We made our way over to Norway for our breakfast at Akerhaus. This was my first character meal ever, and even though I've done plenty of research about them here on the boards I wasn't entirely sure of what to expect. I was a bit nervous that I would feel silly as an adult with no child at one. Particularly a meal with all face characters that I'd need to chat with. I can be quite shy about meeting people, and am not particularly good at small talk so I was a bit anxious.
Before we checked in at the restaurant, we paused to take in some of the holiday decorations. Norway was looking quite beautiful and festive. The decorations were simple, but beautiful. Very festive!
After we checked in, we only had a few minutes to wait before they called us up to meet Belle. Belle in her gold dress! I was so excited.
Hands down my favorite princess. Beauty and the Beast came out when I first started working at my movie-theater part time job when I was in college and always brings back such happy memories for me.
Sadly, of all the princesses at the breakfast that morning, she was probably my least favorite to meet in person. I don't know if it was because she wasn't one of the ones making rounds around the dining room, or if it was just this particular Belle, but she wasn't very interactive at all. We got a bit of a perfunctory hello, thank you for coming and that was about it. I thought at first that it was because we were a party of just adults, but our table was close enough to watch her great everyone, and it wasn't just us. I have a feeling that she may have been a bit new, or the powers that be were really trying to keep the line moving as quickly as possible. It was a slight disappointment though. Luckily the rest of the princesses more than made up for it.
We were seated after that and our server came up to explain how the restaurant is set up. They had a cold bar with all kinds of fruit, cereal, pasteries, bagels and that kind of thing. You were free to visit as often as you liked. She took our drink orders and then started to bring us our food items family style. They had scrambled eggs, meats and a fantastic cheesy potatoes side. Yum! So good. I completely forgot to take some food porn picks, but really scrambled eggs are scrambled eggs.
The potatoes were to die for.
The princesses started coming out nearly immediately, and they were all wonderful. LL's favorite, Ariel, was the first to visit our table.
None of the same issues with Belle at all. Ariel was probably my favorite of the princesses that morning. All of my apprehensions disappeared about the breakfast and I was able to enjoy it completely. She made it so easy to play along. She was the perfect Ariel.
Aurora was next to come around. Again, wonderfully charming. The little girl at the table next to us was completely enchanted with Aurora and wouldn't stop chatting with her. Aurora was wonderful with her, and deftly handled it. She really took plenty of time to interact with the little girl, before finally moving on to the next table.
Next was Snow White. I don't know how she did it, but she sounded nearly exactly like Snow White.
Cinderella was the last to come around. I told her that I just had to meet her on this trip, because she was my younger niece's favorite princess. She laughed and told me that she'd love to take a picture with me to show my niece, but she wouldn't tell the other princesses or they'd be jealous.
I'd recommend Akerhaus for breakfast to anyone. Belle was a bit of a disappointment, but all of the other princesses were just wonderful and I felt silly after that I had been anxious at all. They really were adaptable to all different kinds of groups they visited. With the families and kids they took plenty of time, interacting and chatting with the kids. I didn't see anywhere where it looked rushed, or that they were just taking quick photos and moving on. With parties like my BFF and I they worked it perfectly. A little bit of chatting, a few pictures, and I even saw a few tables that had no interest in taking pictures so they'd just stop by to say hi for a few moments. It was all a nice balance. They came around at a nice pace too which was nice. We were able to eat in between visits, and were never waiting too long before the next princess came around.
The room at Akerhaus didn't seem to big either, and while not exactly quiet it wasn't overbearingly loud. We were able to have a normal conversation without any problems. The setting was beautiful though. It did feel like you were right in the middle of a castle.
We liked it so much we've but a breakfast there on the to-do list for next year, although we are toying with the idea of trying CRT instead. I can't imagine that it would be any nicer than Akerhaus though. (And Akerhaus is a bit cheaper too).
I guess it will have to stay on your next time list.
So lucky! We had a lot of fun chatting with them on the drive to here - 
