Mixed Alcoholic Drinks at Magic Kingdom & More New Food at Disney World
Walt Disney World has announced new food coming to the parks and resorts this month. In this guide, we’ll dispense with dish details, photos, and thoughts about the decadent desserts, savory snacks, and “controversial” mixed alcoholic drinks being added to menus in Magic Kingdom.
Before we get into the details of the menu additions, let’s quickly recap the Walt Disney World dining ‘scene’ as of mid-September 2022. We’ll start with the good news: almost all restaurants have reopened (aside from a few of our favorite World Showcase options), to the point that the number of locations that are unavailable is fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of Walt Disney World’s dining capacity.
Additionally, restaurants that have been open for months have continued to scale up operations, expanding menus, bringing back breakfast, buffets, or other missing meal services. Although some readers have reported otherwise going forward, Advance Dining Reservations have been much easier to score in the last couple months.
Let’s kick things off with what’s new at Walt Disney World Resort. Starting today (September 13, 2022), Gasparilla Island Grill over at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa has some new bites for you to try.
There are a couple of new breakfast dishes to start off your day in Grand (Floridian) fashion.
For those looking for a lighter, healthier option, you’ll be delighted to find two selections–the plant-based Açai Bowl with a house-made açai sorbet, strawberries, bananas, blueberries, granola, and agave as well as the Egg White Breakfast Wrap with egg whites, spinach, roasted tomatoes, and feta served on a flour tortilla.
Moving on to lunch and dinner options at Gasparilla Island Grill, the Italian Sandwich features ham, salami, capicola, provolone, lettuce, tomato, onion, banana peppers, Italian dressing, and olive aioli served on a sub roll. You can also enjoy the Caprese Sandwich featuring red, yellow, and fire-roasted tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, arugula, lettuce, basil, sherry vinaigrette, basil aïoli, and balsamic reduction served on a roasted tomato focaccia.
There’s also a Cuban Sandwich with mojo roasted pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickle, and mustard served on Cuban bread and the Blackened Chicken Sandwich with blackened chicken, pepper jack, and coleslaw served on a brioche bun.
The Broccoli & Roasted Tomato Flatbread is topped with roasted garlic, mozzarella, broccoli, fire-roasted tomatoes, and ricotta served on house-made dough. Plus, all the breads for these sandwiches and flatbread are made right in the Grand Floridian Bakery.
For dinner at Gasparilla Island Grill, there are two new additions to the menu featuring some classic Florida flavors. The Mojo Chicken Bowl is a tasty option that includes mojo chicken, jasmine rice, sweet potato, cilantro-scallion aïoli, and black bean and tomato salad.
For a plant-based option, the Mojo Seitan Bowl combines mojo seitan, jasmine rice, sweet potato, cilantro-scallion aïoli, and black bean and tomato salad.
It’s tough to judge any Walt Disney World food based on the styled stock image–I’ve had plenty of dishes that didn’t look even remotely like what was posted online. (I guess that’s just the Disney magic in creating idealized versions of reality!) Regardless, these are welcome additions.
We dined at Gasparilla Island Grill a few times during our recent stay, and it was incredibly underwhelming. Ditto the previous time we ate there…and the time before that. I can’t recall the last time we had a truly good meal there (definitely pre-closure), but it’s been a while.
This is unfortunate, as Gasparilla Island Grill wasn’t reimagined that long ago, and when it was, the menu was truly ambitious. Scott Hunnel was actually there around reopening supervising the kitchen and talking up specific desserts, which were absolutely fantastic. At that time, Gasparilla Island Grill was briefly the best counter service restaurant in all of Walt Disney World.
Hopefully these additions restore some of its former glory. Now, I’ll await a menu overhaul at another counter service restaurant that was previously the #1 in all of Walt Disney World, Contempo Cafe.
On a positive note, the Fall Flavors Cupcake (Maple Cupcake with Apple Pie Filling topped with Vanilla Buttercream in Festive Fall Colors) is back at Gasparilla Island Grill and it is highly recommended.
Like all Walt Disney World cupcakes, it’s really sweet–but the maple and apple flavors gives it more of a natural “earthiness” (for lack of a better term). The typical Disney cupcake tastes more like a color than actual flavors, whereas all of the flavors here are distinct. It’s pretty far from all-natural, but it doesn’t taste like it was made in a lab.
Over at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, the Backstretch Pool Bar has some new offerings joining the menu beginning September 16, 2022.
