We did breakfast and dinner at Cape May in October. Both were good. Breakfast is your typical buffet with characters. Dinner does not have characters and is a buffet with regular buffet food plus shrimp, clams, and mussels. I'd go back to both meals again.
The Cape May Cafe breakfast is our favorite character breakfast. We think the food is better than others (especially CRT!). The fresh fruit they have there is always our favorite. We try to go here on every trip.
Both meals are great. I like the casual atmosphere. The breakfast is great..they also have Krispy Kremes. The character interaction is great too. Dinner is just as good (no characters). There's a good variety. We go there every trip for both meals. I never had a complaint yet and been there at least 8-10 times.
Best character breakfast buffet. As for what time does it open, not sure, but we had 7:30 ADR's last time and it looked like we were among the first few! I just love the characters in their Beach garb!