Character Dining & Fantasmic Dinner Package

[nightowlscrapper]

We are going to Dinsey in a few months and I am trying to firm up our plans. Does anyone have any advice on where to make Dinner reservations on the Sunday we check in? I would love for it to be a character meal with Mickey or Pooh if possible, but would take any decent meal with characters present. We will not have access to the parks the day we check in, so we will need to eat at a resort. (We have reservations at the Animal Kingdom Lodge.)

Also, the Fantasmic Dinner Package . . . any advice on which restaurant to eat at? Having only been to DW once before, I am not familiar with any of the three.

Thanks in advance for the advice! I so appreciate it!

 

[ShariVT]

I would go with Chef Mickey's at the comtempoary. Followed by a ride on the monarail to get in the Disney mode. Always a fun time usually the food is pretty good.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

I'm going to Chef Mickeys in the contemporary for my first evening.

You won't need a park admission for that. It has Mickey, Goofy, Chip n Dale, and sometimes Minnie and Donald.

Pooh and friends are in the Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom. You will need a park admission for that.


As to the FDP, I chose Hollywood and Vine. I've never been to any of the 3 either so I chose the cheapest.

 

[marathonmommy]

I was in the same position a couple of years ago. We decided to do Mickey's
Backyard Barbecue the night we arrived and did not do the parks. It was a good decision because it was an event in itself. It kind of felt like we went to a park because we took a boat over the Fort Wilderness area and had time to walk around after we ate. I don't know if MBB runs all year or not now - at that time it did not, but we had a good time and lots of fun!