Skipper Canteen OR Chef Mickeys for Dinner?

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Alright I need help! We have an annual tradition of a Chef Mickey's meal and now that we have made the round of all of the resorts we are back to staying at the Contemporary next year....so it would be so easy to pop down there for dinner one night...here's the thing...I really want to try the Skipper Canteen as we didn't get a chance to squeeze it into our dining rotation this year....but well it's TRADITION.....grrr...you see my troubles here?! LOL!

We are a family of 5 but the kids are older (11,10,9) and we are split on where to dine. It is a 10 day trip and we already have our dining booked with things we refuse to move around hahaha...so this is the only place we have wiggle room...I think!

HELP?

 

[Dis703]

We were pretty disappointed in our last couple dining experiences at Chef Mickey's for dinner so we've decided not to return again. We just tried Skipper Canteen last week and were very impressed. Good food, great service and lots of cool stuff to see inside the restaurant. I'd definitely go with Skipper Canteen.

 

[rg35]

We ate at Skipper Canteen in early July and loved it.
I say start a new tradition.

 

[Disney Khaleesi]

I think if you're staying at The Contemporary, Chef Mickey's would be the way to go. For me personally, I couldn't stay there and not eat there.

 

[Quellman]

We stay at Bay Lake, and just returned. We dined at Skippers Canteen and found it to be enjoyable from a food perspective. We did Chef Mickey for breakfast last year and had a great time. But you can't miss with tradition. The skippers will be there next time. Personally I don't like leaving the parks once I enter them only to return back. You'll lose a bit of your time going from MK back to Contemporary just for a meal.

I voted Skippers with the limited knowledge.

 

[goofy4prez]

I would choose just about anything over Chef Mickey including the quick serve Contempo Cafe in the Contemporary. CM in my personal opinion is the most gosh awful TS restaurant in all of WDW. I can't believe I actually gave this place two tries and both times the service was terrible, the buffet station a mess, out of stock items, young kids hacking and picking noses at the buffet serving themselves and holding utensils (no exaggeration) (not restaurants fault), and way below average in food quality. Truly a Golden Corral with Disney characters running around. I would easily choose Skippers Canteen over CM... I guess that's saying how I really feel.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

If food is the priority, Skipper Canteen.

If characters are the priority, Mickey.

For a similar spend, the food and beverage offering at Skipper will blow away Mickey. (SC may end up cheaper, but I've not seen the new beer costs there.)

 

[Lisa F]

I would do neither, if SC involved travel. I'd do the Wave if you wanted to "pop down" somewhere and have good food.

 

[SurferStitch]

We REALLY wanted to love Skipper Canteen, but it fell flat for us. The food was meh, but the service was excellent. I had their sustainable fish (black cod), and the broth was very bland, and there were very few vegetables in it. The Shu Mai appetizer was decent, but not memorable. I think my husband had the fried chicken, but he wasn't impressed. I read that there was another menu change in the past few days, so maybe it's better now?

 

[wdw&sonny]

Skipper Canteen. No contest. It's not even close.

You asked for "Help". So here's my opinion:

Skipper offers good food and adventurous flavors. Skipper let's you try something different, especially on vacation. Skipper is a unique atmosphere and warm, casual and relaxing environment.

Chef Mickey is an all you can eat buffet of cafeteria quality with noisy, unruly kids, food on the floor, characters interrupting the meal in a cold, institutional atmosphere.

This seems like a choice you should easily be able to make based on the menu alone. Will your kids be adventurous and try some of the adult entrees? Have you looked at the menu? Do you see food you and your spouse would enjoy? This isn't apples and oranges. This is chicken nuggets vs. char sui pork. Best of luck.

 

[Melissa<3Disney]

Skipper Canteen. No contest. It's not even close.

You asked for "Help". So here's my opinion:

Skipper offers good food and adventurous flavors. Skipper let's you try something different, especially on vacation. Skipper is a unique atmosphere and warm, casual and relaxing environment.

Chef Mickey is an all you can eat buffet of cafeteria quality with noisy, unruly kids, food on the floor, characters interrupting the meal in a cold, institutional atmosphere.

This seems like a choice you should easily be able to make based on the menu alone. Will your kids be adventurous and try some of the adult entrees? Have you looked at the menu? Do you see food you and your spouse would enjoy? This isn't apples and oranges. This is chicken nuggets vs. char sui pork. Best of luck.

