Sharing soda at TS?

[olliesmom]

I was chatting the other day with a coworker who recently returned from a trip to WDW and was shocked at the cost of food. We use a number of money-saving strategies while traveling (i.e., having groceries delivered and eat breakfast in our room, if we do a character buffet we usually scheduled it for around 10:30-11am so it's breakfast + lunch, drinking ice water with meals, ordering large CS meals to split such as at Tangierine Cafe etc.) and was sharing some of these for their future trips.

This coworker brought up the cost of soda at TS restaurants and suggested the idea of "splitting" sodas at TS restaurants where refills are free where essentially one person orders a soda, shares with others and then the soda is refilled throughout the meal.

I was a little taken aback by this and have never heard of "sharing" sodas before, and while I doubt there is an official policy, I can't imagine this is technically allowed? Just curious if this is something any fellow DISers have heard of?

I don't know how much sodas are now, but I can't imagine passing my Diet Coke over to DH every 5 minutes to save 3.00 or so!

 

[Colleen27]

I've never heard of it at Disney, but quite a few local places that tend to attract tween/teen crowds have rules against it so your coworker obviously isn't the first one to think it up.

Disney is pretty reluctant to risk upsetting guests so I doubt any restaurant cast member would call out a family doing this, but I can't see it being worth the bother. We never all want the same soda, and we've had too many servers that made themselves scarce when we were in need of refills.

 

[mom2rtk]

It's really not OK to share something with unlimited refills.

 

[olliesmom]

It's really not OK to share something with unlimited refills.

Agreed! The concept really isn't any different than "sharing" a buffet or an all-you-can-eat platter like the ones at WCC.

 

[Pumbaa_]

I hear new ones so infrequently these days. But this is a new one for me!

And a big fat no

 

[Dug720]

Isn't this kind of why they went to the RFID-chiped mugs at the resort QS - because people were abusing the drink stations? Not exact, but similar?

It's things like this that make places charge for refills.

 

[olliesmom]

Isn't this kind of why they went to the RFID-chiped mugs at the resort QS - because people were abusing the drink stations? Not exact, but similar?

It's things like this that make places charge for refills.

Yes! Maybe they will end up adding the finger print scanners to their TS glasses if this turns into a trend!

 

[Lisa F]

Yes! Maybe they will end up adding the finger print scanners to their TS glasses if this turns into a trend!

They don't need to do that at the table... just charge everyone for soda if they are all consuming it, like they would if one person buys an AYCTE platter at a place where there are also a la carte choices and shares it out.

 

[CinderDuffy]

I don't understand why people that cheap go to WDW at all. If you can't afford to order A SODA for everyone in your family, maybe WDW is not the right vacation for your budget.

 

[Lisa F]

I don't understand why people that cheap go to WDW at all. If you can't afford to order A SODA for everyone in your family, maybe WDW is not the right vacation for your budget.

or just drink water for free legitimately if you don't want to pay for soda. Don't steal it!

 

[rwdavis2]

I don't understand why people that cheap go to WDW at all. If you can't afford to order A SODA for everyone in your family, maybe WDW is not the right vacation for your budget.

I was going to say this but figured I'd get flamed for it. The person that was "shocked" at the cost of WDW food did not do much of any research.

 

[Mr_Tom_Morrow]

If you’re worried about the cost of a soda at a TS restaurant in WDW maybe you shouldn’t be eating at TS... better yet why are you vacationing in WDW anyway.

 

[Dis703]

I tend to agree if the cost of soda is going to be such a huge deal, maybe they need to evaluate where they are dining or what a Disney vacation will entail. While I can't say there is an official rule, the refills are of course meant for the person who is paying for the drink not the rest of the table. I would think that's pretty obvious and suggest ordering water if one doesn't want to pay $3 for a soda.

 

[Mr_Tom_Morrow]

Also in OP post they said “one person orders a soda, shares with others” does this imply that one soda was shared with more than 2 people?

 

[Dug720]

Also in OP post they said “one person orders a soda, shares with others” does this imply that one soda was shared with more than 2 people?

They probably have a sleeve of cups in their bag and whip them out, then pour from one glass but all drink from their paper cups.

Classiness at its best.

 

[Mr_Tom_Morrow]

They probably have a sleeve of cups in their bag and whip them out, then pour from one glass but all drink from their paper cups.

Classiness at its best.

I mean as long as they have their pinky’s out it’s still classy right?.... right?

 

[tinkerhon]

I mean as long as they have their pinky’s out it’s still classy right?.... right?

Made me think of my fave movie !!

 

[supersnoop]

They probably have a sleeve of cups in their bag and whip them out, then pour from one glass but all drink from their paper cups.

Classiness at its best.

I hope they remember to bring a ziplock bag so they can take any extra soda with them to drink later.

 

[Lisa F]

I hope they remember to bring a ziplock bag so they can take any extra soda with them to drink later.

the ziploc bags are for "leftovers" when you "accidentally take too much" at the buffet. no one puts SODA in a ZIPLOC. that's what the 32 oz water bottles are for!

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

When Disney starts charging for soda "by the table." Don't be surprised.