ImperfectPixie
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FTFY (Sorry, I like the food and entertainment.)
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News 2019 Epcot Food and Wine Festival
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lostpro9het
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This does not account for the “pre-gamers” drinking in the parking lot before they enter the park or the folks bringing in bottled “water” into the park.
ImperfectPixie
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True, but even still...most bartenders are able to discern when a person has had enough. Give the bartenders the ability to decline serving someone who is on their way to (or already) drunk, and the problem gets solved.
olie64
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That's exactly how I approach it. Well, that's to say - I rarely order drinks at the food kiosks. I'm set in my ways. I'll start out with a Macallan followed by a Guinness at R&C and off I go. I hit my usual "drinking spots". I'm a scotch man who enjoys a good Gin Tonic and partakes in beer. Not much into the IPA scene, nor the trendy drinks, and I really don't care much for wine. So taking the "Wine" out of "Food and Wine" would suit me just fine.
I do.
lostpro9het
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Bartenders!?! You you mean the CMs that received a whole 30 seconds of “bartender” trainging that focused on opening cans and pulling a tap to dispense premixed margaritas? Yeah, super able to discern who has had enough.
DznyGrlSD
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- In the Parks
- Yes
the official name of this non-festival time is #DietEPCOT
ImperfectPixie
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If they're serving booze, they should be able to tell the difference. Hell, I've never served booze in my life, but I can tell the difference.
Some of them remain for Festival of the Arts, and anything not used is removed.
deeevo
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I spend around $200 for my wife and I for a good night of eating and drinking at F&W... do I get hammered??.. oh yes... do I stumble around.... ummmm no... I am a professional... professionals do not stumble around like 19 year olds that snuck a bottle of MD2020 into prom.
Festival of the Arts is before F&G (or after F&W depending on your perspective). I think they were referring to Jun - late August. I've seen some removed, but I've seen quite a few just go dark.
It's all about pace. F&W seems to bring out the "Power Drinkers". Routine usually goes: Order drink, pound drink, move on to next pavilion, repeat.
olie64
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I always wondered what it was.. I'm guessing it depends on what a person drinks and what not.
MD2020 haha, that and Boone's farm wine.
deeevo
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Yeah, not my style... I want to feel halfway descent the next morning... lol.. I have seen the the loud drunks wondering around and for the most part it has been pretty civilized but I only go a few times a season. If F&W went away tomorrow I wouldn't loose sleep over it. Just like everyone else I would prefer 80's EPCOT over what we have now.
Horizons '83
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- In the Parks
- No
It's a wonderful festival... that should take place as @marni1971 mentioned at Disney Springs.
ImperfectPixie
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I miss Pleasure Island...so yes, I agree.
Yes sorry , I misread the original post.
DznyGrlSD
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- In the Parks
- Yes
I like to get a good buzz when I'm at EPCOT thanks, mostly to La Cava but do I go stumbling around like it's my 1st rodeo? no. I may be a bit chattier with the people I'm with but I'm not stumbling around drunk. It's too expensive to yack up everything I just ate/drank.
Unless it’s in a gated area with a ticket booth they can’t make admission money in Dis Springs.