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Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I was appalled by how people were dressed at Cali Grill when I was there last. I had on a sundress and my husband had on khakis and a nice shirt....nothing crazy. We were totally overdressed, actually looked out of place. Everyone was in t-shirts and shorts, little kids were running around and screaming. They aren't enforcing anything at that place anymore.

Like I said, given how long it takes to commute around WDW it isn't likely that is what Disney is going to enforce. They'd rather guests fill the chairs and plunk down a credit card. And of course the tide changed with that 'ole dining plan.
 

Wrangler-Rick

Just Horsing Around…
Premium Member
When they had the dress code at the Contemporary, it was back in the day when it was called the Top of the World. They did a dinner show with singing and dancing. I don't remember much of it (it was back in 1985), but I do remember that they had loaner sport coats. I remember having a dress shirt and a tie with me, but not a coat. Last December was the first time since then that I was back up there!
 

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Considering you can rent formal gear everywhere, its no excuse.
Theres even rental for Cruises too!

I don't agree. Formal Wear is very expensive to rent and for women even worse let alone women finding shoes that fit to rent. You have issues with the price of Chef's at in the France pavilion can you imagine having to rent formal wear on top of the price of the menu? And to what end? I'm genuinely more concerned with the food, service and pray that the adults and children behave. I can't say a person in shorts or a tshirt ever ruined my dining experience at WDW.

I will totally agree with you on signature restaurants in the real world or fine dining attire also for other places but WDW in the 21st century is a very casual resort.
 

Goofyernmost

Well-Known Member
I kinda look at Disney as a very casual environment. You must remember I was also a small child through the 60's when anything looks better than what young adults wore back then. It takes so much time away from touring to get on transportation change a family and get back on transportation to go to a TS restaurant especially if it is at a resort. That process could easily take a couple hours so I see why Disney just doesn't care. They want the money not proper attire. How many guests would give up a few hours in transportation and a few hours for dinner out of their vacation day? At Disney I'm pretty comfortable with anyone's attire just so it isn't gross. I'm more concerned with my ADR being close to ontime and choosing what I will choose to eat. I'm not going to fret if the family next to me is in their shorts or tee's. I know Disney has suggested attire for TS but even they know the WDW is not that type of environment.

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This just doesn't offend me.
Nor I, but then again it takes a lot to offend me really. Unless someone is in my face, directly focusing on me, I am usually oblivious to what people are wearing and even if it were aware I doubt that it would bother me in the least. I used to know this old guy who's favorite saying was... "you go to your church, I'll go to mine."

When they had the dress code at the Contemporary, it was back in the day when it was called the Top of the World. They did a dinner show with singing and dancing. I don't remember much of it (it was back in 1985), but I do remember that they had loaner sport coats. I remember having a dress shirt and a tie with me, but not a coat. Last December was the first time since then that I was back up there!
Do they even have a published dress code for there anymore? I have seen one for over at the Grand Floridian, but not in the California Grill. Heck, the name California Grill does not exactly scream formal. I still think that at some point in time we all need to check our calenders and realize that this is the 21st Century. If you look at the old photos of people visiting Disneyland in the 50's the men were wearing suit and tie and the women were wearing dresses and hats. In other words, their Sunday best! Do we really want to go back to that time?

I will admit that there are some folks that shouldn't wear shorts even in their own homes. It is not always a good look. Personally, I have legs to die for (muscular and manly) so I wear shorts merely to give everyone something pleasant to look at.:)
 

OSUgirl77

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I don't agree. Formal Wear is very expensive to rent and for women even worse let alone women finding shoes that fit to rent. You have issues with the price of Chef's at in the France pavilion can you imagine having to rent formal wear on top of the price of the menu? And to what end? I'm genuinely more concerned with the food, service and pray that the adults and children behave. I can't say a person in shorts or a tshirt ever ruined my dining experience at WDW.

I will totally agree with you on signature restaurants in the real world or fine dining attire also for other places but WDW in the 21st century is a very casual resort.
I don't have a problem with people being dressed casually for Signature restaurants in the parks. Most of the time, you are eating there because you were going to be at that park anyway. No one is going to go back and change for that. I do feel differently about the ones in the hotels, especially the ones that still act like they are fine dining establishments and claim to have a dress code. Even if you put on nice shorts and a collared shirt. Some people looked like they had just rolled out of bed.
 

OSUgirl77

Well-Known Member
Nor I, but then again it takes a lot to offend me really. Unless someone is in my face, directly focusing on me, I am usually oblivious to what people are wearing and even if it were aware I doubt that it would bother me in the least. I used to know this old guy who's favorite saying was... "you go to your church, I'll go to mine."


Do they even have a published dress code for there anymore? I have seen one for over at the Grand Floridian, but not in the California Grill. Heck, the name California Grill does not exactly scream formal. I still think that at some point in time we all need to check our calenders and realize that this is the 21st Century. If you look at the old photos of people visiting Disneyland in the 50's the men were wearing suit and tie and the women were wearing dresses and hats. In other words, their Sunday best! Do we really want to go back to that time?

I will admit that there are some folks that shouldn't wear shorts even in their own homes. It is not always a good look. Personally, I have legs to die for (muscular and manly) so I wear shorts merely to give everyone something pleasant to look at.:)
They do still have a dress code, at least they did in April. It's not jacket required anymore, more like business casual.
 

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
I had R&R in Japan in 1970. While I was there I bought a tape deck for my car and had it shipped home. I had never seen one like this it played both 8 track and cassette. I don't know if I can explain it, but when you looked at the front it looked just like it was a Cassette player only. It was kind of a false front. If you took an 8 track tape and pushed it against opening for the cassette, it would open up to the size of the 8 track and had little mechanisms inside the pushed all the cassette stuff up and out of the way and went to a set of heads for the 8 track. Those Japanese electronic engineers were very clever. It played beautifully but not for very long before the thing just stopped working. Then it just became a clever little piece of junk.

Yep, I knew a few people that had those.
Even though I had a few 8-tracks that I played at home, I didn't wanna' hafta' drag those bulky buggers around with me in my car, so I opted for cassette only.
 

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
It's beautiful but, yes, it's very cold! I don't mind snow sometimes, but I really don't like to be cold. I like snow at Christmas, maybe a little in January...then I'm done. I used to love it, until I had to start driving in it. :) Going to warm up today (if you call 41 warm), so it will be melted by this afternoon.

Woof.
Amarillo, Texas got 11 inches of snow yesterday. Most of the panhandle and many parts of far west Texas also got a bunch.
Although it actually snows up in those areas quite a bit, it broke a record of 4.9 inches for that date set back in 1966.
 

MOXOMUMD

Well-Known Member
So, I just made up a jug of "detox" water - minus the cucumber for the first round.
1/2 a lemon, 1/2 a lime, and 1/2 a grapefruit. Sadly, all the fresh mint at Fortino's was past expiry, so I will have to pick some up elsewhere tomorrow.

The clinic has advised to add lemon to my water, and when I suggested the detox water, the nurse said, "even better".

Can't believe I'm going to tell y'all this. Compared to a couple of years ago, I am half a person more than I used to be.
This time, two years ago, I weighed 125 (which is too low for me). You do the math.

FYI, historically, my ideal weight for my frame and body type is 140'ish.

ETA:
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Good luck. :)
 

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