EPCOTCenterLover
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I agree with your point- but your last line was unnecessary and an oversimplification of a large group of people.
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Gaston's Tavern
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AEfx
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unkadug - It was a joke. 
Hence the wink.
Although, as someone that doesn't drink (I just don't care for the taste of it personally, there are other things I'd rather do to relax) it is odd to me how alcohol-centric even people without a "problem" tend to view a lot things. It's just a different way of thinking, because it doesn't cross my mind yet for some people it's one of the first things they think about. Just like a lot of people don't notice that you can't find a drop of Pepsi in Disney (even in the convenience stores), yet I notice immediately (and thought I was crazy once that I couldn't find it in Hess as I had never heard of a store not carrying both).
I don't understand consuming an alcoholic beverage and not wanting to get a "buzz" - because otherwise what's the point, LOL, as I can't imagine most people actually like the taste - but that's something I'm never going to get, I'm afraid.
I thought my mom was gonna cry out of happiness at the fact they had a nice Tuna Salad sandwich there instead of the fast food everywhere else.
It would be nice to get something a little different, just not way-out-there like the Noodle thing (and yes, that was way out there - hot cups of noodles to tourists in the Florida sun was just a dumb idea, LOL).
Hence the wink.Although, as someone that doesn't drink (I just don't care for the taste of it personally, there are other things I'd rather do to relax) it is odd to me how alcohol-centric even people without a "problem" tend to view a lot things. It's just a different way of thinking, because it doesn't cross my mind yet for some people it's one of the first things they think about. Just like a lot of people don't notice that you can't find a drop of Pepsi in Disney (even in the convenience stores), yet I notice immediately (and thought I was crazy once that I couldn't find it in Hess as I had never heard of a store not carrying both).
I don't understand consuming an alcoholic beverage and not wanting to get a "buzz" - because otherwise what's the point, LOL, as I can't imagine most people actually like the taste - but that's something I'm never going to get, I'm afraid.
I thought my mom was gonna cry out of happiness at the fact they had a nice Tuna Salad sandwich there instead of the fast food everywhere else.
It would be nice to get something a little different, just not way-out-there like the Noodle thing (and yes, that was way out there - hot cups of noodles to tourists in the Florida sun was just a dumb idea, LOL).
I don't understand consuming an alcoholic beverage and not wanting to get a "buzz" - because otherwise what's the point, LOL, as I can't imagine most people actually like the taste - but that's something I'm never going to get, I'm afraid.
That is like say why drink anything else on Earth if you do not get a buzz. You drink tea, coke, water, lemonade, etc because you like it. Wine or beer can accent a type a food in a manner that a standard drink cannot. It is about the flavor not the content. People who drink to get lit most of the time could careless about the quality and flavor. People who are drinking for flavor and body could careless if they get the slightest buzz.
AEfx
Well-Known Member
Like I said, it's something I'll likely never understand.
I can't think of a way to ruin a mouthful of food with the "accent" of beer or wine - it would make me gag, especially beer which I cannot discern from urine aside from the fizz - but I completely acknowledge it's my own personal taste.
I just find it very interesting the perception of people who do drink is vs. those who don't, just like I compared above how most people probably don't notice that Pepsi is nowhere to be found for sale on Disney property. Although not specifically here, I don't think some people, even those "without a problem", realize how much of a consideration alcohol is to them in social and recreational settings.
To be honest, I couldn't care less what people consume, if that's what they want/need, go for it; it's the smell that keeps me out of areas with beer carts and such at Epcot or Universal. It smells like someone had a large accident in their pants, LOL. So I just avoid those areas.
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
Can us teetotalers start our own subsection of this forum?
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
:ROFLOL:
Are you implying people are peeing all over the park? or that beer itself smells like urine? :lol:
dreamfinder
Well-Known Member
Massive turkey legs, raw eggs by the dozen to help you get large. That type of meal is definitely overlooked at MK right now. Protein protein protein. Tub of protein mix with every kids meal order.
I could definitely see if being like the food you would get at a ren fair or the like. Lots of stuff you eat with your hands, not much for the herbivores among us.
britdaw
Well-Known Member
:ROFLOL: Can you imagine going in and actually ordering that? Ewww. LOL
flynnibus
Premium Member
unkadug - It was a joke.
