1900 Park Fare

[BigHouseFootball]

Just returned from an 8 night stay at Caribbean Beach Resort. On arrival night we visited 1900 Park Fare which I was surprised to get a reservation less then a week in advance.

I never got to experience the original character offering but my daughter is a huge fan of Cinderella and Maribel so the idea of not having to wait in line too meet them in the parks was appealing.

Overall my wife and I were not impressed. The interactions are lightning fast compared to fur character interactions. Also it was very hard to hear what they were saying-except for Aladdin he was excellent. His voice was SPOT on-we were impressed. However, my daughter just melted when she met Cindy and Maribel so age had the night of her life

My daughter has a tree nut allergy specifically cashew and pistachio and the chef came out to our table to talk before we got our food. He said some items did have the “tree nut tag” but asked for the specific allergy then went item by item through the menu and said nothing contained cashew or pistachio. We were so appreciative. Disney has always been fantastic about food allergies.

The restaurant is loud. I already talked about the struggle to hear the characters but I also had trouble hearing my wife across the table. I was also surprised at how small the place is.

Let’s get to the food. It gets a big “meh” from us. Nothing really stood out. The Strawberry soup was tasty-it’s just a smoothie. The salmon was dry and there wasn’t a lot of sauce to spoon over. The prime rib was fine. But honestly the best thing I had was the chicken nuggets…which says a lot…but they were actually really great!

So we won’t be in a hurry to return. Again, it was worth it to meet some very popular characters (Maribel was a delight interacting with my daughter who was wearing her dress) that my daughter had her heart set on meeting, but the food was mediocre and the price was nearly $200 for me, my wife, and daughter.

 

[ThatDisneyGal]

I completely agree! I couldn’t believe how loud and chaotic it was and this is coming from someone who loved The Crystal Palace just 2 days later!! And I found their buffet to be so much better as well!

 

[tgarre06]

I wanted to post on here that we completely agree as well! We are DVC and have been going to Disney 2 to 3 times per year for 10 years and leaving 1900 Park Fare last night was one of the first times I was truly disappointed in a Disney dining experience. For what they charge at this dinner, Disney should be embarrassed. There were so many dishes empty or picked over at the buffet, and I had to ask on 3 occasions for the same item. I just gave up after that on empty dishes. My husband barely ate. With the tip, the bill was about $325 for 3 adults and 1 kid (one of the adults was a 12 year Disney adult), and it was one of the first times I’ve been to Disney that I felt truly ripped off. We went to the original 1900 Park Fare before COVID and always had a lovely experience. After this, my husband and I agreed that we will not be dining at character experiences anymore. The quality of the experience keeps declining, and this was the last straw for us. Disney needs to get it together if they want to charge that much. I still have a bad taste in my mouth about the whole experience. And I did ask to speak to a manager and share my concerns, and the best they had was let me talk to the kitchen. In regards to the characters, super rushed and loud as well with tables super close to each other. As soon as we sat down, the characters flew through in 5 minutes, and the experience was over. Much better character experiences in the parks included with admission. We went to the Topolinos breakfast in February, and we felt the character experience was super rushed and loud as well, but the good food made up for it a little bit. I am bummed at how disappointing the whole 1900 Park Fare experience was.

 

[Isabelle12345]

We went for breakfast two weeks ago and had the opposite experience!
The meal was slow paced, interactions with characters were excellent, and the food was amazing breakfast food! We felt the atmosphere was very relaxed and not loud at all
We went around 11:30 so maybe the restaurant wasn’t as full?
We all agreed that it was one of our favourite dining experiences of the whole trip!