Minnie's Breakfast and a kid that won't eat...

[Jacie]

Hey guys!

I have Minnie's breakfast booked for later this month for my family of four. My youngest, however, doesn't eat more than three things, none of those being breakfast foods. At the most, he'll get a drink.
I know for Fantasmic, WOC, and PTN packages we have to pay for a meal for him to get the FP but can he go without purchasing beyond the drink at the Plaza Breakfast? Or do we have to buy him a full breakfast there, too?

Man, I wish this kid would eat.

Thanks in advance!

 

[mom2rtk]

Hey guys!

I have Minnie's breakfast booked for later this month for my family of four. My youngest, however, doesn't eat more than three things, none of those being breakfast foods. At the most, he'll get a drink.
I know for Fantasmic, WOC, and PTN packages we have to pay for a meal for him to get the FP but can he go without purchasing beyond the drink at the Plaza Breakfast? Or do we have to buy him a full breakfast there, too?

Man, I wish this kid would eat.

Thanks in advance!

Part of what you're paying for is the character experience. You'll have to pay for everyone in your party.

Just wait until you have to pay an adult price at age 10 for a poor eater. That hurts even more.

 

[sherilaine]

Unfortunately due to the buffet/all you can eat style of breakfast, each party must pay the full price for either child or adult.

 

[Geemo]

What are the three things the kiddo will eat?
Minnie's has all kinds of options.
Fresh fruit, pasties/donuts and all the usual breakfast foods.

Many of us have experienced the same thing as you. An individual that eats next to nothing!!
I've learned to go with the flow when it comes to meal time.
I sign the card at the end of the meal and don't worry about it.... It took me awhile to be able to do that.


Since character interactions are GREAT! at Minnie and friends it (almost) makes up for it.

 

[Jacie]

What are the three things the kiddo will eat?
Minnie's has all kinds of options.
Fresh fruit, pasties/donuts and all the usual breakfast foods.

Many of us have experienced the same thing as you. An individual that eats next to nothing!!
I've learned to go with the flow when it comes to meal time.
I sign the card at the end of the meal and don't worry about it.... It took me awhile to be able to do that.


Since character interactions are GREAT! at Minnie and friends it (almost) makes up for it.

Peanut butter sandwiches (we've even nixed the jelly lately!), chocolate chip muffins, and pizza. I swear, he should weigh nothing with how little he eats! Everyone says he will eat when he gets hungry but he just doesn't eat! He's lucky he's so cute

Thanks all!

 

[amyg1975]

Just think of paying the price for the character interaction, not the actual food not being eaten for that price!

 

[Geemo]

I believe there is a toast center, you could make a peanut butter sandwich.
The pastry area had chocolate filled croissants. I know they had muffins, not sure of the flavor though.

Chocolate milk was a hit with my crew last trip. I don't know how many they went through. The CM kept picking up the empties....
I had taken three of my grandkids, ages DGS-21, DGS-13 and DGD-11. The DGD didn't eat much but the other two made up for it this trip.

 

[mom2rtk]

My first trip to Cinderella's Royal Table after my daughter became a Disney adult sher ordered chicken nuggets and it gave me heartburn (It's a fixed price meal). I thought long and hard about it since then and have decided it's just part of the deal. She enjoyed her nuggets. And I enjoyed eating in the castle. So I learned to look at it differently. At least this summer when we went back, she ordered (and ate) the steak!

 

[Jacie]

I was telling my husband that we can try to recoup our money in chocolate milk, lol!
If the interactions are as great as everyone is saying, then it's not a big deal. I think that I have a few Hollywood and Vine meals (from DHS) stuck in my head and those interactions were very 'meh'.

You are all amazing

So, one more question (if anyone reads this and might have input)

Thursday morning at 9:40 am with the Magic Morning People or 9:40 am on a Friday morning without the MM people?



Why is this so difficult? lol!

 

[Angrose]

OP, I feel your pain. My DS7 eats about 5 things and that's it. Mine won't even touch peanut butter though, or any sandwich for that matter, and only recently decided he liked pizza! Our last trip we mostly ate at McDonald's. I did splurge on the Fantasmic! package at RBT though, mainly for the reserved seating. That was the most expensive plate of plain pasta I've ever seen!

I believe there is a toast center, you could make a peanut butter sandwich.
The pastry area had chocolate filled croissants. I know they had muffins, not sure of the flavor though.

Chocolate milk was a hit with my crew last trip. I don't know how many they went through. The CM kept picking up the empties....
I had taken three of my grandkids, ages DGS-21, DGS-13 and DGD-11. The DGD didn't eat much but the other two made up for it this trip.

This is good to know. DS7 LOVES chocolate croissants! Do you know if they have cereal there?

 

[Mousequake]

I have a kid who until the age of five literally couldn't eat. We had to feed her liquids through a feeding tube. Still paid full price at Plaza Inn for breakfast.

 

[sherilaine]

My son who is now 12 is still a very fussy eater - but breakfast is his favorite meal as that is a lot of the stuff he loves - however, they do have character meals which are not breakfast and have Pizza, but we did not really enjoy Goofy's much and they are more expensive. I am sure with the amount of choice at Minnie's you will find something he will enjoy along with the characters - great advice on being able to make a peanut butter sandwich as they have bread for toast and packs of PB. In fact Minnie herself is very helpful - he could use this as an opportunity to explain this to her and ask her to take him to the toast station - I have always found the characters like to get involved.

I hope your son gets onto more things, mine has been a struggle for years and now I am hoping puberty will be the driving force behind him eating more!

Have fun! Even if all he drinks is chocolate milk, he will still have fun.