Although, as someone that doesn't drink (I just don't care for the taste of it personally, there are other things I'd rather do to relax).
you need to find some more different drinks.. especially in the wine or mixed variety. Most of those are drank for their taste, not their alcohol content. Even really basic ones can be fab.. like try to some stoli rasberry vodka in sprite. I stay away from the drinks that mix food and drink.. but others will swear by their mohitos, etc. Try a frozen drink from fat tuesdays sometime
Probably just something you haven't been properly exposed to. For fine dining, the accompanying drink is very much part of the food experience.. and people do take very seriously how the different drinks enhance or clash with the food. Some really enhance fatty foods, etc.
There is certainly an element of refinement to it. Most don't bother, but it is there for the serious types. I mean at the basic levels... the 'red or white?' question is very much based on the food being served.
ICE11720
New Member
Craft beer/wine should be served wherever in the world IMO. Beer/wine pairing dinners are absolutely amazing. Wether you like to drink or not isn't the point in this convo. Its simply the word Tavern - A tavern is a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food, and in some cases, where travelers receive lodging (which ends up being called an Inn).
Either way last time I checked this was America...
People should have the choice to do whatever, if your an idiot regardless of your drinking or not, you should be ejected as to not interfere with other peoples freedoms.
Either way last time I checked this was America...
People should have the choice to do whatever, if your an idiot regardless of your drinking or not, you should be ejected as to not interfere with other peoples freedoms.
The word tavern has little to do with the fact that this one restaurant (or any other in MK with "tavern" or "inn" as part of the title) serves alcohol or not. MK, as it currently stands, is a "dry" park. Whether that changes or not is up for debate, but the one word in the name of the establishment will have little bearing on that decision....
Same for the fact that "this is America," however that is relevant....
AEfx
Well-Known Member
Oh, I've definitely been around fine dining and such. I know the basics as well, I have a lot of friends who drink, are foodies, or wine loves. I've sampled just about everything, and I've yet to find anything that really tastes good to me. :shrug:
The only thing I close to liked as a drink is a Purple Hooter (sometimes called Purple Crush) which is made with Chambord and Vodka, I believe - and only because when properly made it tastes like grape juice. But since it tastes like Grape Juice...I found little point, LOL. I'm the type of guy when someone is making Mimosas I just ask for a plain glass of OJ. I know, I'm weird.
AEfx
Well-Known Member
That's the exact argument for the opposite side.
This is America, and Walt Disney World is private property and they can choose to serve whatever they wish. As this is America, and I cannot get a Diet Pepsi served to me on Disney Property, because Disney chose not to carry those brands (even in the Hess stores!!) so I am not able to buy it there.
You might as well complain that the local library doesn't have a liquor license.
disney magic 06
Well-Known Member
I can't see any point in MK being a dry park when alcohol abounds at all the others. I COULD see the point at the water parks, but there's plenty of bars there. I don't think I've been to any other dry theme park. Even if, like Disneyland Paris, alcohol was served only with food that would be something. Maybe at a tavern..................
Disneyroks
Member
Hello Friends,
Gaston's Tavern is NOT going to be just a place to get beer. In fact Gaston's Tavern will most likely have the following items to purchase:
Guiness Beer
Vodka
Hot Pretzels
Various Cookies
Crepes
Fudge
Fruit
Wine
They all seem very good. Just a quick reminder that part of the new Fantasyland Expansion is set to open in 2012.
Have a Magical Day!
-Disneyroks
WDW Imagineer
Gaston's Tavern is NOT going to be just a place to get beer. In fact Gaston's Tavern will most likely have the following items to purchase:
Guiness Beer
Vodka
Hot Pretzels
Various Cookies
Crepes
Fudge
Fruit
Wine
They all seem very good. Just a quick reminder that part of the new Fantasyland Expansion is set to open in 2012.
Have a Magical Day!
-Disneyroks
WDW Imagineer
PhilharMagician
Well-Known Member
At least that would make Small World a little more tolerable!
(that's not a joke)
:lol:Noticed this new (I think) concept art for the interior of Gaston's.
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/09/a-tour-through-new-fantasyland-at-magic-kingdom-park/
Looks like the kid is drinking the same 'tipple' as Dad, so either they're reducing the legal drinking age in Fantasyland :lookaroun or it's root beer...
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/09/a-tour-through-new-fantasyland-at-magic-kingdom-park/
Looks like the kid is drinking the same 'tipple' as Dad, so either they're reducing the legal drinking age in Fantasyland :lookaroun or it's root beer...