Favorite Character Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

So, what is your favorite character breakfast, lunch or dinner location? Do you always go back to the same location or do you try out different places? Which location has the best character experience and which one has the best food?

I must admit that it’s been a long, long time since we’ve eaten at any of the character meals. Both our children are in their mid-30s and our grandchildren are too young. However, when we did go it was to Chef Mickey’s. The first time we went to Chef Mickey’s it was located in the Village Marketplace (now Downtown Disney). Later we did eat at Chef Mickey’s in the Contemporary Resort. The only other character meal we had was the character breakfast at 1900 Park Fare in the Grand Floridian.

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So, because my experience with character meals is so old and limited I will not attempt to list favorites. However, I do want to know what your favorites are.

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  1. Favorite Character Meal

    1)1900 Park Fare
    2)Chef Mickey
    3)Cape May

    Your comments:We’ve only done character breakfasts, but we’ve done them all (except Akershus). We just got back from the World, and this trip we went to 1900 Park Fare. LOVE the Mad Hatter!! And Tigger was more enthusiastic than we usually see. We haven’t been to breakfast at AK since it moved to Tusker House, but really enjoyed the meal at Restaurantasaurus when it was there. I’ve read comments from people saying their kids are too old now, but mine are 20 & 18, and they still enjoy meeting the characters, as do their “big kid” parents! I think if I planned a WDW vacation without a character breakfast, I’d have a revolt on my hands! As a side note, as much as we love Disney World, the BEST character breakfast EVER was in Disneyland at Goofy’s Kitchen!

  2. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Chef Mickey’s
    2) Crystal Palace
    3) Ohana’s

    Your comments:

    Every meal in Disney is the ultimate best!!!!!_________________________

  3. 1. Tusker House in Animal Kingdom
    2. Chef Mickey – Contemporary Hotel
    3. 1900 Park Fare – Grand Floridian

    While there isn’t a character meal we have NOT been to, the above three are our favorites. Tusker House places you right in the mood for a safari adventure and that us where we head right from there.
    Chef Mickey is a must do as well each year. It is with our a doubt the MOST FUN breakfast!
    1900 Park Fair was one of our daughters favorites as she loved meeting all the Character from England and was so thrilled to meet Mary Poppins.
    The food all over Disney is wonderful, so we know where ever we eat, will be delicious!

    Also have to mention another meal which my family considers a character meal….. Prime Time Cafe in Studios may not have the characters you have in the other meals, but the cast members ( who certainly are characters) make this meal one of our families FAVORITES. The time the servers spend with you and make you laugh and smile is the greatest….. Shout of to Rich from Springdale PA… the best server ever! Our side hurt for hours after, as he had us laughing so hard!

  4. 1. Garden Grill – This dinner was absolutely the best character meal we’ve ever had. The food was delicious, and the character interactions couldn’t have been any more fun. The kids did the Hot Dog dance with Mickey, Chip or Dale were teasing us about our pins, and Goofy was…well, Goofy!

    2. Ohana – Breakfast here was delicious, and I love that it was served family style – I always get so stressed that we’ll miss the characters when we go up to a buffet!

    3. Cinderella’s Castle – The breakfast here is really good, but the atmosphere absolutely cannot be beat! My DD absolutely turns into a princess everytime we’re here – it’s the most beautiful thing! And the princesses are all so charming and proper – what a life!

  5. 1. The OLD Chef Mickeys – I cannot forget the pleaseure of going to Disney Village just after arriving in Fla after a 10 hour drive and going to eat at Chef Mickeys. The homestyle food that they put on the table family style was fun – Think Liberty Tavern food but MUCH Better. They gingerbread display at Christmastime was looked forward to with Such anticipation!! When it moved, there were plusses and minuses to the new location at the Contemporary but it became a new and different restaurant/experience – the only thing that was the same was the name – Oh nostalgia….

    2. Breakfast at Park Fare – Would prefer a wider variety of characters but thier made to order omelets are the best. I miss the hot strawberry sauce for waffles though…

    3. I love Play and Dine with Jojo and friends – Just because it is fun at Studios – I wish there were a few more updated characters – I could have imagined Disney updating the character rotaion with whatever movie is in the box affices to go with the playhouse disney people – possibly Remy or the Princess & the Frog…

    Anyway – we are now priced out as my 10 year old eats like a child but is charged as an adult (All 6 nugggets and 1 slice of pizza do not equal an adult pricetag!!!!)It is sad when you cant enjoy character meals because of budget – Disney NEEDS a junior price rate for those who arent adults but arent little children either – hotels call them Jrs – why cant restaurants??

