Magic Kingdom No Longer Dry Park Will Serve Wine Beer

[declansdad]

You are not looking (or smelling) close enough.

http://www.drinkingatdisney.com/epcot.php

What does that link have to do with the smell of alcohol or drunkards?

 

[HWY20RIDE4MYSON]

I like the idea of keeping the parks dry, but I don't see one place selling alcohol any worse then letting people smoke in designated areas, they should do away with both. It won't be long till there is someone under age drinking in the park!Y

 

[scholastica]

I'm personally thrilled only because they will be serving my favorite beer ever, 1664. That said I think we will be seeing beer and wine in other TS restaurants too eventually.

 

[Maleficent53]

Thats is about the wrose thing they could do Walt is looking down pretty sad today.........I will be complaining and I expect most Disney fan will be as well!

AKK

I don't agree that it's the WORST thing they could do...maybe not the best idea, but not the worst. I just don't seeing it changing the experience for 99percent of the people who visit the park. The fact that a few guests have a drink (or 2) with their dinner will never be noticed by most other guests.

I've never been a drinker, but I don't begrudge those who do it responsibly.

That said, I'm sad at this news today.

Me, too, mesaboy. I would have liked MK to stay no alcohol.

 

[Kristina]

And then....what? The world will end?

No, then it will be different than it is now and some of us don't want that change. I enjoy a drink too now and then but at the MK? No, it's different there, it's so sweet and special and I wish they'd just let it be.

 

[baldy6060]

I don't like that they are selling alcohol in MK especially in Fantasyland of all places and against what Walt wanted but I won't protest. I will just vote no by not ordering it.

 

[DRDISNEYMD]

~Just kidding, but I am a little surprised. I guess Disney has to pay for the new Fantasyland somehow. I'm willing to bet this is the first step, before they offer alcohol at the other MK restaurants and food stands -- that wouldn't be fair to the other establishments that would like to sell alcohol.

 

[Elinor Dashwood]

Is alcohol only available with dinner or is lunch included as well?

 

[utkscvol1]

Blue Bayou in Disneyland has had champagne available for special evenings for quite some time.

I also trust that Disney will instruct their servers in "responsible serving" (to Disney standard) in BOG.

Strangely, I once had a Magic Kingdom photopass CM tell me that due to my Corona tshirt some of my photos wouldn't be on the CD unless I covered the logo with my arms or camera strap. She was right! Some of my photos didn't show up! Seems that they have changed their values somewhat at the Magic Kingdom.

Several years ago my husband had on a margaritaville shirt and they had Minnie's ears hide it

 

[Missyrose]

Is alcohol only available with dinner or is lunch included as well?

Dinner only.

 

[pooh4brains]

How would you know this?

Post re: alcohol and Disneyland
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland-resort/171734-walt-alcohol-disneyland.html

Admittedly not Disney World. However, why has the MK stayed alcohol-free for so long?

 

[declansdad]

No, then it will be different than it is now and some of us don't want that change. I enjoy a drink too now and then but at the MK? No, it's different there, it's so sweet and special and I wish they'd just let it be.

Well since it is in one restaurant and in a back corner of the park, I don't see much changing.

 

[mom2rtk]

Is alcohol only available with dinner or is lunch included as well?

Just dinner.

But I'm curious. Which wine goes best with french fries?

 

[declansdad]

Post re: alcohol and Disneyland
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland-resort/171734-walt-alcohol-disneyland.html

Admittedly not Disney World. However, why has the MK stayed alcohol-free for so long?

A quote from 56 years ago from someone who died before MK even opened doesn't mean much today.

 

[nessz79]

Alcohol is the only drug in the U.S. that is legal & it kills innocent people.

Yet prohibition didn't prevent people from drinking. In fact, it made things worse (bootlegging, mafia, etc).

Anyway, I don't think that having alcohol available at MK is going to lead to the downfall of innocence there. Judging from the rude and obnoxious behavior of perfectly sober people, I would say that it will have little effect.

 

[ttintagel]

I guess an extra buck will always win out over tradition.

 

[Kristina]

I do not. This is indicative of current management strategies. They are changing WDW, some for the better and some for the worst. I see it as another step further down the path of declining standards. As someone who has observed public drunkeness to the extreme in Epcot, the day I see that in the MK is probably the last day I go there.

.

I totally agree. Well I don't know about declining standards with the expansions and such going on. There are things that are not being fixed or painted as quickly as before and I have seen pics of trash floating in Splash but it's a question of priorities I guess. Next Gen is costing an amazing amount of money and again I'm worried about how that will impact the experience but I guess change is going to come!

Damn I'm craving a beer now lol!!

 

[pooh4brains]

A quote from 56 years ago from someone who died before MK even opened doesn't mean much today.

I actually think it does. It clearly demonstrates Walt's ideals/concerns for keeping the park innocent.

 

[Limetree]

Walt was a heavy smoker. I wonder how he would feel about the segregation of smokers in all the parks. I bet he'd be fine with it even though he died of lung cancer because times change. If having a beer around you ruins your vacation you need therapy. No one is forcing you to drink.

In my 20 Plus trips I've never seen a person drunk.

 

[JimmyV]

But I'm curious. Which wine goes best with french fries?

A Cote Rotie or Chateauneuf du Pape if you are sticking strictly to reds. A rose' from Bandol would work nicely as well. Still, Belgian beer is never a bad choice with frites.