Princess Breakfast warning for picky eaters

[Mary626]

No French Toast sticks when we were there three weeks ago.

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Thank you for answering my question

Well, if I dont fill up on the bacon and eggs I will just have to mosey on over to main street and buy one of the french toast loafs from the bakery. Poor me

 

[crisi]

The no French Toast sticks refers to the Princess Storybook Breakfast. We didnt' do Cindy's so no comment there.

 

[phyllisva]

I did not start this thread to start a parenting issue , just to make new visitors aware of the way food is served .

I did not know that I could have asked for different items , or I would have . We saw our waiter 3 times once in the begining , when he brought the food and when he dropped the check , so no offer of help was given . If I had noticed that a little girl was not eating , I would have stepped in to offer help - (I can say that because I am a Resturant Manager )
Like I said before -- lesson learned .

BTW -- I am TOTALLY against sending a child to bed hungry !!!!!!!! She's only 5 !!!

JMHO
Phyllisva

 

[crisi]

I did not start this thread to start a parenting issue , just to make new visitors aware of the way food is served .

I did not know that I could have asked for different items , or I would have . We saw our waiter 3 times once in the begining , when he brought the food and when he dropped the check , so no offer of help was given . If I had noticed that a little girl was not eating , I would have stepped in to offer help - (I can say that because I am a Resturant Manager )
Like I said before -- lesson learned .

BTW -- I am TOTALLY against sending a child to bed hungry !!!!!!!! She's only 5 !!!

JMHO
Phyllisva

I don't think the waitstaff or management at character meals ever bugs kids to eat or asks. So many don't. And it isn't necessarily the food, its the characters. They are so distracted. Plus, I really doubt Akershus is set up to bring different items for breakfast. They serve everyone the same thing for breakfast, so its not like they have a lot of ingrediants, and its made it serve quickly. So I personally doubt a request would have done much good in the morning.

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy yourself and appreciate the warning for others. It does sound to me like you didn't know what you were being served and made some assumptions, which, as you admitted, is a mistake with a picky eater.

My own daughter ate the frosting on the roll, three peices of bacon and a little of the fruit. Wouldn't touch the eggs (sometimes she will eat those), biscuit, and looked at the potatos like I was crazy (though her grandmother makes those same potatos and she eats them there). My breakfast was edible, but since I got coffee and ate a few eggs and some of the potatos, and I'm not a big breakfast eater, I was fine - breakfast in the parks is so expensive even when you just grab a roll and coffee! What we really paid for was the look of delight on my daughters face, and the photos we got are worth every penny.

 

[pumba]

My kids were not told they had to......but each time we had something different ....they had a no thankyou helping......ususally on teaspoon of it......that is all.....My daughter grew up saying....OH I LIKE SQUASH....or I like this.....now they do it with their kids
a good character breakfast is in AK.......Donalds is a great assortment of foods with cereal in boxes to choose from and fruits and donuts and muffins and also all the hot foods you would like.......OUr grandson ate till he was stuffed.......hmmmmmm so did I ...Nice thing is that if you are on a special diet or want a food with no addons in it......they are very accomadating....
have fun is the main thing

 

[OrlandoMike]

It may not be the food but the excitement of the moment that keeps your child from eating.

I remember back in the day, Mom would take me to Cedar Point in Ohio. Every year we would have to have a "good breakfast" before hitting the rides. I would sit there and stare out the the window at all of the rides, sick to my stomach just thinking and being excited about the day ahead. It's actually a family joke now! "Mike cant even look at a Silver Doller Pancake now"

 

[phyllisva]

{I'm sorry you didn't enjoy yourself and appreciate the warning for others. It does sound to me like you didn't know what you were being served and made some assumptions, which, as you admitted, is a mistake with a picky eater. }



No No No !! I did enjoy myself and I ate a good portion of the food myself . I enjoyed the food , atmosphere and company . My DD had a good time too . She loved seeing Belle in her ballgown . The only one grumbling was the DH when the bill dropped . I am just posting this let others know that it is not the normal character buffet encounter .

are there other character dinnings that are not buffets ?