  6. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Breakfast at Cinderella’s Royal Table
    2) Liberty Tree Tavern (R.I.P.)
    3) Chef Mickey’s Breakfast

    Your comments:
    The breakfast we had on our honeymoon at CRT was very nice. They gave us CRT champagne flutes, which we use ONLY on special occasions. The atmosphere was amazing, even for just a couple of adults.

    Liberty Tree Tavern is something we do on every trip and we thoroughly miss the colonial costumes on the characters. I told Goofy that he looked like Ichabod Crane and he started quaking at the knees, so that was fun.

    Chef Mickey’s, to me, has almost a perfect Disney character atmosphere: loud & fun! Nothing like starting the day with a cup of coffee, some eggs, some loud music, and a napkin party!

  7. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Cinderella’s Royal Table-breakfast
    2)Donald’s Safari breakfast in AK
    3)Crystal Palace-dinner

    Your comments:
    There’s absolutely NOTHING like breakfast in the Castle, and everyone should experience it at least once. Crystal Palace always seems to really go the extra mile for guests; on our last visit last year, we had let Disney know when we made our reservations that we were celebrating our first anniversary. We had an ADR, and when we were escorted to our table, there was a “heart” on the table created from miniature Mickey heads, and a certificate of celebration of our anniversary-personally autographed by Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger and Pooh. It was one of the highlights of the trip!

  8. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Donald’s Breakfast at Tusker House
    2) Chef Mickey’s breakfast or dinner
    3) Liberty Tree Tavern dinner

    Your comments: Donald’s offers a unique variety, while Chef Mickey’s offers a large variety. Liberty Tree was our favorite dinner, and we were saddened the day when they announced that the characters would no longer appear.BRING BACK COLONIAL GOOFY!

  9. 1. Crystal Palace breakfast with Pooh & Friends
    2. Tusker House Breakfast with Donald
    3. 1900 Park Fare with Mary Poppins, Pooh, Tigger, Mad Hatter, and Alice

    Comments:

    We love the Crystal Palace for two main reasons. First…the food is the best we’ve had. The second is the character interaction has always been nice. I guess we have three reasons…the third is we’re in the Magic Kingdom early and always have a nice big day. Donald’s comes in a close second. The food is just as good as Crystal Palace and it would be a tie with Crystal Palace, but it feels somewhat packed in. We did 1900 Park Fare this year for the first time and the strawberry soup was unusual and a VERY pleasant surprise. We also had a great time with Alice and the Mad Hatter. Alice actually sat down with our 1 1/2 year old and played with her. It was AWESOME!!! The food is very good and we loved the breakfast pizza type of meal they had. We like Character meals for breakfast because we usually skip lunch or push it back because we’re stuffed. Plus…it makes for a great way to start the day off.

  10. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Crystal Palace breakfast
    2)O’hana breakfast
    3)Chef Mickey’s

    Your comments:
    My family and I book Crystal Palace as our first meal on every vacation to the World. We love the beautiful interior, the food is always fresh and delicious, and the characters are always happy to pose for pictures. Some of the tables have perfect views of Cinderella’s Castle, making it even more magical! O’hana is lots of fun, too! The music is lively and the food is also wonderful. Again, some of the tables overlook Seven Seas Lagoon with the Castle in the background which is really pretty! Chef Mickey’s is loud and fun, with all the guests twirling their napkins and singing! No views to speak of, but there’s so much going on during the meal that you don’t even notice!

  11. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Tusker House Donald Breakfast
    2)Castle/Norway Princess Breakfast
    3)1900 Park Fare
    4)Hollywood and Vine Play House Disney Lunch

    Your comments:
    This was a toughy for me. I LOVE all the charector meals and having a 3 year old and a 5 year old we been to just about all of them. I added an extra # on mine. I also have to mention Crystal Palace and Chef Mickey are great. However, I really really like the food at Holly Wood and Vine. We have only been to the lunch (2 times) but I really like the food. Also-how can anyone not like a meal at the Castle-yes its alot of money, but to see the excitement in your children’s eyes just to be in the castle?..I can go on cause these meals are my favorites…

  12. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Crystal Palace
    2)1900 Park Fare (breakfast)
    3)Tusker House (breakfast)

    The Crystal Palace is a great place to go for lunch, especially in hot weather. The characters are adorable, the food is delicious, and you can see the castle from the windows. So fun!

