Originally Posted By Sara Tonin >The crab cakes have moved from the entrees to the appetizers.< Are they supposed to still be moving?
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>"1 il carrots and zucchhini julienned and cooked ala dente (about 3-4 mins??)"<<< Is that 1 lb, quinc? No sightings yet-but they did call and they do have their Mickey Ears ON! When are ya heading to DL next-I keep hoping that we will run into each other!
Originally Posted By SuzieQ tink and DyG - people who don't have the option to be home with their children or leave them with a close friend or family memeber learn how the licensing, bonding and background check system works. Then they do their own research to get even more assurance. Because they leave their children with PROFESSIONAL child care providers does not make them any less of a good parent than you. It is every parent's responsibility to make sure their child is safe, and if you've exercised due diligence it is certainly fine to leave children with, again, PROFESSIONAL child care workers. It is your choice not to, but do not assume that doing so makes someone a bad parent. Unless you've known someone for every moment of their entire life, you have no way of knowing what secrets they hide. Even your best friend or spouse. That's just a plain and simple truth.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Yep. Guaranteed. I can't understand why people think they are any better than someone else. Everyone parents to the best of their ability and makes the choices they deem appropriate.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I don't agree with that...I think lot's of parents don't even think about the things they do and say in front of their children.
Originally Posted By mele <<I'm of the crazy notion that kids should be taught to eat what is served them, not complain (since they are NOT paying for the afternoon) and behave while in a restaurant. Popular? Not so much, except with people who believe children should be well behaved so that they grow up to be contributing members of society.>> I'm not really sure how forcing my children to eat food they don't like is going to make them grow up to be contributing members of society. I know it's the way to make your child resentful and to teach them that they have no boundaries or say in what they put into their own bodies. In the house I grew up in...my mom purposefully made food that she knew I hated and forced me to eat it. I would actually vomit at the table and she would still make it. My mom also would make me eat liver as a punishment. Forcing a kid to eat food is not great parenting. Now, if a parent knows the child doesn't like the food and still forces them to go to the restaurant, that's wrong. If it's a new experience for the family and the child hates the food, it is proper for him to be quiet, not to whine and not to fuss. The child shouldn't have to eat the food, but the child should have to patiently, and quietly wait to get something at another restaurant. (Good luck with that one. LOL) To me, that is the mark of good parenting NOT a child who is seen and not heard and eats what he hates just so people don't glare at him or his parents. What a wonderful way to spend a vacation.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney But SusieQ -- that's not the same as leaving your children with a TOTAL stranger, in a hotel room, in a town many hours away from your home. Then going to a "fancy" restaurant where your cell phone won't even work in case of an emergency. I would not think any responsible parent would consider that good parenting. And that's what I would be doing if I hired a babysitter that a hotel recommends so I could go to Blue Bayou. I agree SaraTonin. I've know plenty of parents who didn't parent to the best of their ability, unfortunately.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney No one has yet mentioned if they know what the kids menu will be like at BB now. Is there any information on that?
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I'm also of the opinion that "they'll eat when they get hungry" and if they don't want to order anything on the menu they can sit quietly with their glass of water and who care what the people at the next table think?
Originally Posted By mele DyG, call BB and ask if you can bring in other food. Maybe they'll let you order a kids meal from one of the other park restaurants. Or maybe they won't care if you bring in some food for the kids to eat. Worry about what they want and forget about what the people at other tables think. If BB doesn't mind then who cares what other people think?
Originally Posted By DyGDisney <<I am looking forward to eating the Monte Cristo again in Dec....Had to bump up those trip dates.....Nov all of a sudden looks bad...>> I guess that mean DL will be a little less crowded when we go. Phew!
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Mele, I know people who've done just that, and BB is fine with it. They've also re'asked the server when they got there and the servers were fine with it. I have never done it myself, and I probably won't. Like I said, we will only go to BB if my mom comes with us. I don't really care to go if it's just DH and our kids because we can get Monte Cristo at Cafe Orleans. And I really don't want to take my kids to a restaurant they don't like, but I would so my mom could have the chance to go since it would be the only time she'll be able to. Pirate's has always held a special memory for her because she rode it with her grandmother, who is her most favorite person, before she died. She has always wanted to eat in there but has never been able to.
Originally Posted By mele Well, hopefully you can all go together; it would be a neat experience. I've only eaten at BB once, but I think I would have rather eaten a homemade PB&J than what I had. LOL
Originally Posted By mele Andouille stuffed mushrooms and I split a Monte Cristo with my son. The mushrooms were so spicy I couldn't really taste anything else. I didn't like the pasta salad. The sammich was really good but for some reason, when I think about eating it, I want to throw up. It's the weirdest thing because it didn't make me sick at all. Although the thought of paying $19 plus tax and tip on a sandwich kind of makes me feel a little sick too. ;-)
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I didn't like the pasta salad either. All I could eat was 1/2 the sandwich. That's the other reason why Cafe Orleans will be a better choice for us.
Originally Posted By quincytoo dLKozy It is one pound.. I am going to be there next week and then again in Oct and maybe Dec..... SusieQ, Once again thank you, you are the voice of reason <----is going to miss the pasta salad at BB.
