kiford
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2012
It will all depend on the children. We (my sister and I) would have been allowed to go to a buffet at all of those ages on our own if we were together and would have known how to behave, not touch food, not put food back, not take too much and how to use tongs. In fact, I know that we did at some resorts. However, at 5 and probably at 7 I would likely not have been able to carry it down to the stateroom unless it was a small plate with not too much food on it. To a table, yes, but not a long distance and down stairs or elevators. And I guarantee my sister wouldn't have helped me carry it; she believed in the principle of only the strong survive (at least that's what she says now - not sure I buy that). AFAIK, no one will prevent them. Whether they can or should is based on the OP's own knowledge of them and their behaviour and abilities.