Our son will not eat at the Biergarten will they still charge him?

[fairytalelover]

Our son is 8 and we looked up the menu and we know he will not eat anything there. So we thought we could feed him before we go but we don't want to get charged for him if he's not eating

 

[DizneyLizzy]

Anyone who sits down at the table (unless they are under 3) will be charged. Sorry!

 

[Allison]

It is a buffet so yes.

 

[amym2]

Sorry, that's not an option. You are paying for the entertainment also, so you'll have to pay for him even if he doesn't eat a bite.

 

[maxiesmom]

Yes you will be charged.

Are you sure he won't eat anything? He doesn't like chicken or meatballs?

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Yes you will be charged . . . Are you sure he won't eat anything? He doesn't like chicken or meatballs?

1) Correct, he will be charged, eating or not.
2) It is hard to imagine there is nothing at Biergarten that he will eat.

 

[ses1230]

Our son is 8 and we looked up the menu and we know he will not eat anything there. So we thought we could feed him before we go but we don't want to get charged for him if he's not eating

As the others have said, yes you will be charged.

I have a picky eater as well but we are able to go to Biergarten. They have pretzel bread, mac and cheese, roasted potatoes, roast chicken that she eats.

 

[rainwatter]

Most (all?) disney buffets have a "kids" section with mac'n cheese, nuggets, cut fruit, corn, etc. There is often even fixings for PBJ sandwiches.

 

[Art 1]

1) Correct, he will be charged, eating or not.
2) It is hard to imagine there is nothing at Biergarten that he will eat.

I was thinking the same. With that large variety of food. I'm just glad none of mine were picky. I think it would be an easy problem to solve though. It would take about one day.

 

[ziravan]

Our son is 8 and we looked up the menu and we know he will not eat anything there. So we thought we could feed him before we go but we don't want to get charged for him if he's not eating

There is daycare just outside the World Showcase entrance at Beach Club. Get him something before and drop him off for a bit.

 

[robinb]

There is daycare just outside the World Showcase entrance at Beach Club. Get him something before and drop him off for a bit.

That would cost more than paying for his meal!

My DD is a vegetarian and even she finds stuff to eat at the meat-laden buffet. Does he like hot dogs? They have frankfurters. Does he like noodles? They have spatzel. Does he like pretzels? They have soft pretzel rolls. I cater to my DD's eating choices and the Biergarten is not her favorite place to eat in WDW but sometimes you just have to tell them to suck it up and find something to eat.

 

[ses1230]

Most (all?) disney buffets have a "kids" section with mac'n cheese, nuggets, cut fruit, corn, etc. There is often even fixings for PBJ sandwiches.

Biergarten does not have a "kids" section. However they do have mac and cheese. They also have schnitzel that if cut up might be similar to chicken nuggets.

 

[DisneyCrazyX5]

I would take him to Biergarten, tell him there would be enough things he like to eat and take him for a snack after if necessary. My twins ate there when they were 3 or 5 (with their big brother) and were fine. The buffet has a kid section with mac and cheese, maybe nuggets - I did not see it listed in the menu, but it is there. We never had a problem at buffet with the boys not finding something they liked. They enjoyed the music too.

 

[Googilycub]

My daughter is also picky. She loves this meal though. They normally have lunch meats and cheese, and she makes herself a little sandwich on a pretzel roll. Along with all the other options people have mentioned, I'm sure your little one will leave with a full tummy.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

I have a vegan in my family and another that thinks pepper is an exotic spice. Even they were able to find choices on the Biergarten buffet to eat.

Yes, you will charged for your child but I find it highly unlikely there is NOTHING they will eat on the buffet.

 

[UrsulaTheSeaWitch]

Biergarten is different in that you don't get your own table. Last time I was there, there was only long tables that you shared with other parties. He is sitting in a seat that could go potentially go toward someone else who would be paying, so I doubt they would let him sit there for free.

It's different than when you have your own reserved table, which doesn't matter who is and isn't eating at the table. Even then, you are paying for the entertainment and "festive" atmosphere.

 

[North of Mouse]

I was thinking the same. With that large variety of food. I'm just glad none of mine were picky. I think it would be an easy problem to solve though. It would take about one day.

Same in our household!

 

[Jadyreen1282]

This question always puzzles me. So you are going to take an 8 year old kid into a buffet surrounded by a hundred other diners and expect he will not want...anything? I mean not even a drink? And when he asks for a bite of your dessert or a sip of your drink you are just going to say no?

Impossible in my crazy family. It would take about thirty seconds before mine would be going nuts on the Strudel.

This is a long show. You will be there at least an hour. That goes for all the buffets at WDW. You should still go and pay for him. Kids love the show and the funny clothes they wear.

 

[Ali]

I believe the OP when she says her son won't eat anything, mine won't eat anything there either. But knowing that I wouldn't bring him there. The overwhelming amount of people around him with food he would find gag inducing isn't worth it. Picky is one thing, having a disorder is another, and if a parent knows the child won't eat we should accept it.

I do choose to eat in places where my child won't eat anything, we do get him food before, after, or bring a snack in with us, but I choose not to go to buffets with him because it's a waste of money.

 

[bumbershoot]

Having never been there, I don't know the variety of foods they have. I would hope the OP does know all that they have, to make SURE the child wouldn't eat anything.


That said....

I'm just glad none of mine were picky. I think it would be an easy problem to solve though. It would take about one day.

It's obvious you have never encountered a TRULY picky child. All of my sibs were absolute nightmares at the table. ALL of them would, and did, starve themselves if there was nothing they could/would eat. Countless hours were spent at the dinner table, as food went cold and tempers got higher. A certain big sister, one night, couldn't take it anymore and ate her younger brother's potatoes just so they (yes, they were BOTH kept at the table b/c of ONE person) could get up.

My full brother (about whom I know the most, food-wise, because I lived with him) would go a whole day without food if he was given the wrong thing. I despite PB&honey and he hated PB&J, and the one day our lunches were swapped, I choked the PB&honey down and he came home with the full lunch intact.

(and now I'm the one with some random food and many environmental allergies, and the siblings have NONE...who made the right biological choice, I ask?)

Picky is one thing, having a disorder is another...

I don't know that my sibs have disorders, but they Would Not Eat it if they didn't want it, and from that lesson, with my own son I've tried hard to honor it. Thankfully he's been more like me, and his palate often accepts things his nose or eyes said no to.



(another picky moment...my own mom was forced to eat all food given to her...every time they had beef, she ended up throwing it up...her father ALWAYS forced her to finish it, even though he knew what was going to happen... I'm still not sure how that was less wasteful than just saving that beef for lunch or something, but it was what her father insisted on!)