Place: Cape May Cafe' (Yacht Club)
Meal (B,L,D): B
Menu or Buffet: Buffet
Decor (1 to 5, 5 being the highest): 4
Food variety (grade from 1 to 5): 4
Food taste (grade from 1 to 5): 5
Favorite Food Item: Waffles, bacon
Least Favorite: none
Who were the characters: Minnie, Goofy, Chip & Dale
Character availablity (grade from 1 to 5): 3
Likelihood that you would return or recommend to others (grade from 1 to 5): 3
Anything that made it extra special:
Comments: Date of visit: Dec. 2002 - This was nice - I liked the costumes (old fashioned swim suits) that the characters wore. They did photo ops with Minnie against a painted backdrop at the front of the restaurant. The rest of the characters came by the table. Pretty good overall but not our best character meal.
Place: Tony's Town Square
Meal (B,L,D): B
Menu or Buffet: Menu
Decor (1 to 5, 5 being the highest): 5
Food variety (grade from 1 to 5): 4
Food taste (grade from 1 to 5): 5
Favorite Food Item: French Toast; DH liked the healthy option (something with granola I think

)
Least Favorite: nothing
Who were the characters: Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore
Character availablity (grade from 1 to 5): 5
Likelihood that you would return or recommend to others (grade from 1 to 5): Alas - this was only a temporary location while Crystal Palace was under rehab. This was a great location for a character meal - we loved it! It was DH's first Character meal (before that he didn't "get" it - now he's addicted

) I just had to include this for the sake of nostalgia [sigh]
Anything that made it extra special: Excellent service! Great character interaction. Wonderful food.
Comments: Still one of our favorite restaurants - DH doesn't think it's a Disney trip if we don't eat at Tony's
Place: Hollywood & Vine (MGM)
Meal (B,L,D): L
Menu or Buffet: Buffet
Decor (1 to 5, 5 being the highest): 2
Food variety (grade from 1 to 5): 4
Food taste (grade from 1 to 5): 4
Favorite Food Item: can't remember - liked the ice cream dessert bar
Least Favorite: ??
Who were the characters: Minnie, Goofy, Chip, Dale
Character availablity (grade from 1 to 5): 5
Likelihood that you would return or recommend to others (grade from 1 to 5): 5 [sigh] Alas - another wonderful experience not to be repeated.
Anything that made it extra special: The characters were dressed like 40's hollywood stars - Directors and agents and Minnie in a glamourous gown. We had the BEST character interaction ever. They also stopped and did a dance number every so often it was so cool. The restuarant has huge capacity and almost no one was there so we got tons of time with the characters. Goofy was a pin trader and we actually traded pins - that was a great memory! and Chip and Dale are so much fun when you get them riled up about each other.
Comments:
Sorry - I know I am probably not much help on this thread because two of the meals that we enjoyed the most aren't around any more - but I do have to say thanks for creating this thread - you brought back some of my most magical memories! Pintrading with Goofy was so great. He actually brought out his personal pin collection from the back and offered me two pins for the one I had that he wanted (a Texas pin from our local
Disney store) and he even guided me (as a novice pin trader) towards "good" pins to pick. It was really great! And Chip and Dale colored on our place mats. So whatever character meals you book - may you have as much pixie dust and as many special memories from yours as we do of ours!
