Restaurant Poll Series: The Crystal Palace

[Sweet Melissa]

The series now makes its first stop in the Magic Kingdom, to what is undoubtedly one of the most popular character buffets in the World. What is your take on this restaurant? As always, please vote in the poll and comment below if you wish to elaborate on your stance.

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[lady_hlh]

This is our favorite character meal and the only place that we eat at every single visit.

 

[Tiggr924]

This is a must do every trip. We love the breakfast here.

 

[DISNEYNV]

WE eat here every trip as well and the kids love it! The food is really great too for a buffet

 

[Brian Noble]

Surprisingly good food for a character meal. Surprisingly decent price for lunch---even with the seasonal upcharge.

 

[karrit2000]

While I like the food offered at CP I avoid all things Pooh. If they ever changed the characters I'd book it in a heartbeat. I voted no based solely on my dislike of Pooh.

 

[Snork]

Yes. But mostly for the atmosphere. I think that the TS choices are limited at MK. We tend to eat only CS at MK and then go out to the monorail resorts to eat TS. Some of the best character photos we have were taken at Crystal Palace however.

 

[merby]

This is definitely a good place to eat and my daughter loves it. We will be eating there in January again and I am interested in seeing the renovations that we being done the last time we were there.

 

[sters]

Great if you want to stand in line. My experience with character meals is that they're quicker, have more character interaction, and sometimes better food choices at the resorts than in the theme parks. We had to wait about an hour even though we had ADR's.

 

[scard192]

We had lunch at CP last September. It was our best meal of the trip. The flank steak and pork roast were wonderful as were the mashed potatoes. Lots of salad offerings which my daughter liked. Wait staff was top notch and the characters were very good about spending sufficient time at each table. Next family trip we are considering only doing one character meal and this would be my first choice.

 

[karen l]

We usually have breakfast at CP once or twice a trip. Great atmosphere, good food (my DS loves the made to order pancakes) and pictures with Winnie & the gang are great. CMs here really pay attention to the foods & refill them fairly quickly. Unlike some other buffets we've gone to, the CMs at CP keep the food at the appropriate temperatures. Of course the puffed french toast is awesome.

 

[MODisneyfan]

While I like the food offered at CP I avoid all things Pooh. If they ever changed the characters I'd book it in a heartbeat. I voted no based solely on my dislike of Pooh.

I had to do it just cause I LOVE Pooh


Anywho, I LOVE this place. Have been there for breakfast and dinner and bother a just WONDERFUL.. I get to see my favorite non princess character and it is a blast. I am so excited to take my parents there in December as our whole family loves Pooh and the gang and each have a nick name after our favorite character. My Mom LOVES piglet and it is hard ot find stuff for him sometimes so I'm excited for her that she will get to see him and have a great time..

 

[Iceman13]

The food is good, but we were more impressed with the character interactions. They had a lot of fun with the kids (and some of the adults as well). I video taped the characters and our daughter still laughs at some of the things the characters did, particularly tigger.

 

[dismichael]

CP=Amazing

 

[SmallWorld71]

I voted yes! We have been 3 times and each time the service and food have been good and the character interaction has been wonderful! Also, when we were there in Feb. we were celebrating DS11 and DD7's birthdays and they had decorated the table with confetti and brought them cupcakes with candles and birthday cards signed by the characters which I thought was a nice touch.

 

[stepdisney]

We always, always, always have our last meal here. I stare at the castle the entire meal....

 

[Pugmalion1]

While I like the food offered at CP I avoid all things Pooh. If they ever changed the characters I'd book it in a heartbeat. I voted no based solely on my dislike of Pooh.

Well, I agree with you on one front. I'd avoid this place just because of the Pooh theme. Not a fan of any of the Pooh crowd. That being said, I'm also not a fan of character meals, so this one is doubly out for me.

 

[PoohsFan1]

I voted yea, even though we have only eaten there once for a late lunch, we thought it was very good. Also, it doesn't hurt the fact that they have my favorite characters there to meet you at your table (just look at my signature). We are going to try CP for breakfast for the first time in September and I am really excited about this (along with my 2 girls), I have heard such wonderful reviews on the breakfast that we thought we would give it a try. Plus, we have an ADR for 8:05am which is before the park opens so I am equally excited about that too

 

[Pakey]

I'm not a buffet person and I am not fond of character meals due to the chaos but I have been impressed with the food here. It's not 5 star but for a character meal/buffet combination, I think they do an excellent job.

 

[4HppyCamprs]

Althought we have only been once so far it was the best character meal of the trip. The food was good, our waiter was great and the characters came by 3 times! They all spent time with both boys and I got great pics. Our waiter was top notch with service and they celebrated my sons birthday with confetti and a cupcake. I never felt rushed nor did I feel like everything was moving to slowly. We made a breakfast and dinner reservation for our next trip!