character breakfasts?

[uktigger]

hi all:wave:
i have posted this ? here as it sort of concerns uk people:D

seeing as we will be up early due to time difference(not doing the welcome meeting) we were planning on making an early start and having a character breakfast then getting a head start on the parks::yes::
have any of you done this or is it too much to have this sort of fuss on the first day?
also any recomendations on which breakfast to have:D i would love to do the princess breakfast at epcot but my 2 boys are not having any of it:rolleyes:
we are a party of 4, me dh and ds12 ds8
thanks in advance for your help

eve::MinnieMo

[Miffy2003]

Hello

I think a character breakfast is a lovely way to start the holiday, which park are you likely to be in or aiming to be on the first day? For instance if you're doing MK first then Crystal Palace is good or maybe Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary or 'Ohanas at the Poly. Do your boys like any of the characters or are they just less keen on the princesses? We often book according to which characters are at a particular venue.

What we like to do is book it for about 10.30ish and then get to the park at opening, race round for a bit getting all the rides with long queues done and then enjoy a lovely breakfast and rest with our feet up for a bit in an air conditioned restaurant! (Then you can skip lunch too).

However this may not suit you if you think you will be up really early on the first day, you may prefer to do one earlier than that!

HTH:)
Karen

[KayleeUK]

On our first day for the last 3 trips we have had a character breakfast at Donalds Breakfastaurus at the Animal Kingdom. You could either do an Early one at 8 am ish and then continue on with the park, or if it is early entry get there for that and then do Breakfast at 10am ish...how does that sound??

[Mrs Dazzle]

We really enjoyed our character breakfast at 1900 Park Fare at the GF last year - it was brilliant, especially since I'm Pooh and DD is a besotted Eeyore fans. The characters couldn't have been more attentive - especially Eeyore who absolutely made by DD's holiday:earsgirl: The Mad Hatter was also there (hysterical, not!) and afterwards Mary Poppkins spent a lot of time with Katie.

The food was fabulous, it was great to have the chance to look around the one hotel I WILL stay at one day;) and we were lucky to be staying at the Poly, so just hopped on the monorail over, then back on over to Epcot after breakfast.

Magical:earsgirl:

[vernon]

My favourites are The Crystal Palace, Park Fare 1900 and the Cape May Cafe at the Beach club hotel. You can also walk into Epcot from the Y+B hotels via the "international gateway". It's quite spooky (and neat) to walk through the world showcase while it is not yet "officially open" they do ask that you go directly to the parts of Epcot that are open, but they don't hurry you along if you take your time :D.

I know that Cinder's Castle has great character interaction, but I'm always dissapointed with the food there and I think it's the least likely to appeal to your boys (for a couple more years anyway LOL)

[signtalker]

Another vote for 1900 park Fare ,Grand Floridian, we always book for 8.00 in the morning, and basically you have the place to yourself LOL, about 3 othe tables when we went!!.

The food was the best we'd had so far in terms of selection, choice and being fresh!!!

the chararcters were great, good interaction

[uktigger]

hi :wave:
thank you for your reply's:D

karen,
i was trying to be at magic kingdom on our first day:D my youngest son wants to eat with pluto and the eldest wants to eat with goofy so it looks like chef mickeys would be likely::yes:: only my dh thinks this will be too loud for him:rolleyes: all three of them are not keen to have breakfast at the castle so that counts that out

kaylee,
i have also been looking at doing donalds at animal kingdon(this would suit the boys)but i am beginning to have second thoughts because on reading some reveiws on this place it says that you are rushed and the food is not all that:rolleyes: so i really don't know what to do,we will only be having one character breakfast and want to get it right:D

park fare also looks good::yes:: it's such a hard decision to make when there are soo many nice places to choose from
thanks again for your inputs
eve::MinnieMo

[Disney owl]

We have been to 2 character breakfasts & would say the food was better at 1900 p ark Fayre but it was very nice at Donalds Breakfastsaurus too. We had no complaints & we all enjoyed it very much & didn't feel rushed at all. Because we were in the park we had a later breakfst time. When we ate at 1900 we went earlier &when we left it was much busier with people queueing for tables.

i would say the setting 7 characters of Donalds would suit boys better & we would def. eat there again.

