Do kids enjoy 50’s Prime Time?

[WaltDavisWorld]

I’m trying to decide if my three kids would enjoy it. We have ate at Sci Fi and they all liked it even though they don’t know what a drive in is haha. I’m just not sure if they’ll get a kick out of 50’s or just not get it. They’re 11,10 & 7. I’ve seen reviews both ways about it so I’m torn if I should keep our reservations for lunch here or not. Thanks!

 

[gharter]

We ate there last week. The food was good, the theming, really good. i had read about how the staff will tell you to keep your elbows off the table, finish your veggies, etc. I watched the entire time we were there and never saw any of this at any of the tables around us. i could see and hear 7 other tables taken care of by 4 different servers. Not a lot of interaction with the guests other than ordering and bringing your food. They must have toned it way down.

 

[3gr8boys]

We ate at 50's Prime Time for the first time in April - 2 boys, 11 and 15, were with us. Everyone enjoyed their meal, which we kicked off with yummy onion rings. DS11 has already asked if we can eat there next trip (2020). I think the boys thought the decor was cool. We were lucky to have a great server. Quinn was energetic and the perfect amount of pushy, but with a positive edge. When DS15 ordered a milkshake as his drink, she quickly quipped that milkshakes are for dessert, after one finishes their meal....but, of coirse, brought it right away anyway

ETA - going in I was a little leery of what would happen if a CM tried to make my kids eat all the veggies on their plates. They got fries instead of veggies, so potential crisis averted. For what it's worth, my green beans were delicious.

 

[jaiminee krikit]

DD15 has always enjoyed it! We’ve never gotten a fun server there, but she loves watching other families get scolded. And they have hot dogs, one of the 3 things she would eat at WDW until recently.

 

[WaltDavisWorld]

Thanks! I may just keep it and hope for the best. We will be at HS for an afternoon/evening plus one full day and sit down table options are limited. I wonder if you can make a request for a “fun” server?

 

[NiceOneSimba]

I had lunch there with my DD, who was just 9 at the time, in February. She loved the food, and loved our waiter.

She especially loved it when he made me eat my veggies. As in, he took my spoon, scooped up some corn, and made everyone around us buzz like an airplane while he popped it in my mouth.

It was hilarious, and the food was good, too. She had the pot pie, which was pretty good, and I had the chicken which wasn't as good as the Plaza Inn at Disneyland, but was still pretty darn tasty. And the PB&J shake was delicious, as well!

 

[rajak73]

We ate there in July, 4 adults, 3 kids, had a great server, asked if anyone had been here before, told her DW and I had been here, she asked, "Did you tell them anything?" I said nope! She said thanks, lol, got after my DS for elbows on the table, grandson told her once that dad had his elbow on the table, she told him that nobody like a tattletail, LOL. After she had brought the check, came back past once and said, "are you people still here?" Get out!" LOL, My DS looked at her and asked, "You talking to us?" She answered him "YES" Had a great time. Would recommend it to anybody.

 

[LovesTimone]

I know most families love it...

Mine did not and will not go back... While the food for us was just okay, we had a server that I to get up and speak to away from my family, she was a smarty pants and said that we couldn't take a joke and to get over it, so then I spoke to the manager. At first the manager try to explain that is was all a bit of harmless silliness, once I told him what she had said, and her actions. His face paled and he started stammering and apologizing and sent another server to finish out our meal, I did not see her the rest of time we were eating... He comp'ed all of our meals.

Now while this is probably not the norm here. For us we have never been back.

I have heard that they have toned things down more than it use to be.

 

[KenHutch]

Thanks! I may just keep it and hope for the best. We will be at HS for an afternoon/evening plus one full day and sit down table options are limited. I wonder if you can make a request for a “fun” server?

You can and they actually appreciate knowing who is there for the fun.

 

[KenHutch]

I have loved the place since our 2012 trip. My then 12 year old daughter was doing the whole girl thing near our college age waiter. Well she did not eat her green beans and he sat next to her and did the airplane feed the baby thing to her. She about died but always requests that place to go back to.

 

[addiln]

The kids loved this place last time we were there. They thought the food was really good and loved the milkshakes. Also the little jokes they said about needing plastic sheets and keeping your elbows off the table kept them all amused.