The New York-style Hot Dog features an all-beef hot dog covered in New York-style onions. The Buffalo Chicken Nachos combine shredded chicken in buffalo sauce with creamy blue cheese queso and celery served with Saratoga house chips.
EPCOT also has some updates at Sunshine Seasons. This quick-service restaurant found in The Land Pavilion features fresh fare packed with flavor, and these new additions are no different.
The big news here: breakfast is back! Kickstart your morning with one of the new breakfast options including the Ham, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich on a kaiser roll served with fresh fruit, tasty Overnight Oats, or a classic Greek Yogurt.
For lunchtime, there are three “new” sandwiches that you won’t want to miss. (Air quotes because Walt Disney World is calling these new, but they’re at least a month old.) The Roast Beef features chilled roast beef, chimichurri aïoli, cheddar, arugula, and red onion on a flour-topped kaiser roll and served with potato chips.
The Plant-Based Mediterranean Vegetable Sandwich includes roasted red pepper, red onion, tomato, arugula, hummus, and balsamic vinaigrette on herbed focaccia and served with potato chips. Lastly, the Fish Tacos combine fire-roasted corn salsa, creamy jalapeño Piri Piri sauce, radish and accompanied by plantain chips too.
Sunshine Seasons has come pretty close to overhauling its menu over the course of the last several months, and we’ve been (very gradually–it’s tough due to festival season) buying and trying everything on the menu with the aim of writing a full review. That’s still a work in progress, but we’ve been pleased so far. Sunshine Seasons is another restaurant that fell from grace even pre-closure, but seems to be getting better. Still nowhere near what it once was, but heading in the right direction!
Finally, there are new mixed alcoholic beverages coming to Magic Kingdom for those above 21 at select table-service restaurants. Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen will now offer both the Jungle Bird Cocktail and the Golden Haze Margarita. The Jungle Bird Cocktail features Gosling Black Rum, Campari, cane syrup, and pineapple and lime juices while the Golden Haze Margarita contains Teremana Blanco Tequila, Grand Marnier, agave syrup, lime juice, and smoked chili bitters.
Over at Liberty Tree Tavern and The Diamond Horseshoe, more alcohol is also being added to the menu. At those restaurants, you’ll find the Gold Rush–a new cocktail with Elijah Craig Bourbon, lemon juice, and honey garnished with crystalized ginger–and the Magical Beacon Cocktail–a special offering to celebrate the 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring Empress 1908 Gin, Bols Blue Curaçao, Minute Maid Premium Lemonade, almond orgeat, lemon, hibiscus grenadine, and souvenir glow cube.
Is alcohol in Magic Kingdom still controversial? I honestly don’t even know. The original announcement of an expanded alcohol presence in Magic Kingdom was met with a flurry of fan angst.
We focused primarily on the hypocrisy of the decision by a company that is usually eager to invoke Walt Disney quotes to justify decisions that it knows could be unpopular with diehard fans. We pretty much glossed over the impact to the guest experience, noting that it should be minimal because the sales are constrained to a few table service restaurants.
That more or less remains my perspective. While I do think there are valid concerns about the company gradually expanding the presence of alcohol at Magic Kingdom until it’s like the other three parks, that’s something we’ve yet to see. Be Our Guest Restaurant started serving alcohol a decade ago, and four other restaurants joined it 6 years ago.
Other expansions have occurred in the last few years, but nothing extreme. (The biggest most recent one was probably the addition of alcohol to fireworks dessert parties back in early 2020.) If Disney is playing the long game to minimize outrage, they are really slow-rolling it. This strategy puts the snail’s pace of construction on TRON Lightcycle Run to shame!
At this point, I’m skeptical that Magic Kingdom will ever have the kind of alcohol presence of the other three parks. For one thing, it’s not all upside for the company’s financials–beer carts and walk-up mixed drink counters would likely hurt the park’s reputation.
For another, I just don’t see there being a “drinking culture” at Magic Kingdom like there is in World Showcase. Even Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom typically don’t have problems with overly-intoxicated guests. (This is something we notice a decent amount at EPCOT, but I can’t even recall the last time I saw someone sloshed at the other two.)
Ultimately, I think there are far more pressing issues when it comes to Walt Disney World. A few restaurants that already sell alcohol now selling a different type of alcohol is just not even on my radar. I could not care less. Being upset about everything has gotta be exhausting, and the practical reality is that this makes no difference.
