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Thread #87727   Message #1645792
Posted By: GUEST
10-Jan-06 - 05:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Raglan Road Pub at Walt Disney World
Subject: RE: BS: Raglan Road Pub at Walt Disney World
RIP OFF RAGLAN ROAD,

I am originally from Dublin, Ireland.
When I first came to the States you could only get Guinness in a US pint glass
Which is 16oz, then a few years ago The Guinness Import Company supplied Irish bars with Irish Pint glasses which are 20oz, most Irish bars now serve Guinness in 20oz pint glasses, just like home.

Imagine my shock when I asked the bartender at Raglan Road for a pint of Guinness,
He gave me this small glass with I guess has 12 or 14 oz in it,
I told him that this was neither a US nor an Irish Pint measure; he said a lot of people have complained. "But it's only a few ounces less" he said.

I know it's Disney and you expect to get ripped off etc etc etc.
I expected to pay maybe a buck or 2 more for a "PINT",
But what I didn't expect was to be screwed over with a small glass made to look like a real pint.

In Ireland the government brought out a weights and measures law to prevent the public from being ripped off by unscrupulous Bar Owners.
Pubs in Ireland must use government stamped 20oz Pint glasses.

Maybe we need a similar law in the US.

Fiddlers Green in Winter Park 20oz pint of Guinness $4.50
Raglan Road 12oz non-pint of Guinness $6.75