In the past whenever I'd go to 50's Prime Time the servers always played up their parts. They'd start making fun of the people at the table, if you put your elbows on the table you'd get reprimanded in front of everyone, you were expected to finish your vegetables or you wouldn't get dessert, etc. etc.
Last year when I went I thought I had maybe seen a person get the "no elbows on the table" thing, but this past time, nothing. I didn't hear anything anywhere in the restaurant. The table next to me had a big family together (ripe for being made fun of), the kids were sitting with their knees on the chairs, everyone (including the adults) had their elbows on the table and such... not a word from the server. I glanced around at other tables being waited on by other servers, same thing.
Has 50's Prime Time been tamed? I can only imagine someone got upset at some point, complained to Disney and they put a stop to all that "be proper" stuff. To me this was THE reason to go to that restaurant. Sure, the food is decent, but there's better throughout the parks, and the 50s theme is neat, but the TVs just keep playing the same loop over and over anyway.
Last year when I went I thought I had maybe seen a person get the "no elbows on the table" thing, but this past time, nothing. I didn't hear anything anywhere in the restaurant. The table next to me had a big family together (ripe for being made fun of), the kids were sitting with their knees on the chairs, everyone (including the adults) had their elbows on the table and such... not a word from the server. I glanced around at other tables being waited on by other servers, same thing.
Has 50's Prime Time been tamed? I can only imagine someone got upset at some point, complained to Disney and they put a stop to all that "be proper" stuff. To me this was THE reason to go to that restaurant. Sure, the food is decent, but there's better throughout the parks, and the 50s theme is neat, but the TVs just keep playing the same loop over and over anyway.