December 11
Breakfast at the Park
It was another early morning for us because we took advantage of the early entry to
Disneyland. We had reservations at Plaza Inn for Minnie's Character Breakfast at the Park as soon as the park opened. It was a beautiful morning!
We wanted to be the first to check-in for breakfast because I found out that there was inside and outside seating and I knew I did not want to sit outside. My food would be cold before it ever got near my mouth and I didn't want that to happen again!
We made our way over to the podium to check-in and I walked over to take a picture of the restaurant's sign. I had my camera out and was about to take my picture and I heard, "Do you have reservations!?" in a very rude tone. It really irritated me, especially since it was a CM talking to me like that and I had my camera out taking a picture as a guest. I snapped back with, "Yes, I do have reservations and I'll be over there in a moment after I'm finished taking my picture." Of course, I was not pleasant to her while we checked-in and I think she realized she made a mistake, especially since we did have reservations.
We made our way up the stairs to enter the Plaza Inn and a very sweet CM handed us two Minnie's Character Breakfast at the Park buttons and we were seated in the corner in a great spot. I was so glad we were inside and that we also got a booth.
We were admiring how beautiful the restaurant was and we began to wonder why we had been waiting so long for our server to ask us what we wanted to drink. We quickly realized that we also got our drinks up at the buffet area. This was whole new territory for a regular WDW guest.
This was a very interesting Character Breakfast with an odd variety of Disney Characters. In WDW there is always a theme with the Characters and only certain Characters hang and mingle together, like they would in their Toon World or in their movie. In Disneyland, it was literally a free for all! There were Princes, Villains, rare Characters, and it was very unique. They also didn't really go around the tables in a uniformed way like they always do at WDW. They just kind of wandered around and even walked around the buffet area. I met most of the Characters by actually going up to them in the buffet area. It was a very strange experience and I never even met Minnie! She never came over to our area! I had even worn my Minnie hoodie just for her! Let me continue the story and you will see what I mean!
We were both very impressed with the buffet selections and they had a lot to choose from. There were also many different drink selections too, including hot chocolate.
We sat down to enjoy our breakfast and I couldn't believe who I saw coming near our table. It was Max! I never would have imagined that he would be here, but there he was!
I still had never met Max after so many close encounters and he was here! I jumped up like a giddy little kid and said, "Max, I've been wanting to meet you for years!"
We got up to make our second trip to the buffet and there was Captain Hook just hanging out and lashing his hook at guests as they walked to the buffet. There was no Peter Pan in sight, so I guess we had no choice, but to let Hook take over the buffet.
Then, we saw Eeyore randomly hanging around the entrance door and buffet area for a while. He wasn't really coming around to any of the tables and none of his other friends from Pooh Corner were around for this breakfast, so we got up to go give him some much needed attention.
I couldn't believe who I saw next weaving in and out of the tables; it was Baloo! He was coming right at me and I still have no idea how he escaped the jungle and made it to the Plaza Inn! I do love him and I had to give him a big bear hug!
A nice CM appeared to hand out Minnie balloons to all of the children, which I thought was a nice touch. It was too bad that most of the children has already left our area by the time he was handing out the balloons.
We had finished eating and we were waiting patiently to meet Chip and Dale. Like I said before, we never saw Minnie! She wasn't a very good hostess for our breakfast. We just caught a glimpse of her when we left.
Our part of the restaurant was clearing out and Chip finally made his way over to our table, so I hopped up to greet him. He did look adorable in his Christmas gear.
We were ready to leave, so we got up when we saw Dale walking by our area of the restaurant. We were hoping we could catch him before we left. He was actually walking away and DH yelled, "Dale!" Dale stopped and quickly made his way over to us. I swear we spent the whole breakfast wrangling the Characters, instead of eating. We were full and it was time for our day of Disney fun to begin!
More Soon! 
We absolutely love the layovers, and New Orleans Square. And this year I just discoverd Woody's Reindeer Roundup. Did you see the decorations there at night too? It was so beautiful . 
Can't just go and do one thing.
I'll be posting more videos too, so you must catch-up! Thanks for the birthday wishes for DH! We had fun celebrating his birthday at the Spirit of Aloha Show, even though the rain tried to stop us!
It does seem kind of weird too that the characters have no random path they follow. Makes me go hmm, but hopefully they will work on that. It sure sounds like you got to see an awesome amount of characters though and you finally meant Max!!! Sweet!!!
