Best Character Breakfast?

[princess aleya]

We have only done Chef Mickeys...Loved it! But would like to try something new for our up comming trip, any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[kim532]

Subscribing.. I would love to hear everyone's thought. We have only done Chef Mickey's too.

Kim

 

[msucc]

Our favorites are Ohana and 1900 Park Fare. Ohana because of family style and great food. 1900 Park Fare very good, unique food selection and fun characters. We love Crystal Palace as well, but have only done lunch so far.

 

[splashmountainjaxson]

Here's a vote for Crystal Palace for breakfast -- it was a nice breakfast, we enjoy the Winnie the Pooh characters, and being at MK early. It's a winner!

 

[free2div]

My first choice is Crystal Palace then Tusker House..we do that one everytime..with and without kids..then next 1900 Park Fare..CRT is nice too..we had the first one of the day and was done before park opening. Was nice to have the food brought to you..we are trying Ohanas in Oct for the firt time. Heard that one is good too. I didnt care for Chef Mickeys That is my least favorite one

 

[bangzoom6877]

We've been to Chef Mickey's, Hollywood & Vine, 1900 Park Fare, Crystal Palace and Cape May for character breakfasts. My favorite one is 1900 park Fare! They have more unique offerings than the others. We were there in mid-July and they had lobster eggs benedict, the chilled strawberry soup which is delicious, and along with regular syrup for french toast, they had bananas foster syrup which was wonderful! They also had bread pudding with vanilla sauce which was good, but my sister put the bananas foster syrup on the bread pudding and she said it was fantastic. Then they have the usual breakfast foods too, like Mickey waffles, breakfast pizza, eggs, bacon, sausage, fruit, cereal, baked goods, etc. Everything was excellent, character interaction was great, and the Mad Hatter was so funny! Plus the Grand Floridian is a beautiful hotel, just walking into the lobby is amazing!

My second choice would be Crystal Palace. The puffed french toast is amazing and you can't get it anywhere else. Nice selection of other breakfast foods too, and delicious cinnamon rolls! Character interaction is great, the restaurant is beautiful, and it's wonderful going to a breakfast inside a theme park an hour before it opens!

All the other character breakfasts we have been to were also very enjoyable, but these 2 stand out much more! I think we will go to these 2 and back to Chef Mickey's on our next trip, although we enjoyed Chef Mickey's for dinner this time!

 

[squirrel]

Donald's Safari Breakfast at Tusker House

 

[tinkgirl1984]

My top three are Tusker House, 'Ohana and 1900 Park Fare. In that order. Cape May and Crystal Palace also have very good breakfasts though.

 

[Wendybird55]

I say alot depends on where it is - your schedule and the characters your kids enjoy most.

As far as food, I've been to most of the character breakfasts and they all have a good variety of food. You can always find something you like even if its just scrambled eggs or cereal.

One of my favorites is Cape May - I really like the food choices, it seems less hectic then the other breakfasts and the characters are good (Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Chip & Dale).

If you have a daughter and see really like the princesses then look into Norway or Cinderellas castle (expensive).

Crystal Palace is big with all the Pooh Characters. The food is good, however when we went last year we finished our meal and the characters hadn't even come to our table.

H&V seems less crowded and there's alot of interaxtion - music., dancing and such. However, the characters are not really that popular unless youe kids love Little Einsteins - Jojo & Goliaith are fun, but they don't even show that on Disney Channel any more. H&V is one of my husbands favorites.

My least favorite was Tusker House. I didn't like the layout - it seemed very cramped and crowded.

I know this isn't helping much, but a few thoughts with breakfast.
If you're going to one in a park - I like to make an early ressie before park opens this way you get to go in park when it's almost empty and then you're already there when it opens - gives you a nice jump on the day.

If you're staying by the EPCOT resorts I definately would say Cape May - it's convenient and great.

If you're on a monorail hotel Park Fare or Ohana or Crystal Palace will be convenient.

Some people like to have a later breakfast - hit the park early (if it's EMH even earlier) Get on some rides then do breakfast.

I don't think you will go worng with what you pick. Just consider the convenience of getting to the breakfast and your schedule for the day when planning.

Have fun!

 

[GrumpyBelle]

Donald's safari breakfast at Tusker House.

 

[Mom2Elliot]

We just got back and ate BF at CP, Tusker House, H&V, 'Ohana, and Chef Mickeys. Tusker House was the best!! Although CP was great too. 'Ohana was nice because it wasn't a buffet, but you have very specific food offerings.

 

[Bradsdadg]

We really like Ohana and Cape May for character bfasts.

 

[nanalisa]

We really like Cape May and Tusker House. Wish I was there right now.

 

[Kaewin]

I would say 1900 Park Fare. When we went last time we did 1900, Ohana and Chef Mickey's. We thought CM was way to loud and I would have preferred a little bigger offering at Ohana so when we go back next month our breakfast is going to be 1900. The food was delicious and the characters circled around pretty well.

 

[tallen429]

My favorite by far is Donald's Safari breakfast at Tusker House. Not that others are bad, but they are 'same old same old'. I like the unique offerings at TH. I think it depends on if your kids have any favorite characters. We haven't tried the Ohana breakfast (though I have heard it's very good) because my kids are not Lilo and Stitch fans.
I don't care for Chef Mickey at all, but we've done it. However it's very popular with other people.

 

[wildlandmedic]

We did Donald's Breakfastosaurus several years ago. We also ate at Cinderella's Royal Breakfast this past fall. We have done numerous character meals, and despite the price (use of to TS credits on ddp) we absolutely loved Cindy's Castle. We booked for an early breakfast, which got us into the park a little early and did photos on Main St with hardly anyone else in the background.

We finished breakfast just prior to rope drop and it was like having the park to ourselves. There was not a lot of character time with each princess, but there were a lot of princesses.

Cindy gets our vote for best breakfast. Chef Mickey's for the evening, with Crystal Palace a close second.

 

[AuroraMeansDawn]

We really enjoyed 1900 Park Fare not just because of the character interaction. The Mad Hatter, was by far, the most fun interaction we had on our whole trip. The food was also very nice. I enjoyed the variety, the omelette station and the strawberry soup and I found the service to be just a touch above what I get in the theme parks. And we also got to wander around the Grand Floridian lobby during Christmas and enjoy the decor.

We also had a great time at Cape May breakfast. We secured one of the first reservations of the morning and everything was hot, fresh and untouched on the buffet. We were able to eat and enjoy all of the character visits and be done in just under an hour so we took the back door into Epcot just as the park was opening.

This trip we're trying Chef Mickey for a late "brunch" on our first day and have an eary Crystal Palace. Have had lunch there many times but our first breakfast trip. Ohana is high on the "to do list" for next time. Isn't it wonderful to have so many options that there is always a "we'll try that next time' list??

 

[Coach81]

Wow.. several good ones here..

1. Crystal Palace - MK
2. Cape May
3. Ohanas
4. Donald's Breakfastsaurus

 

[kimgof]

We loved Ohana(our favorite last trip)....Stitch will have your family laughing with his antics! The food is really good...love the family style instead of the buffet. We also like Chef Mickey for breakfast. We did Cape May years ago and that was nice and very quiet...not sure if it still is. I have been hearing lots of nice review on Tusker House so I may try that for breakfast this next trip. We have been to Crystal Palace but last time we went we did not have a great experience and our kids would rather see Mickey than Pooh. so we skip it now.

 

[MickeyNicki]

We have done all of them except Tusker House and I think the best one for food and character interaction was Chef Mickeys with the Norway Princess Meal coming in a very very close second (we prefer the buffet to the family style food)