No kids allowed at Victoria and Albert’s
In a move that may delight some and offend others, Disney announced this week that children under the age of ten years are banned from dining at Victoria and Albert’s in the Grand Floridian resort. The Orlando Sentinel has the story this morning.
The company that reinvented the family vacation has drawn the line against potentially loud, ill-mannered or whiny kids in its only restaurant with a five-diamond rating from AAA travel service. Children younger than 10 are no longer welcome.
“We want to be the restaurant that’s available for that adult experience,” said Victoria & Albert’s general manager, Israel Perez.
Though a first for a restaurant at Walt Disney World, this is not a first for the Disney Company. Palo, an adult-only restaurant on top of each of the Disney Cruise Line ships, immediately comes to mind as a comparison. Victoria and Albert’s is simply looking for the same type of atmosphere. But it is rare, even outside of Disney, to see a published ban like this.
Victoria and Albert’s is not a particularly kid friendly place to begin with. According to the article, they only get a few per month anyway. So then one must wonder why make the ban to begin with? The answer is plain and simple, marketing.
Dawn Budacz said,
January 6, 2008 @ 4:58 am
Wow, I’ve seen it on TV, But I thought it was for sensationalism! People like you realy excist. Some of us make consious choices to have children and raise them in a family atmosphere. As a family, no matter where we go, we have our meals together. If we choose to do something for adults only, it’s after supper time. Most people I know raise their children to be respectful of others and to always use their manners. My children would not disrupt others in that kind of setting, because we have always taken them with us since they were born. Maybe the problem is, too many people don’t let their children go with them enough, that they don’t know when to behave. But if you raise your children proper, they should behave no matter where you take them.
David said,
January 6, 2008 @ 2:54 pm
Dawn,
I am not sure what you mean by the insult “people like you really exist”. I don’t feel that I have taken a side on this one way or another. In fact, I sort of belittle the reasons behind the ban and question its need. So, I must ask, why the insult?
Mike said,
January 8, 2008 @ 1:20 am
I guess she wasn’t raised right