Homemade sandwiches in the parks

[okeydokey]

Victoria and Alberts is not a counter service so no comparison. Interesting your outback has no signs. Mine does, the owner of your outback must not care if outside food is brought in. The Beach club cracking down and issuing wrist bands stopped the problem so yeah thats a good thing. And your really gonna compare public urination to eating outside food at a wdw cs restaurant lol ok. yeah thats a close comparison. Bottom line is that if Disney doesnt want this to happen they will make it so it doesnt happen. Until then, enjoy your homemade lunch in the A/C.

You don't honestly believe that to be true, do you? Unless there is a sign on a restaurant saying no outside food, the owners and managers don't care if you bring your own food? Really?

The only place I have ever seen such a sign is at a Movie Theatre. I have never seen a sign saying no outside food at a restaurant. Common courtesy and common sense should tell you not to bring your own dinner into a restaurant.

 

[Derby4me]

And there it is.

The rest of us don't feel entitled to take up space in a restaurant if we aren't actual paying patrons of that restaurant.

Hey snarky - feel free to read the rest of my post.

 

[luvmy3]

Please don't speak for the 'rest of us'. I agree with Derby.

By your logic, I can't visit and use the amenities at places I'm not paying extra? Therefore I can't visit the savanna at Animal Kingdom Lodge if I'm not a paying guest?

If you agree with the pp, then obviously you aren't part of the rest of us

If you are okay with showing up at a restaurant filled with people paying to eat food there and take up a table because you feel entitled to just take up a seat because your park ticket entitles you to, then by all means go for it. As long as you get what you feel your entitled to, that is all that matters.

 

[luvmy3]

Hey snarky - feel free to read the rest of my post.

I just bolded what you said, and entitlement is what this is all about. Some people (did you read the posts in this thread?) feel entitled to sit at those tables because they paid their park admission. The rest of us don't.

 

[luvmy3]

My house doesn't have signs on it either. Please do not take that as a welcome to come on in.

None of the restaurants in my area have felt a need to put up signs. It is not a matter of welcoming bad behavior, it is a matter of assuming people know better.

 

[Derby4me]

I just bolded what you said, and entitlement is what this is all about. Some people (did you read the posts in this thread?) feel entitled to sit at those tables because they paid their park admission. The rest of us don't.

Actually, you bolded a portion of what I said and completely disregarded the rest.

However, you obviously aren't interested in my opinion and would rather have a mean spirited conversation and act as a bully. I am not interested and am finished reading this thread. Please proceed.

 

[Gisele]

I must say I have quite enjoyed reading this thread, from start to finish? Anyway, I don't have a problem with sharing space with non paying guests at a CS, if it is not busy.
I do have a problem with the idea of a non-paying guest taking a seat away from those that have paid to dine there. So for me, it is a matter of priority as well; if CS is busy, non paying guest should sit elsewhere, if not busy, then no problem. It is a matter of common sense.

 

[luvmy3]

Actually, you bolded a portion of what I said and completely disregarded the rest.

However, you obviously aren't interested in my opinion and would rather have a mean spirited conversation and act as a bully. I am not interested and am finished reading this thread. Please proceed.

You feel you are being "bullied" because the entitlement mentality in your post was pointed out? Okay then.

 

[queenofthehive]

Oh my!!! This thread has certainly taken a turn for the worse. Sometimes it is best to agree to disagree...

 

[MrsNnr]

Here's the thing, isn't every single person in the park a paying customer? Everyone paid park admission to be there. It's not like you're walking into a public McDonald's down the street with your home made PBJ. Everyone has paid a huge sum to get into the park so I feel are entitled to the parks amenities.

However, I do agree that customers who purchased a lunch from the restaurant should get priority. If there is a surplus of empty seats, go for it.

McDonalds as well as other businesses, restaurants, etc are not public places. They have owners making them private. You can be trespassed from a McDonalds or any other privately owned location just like a private residence. You could be asked to leave if you walked in with BK and sat down and made yourself at home.

ETA: Not saying anything about the ongoing argument here, just clarifing for those not aware about what is and isn't "public" places.

 

[tigger51276]

Well actually it's meant for the hotel guest... that's a perk of staying there but people and disney allow others to look.

You just said it, DISNEY ALLOWS people to view the savannah's at Animal Kingdom Lodge, it is a perk of staying at the resort, but it is in no way exclusive for those staying there!

My aunt actually works as a manager in food services at Disney World and I mentioned this thread to her and to say the least she got a huge laugh on folks interpretation of what they think the rules of Disney are!

DISNEY ALLOWS folks to bring food and drinks into the parks. Disney also ALLOWS people to eat within a counter service location except on days when they expect to be at full capacity and on those days they do indeed tend to have cast members monitering the entrances/exits. Those that are bringing up the fact that it's like bringing food into restaurants are really making a poor comparision as a counter service establishment is nothing like a full service restuarant where you have a host who sits you at a table and then has a waiter/waitress coming to wait on you. It is a completely different type of service.

