LittleBuford
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I'm curious to know this as well. The children's menu is also fixed price, but obviously cheaper. Would the restaurant really raise a fuss if a child suspected to be over 10 opted for the children's menu?
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Fountain & Bottled Drink, Popcorn, Pretzel, and Other Snack Item Prices Exponentially
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I'm curious to know this as well. The children's menu is also fixed price, but obviously cheaper. Would the restaurant really raise a fuss if a child suspected to be over 10 opted for the children's menu?
Calmdownnow
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Would it be an issue if a child over 10 opted for the childrens' menu? Well they would if it was a fixed price buffet -- at the buffet they would be charged the "adult" price. So, the question is do they treat fixed price menu the same as they treat buffet pricing when charging guests at fixes price meal?
Is the question important? Well yes, because if someone is heading off to Disney after reading these boards and thinks they can escape these charges by ordering differently, they may have been mislead.
I would also say that the suggestion that "10 year olds have always been adults and that battle was lost long ago" is defeatist and not helpful when Disney is moving away from selectable menu items that allows cost to be linked to appetite, towards fixed price menus. This is precisely the time when a campaign for "junior" pricing might carry some real economic weight.
Is the question important? Well yes, because if someone is heading off to Disney after reading these boards and thinks they can escape these charges by ordering differently, they may have been mislead.
I would also say that the suggestion that "10 year olds have always been adults and that battle was lost long ago" is defeatist and not helpful when Disney is moving away from selectable menu items that allows cost to be linked to appetite, towards fixed price menus. This is precisely the time when a campaign for "junior" pricing might carry some real economic weight.
LittleBuford
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It's a bit different from a buffet situation, because at Be Our Guest, the two menus entail different food options. An 11-year-old ordering the adult menu would receive the same food as an actual adult; the "value" is identical. What I don't know is whether this 11-year-old could instead go for the children's fixed-price menu, in which case they would be charged the lower price and receive a different meal altogether. Do CMs ask for proof of age in such cases? In my experience, it's really in their teens that children's appetites and tastes start resembling those of adults.
Bpmorley
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Disney makes the choice easy now. Rental car for a week is about $100. 1 stop at winn-dixie or publix and we save way over that cost. Case of bottled water(for DW, I hate bottled water)2.99. Case of beer 15, bottle of wine 10, throw in some breakfast food and snacks and disney doesn't kill me as much. We usually do 1 good meal on property, but use Disney rewards for that. Plus driving off property to eat is at least a third the price.
Calmdownnow
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Disneyhead'71
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Wrong thread. I moved it to the soft attendance thread.
LittleBuford
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If a child orders and eats the same meal as an adult, then I see no problem with that child being charged the same amount as an adult. Where I part company with Disney is over the notion that a 10-year-old has adult eating habits to begin with. To my mind, 12 or 13 would be a more reasonable age for the child/adult division.
Radeksgrl
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I KNEW IT! Exactly what I was worried about this year. So much for AP prices increasing in February like they normally do, Hopefully free parking is still included with the AP.
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Platinum and Platinum Plus. Don't know about Gold and Silver.
I can ask my two sons and find out. (I'll bet it's still cheaper than box of popcorn in DLP.
)Update: Someone else can confirm/corroborate this, but they said $10 for a refillable bucket with $2 refills. $5 or $6 for a regular box (I'm guessing $5).
JoeCamel
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I think the new prices on a menu board are posted upthread but I'm too lazy to go look.I can ask my two sons and find out. (I'll bet it's still cheaper than box of popcorn in DLP.
Update: Someone else can confirm/corroborate this, but they said $10 for a refillable bucket with $2 refills. $5 or $6 for a regular box (I'm guessing $5).
I went back 10-11 pages and didn't find anything but a popcorn refill costs $2. So that's confirmed. Anyone who wants to go back further to look, be my guest, I'll thank you in advance right now.
Kman101
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I wonder how much is "bought" on the DDP and if that's why there hasn't been much blowback on the over-pricing. I imagine it makes little difference to most but those of us paying out of pocket who notice it the most. I haven't read all 40 pages so apologies if this has been brought up already.
JoeCamel
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It was these I was thinking of...Guess I'm not as lazy as I thought
You posted it?
The difference between Universal and Disney, as far as table service restaurants go, is Universal's most expensive TSRs have prices that align with Sci-Fi Dine In. But have considerably better food.
And here are Universal's current snack prices.
Heh... Just saw this. No, no, Corless doesn't steal material... *checks title of this thread*
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Also - Prices on popcorn are creeping up. My wife and I were just commenting to each other last week how popcorn prices at DLP were outrageous, 6.49 Euros for a box, or roughly about $8 USD. And it's not even Orville Reddenbacher anymore.
You posted it?
No, that was the price for a box of popcorn at DLP. #SomethingCheaperAtWDW
JoeCamel
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OK, my reading comprehension is about as good as my memory.
Or you didn't click on the attachment you posted