[mandymouse]

Hi there

The best character breakfast (for us with 2 DD's) is Chef Mickeys. The characters are Chef Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Chip and Dale. The food is brilliant and it is a serve yourself buffet. There is loads of interaction with the characters as they come to your table. And about every half an hour they play this song where you wave your napkin in the air and the characters (especially Goofy) runs and dances around the place.

It really is lots of fun.

Like I said I've got 2 daughters, but they don't like anything too GIRLY!!!

Hope that helps.

mandymouse

p.s Its also good for walking around the Contempory - which is an awesome hotel.

[uktigger]

hi:wave:

disney owl thanks,
it's so nice to read a positive veiw about donalds::yes:: i have heard quite a few bad ones:rolleyes: anyway i think we are now planning on doing donalds

mandymouse,
i have 2 boy's and they don't want to do cindys:rolleyes: seriously though one wants to do chef mickeys the other don't:rolleyes: my partner is also not too keen on this place either he thinks it will be too loud for him:crazy: glad to see you enjoyed it though
we have walked around the contempory i agree it's alovely resort::yes:: i WILL stay here one day:teeth:

eve::MinnieMo

[Miffy2003]

Hi Eve

Chef Mickey's is quite noisy but not unbearably so (we enjoyed the atmosphere), sure you will enjoy the Breakfastosaurus (sp?) though.

Karen

[uktigger]

hi karen:wave:
i suppose we could try both places:tongue: then we will know what they are like ourselfs::yes::

thanks eve::MinnieMo

[alisonbestford]

Chef Mickey's every time :D
I took my 5 year old DD last year, leaving DH and 16 yr old DS to look at the hotel pool ;)
We've 'done' the Princess breakfast at the Castle (a little too rushed) and 1900 Park Fayre which was fun but DD still favours Chef Mickeys and is desperate to visit the next time we visit.
We booked for 11 am in the middle of August and Pluto spent ages playing with the kids - young and old ;) It wasn't loud, just fun.
Have fun.
Alison
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[uktigger]

hi:wave:
thanks for your reply::yes:: chef mickeys does sound like fun,there are so many places to choose from it's hard to know what to pick:earseek:

eve::MinnieMo

[Truly]

If you do Breakfastosaurus, make sure you have the first sitting as the later sitting is very rushed and the characters are less attentive. (Done this 3 times...feel like I may comment.)

[uktigger]

hi truly:wave:
thanks:D if we do decide on donalds we will go for the early one(hoping to get this booked for our first morning)seeing as we will be up early due to time difference::yes::

eve::MinnieMo

[Rachel Cheshire UK]

We went to Chef Mickey's and would def go again. Characters spent loads of time with everyone (inc the adults) and the food was lovely especially the rasberry and strawberry yoguhurts that they have in the huge bowls. Never had a yogurt that tastes so good over here since. The yog's (low fat, ras and strawb) in pots at the food court in Disney All Stars tasted the same. Loads of flavour and dead thick n creamy. MMMMMMMMMMMM

:tongue:

Rachel

[uktigger]

rachel:wave:
sound like you had a great time at chef mickey::yes:: it's looking more likely that we will be doing this and donalds as we can't decide between the two:D

eve::MinnieMo

[gilld]

We have done most of them over the years and always go back to 1900 Park Fayre. It's such a lovely hotel and the food is better than Chef Mickey which has SO MUCH noise.
Gill
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[Rachel Cheshire UK]

Yeh, it was great will will be going again and we are going to try another one as well.

What noise ?

The only noise I remember was kids running about chuckling and laughing and having fun, that's exactly what I would expect of any restaurant full of kids. Epecially one full of Disney characters. I don't remember anywhere we went to eat that allowed children was quiet. That goes for the UK, and any beach holiday we've been on as well. Over here if my OH and I go out to eat on our own and we fancy a kid free night we choose a pub or restaurant the futhest away from any children, so I do know what you mean on that score. But I don't think that you can expect to eat a quiet meal in a restaurant full of dancing Disney characters and kids full of the Disney spirit. Each to their own, we personally loved it.

Can anyone recommend another character meal venue that we can try as well as Chesf Mickeys ?

Thabks

Rachel

:earsgirl: :jester: :earsgirl:

[alisonbestford]

1900 Fayre is a lovely breakfast but much more sedate ;)
Chef Mickey's for fun every time :p :Pinkbounc :p
It's the one meal my DD always asks about when we mention Disney.
I think we British have a tendancy to be a bit too stuffy when it comes to kids. Too much 'kids should be seen and not heard' ;) - that includes me at times too (before anyone grumbles at me
;) )
Alison

[Rachel Cheshire UK]

I agree Alison.

