We are getting ready to book another trip, and I wanted to ask what most people like so much about Goofys kitchen character breakfast? We went this past October and were far from thrilled. I honestly think we had a bad table, but am hesitant to try it agian as it costs so much! We were sitting in the very back right next to the door where the characters come and go. You'd think that was great... but none of them would stop to see our kids, and we actually had to ask the manager for Goofy to come pose for a picture for us! I was a little perturbed, but now that a some months have passed and I can think about it logically, I want to hear what you all like/dont about it.
Thanks!
I would like to chime in on this topic. My friends and I have eaten at Goofy's for breakfast at least once almost every time we have gone to the park over the last 16 years, and we have pretty much had consistently good experiences. We don't have any kids with us as a rule - just a bunch of us silly adults - and we really enjoy it. I think there was one time we did not make it to Goofy's because of who we were with and the trip did not feel complete. We even brought a grouchy, non-festive friend with us and she had a blast there. But, that said, it has to be the right combination of character interaction and most importantly, FOOD that makes the money spent worthwhile! Even though we love the characters, we would not eat there if we did not like the food - especially at those prices, which steadily rise (last time we were there in December, the price was $29 per adult and they add in the
gratuity now, which they did not do in the old days, and I am not sure why they even do that NOW as it is a self-serve BUFFET!!!!!). First of all, we find the selection of items to eat to be quite appealing and bountiful. You don't feel like you are forced to choose just one or two things because that's all there is. There are MANY items to choose from - too many, in fact - and they are always kept fresh. The bacon is yummy, the eggs are delicious, the pineapple is sweet, the potatoes are scrumptious, the pastries are delectable, etc., etc. My friend always gets the biscuits and gravy and says they are out of this world. The orange juice is even great. The one thing we did
NOT like was the special 'birthday cupcake' they brought out - it was hard, as though it had been sitting on a shelf for days, and it was
dark chocolate, not milk, which was a bit much for a cupcake. And they made a peculiar choice in placing the maple syrup on a different table station than where the waffles or pancakes were, which made NO sense as it was way over by the eggs, and you had to reach around the people scooping eggs to get to the syrup which should have been by the waffles in the first place!!!
Truthfully, I like this character breakfast buffet at Goofy's better than the Storytellers Cafe buffet, and ordering from the menu at Storytellers does not save you much money at all. You might as well stick with the buffet and get the most for your buck. I was NOT, however, as thrilled with the Goofy
dinner buffet, oddly. I did not like the choices as much as I did for breakfast items. And it is more expensive, as other posters have stated here. We have never had a shortage of character interaction - even seeing occasional rare characters like the Mad Hatter or Jafar - at Goofy's,
with the exception of this past September. That was a lackluster character day, and the characters just walked from one door to the other and waved at tables but never stopped. It was weird. It was like Goofy was on strike! BUT when we went back in December, the characters were all over the place, back in the swing of things. We could barely take a bite of food before Chip, Dale, Baloo, Goofy, etc. came by. We figured September was just an 'off time.'
In fact, I WOULD attach a photo from Goofy's in December here - IF I could figure out how to do it!!!! How do I attach a photo from my hard drive? Everyone else seems to be able to do it!