 

[Seven Seas Lagoon]

Who cares do what you want. It wouldn't bother our family, heck we probably wouldn't have even noticed. I say do it.

 

[ilostnemo]

You just said it, DISNEY ALLOWS people to view the savannah's at Animal Kingdom Lodge, it is a perk of staying at the resort, but it is in no way exclusive for those staying there!

My aunt actually works as a manager in food services at Disney World and I mentioned this thread to her and to say the least she got a huge laugh on folks interpretation of what they think the rules of Disney are!

DISNEY ALLOWS folks to bring food and drinks into the parks. Disney also ALLOWS people to eat within a counter service location except on days when they expect to be at full capacity and on those days they do indeed tend to have cast members monitering the entrances/exits. Those that are bringing up the fact that it's like bringing food into restaurants are really making a poor comparision as a counter service establishment is nothing like a full service restuarant where you have a host who sits you at a table and then has a waiter/waitress coming to wait on you. It is a completely different type of service.

Paying for a ticket does not entitle you to everything. So you're saying if I bought a ticket for just the park I can take any tour for free? I mean I bought the ticket to the park.

 

[tigger51276]

Paying for a ticket does not entitle you to everything. So you're saying if I bought a ticket for just the park I can take any tour for free? I mean I bought the ticket to the park.

Who said that just because you paid admission to the park you can take a "for fee" tour for free? No one has said that. What is said is that Disney allows folks to bring food into the parks no questions asked and they also do not restrict where you choose to eat it unless they are expecting at capacity or near capacity crowds that day. If you don't belive this, call the parks and ask them. They may think you are foolish to call and ask such a question, but then again almost this entire thread is completely foolish. The OP asked a simple question and it's been blown completely out of proportion by many people when the simple answer is yes, if there are tables available in a QS location and it's not a capacity day you are more than welcome to eat your brought in food there. Question answered, have a nice day!

 

[ilostnemo]

Who said that just because you paid admission to the park you can take a "for fee" tour for free? No one has said that. What is said is that Disney allows folks to bring food into the parks no questions asked and they also do not restrict where you choose to eat it unless they are expecting at capacity or near capacity crowds that day. If you don't belive this, call the parks and ask them. They may think you are foolish to call and ask such a question, but then again almost this entire thread is completely foolish. The OP asked a simple question and it's been blown completely out of proportion by many people when the simple answer is yes, if there are tables available in a QS location and it's not a capacity day you are more than welcome to eat your brought in food there. Question answered, have a nice day!

A paid tour. Give it time there will be rules against bringing in food.

 

[goofyfigment]

Must just be me. We have brought lunches in many times when we stay off site and eat CS the many times we stay on site, I never once thought or would even think about eating the lunch I brought with me at a CS restaurant. I would either sit on a bench or the curb, maybe it was just the way I was raised but in my mind a CS is not "included" in my park admission it is a separate "paid" experience. JMO

 

[Burnedout]

Eat at off times and you should be fine. At noon there are probably going to be crowds. At 11:00 or 2:00 not so much.

Have a fun trip.

 

[maxiesmom]

Must just be me. We have brought lunches in many times when we stay off site and eat CS the many times we stay on site, I never once thought or would even think about eating the lunch I brought with me at a CS restaurant. I would either sit on a bench or the curb, maybe it was just the way I was raised but in my mind a CS is not "included" in my park admission it is a separate "paid" experience. JMO

Ditto. To me it would be like going to the mall with my own food, and plunking down at one of the fast food restaurants there and eating. I also think calling ahead is foolish, because they can tell you one thing over the phone, and say another to you when you are in the parks.
I thought we all knew that by now.

I have to ask those who think it is ok, would you pick up and move if the tables around you started to fill up? If you saw a family wandering around with their food and no place to sit?

 

[Burnedout]

Ditto. To me it would be like going to the mall with my own food, and plunking down at one of the fast food restaurants there and eating. I also think calling ahead is foolish, because they can tell you one thing over the phone, and say another to you when you are in the parks.
I thought we all knew that by now.

I have to ask those who think it is ok, would you pick up and move if the tables around you started to fill up? If you saw a family wandering around with their food and no place to sit?

We were on the dp last trip,but saw tons of people eating their food in the cs restaurants. They weren't crowded so while I noticed as I sat at my saved table waiting for the kids to bring lunch (in the hc area with my mom in her wc) I had plenty of time to people watch. Now had it been crowded and we couldn't find a seat it would have been a far different feeling than amusement.

 

[DawnM]

http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2012/...bringing-your-own-food-to-disney-theme-parks/

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