Is there any restrictions of taking an alcoholic drink from the Polynesian back to our resort? The drink in question is the Lapu Lapu which is self contained so we wouldn't be leaving with any of their glassware, but is this even allowable?
-
Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.
Taking a drink back to our resort room
- Thread starter SorcererGrandma
- Start date
NiarrNDisney
Well-Known Member
I would assume it would all depend on the form of transportation.
On foot to one of the near by resorts Yes!
Water taxis/Friendship boat travel to one of the near by resorts Yes!
Monorail travel to one of the loop resorts Yes!
Monorail travel to the Magic Kingdom No!
Bus travel to any resort No!
Car travel to any resort No!
It is illegal in all states to travel with an open container containing alcholic beverages in any transportaion that travels on road ways. Sorry I don't make the rules.
On foot to one of the near by resorts Yes!
Water taxis/Friendship boat travel to one of the near by resorts Yes!
Monorail travel to one of the loop resorts Yes!
Monorail travel to the Magic Kingdom No!
Bus travel to any resort No!
Car travel to any resort No!
It is illegal in all states to travel with an open container containing alcholic beverages in any transportaion that travels on road ways. Sorry I don't make the rules.
I had an inkling there was some law or other but I wasn't sure of the particulars. Thanks.
RonAnnArbor
Well-Known Member
Just take a cab from the Polynesian back to your resort from the front check-in area. There isn't a cab that will refuse to take you to your destination with the drink. They make a ton of money taking drunk Pleasure Island partiers with closed drinks in their hands back to their resorts at 2 a.m....
NiarrNDisney
Well-Known Member
Glad I could Help :wave:
AliceinWhoville
New Member
Is this assuming you wouldnt suck the drink down right then and there? Or do you mean you want to take the 2nd or 3rd back to your room?
I wanted to make sure that I was in a safe spot before I started imbibing. You know...like having a seat belt on and laying in bed. :ROFLOL:
AliceinWhoville
New Member
I thought thats why they have beach chairs for, those would be impossible to get out of especially while inebriated.
But then I'd have to be rolled back to my room...do beach chairs come with wheels the way rolling luggage does? 
AliceinWhoville
New Member
Wonder how much one would need to tip bell services to deliver you to your home resort
Yensid40
Member
A Lapu Lapu... :shrug:
Tipping a lapu lapu means you'd have to then get another bellboy to deliver me AND the 1st bellboy AND tip the 2nd bellboy a lapu lapu....ad infinitum. :ROFLOL:
J_Krafty24
Active Member
You are a little bit wrong on that. I know for a fact in Michigan (and I assume it is the same in most states) the alcoholic beverages law does not apply to all transportation on road ways. For example you can legally consume alcohol on chartered busses and in limos. I would assume whether legal or not that disney would prohibit consuming alcohol on their transportation busses.
NiarrNDisney
Well-Known Member
Yes in these instances it is legal because you have a contracted driver.
Public transportation and personal transportation are on the list of illegal vehicles that travel on roadways.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
I think he was wrong.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=Ch0565/ch0565.htm
In other words, the way it sounds to me, the whole property is covered under an umbrella liquor license, and as such you should be free to go where you please with said drink. :shrug:
MagicMegan
Active Member
They don't let you take alcohol out of the parks... it's happened to me and friends of mine.
WDWFigment
Well-Known Member
My interpretation, based on a prima facie reading of that statute, is that each Disney park (gate) is a "theme park complex" (since the terms 'enclosed area' and 'controlled entrance' are used--however, the big one is the admission fee; you can visit property in general without paying an admission fee). However, "theme park complex" is a term that could possibly be ambiguous, and should have its own statutory definition (or perhaps some common law ruling on the definition). In reality, many theme park laws in Florida were specifically tailored for Walt Disney World, so the company knows exactly what the 'intent' of the law is. The company also has enough influence to get change the statute if it didn't like enforcement. Chances are, Disney doesn't want people leaving the parks with open alcoholic containers (as that opens other social host liability issues).