my kids are 4, 2, and 2 and I can't seem to stop making character meal adr's. lol. How many is too many? I don't even know how they'll do with the characters...although I figure if they freak out we can always sort that out once there.
daisyduck123 said:As long as your kids enjoy them (love them in my kids' case), you can never have enough. We always go for dinner.
I agree. If your kids like the characters, there are never enough!!!!
And don't forget Donald's Breakfast where the waitstaff get into little antics (but lots of fun and not being pesty while you're trying to eat). The characters are fun and give you ample time for pictures at your table., 'Ohana Breakfast is also fun with lots of characters and the restaurant isn't huge so they spend lots of time with you. The kids are invited to take moraccas (sp?) and dance around the restaurant with the characters (and invite adults too!!!)
mtemm said:thanks all! question about the up and down at buffets...why the up and down? my kids are not big eaters at all, I figured we'd get them each a plate of food, and then dessert. I'm the same way, just don't eat a ton at one sitting. which is why we usually don't do buffets, but I really don't want to try to see the characters in the parks (unless they are line free, lol) so figured this was a good way to do it. the only person I think would go back for seconds would be dh.
is this unrealistic?
mtemm said:thanks all! question about the up and down at buffets...why the up and down? my kids are not big eaters at all, I figured we'd get them each a plate of food, and then dessert. I'm the same way, just don't eat a ton at one sitting. which is why we usually don't do buffets, but I really don't want to try to see the characters in the parks (unless they are line free, lol) so figured this was a good way to do it. the only person I think would go back for seconds would be dh.
is this unrealistic?
missypie said:Let's see...you really want to try the special something or other, but the dish was empty the first time around; child dropped bread on floor and needs more; the dessert that DH got looks so good that you want some, too; your child didn't see the place where the chicken nuggets were the first time, so you have to go look for them.
I think that going though buffets lines AT ALL with little kids is stressful/unrelaxing, compared to table service.
As for great character interaction with few lines, go to the front entrance to the Toon Town Fair 15 minutes before Toon Town opens. They typically have 6-8 characters there, with few lines. When Toon Town opens, go straight to Mickey's house, then go over to Minnie, then get in line at the big place where they have three sets of characters at a time. Also, on busy days, lots of characters hang out at the very back of Toon Town (near the train station.)
mtemm said:yikes. okay, i can see we have lots to learn. well, we'll see how it goes. my motto for this trip is to take it one day at a time, really one moment at a time. we have promised to try to relax and not do everything, and I think I will keep it in mind that if the first buffet is not so great for us, that we'll figure out another way to go and cancel the rest. good to know the characters in toon town aren't heavily lined. really looking forward to seeing what works and what doesn't this trip. I have 2 ideas in my mind...one, what I want it to be, and one what I fear it will be. I'm hoping at worst it will fall somewhere in the middle. but I know it could go either way.
missypie said:More on seeing characters in Toon Town: We decided to spend our last half day - a Sunday - at MK. The CR had agreed to give us late checkout, but we had to be out of MK by noon. At 11 am, we decided to take one last train ride around the park. When the train pulled up at the Toon Town station, we saw loads of characters, with few people there. We jumped out and got some autographs. We got back on the train and got off at Main Street. The characters there (near the entrance) had VERY (VERY!!!) long lines.
As for buffets - I'm not trying to criticize your plans - I'm just trying to look out a bit for the comfort and relaxation of Mommy and Daddy! Assuming that at least the 2 year olds are in strollers, by meal time, the adults will need a rest lots more than the kids!