TDC Nala
1937, what a year that was
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Except for the beverage seminars and mixology, children can be present IF they have paid admission.
For parents going to the beverage and mixology seminars, a table was set up in the same area but away from the demonstration where children could sit and color while their parents attended the seminar. Children were not allowed to actually be at the tables where the seminar was taking place. I did not see any children who were too young to sit at the coloring table. These events don't serve anything but alcoholic beverages and I don't know if it's the law that the children can't be there or if Disney is just being ultra careful that the drinks don't get into the hands of underage persons. This was more than a year ago, I've been to a few of these demos in the past 2 years and while I've seen young children at the coloring table, I've never seen an infant or child in the seminar area. You will have to ask when you purchase the tickets whether you can purchase one for the infant.
But any other event, if you buy admission for your baby you can bring them in. If you are going to a culinary demonstration, you must have a ticket for your baby and then you can bring them in. If you show up for the demo with two ticketed adults and an unticketed baby, you will be asked to either buy a ticket for the baby or have one adult sit out with the baby (don't know if they'll give you a refund then).
A few years ago I remember a story about some parents trying to come in with two toddlers they hadn't paid for. They then tried to leave the toddlers just outside the demo area and were told they couldn't do that, either. They didn't want to pay for tickets for the kids, so one parent had to sit out.
Since that is the rule, it is up to the parents whether or not they are willing to buy admission to events for their children. If they've been reading here they are on alert that most of these events don't have much for children to do or eat. Culinary demonstrations seem to be popular with parents because they are relatively short, comparatively inexpensive, sometimes the kids will eat the food and if they don't the parents will eat it, and water can be provided or I've seen them get a soda for underage participants if asked (I don't know if anybody has had luck asking for anything besides soda though)
For parents going to the beverage and mixology seminars, a table was set up in the same area but away from the demonstration where children could sit and color while their parents attended the seminar. Children were not allowed to actually be at the tables where the seminar was taking place. I did not see any children who were too young to sit at the coloring table. These events don't serve anything but alcoholic beverages and I don't know if it's the law that the children can't be there or if Disney is just being ultra careful that the drinks don't get into the hands of underage persons. This was more than a year ago, I've been to a few of these demos in the past 2 years and while I've seen young children at the coloring table, I've never seen an infant or child in the seminar area. You will have to ask when you purchase the tickets whether you can purchase one for the infant.
But any other event, if you buy admission for your baby you can bring them in. If you are going to a culinary demonstration, you must have a ticket for your baby and then you can bring them in. If you show up for the demo with two ticketed adults and an unticketed baby, you will be asked to either buy a ticket for the baby or have one adult sit out with the baby (don't know if they'll give you a refund then).
A few years ago I remember a story about some parents trying to come in with two toddlers they hadn't paid for. They then tried to leave the toddlers just outside the demo area and were told they couldn't do that, either. They didn't want to pay for tickets for the kids, so one parent had to sit out.
Since that is the rule, it is up to the parents whether or not they are willing to buy admission to events for their children. If they've been reading here they are on alert that most of these events don't have much for children to do or eat. Culinary demonstrations seem to be popular with parents because they are relatively short, comparatively inexpensive, sometimes the kids will eat the food and if they don't the parents will eat it, and water can be provided or I've seen them get a soda for underage participants if asked (I don't know if anybody has had luck asking for anything besides soda though)
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