If someone is dead-set on getting wasted at Magic Kingdom, they will find a way. (Grand Floridian and Contemporary Resort are each ~10 minute walks away.) My biggest gripe is Disney’s selective use of Walt Disney as its corporate mascot to justify decisions, but even then, I’d rather focus my energy on the things Disney is doing wrong that actually impact me…and there’s no shortage of those right now.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Thoughts on these new snacks and menu items debuting at Walt Disney World in September 2022? What are your thoughts on mixed alcoholic drinks in Magic Kingdom? Big deal or non-issue given past precedent and the limitations on sales? Do you agree or disagree with our advice? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback—even when you disagree with us—is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
The most “educational” experience my children had at WDW was on a bus back to our hotel, sitting across from a couple of young women who had been “drinking around the world” at Epcot. One young woman was oh-so-sick, and vomiting, what certainly looked like strawberry daiquiris, spilling over onto the bus floor up to our feet. My husband and I had many years before decided to abstain from alcohol, primarily to ensure that we did not encourage over-indulgence of a family member who routinely drank too much, but also to set an example of voluntary abstinence for our children, in hope that they would not over-indulge when they were able to drink legally in college. I’m grateful to say that both of our children (now aged 32 and 37) choose to drink alcohol, but do so responsibly. Perhaps the example my husband and I set contributed to their choice; but we both believe that the misery of that poor young woman, who had had several-too-many strawberry daiquiri, had far more influence on them than our choice to abstain. Drunkenness isn’t very pretty; that fact is obvious even to children.
The most “educational” experience my children had at WDW was on a bus back to our hotel, sitting across from a couple of young women who had been “drinking around the world” at Epcot. One young woman was oh-so-sick, and vomiting, what certainly looked like strawberry daiquiris, spilling over onto the bus floor up to our feet. My husband and I had many years before decided not to abstain from alcohol, primarily to ensure that we did not encourage over-indulgence of a family member who routinely drank too much, but also to set an example of voluntary abstinence for our children, in hope that they would not over-indulge when they were able to drink legally in college. I’m grateful to say that both of our children (now aged 32 and 37) choose to drink alcohol, but do so responsibly. Perhaps the example my husband and I set contributed to their choice; but we both believe that the misery of that poor young woman, who had had several-too-many strawberry daiquiri, had far more influence on them than our choice to abstain. Drunkenness isn’t very pretty; that fact is obvious even to children.
I have brought my family to WDW since I retired from the military in 2000 many times and in the service I have seen more than my share of people getting drunk. What I see at WDW does not come close to the military. I, personally, do not need an alcoholic drink to make it through the day or at the end of the day. I can use a nice smile or a kind word to bring my attitude up a notch; a hug from my grandchild beats a drink in my opinion. I am concerned that while I am enjoying myself on vacation that I do not hinder someone else.
While “adults” have the right to choose what they do on vacation, if it interferes with someone else’s very expensive vacation then that is a line that as been crossed. WDW should not encourage anything that causes disruptive behavior. Minimize the chance at each park to have those disruptions but allow it back at the resorts. Everybody can win. And if you believe a drink with dinner is needed, can we limit it to one? Just wondering?
180 hours at the World Showcase over the years–just added it up–perhaps half of that during Food & Wine. Sure, I’ve seen people of all legal ages drinking. My most magical Disney World moment has been squeezing into the Rose & Crown as the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd roared “Don’t Stop Believin.'” Was it was fueled by alcohol? Of course. But neither there nor anywhere else have I seen any drunken disturbances. I know it happens–just now saw one on TikTok. But my sense is that these isolated cases are inflated to “it’s always happening.”
As expensive as drinks are at WDW, I’m surprised anyone could get drunk – a little buzzed maybe…but with Tom and so many others have reported seeing it, there must be some truth to it (although I highly doubt the claim that people are often barfing in the bathrooms, unless is from too much food!). Personally, World Showcase after dark feels more relaxed & serene to me than MK, which is a chaotic mess late in the day. On a side note: the Ohana noodles are so over-hyped! After reading so much about them on various blogs, I tried them yesterday…what a bowl of nothing! Soggy soba noodles with a splash of pineapple juice?!? Stop talking about these, and move on to something special & tasty, like the candied bacon just a few steps away!
The other unaddressed issue here is, where are these intoxicated people going AFTER they are done drinking at Disney? To the parking lot to get their car and maybe injure someone with a DWI while driving home? Surely not all the drinkers are taking the monorail back to a Park hotel. Controlling the drinking would require a bracelet permanently attached to a customer ( like a hospital ID sort of bracelet) that could be hole punched at the bar when purchasing a drink. Alcohol should be LIMITED to TWO drinks, after which most people are legally drunk. Any bracelet which is NOT attached to a person would be void. I doubt Disney will do this however, as profit seems more important to them than either customer considerations or road safety.
