Great info for the ones who are in denial!
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News WDW Food and Beverage Price Increases 10/1/2019
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ImperfectPixie
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Into the PARKS, yes. But while some insist that Disney allows it - bringing outside food into restaurants is an unwritten no-no.
ImperfectPixie
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I dare you to try that at a restaurant that isn't on Disney property. Then go to Disney and ask upper management if it's okay. In fact, I recall either last year or the year before, people who weren't purchasing food at QS locations with outdoor seating were NOT allowed to take a seat.
Subject was in Disney parks not your fantasy dare question.
Jon81uk
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Oh yes taking up seats in a QS when you haven't ordered there is a big no and at busy periods they won't let you take a seat unless you are holding a tray of food. I think the parks do need to ensure there is some picnic seating available, but people should not have their own food inside Pecos Bills or Cosmic Rays. Tomorrowland Terrace is shut most of the time so that is OK though.
ImperfectPixie
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^^^^^^^^ See above.
wannabeBelle
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Agreed. Without even a question agreed. If anything though that further proves my point, that a high end steakhouse is within this pricing range. If Le Cellier meets that criteria or not is a whole other topic. I haven't been there since it went Signature as I just couldn't justify that. I am going later on this fall for a friend's birthday ( she picked the location) for dinner. Marie
wannabeBelle
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Not that I can think of at the moment. They have added Value such as a 15 month Annual Pass for the pricing of 12 for example, but I don't think there was a pricing decrease per se. @ParentsOf4 do you recall any? Marie
So, we finally reached the tipping point...
TrainsOfDisney
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Anyone remember when the prices went down maybe 10 or so years ago? Maybe more than that cause I was still drinking coke. I went up to outdoor vending and asked for a bottle of coke “that’ll be $2” I said “didn’t it used to be $2.50” the cm said “yeah a few weeks ago” I said “the prices went down” and the cm said “I’m as shocked as you are”
I feel like it was around 2005.... cinderellabration and all.
I feel like it was around 2005.... cinderellabration and all.
Kman101
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And folks also wonder why the Disney Outlets are more popular than ever. Folks are entirely being priced out of merchandise and food/beverage. ($40 for a shirt? That's why things sit on the shelves for months)
ImperfectPixie
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I legit will NOT buy anything on the website unless it's on sale at a good discount.
Kman101
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I very rarely buy full priced merchandise. I won't pay their prices. I also skip on as much food and beverage as I can, personally.
ImperfectPixie
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We have 2 rules for our boys - when we arrive at WDW, they get to pick one thing at the resort store that's $10 or less that they can bring to the parks with them for keeping busy in lines, then they're each allowed to pick two items on our last day...usually a hat/ears and a toy of some sort. Hubby and I usually don't buy any merch in the parks for ourselves.
Kman101
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Even back when I was a kid I don't recall very much Disney or Universal merchandise crossing my hands.
You have a good rule, IMO. I can't imagine how a family affords Disney, honestly. As a single guy I can't imagine coming up with the money, lol.
_caleb
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Wow! I did not remember a price cut. What a neat surprise that must have been!
ImperfectPixie
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The small item when we get there is super key - it's literally saved us from whining I can't remember how many times. And forcing them to wait to choose two items at the end of our trip prevents the "I wants" during the rest of it and is helping them to be more particular about what they want to spend money on.
It's definitely gotten harder now that our oldest is charged as an adult and our youngest will be 10 in a year and a few months. In all seriousness though, aside from a long weekend one state away at the end of the summer, we don't spend much in the way of family entertainment outside of our Disney trips. We've decided we'd rather save and spend there as it is literally the only place where all 4 of us are excited and happy. (We still enjoy other places, but one person or another inevitably ends up bored.)
Ricky Spanish
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When we were at the outdoor seating area by Fairfax Fare this past June, a family of about 8 occupied two tables right by us.
They ate their brown bag lunches and nobody bothered them.
And it was kinda busy.
ImperfectPixie
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That doesn't make it right or mean that it's allowed.
The kinda busy is probably how they got away with it - the CMs were too busy elsewhere.