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No Kids Allowed...at Disney World?

Monday January 7, 2008
It may be a small world after all, but small children are no longer welcome at Victoria and Albert's, the swankiest restaurant at Walt Disney World. The minimum age to enter the hushed dining room, where prices start at $125 per person (and can run considerably higher), is now 10 years old. Located at the Grand Floridian Resort, Victoria and Albert's is a fine dining establishment that offers seven-course meals and requires men to wear jackets and women to wear dresses or pantsuits. The restaurant says that it imposed the ban to help preserve Victoria and Albert's "adult experience." While the kid-centric Disney World has caught some flack for banning kids from one of its restaurants, the tony eatery is really no place for fidgety children. Besides, who wants to pay $125 for chicken nuggets? What are your thoughts? Did WDW bungle by restricting kids at the restaurant? Would you want to take young children to Victoria and Albert's? (Hey, if you can afford the tab, maybe you could invite me to join you for your next meal. I'm over 10.) Do you have any horror stories about theme park vacation meals ruined by bratty kids? Click on "Comments" below to weigh in.

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January 10, 2008 at 4:04 am
(1) Benoit Paquin says:

I teach Services Marketing in Montreal QC. This is a smart move from Disney. About the same move in the Palo restaurant in the Disney Magic.

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