Phyllisva

 

[pilferk]

that is what you get (the dinner at 1900 Park Faire may be a buffet?)

Yup, it is a buffet. By most reports, a pretty good one too.

 

[WendyMichaelJohn]

NEVERMIND!

 

[Got Quattro?]

. I've been away from the computer for a few hours and saw the one reply and was WHOA! who asked for that?! No one should tell anyone how to raise their child..whether it's eating, sleeping, toilet training and so on. Every child is different. .

I didn't ask for a lot of thing we read on this board. Everyone has their opinions....or questions.....just think of me as the anti-person for all the people on this board who are so no commital that they can't make a choice on what poncho to buy, or if the iceream at one stand is better than that at the other stand.

i have strong connvictions and I pass them along.

Sorry

 

[lucincia]

Forcing children to eat what you think they should eat and sending them to bed on an empty stomach does not make them un-picky eaters. You just lucked out that your daughter is not a picky eater.. There was a whole thread on this kind of treatment of children by parents on the Community Board--many adults recall this kind of treatment as children and posted how it negatively affected their feelings for their parents. Many people consider it abusive.

My parents told me to eat what is in front of me or go hungry and I don't think my parents were abusing me. People who think their parents are abusing the kids in this manner have other issues than just the meal issue.

People these days will label just about anything abusive. Did something wrong? Blame it on something "abusive" from your parents.

Lame.

 

[lucincia]

BTW -- I am TOTALLY against sending a child to bed hungry !!!!!!!! She's only 5 !!!

Only 5? Kinda like some child shrink once said you can't discipline kids until they're like 6 or 7.

 

[tjmw2727]

I did not start this thread to start a parenting issue , just to make new visitors aware of the way food is served .

I did not know that I could have asked for different items , or I would have . We saw our waiter 3 times once in the begining , when he brought the food and when he dropped the check , so no offer of help was given . If I had noticed that a little girl was not eating , I would have stepped in to offer help - (I can say that because I am a Resturant Manager )
Like I said before -- lesson learned .

BTW -- I am TOTALLY against sending a child to bed hungry !!!!!!!! She's only 5 !!!

JMHO
Phyllisva

That is to bad they didn't offer you something else, at least a few more biscuts!

My 10yo dd is a good eater but not crazy about a bacon egg breakfast so I was hesitant about Ohana. Since my dd's LOVE stitch I booked it and planned to bring a baggie of cheerios for her. (I did plan to pay for her meal as well of course!) Well, I forgot the cheerios but the waitress was terrific when she overheard dd asking if they had any cereal here. She brought back about 5 choices of single serve cereals for my dd to choose from. My dd was sooo happy with her cherrios and fruit for breakfast. Yes it was an expensive bowl of cheeries but my 8yo dd and I enjoyed our skilliet and we all enjoyed the characters!

Hopefully others will heed your warning and check the menus and or ask the waitstaff if an alternative is offered.

FWIW, there is no way I would force my kids to eat something they dislike - especially bacon and eggs LOL they are better off without either/both!!

TJ

 

[Renate_do]

Sorry, but your children are only pickey eaters because you allow them to be.

Hi,
I have to agree totally. I have two grown up children (21 + 24yo). When they were very little they had to try all the "new" things and I can now say that they eat almost everything. Sure there are things they dont like (its the same with we) but that is less then that what I hear from others at there age.
The other problem what I see nowadays is that a lot of parents dont teach there children some kind if behaviour when in a restaurant. I really hate it when the kids are jumping around or playing and the parent dont react. It might be okay for them...but do they thing about the other guest wanting to have a nice meal without screaming or crying kids around?

Greets from Germany
Renate

 

[lucincia]

Hi,
I have to agree totally. I have two grown up children (21 + 24yo). When they were very little they had to try all the "new" things and I can now say that they eat almost everything. Sure there are things they dont like (its the same with we) but that is less then that what I hear from others at there age.
The other problem what I see nowadays is that a lot of parents dont teach there children some kind if behaviour when in a restaurant. I really hate it when the kids are jumping around or playing and the parent dont react. It might be okay for them...but do they thing about the other guest wanting to have a nice meal without screaming or crying kids around?

