snotty or snobbish either!

 

[BCV23]

Anne, I don't need to see your email...I trust you. I'm just reporting on OUR experiences as you were on yours. You have one email, I have several experiences that were different than yours. I think that's one of the nice parts of these boards...we share experiences and help each other.

I do think it's interesting that it was an email from a concierge staffer if I understand you correctly. I think I would go by all of our collective personal experiences and Disney Dining before I'd take the word of a concierge at WDW.

At any rate, I agree with pnelson. Not skoogie or skanky nor snotty or snobbish. For the OP, take your shirt along with you and you'll be fine.

Everyone neat and pretty?

 

[Planogirl]

There's nothing wrong with someone getting cleaned up before eating out if that makes them comfortable. I've had my skoogie days at WDW in June and it made me feel better. I must be missing something in this thread. As for it being required, I think that people are allowed to be as skoogie as they want at WDW.

I was under the impression that Citricos had a few rules about dress. But if they don't, that's fine with me. These are just theme park restaurants after all so I prefer not to dress up.

 

[crisi]

"Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum."

From To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.

 

[MHopkins2]

Btw, is skoogie about the same thing as skanky??? I'm pretty familiar with skanky so I just want to be sure we're talking the same level of disgusting.

On the disgusting scale, I'd put skoogie a giant step less-gross than skanky. Skanky is "TAKE A SHOWER NOW!!!" whereas skoogie is "Bleah. A shower would be nice." Too much information???

On another note entirely, I don't think there's anything snotty or snobby about dressing up for dinner, or suggesting that someone else might be more comfortable doing so. Nor is there any implication that someone is "common" for not doing so, and any inference of same is in the mind of the reader.

 

[jeffemy]

Originally posted by MHopkins2

On another note entirely, I don't think there's anything snotty or snobby about dressing up for dinner, or suggesting that someone else might be more comfortable doing so. Nor is there any implication that someone is "common" for not doing so, and any inference of same is in the mind of the reader. [/B]

Responsibility lies with the author and the reader as to what is being implied.

 

[peachgirl]

I don't think there's anything snotty or snobby about dressing up for dinner, or suggesting that someone else might be more comfortable doing so.

I absolutely agree, there's nothing wrong with dressing up or dressing down. There's certainly nothing wrong with offering suggestions to someone that asks for them. After all, that's a big part of these boards...answering questions and offering suggestions and even opinions when asked, right?

 

[lovespugs]

Originally posted by honeymo78
Trust me - Citricos won't turn you away if you are wearing a tank top or if the gentleman isn't wearing a collared shirt. I've dined there last minute with mom in a tank top and my brother and I in tee shirts. Yes, the rest of the people were dressed a little nicer, not much mind you but with only 3 other tables full I doubt they cared what we wore as long as they were getting our business.

I totally agree with this. DH and I ate at Citricos in December. It was an unplanned meal - we called the morning of for a PS - and I don't remember being told about men and collared shirts. DH and I went straight from the parks in our nice theme park casual. It was a cool day, so there was no smelliness involved While there were other people there more dressed up than us, the place was less than 1/3 full. The server just seemed happy to see us

 

[Cris]

Only thing they don;t want at Citricos is tank tops.

 

[Dogslider]

Originally posted by pnelson
Well, we plan on dining at Shula's and I don't plan on dressing like I'm attending a business meeting. I've never gone to a restaurant in a buttoned up to my collar blouse. I plan on being resort casual, and since it's November, it won't be shorts and a tank top. We are taking our son and he will probably be in tennis shoes. But I can say, we won't be skoogie or skanky, but we won't be snotty or snobbish either!

We plan on being at Shula's in Nevember too, we will also have our tennis shoe wearing son with us! I watch for you!

Pam