Grand Gathering Meals?

[tyniknate]

Has anyone here been to either the Safari Celebration or the Good Morning Character Breakfast available to grand gatherings? I can't find any info other than just a mention on their website. Where are they held, menu, etc

 

[PictureJumpr]

The Safari one is a dinner, when we did it, it was served at the Tusker House - it may be still, I don't know, we won't be back. They take you for a private ride through the Kilimanjaro Safari, and then you have dinner with a 'host'/storyteller and character interaction. Back when we did it, it was kind of a highlights-of-Boma/Tusker House Buffet's greatest hits menu.

The Breakfast one is a plated (but still all-you-can-eat) affair held in Tony's in the Magic Kingdom. The food is standard breakfast eggs-bacon-potatoes-biscuits-fruit kind of stuff, and the event is hosted by Tony. Characters visit for photos which the last couple of times have been done table-by-table in a side room rather than the typical character meal wandering-around photos. We much prefer this one and do it often (going again in December).

 

[tyniknate]

Is the character breakfast horribly crowded, like at Chef Mickey's? Do you actually get time to interract with characters or are you hearded like cattle like at the other character meals?

 

[PictureJumpr]

It is a different atmosphere than Chef Mickey's.

It is not nearly as hectic - they bring platters of food to your table. No buffet line.

The character interaction has been wonderful at times, and it has been minimal at times - just seems to depend on Mickey's mood that morning (or whoever else is there).