New dress code

On a related note, I have designated myself a "signature" guest.
Does that mean you can't wear flip-flops, tank tops or shorts?
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Sarangel said:
Does that mean you can't wear flip-flops, tank tops or shorts?
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No, I think it means Matt will only respond to internet postings by appropriately-attired persons.
 

:jumping1: :charac4: :disrocks: :jumping2: :thewave: This thread had gone on for a long time.........I mean c'mon people we had the moderator come out!!! :dancer: :maleficen :maleficen
 
Personally, I would never go to one of these restaurants wearing swimwear or ripped clothing (I'd never really wear them around the parks either). But I do consider a nice t-shirt and nice shorts with nice tennis shoes to be decent. If a family is willing to spend the money at these places, they should be able to wear clothes that are decent, nice and clean to be appropriate. It seems as if they are saying they don't need certain people's money. And it seems that they are trying to be snobish.

Personally, whenever I go on vacation somewhere, I always try to bring at least one set of semi-dressy/casual clothes for occasions like this. But not everyone can afford to buy clothes to eat in a restaurant they may never eat in again and otherwise have no use to wear again.
 
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My family recently had dinner at Jiko and I can confirm that the "dress code" was not enforced at all. While we wore resort casual attire, (sundresses and sandals for myself and DDs and khakis and a button-up shirt for my DH) many guests were wearing t-shirts, shorts, flip-flops and even baseball caps. My DDs were quite upset with me as I insisted that they would not be allowed in the restaurant wearing flip-flops and then they saw many other guests wearing them. There were a couple of other diners dressed like us but the majority were wearing very casual clothing.
 
...i guess i have to get in my two cents.

its reality that the majority of people are not interested in "dressing up" anymore, to the point where khaki pants and button down shirts are considered a pain in the you know what.

i personally think that this is kind of sad.

dont get me wrong: during the summer, i'm a shorts, t-shirts and teva-wearing fool. but there are those places and occasions that require, at least a LITTLE bit of effort in dressing up.

i believe that management just wants people to TRY harder, leave the running shorts, the tank tops, the inappropriate wear in the hotel room. few people are putting the EFFORT into wearing decent clothes. management is tired of it, and perhaps even some guests have complained as well. when you can easily drop over a $100 (or more) a couple for a meal in the mentioned restaurants, whats so wrong with a minor dress code? the requests are reasonable, its not like suit and tie is required everywhere.

i know wdw is a family resort, but its become a very large vacation destination with many different activities for all interests. the suggested code affects a small percentage of the dining choices.

and trust me, NO ONE will be turned away, unless they really are a mess.

on a trip back in the early seventies, my family took a break from the mk (only park there at the time), went back to hotel on 192, and we changed from our park wear into decent, resort casual wear: nothing fancy, just shorts, decent shirts, and we had a suprise dinner at a restaurant in the poly. its still one of my nicer memories of my early trips to wdw. we went back to the park after dinner, and stayed until 2:00 a.m., which was great but thats another story... :earsboy:
 
I believe sora fan 101 meant "decent", asking if Walt would have wanted things at Disney to be "decent", in this case, refering to the way folks dressed at restaurants. If you feel the need to correct spelling on these boards, you are looking at a full time job. Funny, I knew what was implied. :confused3
 
As a Floridian that typically wears jean shorts and a t-shirt to WDW parks, I would be quite upset if they said t-shirts were not allowed at a restaurant like Jiko.

Since we live so close, we rarely spend the night, but we do frequent some of the nicer restaurants at Disney (jiko being one of my favorites).

I don't have a hotel room to go back to in order to change into a blouse. What difference does my t-shirt make if I can afford eating at Jiko and enjoy the food. It's not like my t-shirt has profane language, rips, or whatever. It's what I wore to enjoy the park and stay COOL.

Frankly, I find the potential of eliminating t-shirts STUPID. That's just my opinion, and it would vastly affect my patronage of Disney restaurants in the future if it was true.
 
..Where do you draw they line ? You say your t-shirts are not offensive ( not doubting you at all ), but what if the next person's is ? Who decides whats offensive. Maybe a Born Again Christian finds a beer shirt offensive. Does the hostess on duty get to determine who's in & who's out based on her tastes ?

If a dress code is going to in place, it needs to be enforced. If it's going to be enforced, the rules have to be very clear. "No Tee's" is very clear. "No offensive Tee's" is not.
 
You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot please all of the people all of the time. :confused3
 
So true.
And then you can enforce the dress "code" NONE of the time and confuse people ALL of the time.
 
If a dress code is going to in place, it needs to be enforced. If it's going to be enforced, the rules have to be very clear. "No Tee's" is very clear. "No offensive Tee's" is not.

So since they are apparently not consistently enforcing this very clear dress code, I guess Uncle Romulus is right...
 
Here is my take. I go to a restaurant to eat, not to be a fashion model for the staff or other customers. As I am eating, my attention is to the food and the people at my table, not at how others are dressed in the restaurant.
It's none of my business, and if how others are dressed is of concern to you, you must find some meaning in your life. Should we all stare at each other if we are dressed nice? Now if the staff wants to treat me poorly because of the way I am dressed it will be reflected in their tip. I have seen the nicest dressers tip zero and the worst tip well. I am not there to put on a show for the restaurant employees. If they don't want to serve me because of the way I dress I will take my money and their tip elsewhere.
Your restaurant is not there as a courtesy or priviledge to me.
 

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