Do you wish there was an adult's only restaurant at DW?

[TANYABETH]

I expect a lot of kids at Disney too, but I think there should be an all adult, restaurant, pool, hot tub and hotel. Would it be out of line to ask for an all adult airline too .

 

[TANYABETH]

My husband just strolled in and also suggested an all adult theme park

 

[Pumbaa_]

Isn't that Vegas?

 

[Stinky_Pete]

...I don't recall there ever being any major melt downs nearby or many other problems with kids...that I can rememebr.

Oh I remember a few...

But then again, one has to wonder why a two year old is to dinner at 9pm anyway.

In fact, one was after 9pm...I wondered the same thing. He was a little older than two, but the parents just let him squirm and crawl around under the table and on the floor - screaming the entire time. The poor guy needed to be in bed.

Yes, an adults-only alternative to V&A's would be nice.

 

[Mackey Mouse]

I actually brought my three daughters to V & A when they were younger. I am going to say probably 17, 14, and 11, they were well dressed and well behaved as I remember it. To this day, they still remember getting the menus with their names on it and how everyone was called Victoria and Albert... They are grown ups now but still remember... we have never been back.

I may go down my basement and look for the menus, I saved them all these years.

 

[Tricia1972]

I actually brought my three daughters to V & A when they were younger. I am going to say probably 17, 14, and 11, they were well dressed and well behaved as I remember it. To this day, they still remember getting the menus with their names on it and how everyone was called Victoria and Albert... They are grown ups now but still remember... we have never been back.

I may go down my basement and look for the menus, I saved them all these years.

17, 14 and 11, in my mind, is not what I think of when I think of ill behaved kids at V & A.

The kids when I were there were no more than 5, but they were well behaved. Still though, when I think of kids at V&A I don't think of pre-teens and teens.

 

[Mich Mouse]

We would love an adults only restaurant....I have witnessed many "WDW-nice-restaurant-melt-downs." Then the parental negotiating begins...

It really is unbelievable how the kids rule the roost...It is easy to spot the parents who do not know how to set limits. Unfortunately, this is something that we see a lot of at WDW, as it is the #1 vacation destination for families.

Please, please please WDW...Give us just one adults only restaurant!

 

[Luv2trav]

This doesn't bother me... Any meal I can go to without MY children is a treat. So when I see other children behaving badly or being loud it doesn't bother me. I just think "Not my children, not my problem"... I can tune them out very easy...

 

[Nancyg56]

I think it would be a nice option to have and I imagine that there would be plenty of interest. I am not interested in this because at this point we would not choose to have a meal without my DGD, but I would like to see that those who are looking for a "childfree" meal had one.

 

[MickeyNicki]

It is just DH and I and we eat at lots of places...the character meals are the only loud restaurants and we tend to tune it out. Never really been irritated by any children while dining.

 

[bdcp]

I would like an adults only restaurant. Our boys are grown, but when they were small we never took them to any upscale restaurants since that was our time for "date" night and I was always amazed at the small children out at 8 pm for dinner. Our boys were in bed before 8 until they were at least 7 or so. I love children, but my feeling is they don't have to be taken everywhere all the time. Ours learned "restaurant manners" in places where it wasn't as big of a deal to see or hear children. I think some parents feel they have to expose their children to EVERYTHING, even what they are not ready for. Some restaurants just aren't set up for children and it's unfair to the children (and the customers) to make them sit through a multiple course meal. Believe it or not, children actually like to spend time away from their parents, whether with grandparents or a babysitter, eating pizza in front of the tv, rather than out at a restaurant where they have to sit still and be quiet. There is plenty of time to include a child in a formal meal and it doesn't have to be when they are 2! My boys are 21 and 24 and have wonderul manners even without having been to expensive restaurants when they were small.

 

[Kae]

I do think a better solution would be to have true lounges attached to resteraunts where under 21 is not allowed. No if ands or buts. This is common in every city that I've been to, there's even those little signs about 21 and under not allowed in because, oh, it's the law. In the area we live, most of them all have a full menu available from the sit down area also to order from in the lounge.

