Do you ever feel like....

[Targsmom]

perhaps you get the tables in the back or the less "fun" views of things?

My partner and I are really fun people.. we love to goof around and are really big "kids"... but we've noticed that for things like the 50's Prime Time Cafe, we got a waitress who never "yelled" at us.. we might as well have been at any diner.. we sort of had the "quiet" corner.. and not just at Disney.... (Disney is actually better than most places) other places as well. A few times at theme restaurants (told you: Big Kids) we've gotten lousy views or just plain ignored.

I'm just curious if any other couples without kids has experienced things like this? Do folks assume that since we are two adults without kids that we don't want to have a fun time?

 

[FindTheMickeys]

I haven't taken a small child to Disney in 15 years since my son was 6 and we don't get treated any differently than those with young children. Last year I took my 75 year old father and 70 year old mother and we had a blast! Heck in some ways, Disney is actually more tuned to the 'big' kids than the little ones.

 

[TinkTink78]

Just had to comment on how cute your dogs are!

 

[Targsmom]

Just had to comment on how cute your dogs are!

LOL.. thanks!

and maybe we don't appear to be much fun... I dunno.. if no one else if having the same experience, maybe it's me LOL!

 

[mullysisters]

DS53 took me to WDW for my 50th last year. We decided to go to CP for breakfast brunch. Nothing , and I mean nothing could have brought me down on that trip but our CM certainly tried. DS was very disappointed but I didn't care. I had a lovely homemade birthday button that DS had given me back at our room but we hadn't gone to the Town Hall for an "official" Disney birthday button (too early) so they seemed to just ignore the fact that it was my birthday. When DS paid with her Visa the CM accused her of fraud saying "I can't really read your signature, I want to see some other ID"!
I call these kind of people " joy busters", let them just stand under their little black cloud- they're not blocking my sun.

 

[SanFranciscan]

I didn't notice getting any bad treatment while in Disney theme parks with my husband, and we have no children. I think we are a particularly tough couple for the cast members though because my husband thrives on being the center of attention while I am usually very uncomfortable with it. I think waitresses are left not knowing how to handle us.

 

[Targsmom]

I didn't notice getting any bad treatment while in Disney theme parks with my husband, and we have no children. I think we are a particularly tough couple for the cast members though because my husband thrives on being the center of attention while I am usually very uncomfortable with it. I think waitresses are left not knowing how to handle us.

Oh I've never gotten any BAD treatment.. I just think sometimes we dont' get the full on "experience"

 

[Redbudlover]

You might try wearing a funny hat or ears or something when you go to places known for their antics. Or maybe pulling out a wand - something to indicate to the CM that you want to have fun. Maybe being the first to goof around will send the right signal and change your experience. I travel solo a lot and find that if I engage people - by smiling talking or goofing, that people respond very positively, but that if I am quiet not much happens...

 

[FindTheMickeys]

Also try to remember that some adults with no kids may have complained in the past about too much noise or some other such nonsense and so now that restaurant seats couples with no kids out of the 'way of the noise'. I know that some folks just don't have the patience to deal with a loud child

 

[TinkTink78]

Also try to remember that some adults with no kids may have complained in the past about too much noise or some other such nonsense and so now that restaurant seats couples with no kids out of the 'way of the noise'. I know that some folks just don't have the patience to deal with a loud child

ok those kind of people are in the wrong place if they dont have patience.

 

[delaneyc52]

You will be hard pressed to find me saying anything negative about my beloved WDW....but...when I read the original post, I thought to myself that it might not necessarily be because you are two adults with no children. It could very well be the Prime Time Cafe. The first time we went there with our children around 1998, we had a ball! Had to ask for potty pass, could not get away with hiding vegetables or you would have to sing "I'm a little teapot.." to your kitchen mates...really fun! When the children became teenagers and brought friends along with them, we thought this would be a great place to eat. It was awful. No teasing, no scolding...nothing. In fact, it was order your food, eat and get out. Very disappointing. So it may depend on how crowded it is, the cast member serving you, etc. But since I look for consistency, I've never gone back.

