Dining with Characters

[RuthieT]

Where and who have you had a meal with of all the characters? was it worth? I am thinking we will go to the princess dinner for my almost 4 year old in December. Just wanted to see what everyone had to say about it!

 

[momto2nenas]

We loved the Princess dining! We did it last year for lunch when our DDs were 3 1/2 and 7 months. They both loved it! We sat outside along the water and it was really nice. We saw Ariel, Mulan, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, and Wendy Darling. They were all very sweet, signed autographs, and posed for about 5 photos each with each girl! Its a MUST DO if you have young DDs!

 

[GoofyBaby]

We have had both breakfast and dinner at Goofy's Kitchen. At breakfast, we had Goofy, Mad Hatter, Baloo, Chip, Dale & Pluto. At dinner, we had Goofy, Pluto, Chip, Dale, Peter Pan, Jasmine, Fairy Godmother and Captain Hook. At both breakfast and dinner, the food was hot, fresh and delicious and we never once felt rushed by the characters. I highly recommend Goofy's Kitchen!

 

[DesertBell]

We did Goofy's Kitchen, Ariel's and Minnie and Friends last week, and I have to say Goofy's was my favorite, then Minnie and friends. We won't be doing Ariel's again, princesses or no- We saw all the princesses other places during our stay, the food wasn't that good, the resteraunt was small and crowded, and the princesses stopped at each table just long enough to smile at the camera and move on. At the other meals the characters all interacted beautifully with my kids, and made them feel really special.

 

[sharoncity]

I always give my kids the choice of who to dine with. They each get to pick one meal. (Fortunately, I only have two kids, so I can afford that!! )

Anyhow, when my daughter was two, she loved Minnie and Goofy at Goofy's Kitchen. They really fawned all over her..... Now she chooses the princesses. In fact, she is 14 and still wants to have a meal with them. My DS is 9 and his favorite character is Goofy, so needless to say we will be dining at Goofy's Kitchen again this time.

My other suggestion is to pick characters she is familiar with so that she doesn't get shy or scared. At 4 yrs old, it could go either way once they see the characters in person. The characters are pretty large in real life!

 

[Eeyore11081]

We visited Lilo and Stitch for breakfast a couple of weeks ago. Pluto, Minnie, and Daisy joined them. The food was excellent and the characters spent lots of time with us. It was perhaps the best character dining experience we have had.

 

[lilpixie]

We went to Ariels on our last trip. My girls loved it. We had reservations for lunch (about 1:00) and it was pretty busy. The princesses all took a picture, signed their autograph books, and chatted a little bit. Maybe if we had gone at a different time, it wouldn't have been so busy. It was still so much fun and my girls still look at all of their photos in their autograph books! Sometimes the princesses are really hard to see without long lines -- so Ariels is a good option. I have also heard great things about Minnie and Friends at the Plaza for breakfast, and I think we will be doing that one on our next trip.
Have fun!!