  13. My 3 favorite character meals are:

    1. Royal Table-This year was the first year that my family was able to get reservations at the Royal Table. I loved it. The food was great and the service was also.

    2. Chef Mickey’s-It has always been a favorite of mine since I was a little kid.

    3. Liberty Tree Tavern-I know that they no longer have the characters, but when they did it was good food and service along with the characters.

  14. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Donald’s Safari Breakfast at Tusker House, Animal Kingdom Lodge
    2)Crystal Palace, Magic Kingdom
    3)Cinderella’s Gala Feast at 1900 Park Fare, Grand Floridian

    Your comments:

    These reviews are still on the tip of my tongue as we spent the first week of August at Disney World. The Tusker House Breakfast is #1! The variety of the food is outstanding and the jungle juice is something the kids were dreaming about. Seeing Donald, Daisy, Mickey and Goofy in Safari gear is great. The Crystal Palace is a family favorite. The open and airy setting, mixed with good food and Pooh and friends is a great meal. Tigger is always a great interaction. We have a picture of Piglet with my youngest son at a few months old and its always fun to chart his growth through the years (my son’s, not Piglet) At the Grand Floridian, while Cinderella is certainly the draw, the cool stares and demeanor of the Step-Mother and the crazy antics of the Step-Sisters make the meal worthwhile for everyone!

  15. Well much like you Mike I don’t have many. My kids are all teenagers, and of course not into eating with any character’s, however, we have gone to:
    1)Chef Mickey’s – Lunch
    2)Cinderella’s Royal Table – Lunch
    Loved them both!

    I will be going to Disney for my Honeymoon in October, and have several character meals on the list, so this blog helps.
    Thanks!

  16. Favorite Character Meal
    1) Dinner at Garden Grill
    2) Breakfast at Tusker House
    3) Breakfast at ‘Ohana

    Comments: Garden Grill has both good food and great character interaction. The characters spent lots of time with my children, including one of them sitting down and helping one of my boys do an activity sheet he was working on. Tusker House has wonderful food, including some that is just not your usual breakfast buffet food. The food that is served family-style at ‘Ohana’s breakfast is great. My children also love Crystal Palace (which is a beautiful facility) and Chef Mickey’s, though their food is not as good as my top three (though it is not bad either). My boys don’t want to see princesses, so unfortunately I can’t comment on those character meals.

  17. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Donald’s Safari Breakfast at Tusker House
    2) Cinderella’s Gala Feast at 1900 Park Fare
    3) Princess Storybook Dining at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall

    Your comments:
    We were bowled over by the quality and variety of food at the Safari Breakfast – the beef bobotie, yam casserole, corned beef hash, porridge in addition to the traditional American fare like eggs, pastries, fruit and cereal. We also loved meeting Daisy (she’s so hard to meet!) and seeing everyone in their safari gear. We liked the way the restaurant was split into smaller, more manageable sized room but none of the rooms felt like “castoffs” or “overflow space,” which can happen at other restaurants (Cape May Cafe comes to mind).

    We just ate dinner at 1900 Park Fare this summer and loved the interaction with Cinderella and her supporting cast. The waltzing with the kids was a nice change from the parade/dance lines that happen at most character meals, and the food was very good and varied.

    We’ve eaten at both Cinderella’s Royal Table and Akershus, and I liked Akershus better. Price is definitely part of the consideration, but I also felt it was less chaotic.

  18. Favorite Character Meal

    1) The Crystal Palace with Pooh and Friends
    2) Cape May Cafe at The Beach Club Resort
    3) Chef Mickey’s in the Contemporary

    Your comments:

    On our recent trip we ate breakfast at all 3 of the above and I loved them all. My husband and I will make sure on out next trips to the world that we make a stop at each – whether it be breakfast, lunch or dinner!

  19. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Donald’s Safari Breakfast- Tusker House
    2) Best Friends Breakfast w/ Lilo & Stitch- ‘Ohana
    3) 1900 Park Fare (dinner)

    Your comments: Donald’s Safari breakfast is so much fun. The atmosphere at TH is great and the food is sooo delicious with a wonderful variety as well. ‘Ohana is amazing for any meal. The character breakfast was too cute with the little ones parading around the restaurant with Pluto, Mickey, Lilo and Stitch. Stitch was funny too, pretending to fall asleep and taking breaks sitting down. 1900 PF I put on here for one reason only–the stepsisters. The food was so-so and we felt very snubbed by Cinderella and her Prince but the hilarious stepsisters made the experience worth it!

