11:55 Brunch seating when there is no lunch?

[nat8199]

i have a friend with a dining question. They have an 11:55 reservation at a buffet at a restaurant that does not serve lunch. She is worried that they won’t have the full time with the characters and that they will run out of food.

I haven’t had experience with this before. Should she be worried?

 

[sharonabe]

i have a friend with a dining question. They have an 11:55 reservation at a buffet at a restaurant that does not serve lunch. She is worried that they won’t have the full time with the characters and that they will run out of food.

I haven’t had experience with this before. Should she be worried?

They won't run out of food, so that's not a worry.

As to the characters, a CM or handler should come to the table to ask if they've seen all the characters before the characters go off the clock. If they haven't, they'll make sure the character makes a stop.

 

[JZCubed]

i have a friend with a dining question. They have an 11:55 reservation at a buffet at a restaurant that does not serve lunch. She is worried that they won’t have the full time with the characters and that they will run out of food.

I haven’t had experience with this before. Should she be worried?

Josh, THE blogger at easywdw suggests that the last seating at Character buffets gives guests the best opportunity meet with the Characters.

From EasyWDW:
I would offer one other tip on timing – brunch seatings end at 2:30pm and as people leave, the characters will have fewer and fewer tables to visit, which means they’re more likely to spend more time with your table and potentially revisit a second or third time before heading back to the kitchen to start on dinner. We were seated around 1:50pm with a 1:45pm reservation. It took a while for the characters to come around the first time, but as more and more people left with nobody to replace them, the characters started dropping by much more frequently and two different character attendants came by to make sure we had all the time we needed with each character. Had we scheduled an earlier breakfast, every table would be full and quickly replenished, which means fewer opportunities to spend time with the characters and attendants that are far too busy to come by multiple times to make sure everybody is satisfied. Note that this is only true when there is an extended amount of time in between meals or at the end of dinner service. At a buffet like Crystal Palace or Tusker House, which picks up for lunch immediately after breakfast ends, you don’t get the same lull in traffic between meals.
https://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/c...lus-a-walk-around-the-grand-canyon-concourse/

 

[Lorelai]

As previous replies have noted, there shouldn't be any worry about running out of food. And the same goes for the character interaction...if it is a character buffet, that's a part of the experience and they will absolutely have interaction time. They may have to wait a bit for them to come around, but there shouldn't be a fear of missing out at Disney. FOMOAD