Tell me about Character Breakfasts

[MyKidsMom1820]

We just booked our first trip as a family cool1: ) And my DD is stoked about the idea of a breakfast with the Mouse. I am just kinda lost on how to go about this.... there seem to be so many different ones to choose from, different characters different places......Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Also, I was told by someone that a fun thing to do is to book your seating for before the park opens??? is this possible?

 

[Joanna71985]

Is Mickey who she wants to eat with? There are a few breakfasts with Mickey. There is Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary, Ohana's at the Poly, and Tusker House at AK. The characters at Chef Mickey's are Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, and Donald. Ohana's has Mickey, Pluto, Lilo, and Stitch. Tusker House has Mickey, Goofy, Donald, and Daisy. I have done Tusker House and Chef Mickey's myself. Both are really good.

Other breakfasts include:
Crystal Palace at the MK. The characters are Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore.

1900 Park Fare at GF. The characters are Mary Poppins, Alice, Mad Hatter, Tigger, and Pooh.

Norway princess breakfast at Epcot. There is a variety of characters here (both princesses and characters like Mary Poppins).

Cinderella's Royal Table at MK. There is a variety of princesses here. Cinderella is in the lobby, and a bunch of her friends are upstairs.

 

[ilandrazdsw]

ADRs can take some planning. Decide which days you would like to do which parks, at least for the start fo the day. An early ADR can get you into the park early (CRT & CP-MK, TH-AK, PSB-Epcot not sure if GG does breakfast, H&V-DS). O'Hana, 1900 PF, & Chef Mickey's are both a short ride to MK...or Epcot, but you need to transfer to get from hotel to hotel.
We like CP, CM, TH (smells so yummy when you walk in the door), & O'Hana for breakfast. CRT is a once in a lifetime and we have been there once! Our PSB was lunch and 1900 PF with Cinderella, PC, LT & the step-sisters was for dinner (character interaction was fabulous).

 

[princess lovers mom]

character meals are a great way to meet the characters all in one place and not have to stand in the lines in the park to meet them....

also the buffets are a good option as the food is ready...no waiting with small ones for your order to come

look at the options here for the character opportunities
http://www.wdwinfo.com/Just_for_kids/character_dining.cfm

 

[MJAJmom]

Congrats on booking your first family trip - how exciting!!! Planning is lots of fun but can also be very overwhelming... trying to plan out your park schedule, dining places, show/rides to do!!

The character meals are awesome, it's a great time to visit with characters, take lots of pictures and get a bit to eat. Some suggestions on getting started...

- Get a listing of all the character meals, which meals they offer B/L/D, where it's located and what characters are there.
- Try to identify the characters that your family is really interested in, and cross out the ones you can't do or don't like (my boys aren't interested in princess meals so those were out). Pick out a few favorite, knowing that you can't get to all of them.
- Think about your location logistics and travel. Can you do an 8am breakfast ADR before the park opens at 9am? Try to minimize your travel between the meals, parks and your hotels.
- Factor in your budget, character meals are a bit expensive. Can you only do 1-2 per trip or do 1-2 per day?

For us, we are early risers and always do an 8am character breakfast before the park opens at 9am. We've done H&V before DHS, Tusker House before AK, and CP before MK. The schedule works out great for us and it's a fun way to kick off the morning. For traditions, we do Chef Mickey dinner on our last night and Cape May Cafe breakfast the morning we leave (eat first, pack, do DTD for shopping, head to airport)

Our first trip in April, we tried out Chef Mickey dinner, Crystal Palace bfast, LTT dinner, H&V lunch. Our second trip in October, we did CM dinner, CP lunch, LTT dinner, H&V bfast, Ohana bfast, Cape May, tusker house bfast. For our summer trip, I want to try out 1900 park fare bfast and garden grill dinner as 2 new meals. I've got lots of pictures of the meals in my oct trip report, link in my signature.

Have a great trip!!