We did the Princess Storybook in May and LOVED it. We went for Breakfast and saw Aurora, Belle, Mulan, Snow White and Jasmine. I would recommend going early if you do this breakfast.. we had a 10:20-- showed up at 10 and didn't get seated until 10:40. The wait is outside and it was HOT by then.. would try for the earliest seating next time. My DH loved the food and DD2 and DD4 loved the Princesses.
As for the rest:
Cinderella's Royal Table-- never done it, we were too late in our planning to get ADRS!
Chef Mickey's -- one of our absolute favorites-- a MUST do! We did this on the Saturday of one trip and during an afternoon break from MK on another. We really liked having an early dinner here (5 pm)-- we were the first ones at the buffet-- great food.. my favorite desserts of all the character buffets by far. Character interaction is great too-- we saw each of the characters twice during that last trip.
Crystal Palace-- been there twice. After the first experience (lunch) we didn't want to go back due to bad character interaction experience. We also thought it was hard for us to stop for a long lunch at MK-- we had a 1 and 3 year old at the time. As it turns out-- we got an 8:05 ADR there for our next trip and we LOVED it. It was a completely different experience! We saw all of the characters and were surprised that there weren't tons of kids when we went.. so we were out of there by 9 am. I am not a breakfast person, but the food at the breakfast buffet was AMAZING-- I would highly recommend going for breakfast! All of us loved it.
Liberty Tree Tavern--Did Dinner there before our MVMVP in 2004-- skipped last trip (and kind of regretted it!) We also loved this one. Some people have issues with the good here.. it is Stouffers.. but we liked it. This was again not filled with kids, so ours got lots of attention-- we saw each character twice, some three times.
GArden Grill-- chose this one instead of LTT on our 2006 trip. The characters are very simliar to LTT. I think the food is better at GG. The desserts were delicious. We did like the atmosphere at LTT better and the service was much better (faster). My biggest (and strange) complaint about the Garden Grill was that we were in one of those booths that faced outward and we felt claustrophobic! Our service was slow and you couldn't see/find your waiter. Also-- we were with a 2 year old and one of the benefits of a character meal for us is that she can see the characters coming and it keeps her entertained. NOT HERE. It was like eating in a hole in the ground for us-- but this was due to the 2 year old.
Ohana Character Bkfast-- never done
1900 Park Fare-- did dinner here this year. DD2 loves Cindrella.. this is the place for that! The food was good, character interaction great... I probably would pick another character meal though if Cinderella wasn't a fav. I though the food was better at all the rest listed about except LTT. (It was still good though)
If I had to pick three- I would do Storybook Breakfast (with an Aurora lover), Chef Mickeys for Dinner and probably the Crystal Palace breakfast. I actually would recommend all that we have been to.. just get a table at Garden Grill with a 2 year old!
good luck with your trip!
jen
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We saw Aurora at 1900 Park Fare a week and a half ago for dinner. She was with Cinderella, Prince Charming, Fairy Godmother and the mice. I believe breakfast has Mary Poppins.
