Magic Kingdom No Longer to be Dry

DonaldDoleWhip

DonaldDoleWhip

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MissMorrow said:
I only object on the grounds of tradition. Otherwise I have no problem with it.
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Agreed. From a WDW history standpoint, I can see why this would upset traditionalists. But in terms of a tangible impact, I can't imagine a bunch of drunkards suddenly stumbling across the park as a result of this.

The food looks great (for a theme park restaurant), IMO. I'm happy with this update.
 
xdan0920

xdan0920

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Really surprised at this.

Not sure how I feel about it...

Opens up a potentially slippery slope. But as long as they keep it INSIDE the restaurants, I have no problem with it. High end dining should have wine. But I hope it doesn't find its way into the QS locations.
 
bdearl41

bdearl41

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This is suprising to say the least. I never thought this would happen. I think its still more fun to do the monorail pub crawl during the afternoon then heading back into the park afterwards. Disney probably looks at it as a way to make more money. 10 dollar wines at dinner.
 
The Mom

The Mom

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Interesting. This was the standard when EPCOT first opened. Alcohol could only be purchased at TS restaurants with food,and could not be removed from the premises. I can't remember when the change was made to include counter service restaurants, and then eventually they added the kiosks.
 
JimboJones123

JimboJones123

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I don't drink. I really don't care much for people drinking either.

That being said, I am really cool with this.

One spot. Very Club 33 ish. It isn't like Hollywood Studios where they set up mobile bars all over the park and are shoving hard drinks on you everywhere.

Very classy decision. Besides, who is going to hang out and have 4-5 drinks and get sloshed? 3-5 guests a day? Much better than F&W where there are nightly brawls and lushy floozies all over.


+1 for this decision. Just keep it at the one exclusive spot. Even Tony's should be dry.
 
PhilharMagician

PhilharMagician

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I new it would come at some point. There is too much money to be made with alchoholic beverages. I would expect that in the future it will be available @ Tony's and Liberty Tree. Crystal Palace may hold out since it is a Character meal.
 
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BigThunderMatt

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I think we're all forgetting that even Club 33 which is technically INSIDE Disneyland, serves alcohol. Grant it, it's exclusive, but to say that this is the first Disneyland style park to serve alcohol within its gates is absurd. The premise is entirely the same. It is only available in one location, within the park, at a certain time, and it can only be consumed WITHIN that location. The only difference is that instead of paying thousands of dollars to do so, guests just have to make a reservation.
 
Mawg

Mawg

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The Mom said:
Interesting. This was the standard when EPCOT first opened. Alcohol could only be purchased at TS restaurants with food,and could not be removed from the premises. I can't remember when the change was made to include counter service restaurants, and then eventually they added the kiosks.
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This is always how it starts. You have to start to numb people to it first. Soon we'll all be having coconut rum in our dole whip
 
Fantasmic

Fantasmic

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I don't have a problem with alcohol.
I do have a problem with alcohol in the Magic Kingdom. Club 33 IS different as it's so elitist.
 
zooey

zooey

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Alcohol has a huge mark-up and makes a LOT of money, so this is a no brainer. They made the compromise by serving it in one very specific place and keeping there. There aren't going to be alcoholic drink stands in MK anytime soon... I see no harm in serving wine and beer as a pairing with food. If anything, it gives me hope with the goals of the restaurant, because if they're thinking about wine pairings they must be after food that warrants a pairing. Of course, they could just be liquoring people up to help the bad food go down a little easier... Either way, another non event at Disney.
 
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BigThunderMatt

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Fantasmic said:
I don't have a problem with alcohol.
I do have a problem with alcohol in the Magic Kingdom. Club 33 IS different as it's so elitist.
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How is it different? You can't take it out of the club and you can't take your beer or wine (which, by the way, barely qualify as alcohol) out of Be Our Guest. It's not IN Magic Kingdom. It's in A restauraunt which happens to be located WITHIN Magic Kigdom.
 
HokieDevil

HokieDevil

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Why stop at restaurants. I'd love for them to have mulled wine in the winter served at kiosks. If you have ever been to Christkindlmarket in Chicago you know what I'm talking about.
 
cbsav

cbsav

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BigThunderMatt said:
you can't take your beer or wine (which, by the way, barely qualify as alcohol)
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How does wine barely qualify as alcohol? It has a higher alcohol content per volume than most beers and even some liquors. Have you ever had some desert wines or amarone? The are usualy above 15% alcohol.

Regardless, I have no problem with this. I think all good meals need a good wine to pair with them. As long as they keep it in the restaurant I don't see an issue.
 
cbsav

cbsav

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HokieDevil said:
Why stop at restaurants. I'd love for them to have mulled wine in the winter served at kiosks. If you have ever been to Christkindlmarket in Chicago you know what I'm talking about.
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They have mulled wine in Germany during the holidays (gluvine). It isn't half bad either.
 

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