Magic Kingdom No Longer Dry Park Will Serve Wine Beer

[KellyNY]

If anyone has chosen alcohol as their coping method, they have a problem.

But not everyone is into Dole Whip.

 

[JimmyV]

And I'll stick to my point...if you (generalized you) NEED a drink to deal with going to Chuck E Cheese, WDW, or the family Christmas party, you (generalized you) have a problem. You (generalized you) have chosen a lousy coping method.

But maybe the problem isn't the drinking. Maybe the problem is going to Chuck E Cheese, or the family Christmas party. Why does drinking have be viewed as the only problem. If one feels that they need a drink to go to Chuck E Cheese, to me, the real problem is having to step foot in the place. As for coping strategies, one way to cope would be not to go. Another way to cope might be to have a drink (which does have the undeniable effect of being a mild sedative). If not going is not an option, then availing oneself of option number two does not make that person a problem drinker. That person could just as easily seek medical advice which is likely going to be: "Since you have to go, and it makes you anxious, I am going to prescribe Xanax for you." And if the person fills that prescription and takes the pill, is that person an addict? No. So in our modern society, it is OK to take Xanax to deal with a stressful situation, but having a drink to do the same makes one a problem drinker? Nope. You are way over-thinking the phrase: "I need a drink." That is not a self declaration that the person has a problem.

 

[Missyrose]

Some of them may have been tongue-in-cheek but I've had too much personal experience with folks to believe that there aren't some who mean exactly that.

If anyone has chosen alcohol as their coping method, they have a problem.

Isn't it more of a problem that people would accuse someone of alcoholism based on an off-handed remark? It's a glass of wine at dinner. I can't imagine people hanging around BOG long enough to pound beers and get drunk. They turn over tables much too fast for that at the park restaurants.

 

[ErinsMommy]

They should've announced this before BOG opened ressies as DH emailed me asking if we're going to BOG during our trip and had he known before, he would've been dialing right along with me as I think I made his day when I told him yes.

 

[KellyNY]

Definitely the Mickey Bar!


I might as well weigh in on this issue too.

I am not a fan of the MK serving alcohol. While I do not drink, my DH enjoys a beer (or more) once in a while and I do not judge others for drinking. If you want a drink with your meal or just something to help you relax on vacation, so long as you aren't acting stupid drunk around my children, all the power to you!

I have been one of the people who, on more than one occasion, has had to wind strollers through clusters of drunken college-age kids (and once adult men) in the World Showcase at EP. The clusters were obnoxious and were shouting things my preschoolers didn't need to hear. Is this our typical experience? No. Have I ever had this experience outside of EP? No. Has it stopped me from visiting? No. Will the serving of alcohol stop me from visiting the MK? No.

However, since this is where we spend much of our vacation, I like knowing that even late in the evening, I never have to concern myself with having one of those WS experiences. Walt designed it to bring out the child in all of us. It's a family park. Walt meant it to be that way and I wish it would stay that way.

I experienced rude and obnoxious people at MK while it was dry.
As you said we spend a lot on vacation and I want to be able to have a drink, while I am not an alcoholic and definitely would never drink to such degree when I do not control myself. My inner child is out when in Disney but my outer adult wants to be treated as adult.

 

[JimmyV]

It's a glass of wine at dinner. I can't imagine people hanging around BOG long enough to pound beers and get drunk. They turn over tables much too fast for that at the park restaurants.

It is clear that after two dozen pages on multiple threads, many people cannot or will not grasp this simple truth. It is easier to declare that the sky has fallen than it is to bend down and discover that it was only a falling leaf.

 

[PaulaSB12]

I like a glass of wine or a cocktail with my meal on holiday that doesn't mean I use it as a coping mechanism. It just means I like the occasional adult drink and yet there are people saying if you want a drink in a MK restaurant you have a drink problem.

 

[lustergirl]

I'm disappointed. I really dislike going around the countries at EPCOT and all I can smell is alcohol. I HATE having my kids around drunkards! Or them having to witness that and me praying for it. Alcohol is the only drug in the U.S. that is legal & it kills innocent people.

Beg to differ: alcohol is not the only legal drug killing people. Try prescriptions and the countless overdoses that occur every year. I have first hand knowledge of this in my line of work.

I am pretty sure ones' children will not be traumatized if they see a drunk person in Disney. If this is the only thing that people have to worry about raising their children then god bless you. Kids are too busy to notice such things, it is the parents who notice everything.

