Thanks Sherry, thanks prettyprincessbelle.
As usual, Vala, you look like you are having a blast at the character meals - and Goofy's three times? A girl after my own heart!! I love the character interaction at Minnie's in your pictures. I am definitely kicking myself for electing to do Storytellers last month rather than go to my beloved Goofy's or even just try something new and do Minnie's or Lilo & Stitch.
I've been around for almost two weeks this year, so it came kind of natural to eat at Goofy's three times.
Unfortunately the second visit didn't really go as great and we almost ended up cancelling the third one because I was really mad.
There was a huge family reunion (or something like that... it was a group over thirty people) in one part of the restaurant. They kept hogging the characters. At one point everyone but Goofy was at their table.
We saw no characters for about an hour. If it hadn't been for Andrea (she hates it when we stick out because I do something out of the ordinary) I would have gone to that table myself and asked them if they'd mind letting at least one character go. Me and another table ended up complaining with a waiter because no one else was around, and he finally got Chip out of their claws and to us.
I understand that they may have not been many people working on Halloween. Also it was the family's fault in the first place for being so inconsiderate. But still someone should have done something earlier without us complaining. It was hard to overlook the annoyed tables... the family next to us left angry and had seen only two characters.
That's the fastest way to get a bad reputation.
I like Storytellers just because it's so quiet, but I can see why a Goofy's lover will be disappointed there.
It's a shame that you won't get to go to Lilo & Stitch anymore before they change. I've always considered this one a hidden gem.