This is asking way too much of any business and its employees.
I get that you’re anti-alcohol; you are totally entitled to that position. I agree with you to the extent that Disney has a problem with overindulgence at EPCOT and needs to do something about it. Fall weekends when UCF has away games shouldn’t feel like a frat party in World Showcase.
However, what you’re describing is incredibly onerous and burdensome. Personal accountability and individual autonomy are still thing, or at least, they should be.
I am an advocate of personal responsibility myself . But bartenders in some states are liable if they allow a patron to drink to excess, and they leave and cause an accident. Disney will think differently the first time a drunk patron drives away and kills some, and they get sued.. I am not anti-alcohol in fact. I am anti-irresponsibility. I have lived long enough to see too much of it. And far too many people are irresponsible. If people are vomiting in the rest rooms at Disney as one poster here indicated, Disney has a significant problem they need to address. Not a good look for a “family” venue.
I didn’t propose any solutions in my comment below because solving the EPCOT intoxication problem is going to be a tough needle to thread, and the company has little motivation to give up the cash cow that’s World Showcase has become – essentially the bar with the world’s highest cover charge. I think it will take a PR nightmare like a large brawl or alcohol-induced accident before any major changes are made (though the WDW PR team assuredly has a playbook in place for responding when something bad inevitably happens).
The only two obvious answers I can think of are:
1. Reducing all drink orders to one per customer per transaction at walk up locations
2. Enforcing a “last call” for alcoholic drinks at walk up locations 60-90 minutes before the fireworks show. Similar to how most baseball teams cut off alcohol sales in the middle of the 7th inning.
Both of these would be only marginally effective (and create an uproar among some percentage of guests) but would send a signal that the company is making an effort.
Perhaps more effective to reduce the “frat party” vibe would be raising the in-park drinking age to around 25, but that could also backfire from a PR perspective and not sure it could fly legally in a place like Florida where the legislature might then mandate that Reedy Creek be hereby renamed “Bacardi Brook.”
Fun fact: Disneyland actually did sell alcohol way back in Walt’s day. Holidayland existed from late 1950’s to early 1960’s and sold beer. I’ll definitely have a drink with dinner while on vacation. Heck I used to have a mimosa with breakfast on Christmas Day at Garden Grill. I never got sloshed because I’d rather enjoy the parks, but I’m all for a beverage being available in MK for those who wish to partake. It’s worth noting that if someone wants to be drunk as a skunk in Disney, they’ll find a way…
For me this small change is fairly meaningless but I do think there’s value in looking at “Why did Walt do what he did?” vs. “What would Walt do?” in this context. When Disneyland was conceived, drinking/drunkenness was fairly commonplace at fairs, carnivals, and local theme parks. These places were havens for the “rowdy element” that made the typical amusement park feel less safe and innocent for families. While he may have had moral reasons for this choice, this was mainly a business decision as he believed the experience he was creating would reinvent the idea of a theme park and open a new market to a generation of families with young “baby boom” kids growing up in a conservative post-war society.
If you look at these MK changes, adding overpriced, under-“sauced” drinks to table service restaurant isn’t going to encourage a “rowdy element” in any way, shape or form.
With that said, I do think the public intoxication problem at EPCOT is a real one and will need to be addressed at some point. A few years ago our kids were treated to the sounds of drunks barfing their lungs out every time they entered a bathroom in World Showcase — as a family we didn’t feel comfortable or welcome there after dark. Then earlier this year we went back to EPCOT on a Friday during the Festival of the Arts and by 11am World Showcase was already chock-full of folks proudly displaying their “drinking around the world” shirts/hats/pins and juggling as many drinks as they could hold onto. It got worse as the day progressed, but thankfully we had already learned our lesson and totally avoided World Showcase that evening. And we’re less likely to want to go to EPCOT again on our next trip, because things can feel so much like permanent spring break there. That makes me sad because EPCOT is the park that speaks the strongest to my heart (and things were not like this during my first visit as a teenager in 1993).
I know this blog is NOT the place for a “Disney Parks are for Kids!” rant…but you know, they kind of ARE. They were designed to be for kids and the “kid in every adult”. Call me old-fashioned (and yes I do enjoy an “old-fashioned” now and again) but seeing crowds of boorish adults sloshing and staggering around World Showcase all night doesn’t bring any magic to the hearts of my own kids or the kid in myself.
