pollyanna30
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- Aug 4, 2008
Can older children (ages 11 and 14) order off the kids' menu at a table service restaurant? I know the adult price has to be paid for buffets, but I was not sure how that worked at other restaurants.
Can older children (ages 11 and 14) order off the kids' menu at a table service restaurant? I know the adult price has to be paid for buffets, but I was not sure how that worked at other restaurants.
It's not a good use of credits if you have DDP though.
Disney is not going to tell a 10 year old they can't have the mac and cheese just because they are 10. That said, what they choose to charge you for that is up to them. Most of the time just kid menu prices esp if operated directly by disney but sometimes they want to give you an adult portion of a kid's meal and it will be more. So if it's about food preference I would not worry. If it's about cost/portion size, I'd be prepared to be flexible.
Disney is not going to tell a 10 year old they can't have the mac and cheese just because they are 10. That said, what they choose to charge you for that is up to them. Most of the time just kid menu prices esp if operated directly by disney but sometimes they want to give you an adult portion of a kid's meal and it will be more. So if it's about food preference I would not worry. If it's about cost/portion size, I'd be prepared to be flexible.
I think this is is a good point that you are making. My son most always orders off the kids meal because it is a food preference, not because I want to save money. If a restaurant wanted to charge me an adult entree price for an adult size portion of the mac and cheese or whatever he happened to be ordering, I'd have absolutely no problem with that. The example: Olive Garden. He hates pasta with anything but 'cheese sauce', so he always orders the macaroni and cheese, because that's not on the adult menu at all. Last week when he ordered the mac and cheese they asked him "kids portion or adult portion?" and he said the kids portion is enough, thanks. If they weren't willing to let him have the kids portion, I'd have had no issue with paying the adult price for the adult plate with mac and cheese on it. (full disclosure: he wanted the kids portion because it comes with a side of fries. The boy loves his carbs).
I just had bariatric surgery in July so I can't eat much. I'm planning on LTT one day and hoping to get the kid's pot roast and probably still can't even finish that. If they want to charge me for the adult's I probably won't fight it too much but it seems like they are in general ok with ordering off the kid menu there. I have only really heard of it being an issue at the non disney run restaurants like via napoli etc. but disney would be SUPER unmagical if they told kids that they aged out of mac and cheese at 10!Thank you all for the feedback! It is definitely more about the food choices, but with the small amounts they sometimes eat, the cheaper cost would be a bonus (particularly after having to pay those adult buffet prices)! We will not be on the Dining Plan, so I feel encouraged that the Kid's Menu will be an option at most places.
Yes, anyone can order off the kids menu at most regular TS restaurants. My DD was a very picky, light eater until she was about 17. We had problems at Tokyo Dining, Marrakesh, The Wave and Be Our Guest. All of them made her ‘adult size’ her meals and charged us adult pricing for meals that were only half eaten.Can older children (ages 11 and 14) order off the kids' menu at a table service restaurant? I know the adult price has to be paid for buffets, but I was not sure how that worked at other restaurants.