 

[Summer2018]

I’m trying to decide if my three kids would enjoy it. We have ate at Sci Fi and they all liked it even though they don’t know what a drive in is haha. I’m just not sure if they’ll get a kick out of 50’s or just not get it. They’re 11,10 & 7. I’ve seen reviews both ways about it so I’m torn if I should keep our reservations for lunch here or not. Thanks!

Back in the early 2000’s, our outgoing daughter, who was always game to have fun, just loved it. It was a family tradition to eat lunch there every trip and participate in all of the antics.

Then in 2015, we noticed a drastic change in waiter attitudes. Suddenly everyone was very unsmiling, abrupt, and not at all interested in playing. Although we enjoyed their fried chicken, our entire reason for going there was the entertainment. Apparently there are people who are more introverted, don’t enjoy it, and have complained to the point where they have essentially discontinued the fun.

We didn’t go this past July and have no future plans to do so unless they bring back the fun.

 

[fairestoneofall]

We've now been on three separate trips. When we went the first time, my kids were 4, 11 and 14. We all loved it so much that the kids request it now when we go back. Usually DD and I split a meal.

We've always had fantastic servers! I have no complaints.

 

[hereforthechurros]

Our (then 4 year old) son absolutely loved it. We had a table with a B&W TV which he got a kick out of. He also ate his entire plate of food and enjoyed joking around with our server. If your kids are shy you may want to consider the fact they they could get put on the spot. But otherwise it’s harmless fun and family friendly food.

 

[southerngirl528]

I'm sorry to hear that Prime Time may have toned down their kitschy fun. We haven't been there in a few years, but always enjoyed both the service and the food was pretty good too. I will NEVER forget once when my DS was about 14 y.o., he had gotten a pretty bad haircut. He's blond and bad haircuts REALLY show up on light colored hair. The server started teasing him about his hair, and I had to catch his eye and give him the, "no, no, no!", look. And fortunately the server didn't tease him anymore about his hair. But plenty of the usual, "eat your veggies", "no elbows on the table", etc..

 

[Summertinkerbell]

We used to really love it when the waiters fooled around and teased the diners. But, after the complaints from those who couldn't handle it, the waiters toned it down to the point where it is now boring. We stopped going because of that.

 

[GeraldineW]

My 11 yo son loves it. We were last there June 2017 and we had what I thought was a very serious waiter and we were convinced there would be no antics. And then all of a sudden, our cousin the waiter just did a complete switch and was hilarious. He had my son and my nephew stand with their noses against the wall until they apologized for something I can't remember what it was. It was truly funny and my son had such a great time.

 

[goofyintoronto]

My DS, who was anywhere from 10/11 yrs old at the time, never liked the antics at 50's. He didnt find it amusing to be scolded. We've been once (or twice?), and he asked not to go back. He enjoyed watching me get scolded, but other than that he's really not into it at all. To each their own.

 

[mommyrosa2]

Went once when my girls were 7 and 11 (they're now 20 & 24) and they hated it. They were not into the antics at all and I have to say our server was a little over the top who didn't know when to stop. We've never been back after that!

 

[Roxyfire]

I’m trying to decide if my three kids would enjoy it. We have ate at Sci Fi and they all liked it even though they don’t know what a drive in is haha. I’m just not sure if they’ll get a kick out of 50’s or just not get it. They’re 11,10 & 7. I’ve seen reviews both ways about it so I’m torn if I should keep our reservations for lunch here or not. Thanks!

This may seem like a rude question but I promise it's meant in the best way. Do your children like pushing boundaries with rules? Do they like (jokingly) getting in trouble? Are they outgoing? Like being the center of attention? If so they will probably enjoy it. My son thoroughly enjoys that type of humor where they give him a hard time and he gives it right back, trying to see how far they'll go. At his age however I would've taken any of that very critically and would have been upset. So it really all does depend. I often play it neutral and push the attention onto him because he loves it. So if you have one child who is a bit more shy they will pick up on that and focus on those who want the attention.

But even with all that, there's just as good of a chance that you'll get someone like our first server who really only threw straws at us, took our order, and disappeared. Only you will know your children but I think those are some good ages if they are particularly playful and outgoing.