And flame on.

I think in FL kids can be in Lounges. I remember being in FT Myers & hang out at a place where there were kids on the dance floor. It was like being at a reception. I know in Indiana the kids used to not be able to see the bar, but now it depends on the % of food sales.

would I enjoy an Adults only place sure.

Kae

 

[TANYABETH]

Isn't that Vegas?

Last time I went to Vegas there were tons of kids there too!!!!!

 

[shellybaxter]

I agree...last time we went to V&A there were two little kids beside us. it would be different if they behaved well...but they did NOT! NO way would I take my child there!

I've put up with whiney, squealy, yelling children at Narcoosees, Jiko, Artist Point and Cali Grill (all during our trip in October BTW) and been annoyed by them in silence. But I would draw the line at V&As. I would have a manager at my table faster than you could say Victoria and Alberts. They would move me or re-book me but I would not allow a meal of that calilber to be spoiled by rude people who insist on bringing their children to a restaurant they can't handle. I'm not usually demanding, I don't think it generally gets a person where they want to go, but this situation would be an exception.

Isn't that Vegas?

Haven't been to Vegas lately huh? It was full of children when I went last March.

I actually brought my three daughters to V & A when they were younger. I am going to say probably 17, 14, and 11, they were well dressed and well behaved as I remember it. To this day, they still remember getting the menus with their names on it and how everyone was called Victoria and Albert... They are grown ups now but still remember... we have never been back.

I may go down my basement and look for the menus, I saved them all these years.

I think this is a great story. Your children were apparently ready for such a special magical expirience. I hope you enjoyed rememnising while looking at your menus.

 

[TDC Nala]

There was a thread not too long ago on the cruise board about people complaining that they couldn't bring their kids to Palo.

I don't think it would go over too well at WDW.

 

[Calliaz]

OMG I would be ticked. Ill behaved children should not be in V&A. It is a very quiet atmosphere, you are spending a lot of money for whole package.

And yes, I wish there was a adults only restaurant.

Unfortunately, even adults can ruin the "quiet atmosphere" at V&A. When we went there were some very distracting people who kept getting up from the table, going out, coming back and doing it loudly.

I wouldn't take a child to V&A's because that is cruel punnishment for the child.

 

[Rudy6]

I make it a policy to eat at nicer restaurants during the early afternoon - from about 1:00 to 3:00. I think that should be the unofficial time for families with young kids to eat. I would not take my kids to Le Cellier or some other nicer restaurant during dinner. I personally think that is the time for people to enjoy a nice meal without some kid screaming in the background.

 

[Rudy6]

I make it a policy to eat at nicer restaurants during the early afternoon - from about 1:00 to 3:00. I think that should be the unofficial time for families with young kids to eat. I would not take my kids to Le Cellier or some other nicer restaurant during dinner. I personally think that is the time for people to enjoy a nice meal without some kid screaming in the background.

Oh by the way, when you do hear that kid screaming in the background, please do not blame the parents. By habit, we tend to block out the screaming.

 

[Jillpie]

Well, I'm finally back to the thread I started this morning. Thanks everyone for the feedback! And I am very surprised at how many of you agreed with me. I wonder if Disney is reading this, now wouldn't it be nice to have a "Palo" experience at DW? We would go in a heartbeat. The only downside is that Palo is only 10.00 a person on the ship, somehow I don't think DW would touch that, not with the amount of food they give out in one sitting.

 

[Eeyore2003]

I tune them out, been there, done that, and glad they're not mine!!!

The most horrible meal I've ever been to was when the table next to us had children that just sat there and barely moved. The father did all the talking, the kids barely raised their eyes during the whole meal, as did the mother also. They mostly nodded at the father constantly talking in a low voice. Having come from a very dysfunctional family, I can spot it a mile a way. I wished for these poor children to just smile, or even be naughty, anything but the horrible looks on their faces. That was at Artist Point and the worst meal I can remember at Disney World. (Not food wise, it's actually our favorite restaurant, but as far as other guests behavior, it was more disturbing to me than a whole table of screaming kids)