Ultimate character meal ???

[Dixiemom]

I'd love a Jack & Will themed meal as well. Back when my son was a couple of years younger he would've loved a Power Rangers meal......

 

[jenjersnap]

VeganCupcake, a sorta OT question for you: did they serve you a special meal at the 'Ohana breakfast? Because it is the least vegetarian-friendly character breakfast, in my past experiences. What food did you eat there? Thanks!

 

[DisneyFamily123]

#1 - Crystal Palace Lunch. Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore. Great to get 4 pooh characters, they did a mini-parade through the restaurant. The food quality and variety is outstanding with carved meats, salmon, unique cold salads and many other items. Location is perfect right in Magic Kingdom. I like lunch because I like to save my dinners for other places (not character meals)

#2 - Ohana Breakfast. Lilo, Stitch, Mickey, Pluto. Great character interaction and tropical-surfing attire. Ask for a Lei at the Polynesian reservation desk. Service and food was outstanding, especially the warm breakfast breads - cinnamon raisin, pineapple.

#3 - Donald's Safari Breakfast at Tusker House. Mickey, Goofy, Donald, Daisy. Fun interaction but a busy place (very popular). Excellent food, some dishes are unique. Great way to start your day at 8am and get into Animal Kingdom park before it opens at 9am. Steps away from Kilmanjaro Safari.

Close tie with #3 - 1900 Park Fare Supercalifragilistic Breakfast at the Grand Floridian. Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter, Tigger and Pooh. This will surely get more popular after the release of the new Alice in Wonderland Movie in March 2010. Great characters. Food was absolutely delicious - standard breakfast fare but lots of variety including custom made omelets. Don't forget to try Mary Poppins' favorite - strawberry soup.

I have been on the fence about trying Chef Mickey's for dinner but the food gets such terrible reviews, I'm afraid to take a chance. The same characters - Mickey, Goofy, Donald, Pluto can be seen if going to Tusker and Ohana. Minnie is easily found in Magic Kingdom and Epcot's character spot.

Hollywood Studios has a ton of characters - I'd love to see them at a meal. I agree that the Pirates and Peter Pan themed restaurant with characters would be a hit for boys and girls.

 

[VeganCupcake]

VeganCupcake, a sorta OT question for you: did they serve you a special meal at the 'Ohana breakfast? Because it is the least vegetarian-friendly character breakfast, in my past experiences. What food did you eat there? Thanks!

OH YEAH! If my husband didn't have to go to "work"(lame) the next day(we live in west palm beach) we seriously would've just stayed another day to eat here again. It was awesome, Chef Stephen told me they now have a standard vegan breakfast they make you, it was the bomb diggity! It was sauted tofu with peppers, mushrooms, asparagus, potato wedges and more! I wish wish wish I had taken a picture!!! (next trip I guess) It was a big portion and Chef Stephen Came over more than once to make sure I liked it, and then to ask if I wanted more. I called a week before and spoke to a chef, and they told me they have a fridge just for veg stuff(tofu etc) now and they are equipped to make a vegan meal at any time. I went on December 16th. Just try to call ahead of time and talk to a chef, I'm a bit shy when it comes to that stuff, but hey, they're going to get my money wether the meal is awesome or not so it's definitely worth it.

 

[Stitch_Is_King]

Our top three character meals are:

1. Ohaha for breakfast
2. Crystal Palace for dinner
3. Cinderella's Royal Table for breakfast

If we could create our own they would be

1. A villans character meal
2. A Toy Story character meal
3. A Monters Inc. character meal

 

[RichmondTiggerFan]

My Top 3:

#1 (This is a tie - I can't pick one over the other)
-Crystal Palace with Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet
-Garden Grove with Timon and Rafiki (Monday & Friday dinner)
#2 Garden Grill with Chip & Dale
(Liberty Tree Tavern would have been #3 if they still had characters )

My 'ultimate' character meals:
1. A "Brer's" character meal with Brer Fox, Bear, and Rabbit - maybe have it in Frontierland somewhere near Splash Mountain.

2. A Timon/Rafiki/Baloo/King Louie character meal at AK.

 

[jenjersnap]

Thank you for letting me know this!

OH YEAH! If my husband didn't have to go to "work"(lame) the next day(we live in west palm beach) we seriously would've just stayed another day to eat here again. It was awesome, Chef Stephen told me they now have a standard vegan breakfast they make you, it was the bomb diggity! It was sauted tofu with peppers, mushrooms, asparagus, potato wedges and more! I wish wish wish I had taken a picture!!! (next trip I guess) It was a big portion and Chef Stephen Came over more than once to make sure I liked it, and then to ask if I wanted more. I called a week before and spoke to a chef, and they told me they have a fridge just for veg stuff(tofu etc) now and they are equipped to make a vegan meal at any time. I went on December 16th. Just try to call ahead of time and talk to a chef, I'm a bit shy when it comes to that stuff, but hey, they're going to get my money wether the meal is awesome or not so it's definitely worth it.

 

[MishyMouse]

I absolutely love character meals, so it is tough for me to choose my favorite. I guess the top three would be:

1. Crystal Palace (any meal)
2. Donald's Safari Breakfast
3. 'Ohana Best Friends Breakfast

I was there last week and Liberty Tree Tavern breakfast would have made the top three if it were not only for a limited time. That peach french toast is addictive!