 

[alvernon90]

Just my opinion, but I would make no effort to accommodate him at all. Kids who are picky eaters tend to be "enabled" by parents who give them exactly what they want to eat out of fear that the kids will starve to death if their unreasonable demands are not met. Rare indeed is the animal that will starve itself to death simply because it does not like the taste of certain foods. Feeding kids junk food because "that's all they will eat" is like giving an alcoholic spouse vodka because "that's all she will drink." Where better to try to force a kid into eating something else than a fun buffet?

 

[sherilaine]

Just my opinion, but I would make no effort to accommodate him at all. Kids who are picky eaters tend to be "enabled" by parents who give them exactly what they want to eat out of fear that the kids will starve to death if their unreasonable demands are not met. Rare indeed is the animal that will starve itself to death simply because it does not like the taste of certain foods. Feeding kids junk food because "that's all they will eat" is like giving an alcoholic spouse vodka because "that's all she will drink." Where better to try to force a kid into eating something else than a fun buffet?

I don't think judgement is called for in this case. The OP is asking for advice on the payment situation for the meal - not advice on how to get her kid to eat.

 

[bumbershoot]

Kids who are picky eaters tend to be "enabled" by parents who give them exactly what they want to eat out of fear that the kids will starve to death if their unreasonable demands are not met.

Says anyone who has truly never met a TRULY picky kid. I'm the sister to 3 of them. Stronger boys you have never met. Now, thankfully, they have broader palates as adults, but it was a long, long run. And NOTHING any parent did made any difference.

And I myself remember how nasty things like green bell pepper tasted. I ate it because I was the peacekeeper (anyone who has read Adult Children of Alcoholics will understand how I, as the eldest, would feel the need to keep the peace), but it was gag-worthy. In my 20s my tastebuds relaxed and I can now enjoy a green bell pepper, but as a kid it was NOTHING but bitter. I had no idea why my mom kept making them. I've watched DS's tastes change as he gets older as well. It's really interesting.

Oh and have I mentioned that I, the one who would eat the food of a brother just so we could leave the table (yep, the good eater was kept at the table until the poor eater finished), have all sorts of environmental and food allergies? And the boys who protected themselves by not eating have NO allergies?

Interesting how that worked in my sample size of 4. Well, 5, because by the time kid 5 showed up 25 years after the 1st kid, my dad (and stepmom) had given up, and let her eat only what she wanted and nothing she didn't. Breastmilk, white rice, plain chicken, and M&Ms were the only things she'd ever eaten by the time she was 5. Also a strong healthy girl (college girl now!), NO allergies to anything.

Harumph.




Anyway, MY theory is...if you can look at it as an "entertainment" fee, if others can get their money's worth, and especially if it's for a "Disney kid" AND if others want to go, just go. If you can't do that mentally, if it's just not worth it in your family's calculus, then don't.

For us, a family of 3, even though DS was a decent eater (and just spent the day eating his way through Vancouver), it was always questionable to do character meals (especially being vegetarian). As DS got older, DH and I started weight watchers and we eat WAY less now. Now that DS is 11 we haven't been to a character meal in 2 years. We are *considering* PCH Grill's Surf's Up on this upcoming trip. I *despised* Minnie's. The only thing I ended up eating was a mini chocolate croissant or two. The "eggs" nearly made me literally sick they were so bad. DH and DS didn't mind it as much but they don't have the egg issues I have. (I will not choke down food anymore; it's a promise I made to myself once I became an adult and didn't have to keep the peace with food anymore) Surf's Up only makes the list because they have an omelet station AND in the past they had the ability to make huevos rancheros from REAL eggs that they cracked right in front of you. I will be checking to see if that is still the case, and if it is, we will make a reservation. No more boiled-in-bag scrambled eggs for me.

So for us, it makes no sense for the food. Only DH at this point adores the characters, so he has to REALLY want to go and promise to really love the interactions. Otherwise the wallet-holder can't handle going, because $40-50 huevos rancheros (no matter how good and fresh) and coffee isn't really my thing.


If we had more kids, if the math worked out because of said invisible kids, it would be a different situation!

 

[Malcon10t]

Says anyone who has truly never met a TRULY picky kid. I'm the sister to 3 of them. Stronger boys you have never met. Now, thankfully, they have broader palates as adults, but it was a long, long run. And NOTHING any parent did made any difference.

I agree. I had one child was that "picky" child. (Out of 4, another one had an issue, but more of a germaphobe issue...) We finally stopped trying to "fix her" and went back to "enabling" when that child became a "failure to thrive" child. We later discovered she was autistic, and it was part of her "issues". Even now, she will frequently eat off the child's menu if she is unsure of the food.

I do think some kids are "picky" because parents allow them to be. I do require my granddaughter to try a bite of something different (she is 4) at different meals and she is rewarded for trying. And she likes a lot of things. We get our money's worth out of her at buffets.

 

[Angel Ariel]

Peanut butter sandwiches (we've even nixed the jelly lately!), chocolate chip muffins, and pizza. I swear, he should weigh nothing with how little he eats! Everyone says he will eat when he gets hungry but he just doesn't eat! He's lucky he's so cute

Thanks all!

Fwiw, minnie's had chocolate chip muffins when we were there in november, and they were really really good. I was tempted to make a breakfast of just them

 

[Jacie]

Thanks all for your amazing information and words.

I am not going to defend my parenting, as I've been a parent my whole adult life and am pretty good at it. My son is trying to control a little part of his life, no big deal. As long as he takes his 'no thank you' bites (he has to try new stuff with three of those) and continues to grow, I'm totally okay with it. He will grow out of it like his daddy eventually did (according to my mother in law! )

I'm going to keep our reservations for breakfast. It sounds like some great food for all of us (even if it is just milk and chocolate chip muffins for him!) with some amazing interactions!