Magic Kingdom No Longer Dry Park Will Serve Wine Beer

[mieshie75]

To make it even more clear. You will never find them excepting the DDP at Club 33, while you can use your DDP credits at BoG. That right there is as good of a showcase of the different clientele and restaurant atmosphere as anything else.[/QUOTE]

If i am not mistaken BoG doesn't accept the dining plan

 

[Magpie]

If i am not mistaken BoG doesn't accept the dining plan

And even if it did... aren't alcoholic drinks excluded from the Dining Plan? So why would the availability/unavailability of the Dining Plan at Club 33 and BOG matter at all?

Either way you have to pay out of pocket, if you want to drink.

 

[MrRob]

Oh no!
We can't have alcohol served all over MK!

Then MK will become a horrible place filled with thousands of drunk rowdy people causing all kinds of mayhem. It will end up just as bad as Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, Downtown Disney, and every Disney resort.

Not to mention it isn't even true. She has fallen into a slippery slope fallacy. There is no evidence to conclude that allowing wine at one sit down location will eventually lead to carts throughout the park.

It's exaggeration and sensationalism, and I wish there were less of it.

 

[suzanna1066@comcast.]

I seriously doubt serving beer and wine in one restaurant is going to impact Disney's balance sheet. I am more inclined to believe they conducted surveys and determined this is what their guests want.

 

[Reddog1134]

If i am not mistaken BoG doesn't accept the dining plan

It does accept the dining plan.

 

[Missyrose]

Oh no!
We can't have alcohol served all over MK!

Then MK will become a horrible place filled with thousands of drunk rowdy people causing all kinds of mayhem. It will end up just as bad as Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, Downtown Disney, and every Disney resort.

Best. Post. Yet.

I seriously doubt serving beer and wine in one restaurant is going to impact Disney's balance sheet. I am more inclined to believe they conducted surveys and determined this is what their guests want.

Happy customers typically spend more than unhappy customers. If you think this is about anything other than money, you are crazy. Disney is a business. Period. Every decision it makes is to ensure the best bottom line possible, even the things that seem genuinely pixie dusted for guests... it's all to get you to spend more money.

 

[Magpie]

It does accept the dining plan.

Even so, the dining plan doesn't cover alcoholic beverages. So why is it even relevant to this discussion? Whether you go to Club 33 or BOG, you'll still have to pay out of pocket for your booze.

 

[buffettgirl]

I think it's safe to say that the WDW we know today is far less influenced by a man that died almost 50 years ago than by everyone else who worked for the company since then. What Walt wanted is irrelevant at this point because his involvement is none.

 

[mill4023]

Best. Post. Yet.



Happy customers typically spend more than unhappy customers. If you think this is about anything other than money, you are crazy. Disney is a business. Period. Every decision it makes is to ensure the best bottom line possible, even the things that seem genuinely pixie dusted for guests... it's all to get you to spend more money.

Perhaps. But even so, it may not be about the money made directly from the alcoholic drinks, but about the larger number of people who will dine at a french restaurant that serves wine and beer vs one that doesn't.

The truth is that I'm not so jaded to believe that every decision Disney makes is purely about business and nothing else. Sure, they want to make money. But these are real people making these decisions and at least some of them choose to work for Disney because of what the company represents, not just because they offered them a higher paycheck than someone else. From what I've heard, they don't pay particularly well, even for higher level positions. So at least some of the people working at Disney do strive to stick to at least the basic vision of what Walt created with the first park. A place where families can spend time together, have fun, and create memories.

I don't think sticking to that basic vision means you have to do everything exactly the same way Walt did it 50 years ago.

So my guess is that when they were discussing the new restaurant, someone said "hey, people would really like to be able to have french wine at a french restaurant."

 

[bwang123]

No worms are in tequilla and they can't serve that at MK yet.



(see I know that because obviously I am a drunken slob who will trip over your 10 yr old snowflake in their stroller)

worms are in mezcal, not tequila.

 

[Cyrano]

Folks as the discussion understandably as moved on to food and drink it is no longer relevant to TPAS.
Further discussions about menu choices should be reserved for the Dining Boards.