Another YES for the social. We were there mid-Feb this year. Social was a great way to meet characters without all the time, fuss & cost of a character meal. Our 4 & 2 yr olds have a hard time sitting thru an entire meal to begin with. The sundaes are obviously pre-made (but yummy) and we got ours right away. I've noticed that a lot of character meals are buffet-style which is a real pain w/2 small kids- my DH would have to sit w/the kids & the camera at the table while I juggled their plates at the buffet & then I'd come back & he'd go up etc etc. This seemed to be much much more relaxing that the usual character meal chaos. At the time we went, the social was daily at 3 PM at the Garden Grille in the Land Pavillion at Epcot. They told us res. were required 24 hrs. in advance- we actually just walked right up & asked if they had any no shows or cancellations & they were able to seat us within 5 minutes. We will definitely do this again!!