Crystal Palace late breakfast or early lunch??

[Suzanne74]

We have been to CP before for an early breakfast (8:30am) and waited about 25min to be seated and I was litterally having a coronary how long the process took when we could have been on rides hehe!! So needless to say, I have stopped doing the early ressies and we mainly go munch on cereal bars in the AM, go to an early CS lunch before the crowds pack in and then do TS dinners. One day we are going to AK for EMH at night and would prefer to eat at Tusker or FT BBQ since they are both so good. This leaves us open for a TS meal at breakfast or lunch when we are in MK. Have already done LTT at dinner as well as every CRT meal. I am thinking of giving CP another chance under calm conditions

I am undecided on the last reservation for breakfast at 10:25am or the first reservation for lunch which is 11:30am. Who has been to both and which do you prefer? We will be at the park at 9am on the dot so we will have already been on some rides and have worked up an appetite.

Thanks

 

[pooh2001]

Our plans for Tuesday, June 27th -
It's early entree morning at MK on Tuesday, 6/27.
We will be at MK at 7:30 AM waiting to get in.
Do the rides - get a FP's

Then late breakfast/early lunch at CP

We have a 10:05 AM ADR @ CP on 6/27.
We expect to be seated around 10:30 AM.
We will be at the breakfast buffet by 10:45 AM (after drink orders)
Lunch buffet starts to be displayed around 11:15 AM.
We will do a second plate of lunch buffet.
It takes about an hour to do a meal at CP and see all the characters (Pooh stands in center court, you go to him).
We'll be out around 11:30 AM - nice and stuffed like Pooh

so a late breakfast CP gets you some lunch too

 

[Suzanne74]

bump

 

[Bam99]

We have the last breakfast seating @ CP which is 10:30. Does that mean if we are still eating when they change to lunch then we will be able to eat from that also? I am a little concerned about doing the late breakfast I am afraid we will be getting the "bottom of the barrel" so to speak and would be taking a chance on things not being as good as they would be earlier in the morning. If anyone has any suggestions or comments please share them. Thanks