I feel like someone at Disney has determined that alcohol is a cost effective alternative to new or updated attractions at Epcot. I guess it makes good business sense with the high markups but world showcase is already starting to feel like a bar crawl by mid afternoon these days which is downright uncomfortable when you are there with young children.
A few weeks ago I saw a guy with a beer (Yep, he took the beer with him. Nope, he didn't spill any) actually climb a good way up the front of the pyramid in Mexico after getting above that base level to the steps.* He got reprimanded by a cast member and came down after his friends got a few good photos and I suppose no harm, no foul but more and more, I'm noticing WS becoming less and less family friendly.
Food and Wine as a limited time event was fun, then more and more permanent alcohol stations began popping up, then they somehow managed to turn flower and garden into a drinking event, too.
I'm not a prude. I enjoy a drink, too but the atmosphere in this part of the park has changed while the other part has been neglected.
It just makes me sad because Epcot was once my favorite park in Disney. Now it is probably my least.
*Yeah, it was the beginning of spring break, I'll grant that but when numerous people are wandering around the park tipsy before 3pm and Disney is happy to fuel that behavior, I'd say it is time to pack up those activity stations for kids and stop pretending they want children there.
[Edited to fix typos I made on my phone in the wee hours of the morning when originally writing this.]