I would love to see a Phineas and Ferb character meal. My three year old daughter loves the show.

 

[BebopBaloo]

1. Crystal Palace
2. Akershus



If I could pick the characters for breakfast I think I would do an eclectic mix. The characters would come to the table in groups of two.
Probably:
Mickey & Donald

Capt. Hook & Peter Pan

Tigger & Pooh

Aurora & Fauna

Cinderella & Jacques




ACTUALLY::: How about an animatronic Sebastian on a tray (like in the movie) and Ariel could walk him around...like the waiter & Remy at Chefs de France.

(I also agree w. those that have suggested Nottingham.)

 

[bangzoom6877]

We only went to 5 character meals but out of all of them my favorites were Crystal Palace (dinner), Chef Mickey's (breakfast) and LTT (dinner...but they no longer have characters).

Character meals I would like to see (keep in mind, I have 2 little boys):

1. A Pixar character meal (a mix...Mike & Sulley, Buzz & Woody, maybe Mr. & Mrs. Incredible too...or maybe rotating, a few at breakfast and different ones at dinner, something like that)

2. A Peter Pan & Pirates meal

3. A Phineas & Ferb meal

4. An additional Mickey meal (at Magic Kingdom!)

5. A villain meal (although I don't know how popular this would be...but I think it would be awesome, given the stepmother and stepsisters at 1900 Park Fare and how funny and entertaining they are!)

6. Superheroes! Didn't Disney recently buy Marvel?

 

[GrumpyGoofy]

1. Chef Mickeys
2. Ohana's
3. Crystal Palace

I would love to see them add a meal for:
1. Toy Story
2. Toy Story
3. Pixar

 

[BigTex71]

Yeah, some good ideas. I changed my mind.

1. Sherwood Forest/Nottingham
2. Pixar
3. Peter Pan/Neverland

 

[tpettie]

Question?? Why are Breakfastes so popular?? If your on the Dinning plan aren't the lunch and dinner meals a better value?? Isn't the morining the best time for getting things done in the park with less crowds?? I would think lunch and dinner times would be better meal to sit down for?

Ok I vote
1 crystal palace
2 Ohana
3 Askursus not in any order

I would love a pirate meal Jonny Depp look alike very nice....

 

[VeganCupcake]

Question?? Why are Breakfastes so popular?? If your on the Dinning plan aren't the lunch and dinner meals a better value?? Isn't the morining the best time for getting things done in the park with less crowds?? I would think lunch and dinner times would be better meal to sit down for?....

I like breakfast since you can stuff your face and then work it off the rest of the day, haha. But also if you get the breakfast reservations early(8am ish) the parks don't open until 9am anyways, so you are in the park already while everyone else is just showing up.

 

[Tiana]

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[DisneyFamily123]

Question?? Why are Breakfastes so popular?? If your on the Dinning plan aren't the lunch and dinner meals a better value?? Isn't the morining the best time for getting things done in the park with less crowds?? I would think lunch and dinner times would be better meal to sit down for?......QUOTE]

In 2009, we liked getting an early start on the day and not staying out too late at night. We had an 8am character breakfast at Animal Kingdom's Tusker House and finished right at 9am when the park opened. We were right by Kilmanjaro Safari. We had character breakfasts at about 8am at Ohana (Polynesian) and 1900 Park Fare (Grand Floridian) and still got to Magic Kingdom or Epcot not too long after park opening.

I like other places for dinner - the signature restaurants, places in Epcot, and some other favorites. For that reason, we always go to Crystal Palace for lunch not dinner. I wish there were more character meals at lunch because it's sometimes hard to pull children away from rides/attractions for a "boring" table service meal. We would be happy with a quick breakfast in our room before going to the parks.

On the other hand, the promise of seeing characters at breakfast might help some families get the children up and moving faster in the morning.

 

[Tiana]

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[Vickis3js]

Our favorites were
1900 PF for breakfast best character interaction EVER!!!
Ohana breakfast
Akerershurs breakfast

We would like to see a Toy Story meal. All 3 of my kids would love that one.

As far as breakfast goes we are breakfast people I would rather have a nice breakfast and grab something quick for dinner. We do things a little differently though. We do a later breakfast. We get there at rope drop and do 2-3 of the big rides and then we go eat breakfast. We hit a morning EMH at MK during Christmas and had a 10am at CP. In the 3 hours we did almost every ride that was open before we ate. When we were done we did the rest of the rides on our list and headed out by 3pm.

 

[Queenofspoons]

1# Ohana, It depends if you like lilo and stitch, the fruit appatizer plate is yummy.
2# Crystal Palace, it can be loud and much like Ohana it depends if you like winnie the pooh.
3# Chef Mickeys, Lots of people complain about the service and characters being slow, but when I ate there I meet all the fab 5.

Character Meal wish:
1# a halloween time only character meal in the grand floridain featuring Jack and sally from the nightmare before christmas.
2# an alice in wonderland meal with alice, the mad hatter, the rabbit, tweedle dee and tweedel dum, and the queen of hearts.
3# Peter Pan meal mentioned in previous posts.

 

[mpetti]

Our Favorites are:

1. Chef Mickey's (Breakfast)
2. 'Ohana (Breakfast)
3. Crystal Palace (Breakfast)

Wish For:

1. Toy Story (Breakfast or dinner)
2. A meal with just Mickey or Minnie
3. Donald & Daisy Duck