Greets from Germany
Renate

We tell our 6 and 2 years old that they have to try everything, even if just one spoonful, even if it looks "yucky". And they can never say yucky or make faces at the food at any dinner table, home or outside. Most of the time, they find that they like the food they so disdain from sight. Makes going out to restaurant much easier.

As long as they eat one spoonful and try everything, they're fine. They don't have to completely clean the plate.

 

[Got Quattro?]

Only 5? Kinda like some child shrink once said you can't discipline kids until they're like 6 or 7.

#1 - From websters ... discipline = from Latin disciplina teaching, learning, from discipulus

I would hope that we are teaching our children from DAY1. Not year 5.

If you dont create the rules from early on in a childs life when they are most impressionable. Habbitts are formed early and are hard to break later.

Belive me, going to bed hungry is not the worst thing in the world for a child. Millions of children HAVE to do it because they have no food. My child is not that unlucky in life and she knows to appreciate what she is given.

 

[DisOrBust]

I have to add this story....

When I was 7yo we were doing the family trip out West. Stopped to have lunch at Hardee's and my mom ordered me a "fish sandwich". It was all I would ever eat at McDonalds. Mom told me "its just like McDonallds". Well it franlkly sucked and we had a big battle with tears and the whole bit as I was forced to eat this aweful non-Mcdonalds Fishwich!

Fast forward to college years. Mom visiting campus and we go to lunch at Hardees. I ordered her the Fish sandwich and she asks "why"! She didn't remember the fiasco in the Colorado Hardees...I on the other hand have been permenantly scar'd for life and this was the sweet revenge I had been waiting for the past 15 years. Mom laughs and tells me oh it not that different you exagurate! After a few bites..she tells me..."I'm sorry this really is an aweful fishwich..I had no idea!" I had been vindicated!!

Now I have children. They scream for McDonalds and I take them to.....Quiznow's because I can't stand another "fishyburger" that I use to love. They of course hate Quiznows so I'am sure the lifecycle will begin again!!


IMHO Every child is wired a little different and only it's parents know what "works" as far as the food challenge goes.


Sue

 

[curiouser]

Only 5? Kinda like some child shrink once said you can't discipline kids until they're like 6 or 7.

Please tell me your kidding... I don't have kids, but when I do its nice to know that I won't have to worry about "disciplining" my 2 y/o when s/he reaches for a hot pot of boiling water or tries to drink the Draino or starts smacking around their younger sibling!!

Game on, this parenting thing is going to be easy!!

 

[crisi]

Ohana is family style. Cindy's is preplated. Garden Grill is preplated? Liberty Tree Tavern is family style. PSB is family style for breakfast and I think preplated for dinner?

Chef Mickeys, Cape May, Breakfastasaurus, 1900 Park Faire and Crystal Palace are buffet.

About half and half.

 

[skiwee1]

Sorry, but your children are only pickey eaters because you allow them to be.

Make them eat what is put in front of them, or the can go away hungry. Going to bed on an empty stomach does make one crabby child, but if you are firm, and tell them why they can't have something different, they will eat what the family eats in no time.

To each his own, but my wife and I refude to even think about making my 4.5 year old daughter special foods just because she doesnt want to try new foods.

Sure we had a few rough times, but now she eats anything we eat, and I can take her to any resturant know she will behave and eat what we order her.

The only reason we did this is from whatching my brother and his 2 kids. Every time we would go to there house for dinner, they always had to make hot dogs, or chicken nuggets for his kids, and they would freak if they didnt get there way.

My wife and I agreed this would never happen in our home, and it hasn't.

I guess I just go by my experience if having kids for the last 22 years. I wouldn't dream of forcing my kids to eat what they didn't want. I wouldn't do that to my husband so why are my kids any different. Go to bed hungry? Sorry but I have a home, not a concentration camp. So you have ONE small child and now think you are the expert on children and eating? Bahahahaha! I sincerely hope you are never blessed with a picky eater.