This cracked me up!! We cancelled a Crystal Palace breakfast for lunch at Skipper Canteen instead, and I'm starting to really love that decision. These kinds of posts are getting me super excited!

 

[kboo]

We REALLY wanted to love Skipper Canteen, but it fell flat for us. The food was meh, but the service was excellent. I had their sustainable fish (black cod), and the broth was very bland, and there were very few vegetables in it. The Shu Mai appetizer was decent, but not memorable. I think my husband had the fried chicken, but he wasn't impressed. I read that there was another menu change in the past few days, so maybe it's better now?

I loved the black cod as we felt it wasn't overly salty/heavy like many of the disney entrees. But I agree with you on the lack of vegetables.

 

[kboo]

I have been less than impressed with Chef Mickey's, and pleasantly surprised by SC as well. The decor, the space (!!), the food and drink (you can get bubble tea at MK!!). IMO, MK really needed an original restaurant like this - for us it was starting to be - CHH for lunch, and CRT or BOG for dinner (or Kona Cafe or GF Cafe, because no one can pay for CRT or BOG every trip and also expect to get an ADR when they want it at either of those!).

 

[disneydreamer781]

I would vote for SC just for that Punch Line Punch (spiced rim) alone. I dream about that punch!

 

[disneydreamer781]

Skipper Canteen. No contest. It's not even close.

You asked for "Help". So here's my opinion:

Skipper offers good food and adventurous flavors. Skipper let's you try something different, especially on vacation. Skipper is a unique atmosphere and warm, casual and relaxing environment.

Chef Mickey is an all you can eat buffet of cafeteria quality with noisy, unruly kids, food on the floor, characters interrupting the meal in a cold, institutional atmosphere.

This seems like a choice you should easily be able to make based on the menu alone. Will your kids be adventurous and try some of the adult entrees? Have you looked at the menu? Do you see food you and your spouse would enjoy? This isn't apples and oranges. This is chicken nuggets vs. char sui pork. Best of luck.

Char Siu Pork...yum! No contest!

 

[BigAlsGal]

Skippers Canteen fell flat for my family. I like it but my kids are picky eaters. It stresses me out. We won't be eating at SC until they get the typical kids stuff. At Chef Mickeys I know my kids will eat. That's just my family though. If your family is adventurous go for SC.

 

[Dis703]

Skippers Canteen fell flat for my family. I like it but my kids are picky eaters. It stresses me out. We won't be eating at SC until they get the typical kids stuff. At Chef Mickeys I know my kids will eat. That's just my family though. If your family is adventurous go for SC.

My kids ate mac and cheese and grilled chicken, steak and roasted potatoes with broccoli. Nothing exotic to it.

 

[BigAlsGal]

My kids ate mac and cheese and grilled chicken, steak and roasted potatoes with broccoli. Nothing exotic to it.

I never said it was exotic. I said my kids were picky eaters. That's great your kids will eat fingerling potatos and broccoli but my kids won't. One of the side offerings was yucca fries. (Yeah right) And for my kids Mac n cheese has to be orange. I used the word adventurous because in my life if one of my kids ate something different I might faint. I told my experience. Not sure why you felt the need to inform me I was "mistaken".

 

[Dis703]

I never said it was exotic. I said my kids were picky eaters. That's great your kids will eat fingerling potatos and broccoli but my kids won't. One of the side offerings was yucca fries. (Yeah right) And for my kids Mac n cheese has to be orange. I used the word adventurous because in my life if one of my kids ate something different I might faint. I told my experience. Not sure why you felt the need to inform me I was "mistaken".

I wasn't informing you that you were mistaken but you said you wouldn't return until they had "typical kids stuff." I posted more for others who might read that as meaning they don't have normal kid food or that there was something unusual about the kids meal offerings. Kid friendly means different things to different people. Just sharing the kid friendly meals we had.

 

[BigAlsGal]

I wasn't informing you that you were mistaken but you said you wouldn't return until they had "typical kids stuff." I posted more for others who might read that as meaning they don't have normal kid food or that there was something unusual about the kids meal offerings. Kid friendly means different things to different people. Just sharing the kid friendly meals we had.

Fair enough.