Quick Service Seating Rules in Effect

[Disneymom4ever]

Honestly, I think this is a GREAT idea! Not only is it courteous to the people with food in hand, what a great feeling knowing when I'm carrying that heavy tray, a CM is going to find a table for me! I for one love the idea!

[2MuchWDFun]

Obviously there were enough complaints about this that Disney decided to take corrective action.

The two places in MK that are the worst for finding a table for our family of three are Pecos Bills and Cosmic Rays. Sounds like families will be able to wait near the entrance to the dining area and go in when their group's food orderer brings their tray of food over. Perhaps they can have benches or chairs near the entry area or outside the restaurant for infirmed or excessively tired people to sit.

Once people know the new rules (and they are consistently enforced) I'm sure it'll work.

[dnickels]

Love the new rule!

If people need a place to rest there are plenty of places around the park to sit for 10-15 minutes so I don't think using the tables at CS locations is the place for that. Kids and parents don't suddenly get exhausted and cranky to the point where they NEED a table to sit at when mom or dad says "find a table while I go get the food."

[Georgesgirl1]

Kids and parents don't suddenly get exhausted and cranky to the point where they NEED a table to sit at when mom or dad says "find a table while I go get the food."

You obviously have never traveled to a theme park with a 20 month old while 6 months pregnant. Kids can go from fine to melt down very quickly! I am sorry, but sometimes it is too hard with small children to herd them through the line or wait off to the side while my husband gets food. I'm sorry, but this seems very un-Disney like to me.

[TheRustyScupper]

1) Now that the busy season is ebbing, the practice is over.
2) It went very well.
. . . people got tables quickly
. . . there were always tables available
. . . the CM's were able to guide people to many open seats
. . . no reports of any guests standing and waiting for a table
. . . only a few people raised complaints *


* There was one instance where several CM's complained to the union: On a Thursday night, a big burly guy demanded to get a table without food at Electric Umbrella. The lady CM tried top keep him out. He pushed her to the ground! The manager went out and "talked" to the guy, The CM's got upset when the manager did not call security and have him removed from the park for "roughing" up a female CM! What a coward manager. He is now on several CM's nasty list.

[KennyandKim]

We like this rule. Our kids are older and do stand in line with us to make their decisions but on our last trip we had to go eat on a curb outside because there were no tables. I don't know what I would think of the policy if I had my twins there when they were younger but I think anything to make things more manageable is always nice.

[The Hitchhiking Ghost]

Maybe I'm just selfish, or still getting used to being a parent of 3. When we were down there the week after Thanksgiving this didn't appear to be in effect, or if it was we didn't see it. We ate at Colombia Harbor House twice, both times having my wife and 3 kids (3-5-8) sit down while I got in line. I don't feel a bit guilty about it. The queu lines are tight and there is little "extra" room for a 4 additional family members to hang around waiting while dad waits in line for all the food. I recall at the Flame Tree BBq and Pecos Bills being paranoid, just by myself, that if I made any sudden turns that I'd knock over someones tray. Can't imagine what it would be like with 4 additional people waiting with me.

I haven't read all the posts, so I don't know the consensus, but for me, preseating the family saves time. While I'm in line my wife can get all the condiments, napkins, booster chairs/high chairs, silverware, things like that, that really add time. Plus, then I can actually eat a hot meal vs. bringing it to the table and then doing all the aforementioned running around. So for us, the preseating turns our table anyway, around faster than if we all waited until the food was in hand before we sat down.

I'd be more receptive to this plan if these CS restaraunts had places (short of going back outside) for the family to wait. But I'm sorry, the ones we ate at had little or no waiting areas, much less any that were comfortable or conducive to a parent that has to watch 3 children in a crowded environment for up to 10-15 minutes.