Glad you guys still had a fun breakfast even if his family was being a bit frustrating. I feel like N's family sounds like my BF's family (who also happens to be named Nathan) so I feel ya on this stuff.
I feel like I keep throwing N's family under the bus, and I shouldn't!
They're good people with their hearts in the right place. They just plan things and communicate with each other very differently than I'm used to. But there were a few very frustrating moments leading up to the wedding trying to get things sorted with them.
No... interest........ in MK........
I. know.
How??
They just thought it looked childish, and their kids are grown now, so they didn't think it would be of interest to them. They only had one day to go to a park—that was another issue entirely. We had discussed them coming for a couple of extra days to make more of a vacation of it, which they decided against due to finances and vacation from work, etc., but then when the time actually came and they saw we'd made plans with my family after the wedding, they regretted it and wished we'd encouraged them...harder? Anyway, so they only had one day in the park and didn't want to spend it somewhere that was too "young." I think they expected magic kingdom to be like children's rides at a county fair kinda deal...if you've never been to a true theme park like Disney, USO, etc., you don't really know what to expect and how immersive they really area. So instead we suggested Epcot as the next park that might appeal to the most of them.
There was also a very frustrating back-and-forth for probably a month or so, where N's dad wanted to go to Animal Kingdom to see Pandora, and I kept discouraging them again and again from doing that. That may sound like I wasn't doing what was best for what they wanted, but I swear I thought they'd have a bad first experience of Disney if they spent their only day at AK. They hate crowds, long lines, and heat/walking long distance in the heat (I find you feel the heat in AK more than the other parks.) They wanted to see Pandora, but they had refused to get their plans together before their 60 day FP window like I'd asked, so all FP were already gone for Pandora rides. Waiting an hour, let alone three hours, for a ride was absolutely out of the question for them. And I knew they would NOT (as demonstrated on their Epcot arrival day!) get to the park by the time it opened, let alone for 30-60 minutes before rope drop. I would tell them to do whatever the preferred, but give them all the facts first on the pros and cons to AK...they would "listen" and come to the conclusion that I was right, and they agreed that they would go to Epcot. Case closed. Then I'd talk to them a week later and it would be, "yeah, but Michael's decided he
does want to go to Animal Kingdom." Ugggh! Eventually I gave up. And they went to Epcot anyway. *sigh*
She got jealous that you did something that she refused to do.
Okay then.
Yep! *facepalm*
I think part of the problem was that his mom was open to doing breakfast, but once his dad started crunching the numbers he got VERY overwhelmed by how expensive Disney can be. And understandably so! His parents were also paying for their three [adult] children's trips. (And whole different issue/can of worms there! I understand them paying for their flight/hotel to make sure they were financially able to attend their son's wedding. But there was absolutely no need for them to pay for them to do non-wedding-essential things like park tickets, theme park meals, etc., if they were concerned about costs. All his sisters are adults, one is in school, but two are working professionals. But anyway!) Once his dad got to that point of wow-this-is-expensive-everything-costs-so-much-more-at-Disney-than-anywhere-else kinda mindset, everything got thrown out the window and they scaled way back. They kinda went from "We can afford it, let's do everything we want and go big. Maybe we'll stay at the Animal Kingdom Lodge! If you want to book this meal, let's just do it!" etc. ...to staying at Pop Century, and cancelling anything that cost money other than their one-day park tickets. It was one extreme or the other, and nothing in the middle.
Long story short: I think his mom would have enjoyed a character breakfast if it hadn't gotten shut down due to expenses, so she was sad that the experience would still be happening whether she was there or not and that she wouldn't be a part of it. But it kinda still felt like, "If we won't allow ourselves to have fun, then you're not allowed to have fun either!"
I can't even see the difference!!
I know, right? It's uncanny, the similarities...Nathan basically
is Goofy.
Your room is beautiful!
They probably are even though you went home, they'll be waiting with Disboards print outs next time you try to cross!
So I made him a lengthy list of food items to sample and review, and I sent him on his way. He spent a day sending me pictures and reviews, and running errands for me, which included picking up the F&W passholder pin! He enjoyed it so much that we're already talking about the possibility of going together next Fall during one of my study breaks from school, and possibly even bringing my mom and grandmother with us. 
(My dress was too small when I'd bought it since I had to buy a sample off the rack, and I'd worked hard over the months leading up to the wedding to shimmy myself into it!)
Sign me up.
And I did.
It takes so much patience, sometimes, because nobody wants to believe what you say or trust that you're going to create the best plan for the party. 
