Character Meals Super Thread!!

[DizNee Luver]

I was just discussing this with DH last night when deciding whether to go back here. My girls do love the dancing/singing/repeat visits you get at the other character meals - BUT - they actually have time to eat their food at Ariel's Grotto

When we are the others they are either interacting, getting up to dance, taking pictures, or just scoping out who the next character will be to come visit us. At Ariel's - after the last princess comes by - we ALL get to relax and enjoy the food and still have wonderful memories with the princesses.

This is true......it's a very set pattern the princesses do. Not as much "chaos" and actually a relaxing meal. I like that each meal has it's own personality and there's usually a character meal that will fit everyone!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Wanted to add some of the food pics from some of our trips. These are from Surf's Up with Mickey at the PCH Grill in the Paradise Pier Hotel.

These were from March 2011.

 

[Beast384]

Oh man, PCH is definitely the best as far as food AND character-to-guest ratio!! All those photos make me want to go right now!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Oh man, PCH is definitely the best as far as food AND character-to-guest ratio!! All those photos make me want to go right now!!

I know!! Probably shouldn't have posted these when I was hungry......lol

 

[sirvin12]

They had a page at the beginning announce right when they all came out but no curtsy lessons when we were there. I think we are going to do Surf's up next time we go especially after seeing your great pictures Diznee!

Shannon

 

[DizNee Luver]

They had a page at the beginning announce right when they all came out but no curtsy lessons when we were there. I think we are going to do Surf's up next time we go especially after seeing your great pictures Diznee!

Shannon

They seem to keep changing that meal....lol The page did the announcing, they taught you to bow or curtsey and then they even taught you how to dance. It was cute, but I always felt that the diners sitting outside were missing out on the show. This may be why they stopped doing that.

Surf's Up is a fun meal and we love the buffet because it offers different things.

 

[teachU2]

Wow! That food looks good at Surf's Up! For our trip, I narrowed it down to Minne and Surf's Up (DH only wanted to do one). We ended up going to Minnie's, but if I had seen those Surf's Up food pictures before our trip, I probably would have chosen Surf's Up!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Wow! That food looks good at Surf's Up! For our trip, I narrowed it down to Minne and Surf's Up (DH only wanted to do one). We ended up going to Minnie's, but if I had seen those Surf's Up food pictures before our trip, I probably would have chosen Surf's Up!

lol, next time!!! It's always good to have a reason to go back to Disneyland!!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Ok, how about some Minnie & Friend's food.

These were taken February 2012.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Some more Surf's Up.

These were from February 2012.

 

[DizNee Luver]

This is the large buffet offerings at Goofy's Kitchen for the brunch.

Pastries & Sweets:

Pizzas:

Salads/Veggies:

Hot Dogs & Chicken Nuggets:

Hot Breakfast Foods:

The Chef at the Omelet Station:

Mickey Waffles & French Toast:

Mickey Pancakes & Mac-n-Cheese:

More hot items--lunch choices:

The Chef for the Made-to-order Omelets again:

Breakfast Meats:

These were from July 2010.

 

[teachU2]

lol, next time!!! It's always good to have a reason to go back to Disneyland!!!

So very true!!! I also like that Surf's Up is outside the park so we can hit it on the day of check out.

 

[DizNee Luver]

These are pics from Storyteller's.

The fruit platter on the buffet line.

These were ordered off the menu:

Jr Scramble & Mickey Waffles:

Banana Stuffed French Toast:

Denver Omelet:

Part of the family got the buffet. Here's a few pics of their plates:

These were from July 2010.

 

[DizNee Luver]

So very true!!! I also like that Surf's Up is outside the park so we can hit it on the day of check out.

We love doing a character meal on our day out of town!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Let's look at some more Minnie & Friend's buffet food.

These were from July 2010.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Let's look at some more of the yummy food at Surf's Up!!

More in the next post!

 

[Ride Junkie]

So very true!!! I also like that Surf's Up is outside the park so we can hit it on the day of check out.

We did that last time too! This time, we're going to try Ariel's Grotto on a park day, then Goofy's Kitchen the morning we leave. Hopefully we'll get to try Minnie & Friends and Storytellers Cafe on a future visit. It will be nice to try them all & see which one we like best.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Here's more of the Surf's Up continued:

These were from July 2010.

 

[DizNee Luver]

We did that last time too! This time, we're going to try Ariel's Grotto on a park day, then Goofy's Kitchen the morning we leave. Hopefully we'll get to try Minnie & Friends and Storytellers Cafe on a future visit. It will be nice to try them all & see which one we like best.

I think you should try them all.......each person/couple/family is different & each meal is different & the food is different. You need to try them all to find out which one fits you best!! We love doing all of them because they do offer different things!!

 

[tnshsms]

This might be a silly question but our plan was to split our two park days with a day in between to do character meals. We were thinking we would do a breakfast and then Ariel's dinner. Will not be able to do that because we'll need to be able to get into the park?