 

[declansdad]

Some of them may have been tongue-in-cheek but I've had too much personal experience with folks to believe that there aren't some who mean exactly that.

If anyone has chosen alcohol as their coping method, they have a problem.

Deciding to have a drink with your meal or while walking around the WS isn't indicative of a coping method. For the vast majority of the people visiting these parks it is simply something they do and enjoy.

 

[Caboosey]

I love Wine Beer!

 

[ErinsMommy]

Deciding to have a drink with your meal or while walking around the WS isn't indicative of a coping method. For the vast majority of the people visiting these parks it is simply something they do and enjoy.

This described my husband perfectly. He works for a large a wine/spirit importer and his meals typically aren't complete until he's had a glass of wine (or a beer/spirit if the wine isn't to his liking).

 

[MrRob]

I am pretty sure ones' children will not be traumatized if the see a drunk person in Disney. If this is the only that people have to worry about raising their children then god bless you. Kids are too busy to notice such things, it is the parents who notice everything.

The funny (actually, the sad) part is that a beer is pretty much healthier than most of the HFCS loaded syrup water called soda that the kids are sucking down at these theme parks.

Sure they're both empty calories, but at least a beer isn't loaded with corn syrup like Coke is.

 

[Rip]

The funny (actually, the sad) part is that a beer is pretty much healthier than most of the HFCS loaded syrup water called soda that the kids are sucking down at these theme parks.

Sure they're both empty calories, but at least a beer isn't loaded with corn syrup like Coke is.

http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/0315/tap-into-beers-health-benefits.aspx

 

[figmentedpixie]

I don't really mean the dredge up the whole Club 33 thing again, but...yes, it's a private club but what people seem to not remember is that in the beginning it was WALT'S private club where where Walt ate, and where...Walt drank. Right there. In Disneyland. Sitting above Pirates of the Caribbean, he had cocktails while entertaining his guests.

So wouldn't one think that if he wanted alcohol to be banned for ever and ever and never spoken of lest the children fall down dead from the sheer horror of having the word brush by their ears (sorry...I was an English major, I get wordy and dramatic) that he would have had his cocktails elsewhere? Invited associates to join him somewhere closer to the studios?

Just my two cents.

 

[lustergirl]

http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/0315/tap-into-beers-health-benefits.aspx

Watch out Rip: now they are going to say you are forcing them to feed their kids beer.

 

[DanMedix]

I don't fault WDW for serving alcohol. I fault the stOOpid idiots who don't know when to "say when" (to coin a recently overused phrase). Here's hoping that the CM's and MKSecurity will remain pro-active in making sure nobody leaves the restaurant in a drunken stupor (unless it's to leave the park immediately).

And yes, I've experienced people drinking at F&WF that were just as pleasant as they would have been if they hadn't been drinking. Then again, I've experienced the stupid drunks who lose all sense while they're there (once again, at F&WF). The same thought for MK also goes for Epcot - I don't fault the parks for serving alcohol to responsible people. I fault the morons who drink themselves into oblivion, and then think every woman is their girlfriend, every man is a punching bag, and every stroller is a urinal (......don't ask......).

 

[rgf207]

 

[Magpie]

I have been one of the people who, on more than one occasion, has had to wind strollers through clusters of drunken college-age kids (and once adult men) in the World Showcase at EP. The clusters were obnoxious and were shouting things my preschoolers didn't need to hear. Is this our typical experience? No. Have I ever had this experience outside of EP? No. Has it stopped me from visiting? No. Will the serving of alcohol stop me from visiting the MK? No.

However, since this is where we spend much of our vacation, I like knowing that even late in the evening, I never have to concern myself with having one of those WS experiences. Walt designed it to bring out the child in all of us. It's a family park. Walt meant it to be that way and I wish it would stay that way.

Have you ever had a "WS experience" in Animal Kingdom? In Disney Studios? Both of those places serve alcohol, in their restaurants, at a bar (Dawa Bar, AK), and from carts. For that matter, have you had a "WS experience" in Future World?

Epcot is unique due to the open invitation to "drink around the world".

Even if wine is some day served in all of the TS locations in MK, it won't make it any less of a family park. Unlike Epcot, people won't be trying to drink around the lands any more than they already do at Animal Kingdom or Disney Studios... both of which I think we can agree are "family parks" which you can visit without any concern.

 

[Rip]

Watch out Rip: now they are going to say you are forcing them to feed their kids beer.

I sneak it to my kids' in their bottles. Shuts 'em right up!

 

[donaldlovesdaisy]

Who wants to French food with no wine!!