Which character meals offer photopass + packages

[Disneyluvr]

We are going with our good friends family and they usually do Goofys kitchen but with the character changes we thought we would try Minnie and friends for the 1st time, not sure yet. Do they bring the picture pack to your table like Goofys does? Do any of the other character breakfasts do this?

 

[Kiwigirls]

I think that all of them except Steakhouse 55 offer the picture - we got a picture at Minnie & Friends (at Plaza Inn), and at Ariel's, and I'm pretty sure the Surf's Up breakfast also has a photo pass photo. Just a note that at Plaza Inn your photo is not with Minnie, it is just a photo of your group.

 

[McNs]

I think that all of them except Steakhouse 55 offer the picture - we got a picture at Minnie & Friends (at Plaza Inn), and at Ariel's, and I'm pretty sure the Surf's Up breakfast also has a photo pass photo. Just a note that at Plaza Inn your photo is not with Minnie, it is just a photo of your group.

Do you mean the critter character breakfast at Storyteller's at Grand Californian? That doesn't have a photo pack (nor a PP photographer), but all others do. It is none of the bonuses of the PP, and really makes it worth it even if planning just one character meal. My favourite was the Surfs Up breakfast at PPH, good food, nice bright dining room, and Stitch was awesome!

 

[agamble]

What are the character changes at Goofy's? We had photo pass + last summer and had breakfast with Minnie. We received the photo package for free, but again it's just your group, not Minnie. We also took a ton of pictures as we met a huge variety of characters. Minnie's is great if you want to see a lot of random characters. Just don't expect to see Mickey.

This year we're going to the Critter Breakfast in hopes of seeing some less seen characters like Meeko. I hope it doesn't disappoint. We loved Minnie's and have been there twice.

 

[Kiwigirls]

Do you mean the critter character breakfast at Storyteller's at Grand Californian? That doesn't have a photo pack (nor a PP photographer), but all others do. It is none of the bonuses of the PP, and really makes it worth it even if planning just one character meal. My favourite was the Surfs Up breakfast at PPH, good food, nice bright dining room, and Stitch was awesome!

Yes, I did mean Storytellers!! I knew the name was wrong but couldn't remember what else it might be! Thank you.

 

[Disneyluvr]

Goofy's Kitchen use to have a lot of random characters coming by. Now they've changed it to just a set 5, Goofy when you come in, Minnie, Chip and Dale and 1 other I forgot, I think its pluto.

Thanks for the info. We are wanting to get the most out of our photopass + and see several characters at once, so I think Minnie's will work well for us.

 

[agamble]

Goofy's Kitchen use to have a lot of random characters coming by. Now they've changed it to just a set 5, Goofy when you come in, Minnie, Chip and Dale and 1 other I forgot, I think its pluto.

Yes, those are the characters I've heard of people seeing at Goofy's the last few years. I thought maybe they changed them again.

 

[eliz603]

Goofy's Kitchen use to have a lot of random characters coming by. Now they've changed it to just a set 5, Goofy when you come in, Minnie, Chip and Dale and 1 other I forgot, I think its pluto.

I hate to hear this!! It's been several years, but we had sooooo many come by our table, including the one time we've seen the Fairy Godmother

 

[JadeDarkstar]

I think they shouldn't have changed Goofy's. The food was already getting bad points, then they made it just the 5 chrs and it just went down on our maybe list, a little lower.

 

[agamble]

I hate to hear this!! It's been several years, but we had sooooo many come by our table, including the one time we've seen the Fairy Godmother

We've seen the Fairy Godmother at Minnie's breakfast. I also saw her out near the castle, but that was nearly 4 years ago.

I love Goofy, but I can see him anywhere. Some people seem to love the food, others say it's meh. I think we'll save our money and go to other character breakfasts for nearly half the price.

 

[MeishkaD]

I think that all of them except Steakhouse 55 offer the picture - we got a picture at Minnie & Friends (at Plaza Inn), and at Ariel's, and I'm pretty sure the Surf's Up breakfast also has a photo pass photo. Just a note that at Plaza Inn your photo is not with Minnie, it is just a photo of your group.

Can confirm that Surf's Up has a character photo with Mickey.

 

[ktlm]

They changed Goofy's sometime this past fall or winter. We were there last summer and they still had the wonderful variety of characters. Such a same. We thought the character meals were so much better at DL than at WDW because there were not standardized- we loved being surprised by who dropped by and also loved seeing more characters at Goofy's and Minnies - it was rare for us to only see 5 at either place. Now Goofy's is a standardized 5 just like at WDW. We are probably going to skip it our next trip.

As far as Minnie's, it has always been our favorite at DLR. There has always been a big variety of characters, and we have never seen less than 7, and one time we saw 12! They do have a Photopass + shot, but be aware that usually it does not have a character in it. That said, last summer a fabulous photographer took ours. He took DD alone (well technically with her Duffy teddy bear) and also took us as a family since we had Photopass +. Our family shot is great, and the photo he took of DD alone is one of my all time favorites. I have it framed at home and at my office.