Where can i find what characters are at each? And best times? Is a certain meal (lunch or dinner etc) usually better somehow? Or is it best to go at the beginning, middle etc?
I believe there is info about all the character meals on a superthread- you could do a search. There are only 5 meals- 1 at each park (Minnie's and friends in DLR and Ariel's grotto at CA which does breakfast, lunch and dinner but is more expensive) and 1 at each on-site hotel (Storytellers at GCH, Goofys at DLH which does all 3 meals and is more expensive and Stitch's at PPH). Minnie's seems to be a more popular choice as it has a large number of characters (usually reports of 10+!) and they are always changing except for of course Minnie herself, although the food is a buffet and gets mixed reviews on if it's good or just ok. Ariels is all princesses and gets mixed reviews on both the quality of the interaction as well as the food and cost. Stitch's is the only place to meet Stitch and has a different food assortment as well but has a smaller amount of characters and does not seem to be as popular although I don't think I've seen many bad reviews of it honestly. Goofys has 5 set characters now and has the widest variety of food but people have been disappointed with it lately. Storytellers has a very good buffet and you meet Meeko from Pocahantas, Chip, Dale, both brothers from brother bear and I believe one other I am forgetting. You do not get pp photos at all of the meals, but I'm not sure from memory which has it- Storytellers does not. From personal experience we are returning to Storytellers this year due to the food and interaction and service and will be adding in Minnie's for the first time based on others recommendations and reviews. All serve breakfast but only Goofy and Ariel have lunch/dinner options, which makes them premium/more expensive. If you like to pre-pay or are going at a premium time when Disney might up meal costs you can buy character meal vouchers that include tax/gratuity on places like orbitz, etc. For most of the meals I would say it's probably always better to go earlier if you can- the first sitting of the day will give you fresh food, plenty of time and more interaction with the characters. However with that said I would say the only place that you will have an issue if you don't go early enough to is Storytellers as some of the characters leave to go to the park at the end of the morning. We are planning on storytellers on a non-park day and going around 8:30 am or so. We are not willing to waste our park morning at DLR and will be eating at Minnie's at 10 am or so- by all accounts for Minnie's it should not be an issue and we still get our EE (we stay on-site) and the first couple hours that are less crowded done in the park. Hopefully that helped a little and I'm happy to answer any questions I know the answers to
I think it needs to be 14 days but maybe call Disney just to be sure? 20 days should be fine though
Oh yikes! 2014 isn't much help now lol maybe post and ask about updated character lists? I don't recall them all and don't want to give you the wrong info. Goofy now only has the same 5- I want to say Goofy, Chip, Dale, Pluto and maybe Mickey? Someone will have to give you a better list then I recall
Mine from our August trip arrived on CDs, not DVDs. Nine of them, actually. The Memory Maker pix from WDW last year turned up on DVDs, but I had to pay extra for that.
)). We had a good time at Minnie's. As millie0312 said, try and get there early if possible. We were the 2nd one's there and greeted by the Fairy Godmother. With only one other couple there who had already been interacting with the characters, our kids were able to take a group picture with Pooh, Eeyore, Tiger, and Chip. Minnie came running over shortly after. Then shortly after that, Hook came out. My wife made the mistake of telling everyone to say "Peter Pan" when taking the picture, which Hook didn't like. Then my 5yr old son said should say "cod fish', which made Hook storm out of the restaurant 
and from outside through the window did the 'I'm watching you' eye thing with my son. Later on when he stopped back by, my son said 'Pirate's rule' which made Hook happy 
Oh yikes! 2014 isn't much help now lol maybe post and ask about updated character lists? I don't recall them all and don't want to give you the wrong info. Goofy now only has the same 5- I want to say Goofy, Chip, Dale, Pluto and maybe Mickey? Someone will have to give you a better list then I recall
I am on the phone with the Photopass people currently. You are correct, no editing, adding borders, etc. with the Signature AP version. They say that is the only difference. They will refund your $ if you call and then send the voucher and the code back (you can keep the disc, this makes it much easier to mail). Call PhotoPass on 407 560 4300 Opt 3
Good to know. Thanks sgrap (and Figment). So I'll just get my PP+ as planned, and those who already ordered them and are wondering about refunds, they may want to think twice about that (because adding cute borders is the whole purpose of getting the PP+ to begin with)