We Brit's do tend to moan ! That's why I love Disney so much. You can really let your hair down and enjoy yourself adults and children alike. The only piece and quiet I got on my trip to Disney was when my OH an I stepped outside our room at night to have a sneaky cigarette (now ex-smokers gave up at the New Year, we are now those reformed smokers you hear about that can't stand anything about cigs but used to smoke like chimney's) all you could hear was the sounds of what I think were crickets. I think a Disney holiday suited us down to the ground though, cause we went away four times last year and we kept on moaning about being bored. In fact our Disney holiday's have been the only holidays we have been on where we didn't hear once off our DD 'I'm boreddddddddddd" I used to be able to sit around a pool all day but not now. The occasional day is all right. I think it's true what some people say once you've been on holiday to Disney not many places can compete. Look at me now moaning I'd better stop.

Do you know of any other lively character meal venues that you can recommend ?

Also any to recommend at Disneyland Paris we are going to go for Halloween.

Rant over.

Byeeee

Rachel


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[gilld]

The design of Chef Mickey's seems to make all sounds echo and sound hollow, it's so barn like.
As for Disneyland Paris, I can thoroughly recommend Inventions at the disneyland Hotel. The quality of food here is superb, the setting well done and plenty of characters.
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[alisonbestford]

Wow, Disney at Halloween, now you're making me jealous ;)
The only other character meal I'd recommend is HollyWood and Vine where we went for my 40th but they don't have it any more.
CRT was almost impossible to get (although we managed it with the help of friends in Florida) and, quite honestly, disappointing :( We didn't find the food particularly good and felt rushed - maybe it was an 'off day'.
1900 Park Fayre was fun with Alice and the Mad Hatter but not a patch on Chef Mickeys' IMHO :p Food was good though.
Donald's sounds worth trying but we don't stand a chance on that one if it means an early booking to benefit best :p :tongue:
Well done with smoking Rachel. :cool1: My DH gave up in Jan but it was a case of having to for surgery - we still have the duty frees for when he changes his mind :rotfl: Best send this before he reads it ! :duck:
Alison
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[Rachel Cheshire UK]

Thanks for your reply's.

We were going to go to Florida in October but DD is only having a week off and don't fancy getting fined so we are going to go to Disneyland Paris instead. Then Florida in the April for a fortnight.

We went to Floida at the end of August last year but I could hardly breathe. It wasn't the heat but the air humidity. I loved it when it rained cause it seemed to get better after.

What about all of those 'electrical storms' as Disney call them (thunder and lightning) amazing, never seen anything like it. That rain bounced off the floor and rebounded back up past my knee. Never seen rain like it.

:sunny:

Rachel

[alisonbestford]

We were there in August too:sunny:
The storms were amazing. Eve loved running around in the rain getting absolutely plastered with everyone thinking she was crackers :p
'Fraid we're risking the fine in Jan - well, Eve is only 5 and we've just had one heck of a year, even up to now :crazy:
We're taking our trip into Feb half term and doing 6 nights Orlando, 5 nights Clearwater and 6 nights back in Orlando at Coronado Springs.
Does anyone have any suggestions for the days we're in Clearwater? We normally 'do' 2 holidays a year if we can but this will be the earliest DH will be allowed to fly following surgery so we're doing 2 in 1. We decided we'd rather wait and go to Florida again than have a holiday in the UK and risk the weather.
:hyper:
Alison
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[Rachel Cheshire UK]

Sorry to hear about your OH, I hope you all have a lovely time, I am sure it will be worth the wait.

We got drenched coming out of Animal Kigdom waiting for the car park shuttle thing to take us back to our car. You can tell us Brit's are used to it all the Brit's were laughing their heads off and everyone else was grimacing. We looked like drowned rats.

Great

:sunny:

Rachel

[alisonbestford]

Yep, have to say, the plastic capes were soon discarded!
Too much like wearing a sweaty carrier bag :scratchin
Alison
:jumping1:

[Rachel Cheshire UK]

No way I forgot about those plastic macks. We had yellow ones and our daughter had a red one.

We even brought them back with us and a load of other silly things just beacause they 'were from WDW' mad eh!

:jester: