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(TampaBays10.com) Florida News: Restaurant bans children under ten to make "better dining experience for adults." Fark: Restaurant located in Disney World   (tampabays10.com) divider line 174
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Hal B. Sure 2008-01-05 12:53:41 PM  
Makes perfect sense to me. Not everyone who goes to Disney World is a child or parent.

 
anonymousgirl 2008-01-05 12:54:00 PM  
well there has to be some sort of refuge for parents in disney world, right?

 
angrymacface [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 12:56:28 PM  
I look at this in much the same way as I look at smoking bans: I don't like smoke, so I don't frequent places where people like to smoke (i.e. bars). Therefore, I think smoking bans are silly.

I don't like children. Therefore, I avoid places where there are a lot of children (i.e. Disney World). Therefore, I think a children ban is silly.

//I like pie.

 
Salacious Salad 2008-01-05 01:08:46 PM  
Just don't tap your feet in the restroom.

 
theorellior 2008-01-05 01:08:47 PM  
Hal B. Sure: Makes perfect sense to me. Not everyone who goes to Disney World is a child or parent.

Really. What do you do there?

I'm not feeding The Mouse unless it's for a dying child.

 
Cameron_Talley 2008-01-05 01:08:52 PM  
Should have gotten a Hero Tag.

 
Anagrammer 2008-01-05 01:09:44 PM  
Those who think this is unusual are obviously not part of Club 33.

 
PracticeSmiling 2008-01-05 01:10:40 PM  
Brilliant! I'm going.

 
faxinator [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 01:10:50 PM  
What's the big deal? Nothing.

 
Goldeneye007 2008-01-05 01:11:56 PM  
angrymacface: I look at this in much the same way as I look at smoking bans: I don't like smoke, so I don't frequent places where people like to smoke (i.e. bars). Therefore, I think smoking bans are silly.

I don't like children. Therefore, I avoid places where there are a lot of children (i.e. Disney World). Therefore, I think a children ban is silly.

//I like pie.


Too bad the effects of the someone smoking isn't JUST a minor inconvenience, it's a public health hazard. And it doesn't go away as soon the smoker puts out his cigarette or cigar.

 
Hollie Maea 2008-01-05 01:12:03 PM  
You're right submitter, absolutely everything at Disney world is for little kids, or should be.

 
DeerNuts 2008-01-05 01:12:31 PM  
My God, a little bit of decent common sense and goodness? In Florida? Can't be.

 
Coffeemon 2008-01-05 01:13:53 PM  
I like children but sometimes they can get pretty tiresome, therefore a sanctuary like this makes perfect sense.

 
question_dj [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 01:15:56 PM  
Oh boy, this should be a fun thread. I know a few farkers are definitely getting their wish.

 
Control_this [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 01:18:55 PM  
anonymousgirl: well there has to be some sort of refuge for parents in disney world, right?

FYI Pleasure Island is not as wild as you might expect.

 
FightDirector 2008-01-05 01:19:31 PM  
Good.

 
bingethinker [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 01:19:37 PM  
Since every other restaurant at Disney is going to be full of screaming little kids, I see no reason why they can't have one that's quieter.

 
AmazingRuss 2008-01-05 01:20:01 PM  
I like to smoke around children, so this is a double bummer for me.

 
JohnnyC 2008-01-05 01:20:29 PM  
As a parent, I can appreciate something like that. It's not a big deal.

 
MusicMakeMyHeadPound 2008-01-05 01:20:37 PM  
theorellior: [Hal B. Sure: Makes perfect sense to me. Not everyone who goes to Disney World is a child or parent.]

Really. What do you do there?


My girlfriend wants to go simply because she's never been there before and I can't seem to talk her out of it.

So we plan to have a nice dinner, see the sights, and then have a lot of sex.

 
McJihad 2008-01-05 01:20:49 PM  
Victoria and Albert's already has a dress code, so this is really just the next step for their image.

 
Kirby Muxloe 2008-01-05 01:20:53 PM  
Sounds like a good idea to me. Sounds like this place will not appeal to the cheeseburger and spaghettioes crowd. And even Disney marks it as expensivewhich is a scary concept right there.

From the Disney Website:
Indulge your discriminating culinary tastes at this elite, intimate and elegant eatery recognized by the nation's top food critics. This very-special-occasion romantic Victorian retreat offers nightly harpists, lavish décor, personalized menus and a long-stem rose for each lady. An exceptional prix fixe menu paired with world-class wines is prepared daily. Luxury ingredients and sheer artistry make any meal here a memory to cherish.