So what to do? “Just don’t hang out in “X” place after dark with your family” isn’t advice I’d expect to hear at the Happiest Place on Earth but it’s literally the one and only suggestion/solution given to the issue above by most experts. Should this be true, that Disney isn’t just tolerating but openly welcoming the “rowdy element” Walt smartly discouraged? Is there any way to curb drunkenness in EPCOT given that the drunks are collectively spending way more money on drinks than most families are going to on meals/snacks/souvenirs?
Just want to say that I really appreciate this balanced and nuanced comment. This is such a polarizing issue, and it’s great to hear some more reasoned and less emotional.
As a general matter, I don’t think Walt gets nearly enough credit for being a shrewd businessperson. In part, that’s because he cultivated an image as the opposite of that, which itself was a clever business decision. 😉
(For what it’s worth, that’s not a knock in either direction. Walt had tremendous range–definitely more than today’s corporate leaders. He was a dreamer, a doer, a marketer, and so many other things. When looking at anything he did or did not do, there’s almost certainly more than meets the eye or is stated.)
Why should Disney settle for only getting $5.00 for an iced tea or soda when they can get $15.00 for a drink? Seems like everything and every decision at Disney these days is driven by the dollar and not by guest experience.
I never thought alcohol belonged at DisneyWorld at all . Anywhere. I am not opposed to alcohol as such, but do not see it as appropriate at a place that caters to families and small children. It should not be necessary for anyone to see people even “slightly” intoxicated in such places. The fact they are not vomiting on Minnie-mouse does not make it ok. If YOU see they are drunk its not impossible your kid sees it too. And further, if “dad” is so overwhelmed by spending time with his kids at Disney that he needs to get drunk at the end of the day, he is earning no parenting medals. Final point, I know people who have a loved one with alcoholism and it was nice to know that while at Disney the alcohol simply wasnt available, and maybe for a short time a normal life experience was possible. I dont approve of the sale of alcohol on planes either. People need to grow up and get a grip.
My understanding of alcoholism is that they will find a way to get drunk; alcohol doesn’t need to be legally sold. I’m no fan of drinking, but I’m also not a fan of imposing one’s personal moral views on others. I don’t know if your last line is meant ironically – grow up and get a grip.
Being against the possibility of drunk driving is not a moral position, its a legal one. Many people here have posted that they have witnessed drunkenness at Disney Parks. Its not a mirage . Alcohol is not food and responsible people should be able to do without it for a few hours. Or, control the level at which they consume. Since they cannot, it would fall on the park to do so. and its not necessary to get drunk at a family park. Morality??? This is about civility and manners, not to mention public safety. Children do not need to witness boorish adult behavior up close when out for a family outing. Yes, an alcoholic can indeed find a way to get drunk. But if a park as large as Manhattan were not selling it to begin with, it would be much harder. No darling, my advice to grow up was not at all intended to be ironic. I prefer to think of it as common sense, and exhibiting concern for the sensibilities of others. The advice will likely be ignored by those who believe the only opinion which matters in the world is theirs.
Jay, you have a misconception of the disease of alcoholism. Many alcoholics are battling desired/compulsions, others aren’t set off until their first drink, and a vast number are in recovery (non-drinking alcoholics are still alcoholics). It’s often a huge relief for these folks – and even moreso their loved ones – when they can be somewhere where they can’t easily access alcohol and they aren’t seeing people drinking in front of them all day.
Cocktails as opposed to wine or beer also caters to people who are gluten free or for other reasons can’t have beer or wine. I have always had issues digesting tannins (a chemical that occurs naturally in beer and wine plus a few other places like tea if anyone isn’t sure what that is) so I stick to cocktails. I’m sure someone has gone full Karen about not being able to get gluten free drink at Magic Kingdom at some point. So this might also be an example of Disney trying to be inclusive when it come to dietary restrictions too.
Mixed drinks at Disney are basically sugary O’Doul’s that look good on whatever social media application the kids are using. Objectively speaking, you’d be a lot more likely to get intoxicated from the beer and wine that’s already served at the restaurants.
Yeah, these mixed drinks are just like the cupcakes. These aren’t more drinks/cupcakes overwhelming the menus, they are replacements for other overly sugary concoctions that got swapped off the menus.
