Princess Storybook or CRT - Help me Choose

[Mom2Ashli]

We are going to Disney for my DD 6th Birthday. Which would you choose? Princess Storybook Breakfast at Epcot or CRT? I am sure she would be happy with either one.

 

[wirki]

I loved the food at CRT. The food at Epcot was ok. Now the Princess's at Storybook took a little bit more time with us. Talked to my DD2 and my niece6. Found out their names and so on. At CRT it was sign the book take a picture and out. Let me put it to you this way, we are going back to CRT in Feb.
Hope this helps

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Thanks. I will see if I can get in at CRT and if not I guess we will do Storybook. It is her B-day so I just want to make it as special as possible.

 

[daisy112878]

I would do CRT. We took my niece there for her four b-day. She loved it. They decorated the table some and at the end brought out a cupcake with a candle and a certificate. All the princesses wished her a happy b-day. And the waiter and Bella sang happy b-day to her.

We like CRT alot better then the PSB. We think the food is better at CRT and we love being in the castle.

 

[eeyore0062]

Alot will depend on which you can get... CRT is SO hard to get. Storybook Princess has been very difficult, as well. Another thing to consider is the Cinderella Dinner at 1900 Park Fare if you can't get either of the others. My DD was thrilled with the breakfast at 1900 Park Fare with Mary Poppins and Alice in Wonderland and friends.

Hope you are able to get your 1st choice. Start dialing at 6:57 am on the 90th day prior to the day you want your PS and keep pushing redial. Hopefully the Pixie Dust will be with you!

 

[sorcerer mouse]

I prefer the Princess Storybook Breakfast. It was very nice. The food was better than okay. Each Princess, Snow White, Belle, Mulan, Jasmine & Sleeping Beuty, stopped at our table and spent a long time with my 2 girls. They signed autographs and took photos. It was very nice my girls had a blast.

 

[F1Julie]

I just did both breakfasts a few weeks ago. I'd go with CRT. The food was better. I found both to be the same in terms of character interaction. We got very little at both of them. The princesses came to each table for maybe 30 seconds and then moved on. The other benefit of CRT is if you get an early enough seating, you'll be done before the park opens and you can get right into Fantasyland.
I agree with other poster who mentioned 1900 Park Fare. We did this for breakfast for DD's 4 th birthday and it was great. I've also done the dinner there a few times and found it much better than the princess breakfasts.

 

[tink2]

We've done CRT 3 times now and PSB once- we did both a couple of weeks ago. I'd go with CRT unless your dd wants to see Jasmine or Mulan- our DD LOVES Jasmine. The food at both was average at best. We were disappointed with the character interaction at both this year as well- with CRT being a little better than PSB. Jasmine was literally running between tables at PSB! Also, the Snow White we had at PSB was terrible-looking- not even close to Snow White. My mom joked that she needed to put on a wig and get the job b/c she could look better than that. Anyway, eating in the castle is just magical! The princesses were beautiful and spent some time with us- just not as much as our previous visits. We will definintely do CRT again- but I'm not sure about PSB! The only reason we would return would be if DD just HAD to eat with Jasmine- who isn't guaranteed at PSB but is a usual. Good luck! Our DD was thrilled with both breakfasts despite our disappointments- which is why we go anyway. Either way, it is breakfast with the princesses and your dd will be thirlled- what else could a girl want on her birthday?

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Thank you guys soooo much. I had not even thought of 1900 Park Fare. I will keep my fingers crossed and I am sure she will be happy with whatever we end up with. She is just happy to be at Disney for her B-day.

 

[cranbiz]

We did CRT because my 23 Y/O DD insisted in meeting Cinderella!

I thought the food was good, the service was also good and we didn't feel rushed with anyone. Cinderella spent at least 5 minutes with DD and posed for many pics. Mary Poppins also took her time with DD. The others, not so but I felt that was because DD was not in to them. Fairy Godmother (downstairs) also spent a long time with both of my DD's and pointed out the special FG pins that DD had.

I thought that CRT was great and would do it again in a heartbeat (if we can get it)

 

[trstno1]

Have any of you ever seen Aurora at Cindy's? She's my daughter's favorite princess, and we need to go where Aurora is most likely to be.

 

[tink2]

I've seen Aurora at CRT all three times we've eaten there, she was also at PSB a few weeks ago too. She is usually there- however SNow White wasn't at CRT the morning we were there and we had Wendy from Peter Pan- which was nice. Anyway, there are no guarantees, but Aurora is a regular at both breakfasts I believe!

 

[lenshanem]

If you can't get into the breakfasts, try the 1900 dinner. Cinderella is there and my girls got a kick out of posing with the Prince. The food here is top rate, Strawberry Soup - YUM! My plan for booking spring break is try for all 7 days for CRT, but I will book 1900 as a back up.
We had a very bad experience at Storybook, so much so my experience is on AllEars. The food was bad and it took so long for the princesses to come to our table. I can't even describe it! Just awful! CRT definitely has their groove down. At least they did when we got it a couple years back.

 

[jwfla422]

FYI-If you can't get into the breakfasts you can see:

Snow White- Germany in Epcot, Toontown Tent in MK
Cinderella- Toontown Tent in MK
Aurora-France in Epcot, Toontown Tent in MK
(this past trip all 3 princesses above were in the same room at Toontown)

Belle- France in Epcot
Jasmine- Morrocco in Epcot intermittantly
Mulan- China

After having difficulty getting into the CRT breakfast lately and giving up on the terrible food at PSB and the mediocre. quite pricey dinner at 1900 PK Fare, we were very happy this past trip to see the princesses a little more available for "meet and greets" in the past at the parks.

If you want to give the CRT breakfast a shot, go for it, worth trying it out, but IMHO I think PSB has the worst food for the price and was not at all impressed with the food at the GF's 1900 Pk Fare. Food could have been better for the $$.

 

[Lexxiefern]

We did both in the last 6 months and I preferred CRT. I thought the food was better and it is just so cool to eat in the castle.

The character interaction at both was fine, maybe a little more at CRT, but we had the last seating so maybe that was why.

1900 Park Fare was great the last time we went, we are going again on our next trip.

 

[Mom2Ashli]

Well I guess Disney did the deciding for me. We could not get into the CRT Breakfast for my DD birthday. So I went ahead and booked the Princess Storybook for now. The CM that I spoke to was also telling me about 1900 Park Fare.

Thank you for all your help.

I am going to keep trying back to see if anyone cancels. I know "Like that will ever happen".....

 

[HollyJoy]

We did the Storybook since we were unable to get CRT. I can't compare the two, but can tell you about our experience. First, our server was really great. We were very well taken care of. Secondly, the food was AWESOME! We had the first time slot... don't know if that makes a difference. The interaction with the princesses was shorter than I had hoped, but still fairly decent. In the end, I think you are really just paying for the experience.