Cuisine: American (D)
Facility Type: Restaurant
Dining Experience: Signature Dining (D)
Location: Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Meals Served:
Dinner: Prix Fixe Menu, $$$$ (over $90 per person)

 
attention span of a retarded fruit fly 2008-01-05 01:21:58 PM  
Well they should just have a Amusement park for adults then. Disney World for adults...they are trying to get into every thing....Next there will be a Disney Candidate!

 
VenomousDuck 2008-01-05 01:22:04 PM  
I see no harm here, even though I love my children I don't feel the rest of the world should have to put up with them everywhere they wish to go. For some silly reason grown-ups go to the Big Rat too, they might as well have a decent place to spend even more money without little snot noses bouncing off the walls.

 
level750geek 2008-01-05 01:22:29 PM  
This is outrageous, uncalled for, and a bunch of other things.

TEN? You mean you can still drag a kicking and screaming ELEVEN year old in there?

It's not a true CHILD ban unless it's an eighteen-and-over place. If they're going for the "families with older children" deal, then it should be 13 and up.

I vacationed with my family in Florida for nine years: for three of those years I stayed at one of the Disney Resorts with them. By day three, I want to lock my self up in the room. By day five, I'm hearing voices (I kid you not). If any of my trips had been anymore than a week, God knows what kind of bloody massacres you would have read about on the news.

With that being said, Disney is going to have to do a lot more than just ban whelps from ONE restaurant to win any respect from me.

 
Rodeodoc 2008-01-05 01:23:10 PM  
It's not just banning the kids. Most of the parents dragging their little snot nosed brats to Wally World think it's time to let the little barstids run wild. Maybe that's how they always are. It will be nice to have a quiet spot there.

 
Hal B. Sure 2008-01-05 01:27:13 PM  
theorellior: Hal B. Sure: Makes perfect sense to me. Not everyone who goes to Disney World is a child or parent.

Really. What do you do there?

I'm not feeding The Mouse unless it's for a dying child.


I haven't been there since I was too young to remember going. For all I know, the pictures of me having fun in Disney World are all fakes.

Wait a minute...

 
Helios1182 2008-01-05 01:28:39 PM  
This place isn't a hot dog stand, it is a high-end restaruant where you are going to be lucky to leave under $100/person.

Victoria and Albert's has won AAA's prestigious five-diamond rating

 
theorellior 2008-01-05 01:29:19 PM  
Hal B. Sure: I haven't been there since I was too young to remember going. For all I know, the pictures of me having fun in Disney World are all fakes.

"Do you like our owl?"

 
moothemagiccow 2008-01-05 01:29:40 PM  
Goldeneye007:
Too bad the effects of the someone smoking isn't JUST a minor inconvenience, it's a public health hazard. And it doesn't go away as soon the smoker puts out his cigarette or cigar.

I don't know about you, but there are plenty of asshole kids who'll take years off your life just being around them.

 
Twigz221 2008-01-05 01:29:49 PM  
attention span of a retarded fruit fly: Well they should just have a Amusement park for adults then. Disney World for adults...they are trying to get into every thing....Next there will be a Disney Candidate!

They do have a theme park for adults. They call it the Las Vegas Strip.

 
Alphax 2008-01-05 01:31:45 PM  
I don't see a problem with a child free resteraunt.

($100 a person)

Okay, so I'll never, ever, set foot there anyway.

 
The Fourth Karamazov [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 01:32:48 PM  
Big deal.

There's tons of restaurants there, parents with kids have plenty of places to go. They're taking the risk that the added business they will get from providing a child-free atmosphere will offset the loss of the parents-with-kids crowd.

 
bulok 2008-01-05 01:32:57 PM  
www.imagemole.com

Does not approve.

 
Goldeneye007 2008-01-05 01:33:08 PM  
moothemagiccow: Goldeneye007:
Too bad the effects of the someone smoking isn't JUST a minor inconvenience, it's a public health hazard. And it doesn't go away as soon the smoker puts out his cigarette or cigar.

I don't know about you, but there are plenty of asshole kids who'll take years off your life just being around them.


Just stick them in a trash bag

 
Max Edison 2008-01-05 01:33:08 PM  
Anagrammer: Those who think this is unusual are obviously not part of Club 33.

I came in here for a Club 33 reference, and I was not disappointed.

 
Nuclear Monk 2008-01-05 01:34:04 PM  
If only there was somewhere to take the children....

