Crystal Palace - How long?

[coinkc]

How long should we plan for a breakfast here to take if we don't care about the characters and won't be taking pictures/autographs/etc. We just want to eat!

 

[Karnak]

I do make plans for every day at WDW, and on the meal reservations I allow one hour for each meal. If I have extra time, so much the better. My personal plans for each day always allow extra time. That way, when I have time to spare I can do something twice, or, simply relax, have a cool beverage somewhere, and people watch. If you make your plans too time demanding, counting on doing things in a set amount of time, you will find that it won't work. And you will end up not having as good a time as you would have had otherwise.

Enjoy.

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

I would allow one hour. You do want to mingle as long as possible with the characters.

 

[Robert P]

No pictures, no characters: 1 hour is about right, but you could very well be out in 45 minutes. You won't be waiting for food reloads, b/c they keep it turning pretty quickly.

We never figure less than 1 hour for a meal, unless it is walk-up window or such.

 

[byoung]

I agree with about 1 hour.

 

[BlindTyldak]

I agree, 45 minutes to an hour. We were done in 45 minutes but I think the servers assume you'll want to see all characters and will NOT bring your ticket until you have . . . we waved several times and finally got him to come over, and when we asked for the bill he was surprised because we hadn't seen Piglet yet. I'd recommend alerting your waiter when you first see him nicely that you are there for the buffet and the characters are not your main concern, and you might be asking for the bill before they all come around. it might save you a headache.