You've picked a good time. You will likely have plenty of character interaction, you may even have them all to yourselves! Chef Mickey's was our DS' first character experience/interaction. We had a late PS, and it ended up being us, one other family, and all the characters. He fell in love with Minnie that day... really, we all did. He was 19 months. Now, at almost 4, he has never looked back. You cannot keep this child away from the characters!