Wanting to drink on vacation does NOT make one an alcoholic. The vast majority of people (even 90% of those who overindulge) don't qualify for a diagnosis of Alcohol Use Disorder (the new term for alcoholism).
just got back from WDW, was out at EPCOT several times over the week. Didn't see a single out of line person, we were there day and night, not a one.
My wife and I spend more time at Epcot than any other park. We visit several times a year and have been doing so for 15 years as a couple. I've never seen anybody puke in the bushes or start a fight. Never seen anybody act innapropritaley on a level that security was needed. Only thing I've seen is a few people having a good time but being a bit too loud.
Wait - taking a nap in the shrubbery at the Springs is a thing??Whelp, at least she didn't try to climb the Mayan pyramid at the Mexico Pavilion in Epcot.
I thought surely that's where the story would lead upon reading the thread title.
That, or a swim in one of the reflecting ponds in Future World.
Or, taking a nap in the shrubbery at Disney Springs.
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Nothing good happens around the 2am hour.
Well besides seeing the girl in the bushes we had a great time! And being the only ones there, we got the first bus express right back to our hotel
).That incident at Club Cool in 2013 made headlines. A drunken guest 23_year old male graduate of U.S. Naval Academy went on a violent rampage, assaulted a female with a PCV pipe, drove a company golf cart and also punched 2 other males all who went to the hospital for their injuries. The ones that subdued the drunken guest administered their own street justice and the guest was taken to jail with "injuries".I suppose only a few people see the few incidents but they do happen. Out of the tens of thousands attending on a given night, only a tiny minority will be unlucky enough to see the drunken jerk puking his guts up. My wife and I were like you until a few years back and had never witnessed anything. Unfortunately we rocked up one evening to Club Cool to find several guests in tears on the floor and a guy being restrained by another guest after he'd got drunk and attacked people with a pipe he'd dismantled from a backstage area he'd wandered into after getting plastered.
We also saw a group of young adults pushing folk out of their way the other year who were very quickly surrounded by security and one of them yacked all over the floor he was in such a state (not the security but the young adults obviously
I guess you'd really have to look at numbers of incidents to decide whether it's a 'problem' or not and establish what the cause of the problem was. We assume the puking was from alcohol whereas it could have just been a virus the guy had, unlikely you would think but not impossible. Like yourself I don't think of F & W as a dangerous place to go full of drunks causing chaos, however I think we have to accept that there can be incidents we don't see or hear of and they can spoil the enjoyment (or worse) for others. The number of incidents must be the deciding factor by Disney, what they are I have no idea though. I've seen two over the last few years on maybe 10 visits but I doubt your average guest would see 1 incident every 5 visits, we were probably just unlucky.
I suppose only a few people see the few incidents but they do happen. Out of the tens of thousands attending on a given night, only a tiny minority will be unlucky enough to see the drunken jerk puking his guts up. My wife and I were like you until a few years back and had never witnessed anything. Unfortunately we rocked up one evening to Club Cool to find several guests in tears on the floor and a guy being restrained by another guest after he'd got drunk and attacked people with a pipe he'd dismantled from a backstage area he'd wandered into after getting plastered.
We also saw a group of young adults pushing folk out of their way the other year who were very quickly surrounded by security and one of them yacked all over the floor he was in such a state (not the security but the young adults obviously
I guess you'd really have to look at numbers of incidents to decide whether it's a 'problem' or not and establish what the cause of the problem was. We assume the puking was from alcohol whereas it could have just been a virus the guy had, unlikely you would think but not impossible. Like yourself I don't think of F & W as a dangerous place to go full of drunks causing chaos, however I think we have to accept that there can be incidents we don't see or hear of and they can spoil the enjoyment (or worse) for others. The number of incidents must be the deciding factor by Disney, what they are I have no idea though. I've seen two over the last few years on maybe 10 visits but I doubt your average guest would see 1 incident every 5 visits, we were probably just unlucky.
okI suppose only a few people see the few incidents but they do happen. Out of the tens of thousands attending on a given night, only a tiny minority will be unlucky enough to see the drunken jerk puking his guts up. My wife and I were like you until a few years back and had never witnessed anything. Unfortunately we rocked up one evening to Club Cool to find several guests in tears on the floor and a guy being restrained by another guest after he'd got drunk and attacked people with a pipe he'd dismantled from a backstage area he'd wandered into after getting plastered.
We also saw a group of young adults pushing folk out of their way the other year who were very quickly surrounded by security and one of them yacked all over the floor he was in such a state (not the security but the young adults obviously
I guess you'd really have to look at numbers of incidents to decide whether it's a 'problem' or not and establish what the cause of the problem was. We assume the puking was from alcohol whereas it could have just been a virus the guy had, unlikely you would think but not impossible. Like yourself I don't think of F & W as a dangerous place to go full of drunks causing chaos, however I think we have to accept that there can be incidents we don't see or hear of and they can spoil the enjoyment (or worse) for others. The number of incidents must be the deciding factor by Disney, what they are I have no idea though. I've seen two over the last few years on maybe 10 visits but I doubt your average guest would see 1 incident every 5 visits, we were probably just unlucky.
