My friend and I tried the Surfs Up Breakfast with Mickey and Friends because my friend loves Stitch, and I wanted to make sure his first character meal was awesome, so we HAD to go there. I was pleasantly surprised with everything.
We went last week Tuesday (September 3rd). My friend is vegan, so since I had woken up early, I walked across the street from the GCH to ask if they had anything that could be made for him. The chef said there is rice, fruits, potatoes and they could make waffles for him. I wasn't really sold but my friend really wanted to go to a character meal. (I'm vegetarian myself, and eat vegan food often, so I'm pretty skeptical when places aren't really accommodating).
We arrived around 930 and got in at 935. They noted the food restriction, and brought out the chef to speak with my friend, so I got up and ate
Here is the selection of food that i remember:
Potatoes
Scrambled Eggs
Chicken
Rice (which I appreciated being from Hawaii)
Bacon
Sausage
Salmon & Bagel station
Assorted Fruits
Beef Chilaquiles
Smoothies
Cereal Bar
Pancakes
Waffles
Baked Bananas Foster French Toast
Pastries
Oatmeal
Omelette and Huevos Rancheros (I didn't notice the Huevos Rancheros until I was too full and someone else had ordered. It was listed in really small print at the Omelette station)
Nothing was particularly great - it was buffet food. Though the potatoes were good and the rice was yummy with my eggs (they also have soy sauce if you want for your rice, if you ask).
For my friend, the chef made vegan gluten free waffles which were really good. I liked them better than the buffet waffles. They also had soymilk which was also surprisingly good, not too soy-ish.
Because it wasn't too busy, we got a lot of good time with the characters and took pictures with all of them. It was really fun interacting with the characters - Daisy was telling my friend to get more food after looking at his empty plate, Pluto gave each of us a "kiss", and I got to ask Stitch where was Lilo? (Apparently that was a sore spot for him, since he just looked down. HAHA)
Watching the kids do activities was fun, even if we were only one of two childless groups there (There was another childless group who were not shy about getting time with the characters, so we didn't need to be either). We saw Stitch, Daisy, Goofy, Pluto, Minnie and of course Mickey
Here's my favorite photo of the day:
Of course, my friend didn't take very good pictures of me, and the pictures I took of him were much better :lol: :rofl:
All in all it was a great time. I have been to Goofy's kitchen and Minnie's at Plaza Inn, but this was probably the best character meal I've had at
Disneyland. I was always skeptical because the variety and characters seemed limited but it ended up being more fun than any other character meal before.
Thanks!!
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