 

[Targsmom]

It could very well be the Prime Time Cafe.

I suppose that is certainly possible.. I was so looking forward to getting yelled at too!

BTW: Fellow Upstate NYer here. Fond all this rain we are getting? Not me.. it's the first year I tried to garden.

 

[Luvchefmic]

perhaps you get the tables in the back or the less "fun" views of things?

My partner and I are really fun people.. we love to goof around and are really big "kids"... but we've noticed that for things like the 50's Prime Time Cafe, we got a waitress who never "yelled" at us.. we might as well have been at any diner.. we sort of had the "quiet" corner.. and not just at Disney.... (Disney is actually better than most places) other places as well. A few times at theme restaurants (told you: Big Kids) we've gotten lousy views or just plain ignored.

I'm just curious if any other couples without kids has experienced things like this? Do folks assume that since we are two adults without kids that we don't want to have a fun time?

I go to WDW solo alot, and as a BIG kid too the only time I had a bad experience was a few years ago at the 50's Prime Time Cafe too, no waitress offered to take any pictures (my camera was on the table in plain sight) I thought the place would be fun as I was born in 1954 so remember alot of the shows....first place I can ever remember not leaving a tip in my whole life. I had to keep begging for service...then I was treated like I wasn't a real paying customer I was given a table WAY off the beaten path horrible experience.......on the other hand I have eaten at a LOT of the character meals all around the world and felt like I got MORE attention service & characters because I was there solo.

 

[delaneyc52]

I suppose that is certainly possible.. I was so looking forward to getting yelled at too!

BTW: Fellow Upstate NYer here. Fond all this rain we are getting? Not me.. it's the first year I tried to garden.

Frankly, we're building an ark in our backyard!!!

 

[Hobby93]

My husband and I have experinced the same thing at the 50 Prime Time Cafe. They seemed to interact more with the table w/kids then with 2 adults at the table by themselves. I did enjoy watching others being yelled at though, but my husband and I are the type where we don't want any attention drawn to us, so it really worked out better for us.

 

[jenelope]

I had a not-so-great experience at Spoodles waaaay back in 1999. Went there for a late-ish breakfast and was told, "Oh, we don't keep ADRs for one person." Fine, the restaurant was practically deserted, but what if they'd been unexpectedly busy? When I was seated, we passed a room full of empty tables, to get to a table with four place settings that was shoved up against the wall, in a high traffic area adjacent to the buffet. The hostess pulled out the seat facing the wall, with a lovely view of the fire extinguisher. I only got to speak to my server when she took my drink order and when she dropped off my bill, but she spent a lot of time chatting with the family at the next table. It was a thoroughly miserable experience. It was also the last day of the first trip I'd taken to WDW in 13 years and the first as an adult. It could have given me a negative opinion of the whole experience, but I shook it off by taking an unplanned trip to the Magic Kingdom for the rest of the morning. I think the Haunted Mansion can fix anything!

I didn't say anything because I was fairly new to traveling and dining alone, but if it had happened now I would have asked for a smaller table in a better location.

 

[WalkingintheFog]

I often either dine alone, or arrive wayyy earlier than the rest of my party at restaurants (both WDW, home, and away), and if I don't like the table they lead me to, I don't sit, but ask (very nicely) for a different table (I usually scope out the place to see what's empty on my way to where they plan to seat me).

I know somebody has to take the less desirable seats, but frankly if I'm a party of one or two, there's no way I'll let them sit me near the kitchen doors or their replenishing station (whatever you call the noisy place they keep cutlery and glasses).....I'll be expecting a seat that will keep me entertained. And I'll tip rather well.

If there's a crowd of us, there's generally no such thing as a bad table as we'd probably not notice anything but approaching food and drinks! So, then it would make no odds to us.

I don't think I've ever not been accomodated in request for a different table.

But bottom line is, it's up to you to let the server know if you won't be happy there.
And I think it's better to request a change before you sit down, so they don't
have to reset the table, and before you place drink or food orders.

Dang, I'm hungry!...And thirsty now that I think of it!