Walt would not want a wonderful world of cupcakes, but maybe I’ll try his Scotch mist on top of a STK. (If someone is talking very loudly about how Spectromagic would have been great with more Baroque Hoedown, come over and say hi, then tell me to dial it WAY down.)
“The typical Disney cupcake tastes more like a color than actual flavors…”
This has to be my favorite description of food I have ever read on your blog. This is EXACTLY how those kind of cupcakes taste (and probably some of the mixed drinks too).
As for those mixed drinks… I’m not necessarily worried that more alcohol in Magic Kingdom will significantly change my experience, but I do see the roll-out of it as a symptom of a larger problem at Disney. There is only so long they can pick and choose from Walt Disney’s vision for the park like it is a buffet. Eventually, they will wonder how the “magic” and brand loyalty disappeared while they looking simply to the stock market for guidance, and I think they will find it very difficult to restore it with no sense of a guiding vision.
As long as the alcohol continues to be restricted to sit-down restaurants, I don’t think it’s a big deal at all (and I’m a non-drinker, myself). I have seen intoxicated guests at EPCOT on a festival weekend, which definitely ruined the vibe. But I likewise haven’t encountered any similar issues at either Hollywood Studios or Animal Kingdom.
“Norm & Cliff” drunk. That’s classic!
Agreed. Nicely said, Aaron.
It’s also entirely accurate. We often eat late, and frequently at the bars and lounges in resorts. I’d clock many of these ‘Norm & Cliffs’ as fathers coming back after a long day in the parks and just wanting to decompress. No judgment here; Walt Disney World is definitely not for everyone, and I’ve made eye contact with parents as they try to navigate a doublewide stroller through the post-fireworks exodus at Magic Kingdom. They’ve earned it.
(Not to generalize too much, but I’ve also seen parents from the youth sporting event crowds who are the antithesis of Norm & Cliff. There’s a reason Pop Warner had a bad reputation, and it wasn’t just the kids. I’ll just leave it at that.)
Having worked in (non-Disney) hotels I can imagine exactly the type of sports parents you’re describing, Tom. Adults on vacation tend to keep things fun but responsible; adults attending an event (wedding, bachelor(ette), conference, youth sporting event) try to drink like fish and realize too late they can’t.
Just to be clear, is Captain Cook’s also still mediocre at best? If so, leaving MK for lunch means the closest place for a good one is out in the Wilderness.
I’d say Captain Cook’s is hit or miss–we’ve had good and bad there in the last ~2 years. (My impression of it is much more positive than Sarah’s, if that means anything.)
With that said, I’d stick with the Wilderness (Lodge or Fort).
With all of the changes that have come to the Disney Parks as of late, more alcohol is not a bad thing. This is a step in the right direction. For all of the dads leaning against a fence somewhere with their heads in their phones trying to plan out a magical day for the kids, Disney should have beer carts like golf courses do to help ease the pain.
I just came back after two weeks from Disney World, and they definitely do not need to be drinking in the Magic Kingdom. Isn’t anything sacred anymore. And the way half of these guests dress in the parks was not respectful. I definitely miss the days where there was more class in the parks.
Patty it’s a theme park, not a church, what has to be sacred about it? And do you expect guests to “cover up” when it’s 95 degrees out with full humidity so not to offend your sensibilities?
Nothing good can come of the introduction of more alcohol beverages, sorry. I just don’t feel that Walt Disney would have considered it for his family oriented parks.
I normally have a drink with dinner at WDW – seems harmless to me. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone drunk at Disney short of Epcot.
James you then have been very lucky, it’s not pretty and rather disturbing for the kids.
I’ve never seen anyone “intoxicated” except maybe at EPCOT and even then it’s not overly out of hand. I have 2 small kids, and my husband and I would have a drink at dinner, especially while on vacation. I don’t see the issue. It’s only at sit down restaurants anyway.
I’ve seen people drunk out of their minds at Epcot, obviously. I think I have at some of the hotel bars, but even then they seemed more “Norm & Cliff” drunk than Spring Break drunk, not making a spectacle of themselves for the most part but not leaving before they get “dizzy.” Honestly, I’ve never seen it at the other three parks, though I’ve looked for it at Animal Kingdom because, quite frankly, there’s quite a few cool lounges there. (BaseLine Tap House is as well themed as DCA v1 or maybe DinoRama, and the Tune-In Lounge always seems to packed with guests waiting to get into the 50s Prime Time Café.)
I’m sure there are drunken fools at other parks, but they just aren’t as prevalent as they get during Epcot and its festivals.