Our favorites are the 1900 Park Fare meals, for a variety of reasons:
The Food - better here than at most buffets. At breakfast they have all the standard items you'll find elsewhere, but with just a little better variety (syrup, for instance - maple, berry and citrus, and in addition to the standard Mickey Head Waffles and pancakes you can have french toast). In addition, they have the strawberry soup - perhaps the best food item served at WDW. They make omlettes (and eggs) to order. They have a carving station with ham. They have a wonderful lobster eggs benedict. At dinner, they have a great variety of food. From Italian, to French, to Chinese, to fresh carved prime rib and turkey. Yes, the strawberry soup is at dinner, too. A wider variety of salads and soupls than you'll find at other buffets, including a wonderful cold seafood salad. We have eaten at most of the buffets - Cape May, Crystal Palace, Chef Mickey - and the quality and variety at Park Fare is tops.
The Chracters - at both meals thay have a variety of face characters. That is, real people - not just our furry character friends. At breakfast they do have Pooh and Tigger, but the highlight are Alice, the Mad Hatter and Mary Poppins. It is fun to actually converse with the characters and they are very interesting. The Mad Hatter is hilarious. At dinner they have Cindy, Prince Charming, Lady Tremain (sp?), Anastasia, and Drizella. The attraction of Cinderlla is obvious for the princess fans, but it is Anastasia and Drizella that steal the show with their antics and interaction.
The Location - Everyone should welcome the opportunity to walk around the GF and sit in the lobby. A beautiful resort. It's also a convenient place in relation to the MK, with some potential fringe benefits. If you want to eat here early before the MK opens the park is one monorail stop away when you are done. Or you can make a late breakfast reservation, hit the MK for an hour and a half while the lines are short (longer on an EMH morning) and then take a short boat ride over to the GF. If you are having dinner there and you don't want to head into the MK, you can see Wishes from the dock or the deck attached to Narcoossee's. Time you meal right and you can also be done in time to see the Electrical Water Pageant.