Story Book Dining vs 1900 Park Fare vs Be Our Guest

[xosweetiexo]

Hello everyone, I wanted to know your opinions for dining during a Magic Kingdom day to get a little bit of a break before heading back to the rides with children that are 11 and 6 years old. Last year, we loved Liberty Tree Tavern and Cinderella's Royal Table but would like to try something different this year. Not sure if we should do Story book dining at the Wilderness Lodge, 1900 Park Fare, or do Be Our Guest- now that the Beast is making an appearance in the castle. TIA!!

 

[sponica]

I enjoyed Storybook Dining, but my husband absolutely hated the menu. The characters were fun though. It's one where I would definitely check the menu before committing to it.
I haven't been to 1900 Park Fare so no comment.
Be Our Guest has to be the most inconsistent place in the MK. There are times it's phenomenal and others where it's not and the ambience really depends on where you're seated.

If it were me, I'd probably do Park Fare as it's one of the places where you actually have a chance of meeting a male face character.

 

[mom2rtk]

I did see that they are testing bringing the Beast back for meet and greets at BOG. So that might be fun if they continue it. It's cetainly the most convenient for a day in the MK.

 

[rangerxenos]

I really enjoyed 1900 Park Fare in April, I thought the character interaction was great, and the food was really good. Went for dinner.

 

[CynBeth]

I would just stay in the park and do Be Our Guest. We have always enjoyed dinner there. Great theming.

 

[BeachMouse1]

If the menu is to your liking Storybook was a very enjoyable meal for us and the evil queen is a blast. If you go you can ask for more of the appetizers (I did not know this the first time) and whatever you get ask for a popover! It comes with the prime rib but none of us had the prime rib and asked for one and they bought out a whole basket and they were delicious

 

[lankman]

We have done all 3 over the past 16 the most recent we did 1900 & Be our Guest in 2019 & Storybook in 2022.
Of the 3 storybook is our personal favourite, the evil queens interaction is amazing & the food IMO the better of the 3.
Now 1900 was a buffet & you have a great selection, but it's the normal fare for a buffet at WDW. Be our guest we found the food OK but nothing special. The selling point for the be our guest was the theming. We did enjoy it but it can get a little loud in there.

 

[Specter]

No experience with Park Fare but out of the other two, having done both in November 2022, I would do Storybook Dining as long as the menu appeals to you. There is actual character interaction versus just the Beast walking by, though I do hear they are testing out the meet and greet again at BOG. But DD and our nieces loved meeting Snow White, Dopey, Grumpy, and the Evil Queen. The Queen was a highlight because she really seemed to tailor the interaction to the child, so she was a little less intense with DD who was 3 versus our nieces who were 7 and 10.

And because this is a restaurant, we found the food to be better at Storybook compared to BOG.

 

[Marthasor]

I would stay in the park and do BOG. Leaving the park and going to either GF or WL is going to take a large chunk out of your park time.

 

[sparrow10_]

1900

 

[patm95]

Never been to 1900. But have been to the other two. We prefer storybook dining. Characters were fun and the food was great. At Be Out Guest, the food was ok but if you are in the ballroom, it feels like eating in a cafeteria. It’s loud and doesn’t feel that special. The beast is cool to see but he literally just walks around and leaves. It cost more too. We didn’t feel like it was worth the price.