 
The Fourth Karamazov [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 01:34:40 PM  
Kirby Muxloe: Sounds like a good idea to me. Sounds like this place will not appeal to the cheeseburger and spaghettioes crowd. And even Disney marks it as expensivewhich is a scary concept right there.

From the Disney Website:
Indulge your discriminating culinary tastes at this elite, intimate and elegant eatery recognized by the nation's top food critics. This very-special-occasion romantic Victorian retreat offers nightly harpists, lavish décor, personalized menus and a long-stem rose for each lady. An exceptional prix fixe menu paired with world-class wines is prepared daily. Luxury ingredients and sheer artistry make any meal here a memory to cherish.

Cuisine: American (D)
Facility Type: Restaurant
Dining Experience: Signature Dining (D)
Location: Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Meals Served:
Dinner: Prix Fixe Menu, $$$$ (over $90 per person)


Hey, they have a prefix menu!

;)

 
implementor 2008-01-05 01:34:47 PM  
I have a 4-year-old, and I have no problem with this. Children can be a distraction in restaurants, that's why my wife and I check with any restaurant we bring our child into beforehand to make sure that it is child-friendly, and we try to eat early, to avoid the dinner rush.

 
kirabug [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 01:35:06 PM  
attention span of a retarded fruit fly: Well they should just have a Amusement park for adults then. Disney World for adults...they are trying to get into every thing....Next there will be a Disney Candidate!

wait, I though Al Gore... I mean, it's obvious he was made by the same people who did the Hall of Presidents... and the times he stretches the inconvenient truth in An Inconvenient Truth look a lot like the whole "lemming" thing.... you mean he wasn't a Disney Candidate?

 
Eat More Possum [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 01:40:09 PM  
I thought Disney World long had a couple of restaurants for adults only.

 
Raving_Lunatic 2008-01-05 01:42:18 PM  
I'd like to see this rule implemented everywhere. I'm the parent of an 11 year old, and I rarely take him to restaurants as it is because I was a responsible parent, but on the occasions that I did bring him, the little tyke behaved himself because he was raised properly.

But it never fails, whenever I'd get a babysitter and finally get to go out to dinner with the wifey, we'd go to a nice restaurant and some idiot would bring their screaming brat and ruin our night out... >.
My sister is one of those people who lets her kids scream, saying that she doesn't want to spoil them by paying attention to them when they scream, which is almost a reasonable argument, except when the little bastards keep screaming at the top of their lungs and just being near them makes me want to break out a book by Dr. Spock and slap the kids unconsious with it.

/thank goodness my kid turned out normal

 
Richard Saunders 2008-01-05 01:44:35 PM  
/quack

 
Raving_Lunatic 2008-01-05 01:45:54 PM  
kirabug: attention span of a retarded fruit fly: Well they should just have a Amusement park for adults then. Disney World for adults...they are trying to get into every thing....Next there will be a Disney Candidate!

wait, I though Al Gore... I mean, it's obvious he was made by the same people who did the Hall of Presidents... and the times he stretches the inconvenient truth in An Inconvenient Truth look a lot like the whole "lemming" thing.... you mean he wasn't a Disney Candidate?


How did you get to Al Gore from adult only restaurants at Disney?

Oh, Global Warming is causing bad parenting...

/I see what you did there.

 
maf 2008-01-05 01:46:31 PM  
lmao
Isnt that discrimination based on age? Isnt that illegal?
lol wtf

 
DarKrow 2008-01-05 01:48:29 PM  
Forget this place! I'll build my own amusement park! With hookers! And Blackjack! In fact, forget the blackjack!

 
Nightmaretony 2008-01-05 01:51:22 PM  
Anagrammer Quote 2008-01-05 01:09:44 PM
Those who think this is unusual are obviously not part of Club 33.



Agreed.


//2 time visitor there
///swanky doesn't even begin to describe it
//prefer Magic Castle, though....

 
kirabug [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 01:51:32 PM  
How did you get to Al Gore from adult only restaurants at Disney? How did you get to Al Gore from adult only restaurants at Disney?

fly's comment about disney candidate = al gore is where i made the jump. during that election (around here anyway) it was a common comment that mr. gore was made in the factory that made the hall of presidents....

i'd much more believe that bad parenting is causing global warming!

 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark] 2008-01-05 01:53:51 PM  
Raving_Lunatic: /thank goodness my kid turned out normal

Define 'normal'.

/It's still good to see responsible parents, though.

 
Shocktopus 2008-01-05 01:55:44 PM  
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