Guest Changes Baby’s Dirty Diaper in Middle of Disney Restaurant

A key part of planning your day in a Walt Disney World Resort theme park is planning where you want to eat. Between the Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, EPCOT, and Animal Kingdom, there are more than 160 dining locations. Add in the eateries at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach, Disney Resort hotels, and Disney Springs, that number jumps to almost 400. There’s a restaurant for nearly every budget, and one for almost any kind of food people in your party are craving. Food can be one of the most magical parts of your vacation!

One thing that makes dining at a Disney restaurant so great is how hard Disney Cast Members work to keep things incredibly clean. That job is made even more difficult by entitled Guests who make a mess and leave it for the Cast Members. Their job can also be made very hard when Guests do things that go beyond the pale while others are eating.

Not long ago, a Guest decided to dine with their family at Pinocchio Village Haus in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Park. The counter service restaurant is located in Fantasyland. The menu features items like pizza, salad, french fries, and dessert. During their meal, the Guest witnessed something absolutely disgusting. According to the Guest — who shared their story on Reddit — a woman began changing her baby’s dirty diaper right at the table!

Somehow every time we eat here, there is SOMETHING going on. Before, a man was verbally abusing his wife very loud with a crazy level of anger and making threats. He was escorted out. Another time was a fist fight between 2 men and they were escorted out.

This last trip there was a family with several children from teenage years to infant. The infant was in diapers. There were other adult friends/family with them. They were all wearing nice expensive clothes (lululemon, etc). They were really loud. The mom was carrying one of the kids around in this restaurant in the corner, and with zero regard for anyone was rubbing his shoes all over people and over food and drink. This went on several minutes. At some point later she plops the kiddo down on the bench in the corner, and begins changing his poopy diaper. There was no handwashing or had sanitizer after. When she walked through again she was putting her fecal laden hands on tables and the backs of chairs.

I know not everyone has the best habits and hygeine. I know its WDW and it can be crowded with all types. I jiust wanted to vent.. I’m done now. The best part was the teenaged daughter. The look on her face of how embarrassed she was by all this was fantastic. It was a great trip. Disney Pride merch and walls are fun. Out of 20ish trips, this was only the second one in summer and it wasn’t too crowded or hot last week. Tron and Guardians were great 🙂 Mostly great crowd as well.

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While many people were shocked and disgusted by what they read, a startling number of people agreed. They even added their own stories about incidents they had witnessed at Pinocchio Village Haus.

Honestly, this is so validating to read because at the 2019 Christmas Party I watched a teenage son scream at (presumably) his little sister and punch the window out in PVH. Whole family stood there and did absolutely nothing It was pretty traumatizing ngl because if he’s like that in a public setting I can’t even imagine what he’s like at home.

Others pointed out that, the way Pinocchio Village is designed, it can give the illusion of privacy, but there’s really not. Others pointed out that similar Disney World restaurants, like Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café, do not have the same issues, even though they cater to similar Guests.

For Guests traveling with children in diapers, please note that all restrooms in the Magic Kingdom have changing tables. This includes the men’s restrooms. Should your baby need their diaper changed, please be respectful and leave the dining room and go to the nearest restroom.