  20. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Crystal Palace – lunch
    2) 1900 Park Fare – lunch
    3) Chef Mickeys – lunch

    I love to do a sit down character meal for lunch outside of the parks. I make it the main meal of the day and it’s a nice break from the crowds. Even though Crystal Palace is inside the MK, I love it so much that I don’t even mind that I don’t get my leave-the-park-break to eat there. I love the Pooh characters, the atmosphere, and the food. I like the variety of characters at Park Fare and the traditional characters at Chef Mickeys. I’ve never eaten at Ohana, and that is somewhere I’d like to try.

  21. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Cape May Cafe – Breakfast
    2) Akershus Princess Storybook Dining – Lunch & Dinner
    3)1900 Park Fare – Breakfast and Dinner

    Your comments:
    Cape May Cafe is our favorite breakfast. The selection is amazing, especially since i personally don’t like many breakfast foods. The character interaction is the best on property. We eat here on every vacation. Our upcoming September vacation we are staying in the Beach Club and we are eating here 4 mornings!

    Akershus is our second favorite! The food is amazing and we have always had amazing character interaction. We have never had breakfast here but our lunch and dinners have always been amazing.

    1900 park fare is another favorite! We love breakfast here because the characters are great! they aren’t the typical characters you will meet at any other meal. The food is also very good. We get a kick out of the mad hatter! Dinner is also very good. We love the food selections that they have and the step mother and step sisters are a riot!

  22. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Crystal Palace-Breakfast
    2)Cinderella’s Royle Table-Lunch or Dinner
    3)Chef Mickey’s

    Your comments:

    We love the food at Crystal Palace it is the best. Then you are in MK early..Yeah! Love to take a break for lunch or dinner and sit in the castle..not for the food..which is good but more for the atmosphere. Love it! We go to these two every time we visit and then check out new places as well. This time we will be trying Tusker House and Garden Grill. Then we will have tried every character meal. I did love the step sisters and step mother at 1900 Park Fare. My daughter had wonderful interaction with them and even danced with Prince Charming..which she loved. The food, however, was awlful. I do read that the food is good..it must have been an off night. We may have to try it again. Love Chef Mickey’s for the location and food is pretty good as well.

  23. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Norway’s Akerhaus Storybook lunch
    2)Cinderella’s @1900 Park Fare
    3)Ohana Breakfast with Lilo and Stitch

  24. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Crystal Palace – Breakfast
    2) Cinderella’s Royal Table – Breakfast
    3) Chef Mickey’s – Breakfast

    Your comments: I love buffet breakfast and the kids love characters. I wish we had tried Akershus before our child became too old for princesses (is there such a thing?).

  25. Favorite Character Meal

    1)1900 Park Fare – Breakfast: it is our absolute favorite!!!!!!
    2)Cinderella’s Royal Table – Lunch
    3)Crystal Palace – Breakfast

    Your comments:

  26. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Ohana for Breakfast- Our family loved this meal the most. The staff at Ohana make your visit perfect. My two boys loved the character interaction here since they took the time to come to your table and really have fun with the kids. We have some great photos of the boys being silly with the characters.

    2)Chef Mickeys- This is one that is really good for the kids. My boys love all the excitement that is going on. They love when everyone is swinging there napkins, singing and dancing. There is always great choices on the buffet and plenty of things that kids enjoy. The character interaction is great, they come to the table for pictures, autographs and even hugs. We have a great picture of minnie trying to feed my son, it is so cute. We usually make Chef Mickey’s a must every time we visit.

    3) Liberty Tree Tavern- We loved this one when is had the characters. We were sad ti see them leave. This character meal was the first one we took the boys to on there first disney visit. We had just arrived at the park and went to liberty tree for dinner. The looks on my boys faces when they saw the characters come out for the first time was priceless. That was there 1st memory of meeting characters at the Magic Kingdom.

    We make sure every visit to always at least included one character meal. The memories that we have at those meals are priceless.

    Your comments:

  27. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Crystal Palace
    2) Chef Mickey
    3) 1900 Park Fare

    Your comments: Crystal Palace was the first place we brought our children too and they as well as we loved it

  28. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Garden Grove – I had the most amazing experience EVER when I was there. It was my friend and I for dinner and the food and teh characters were both phenomenal. I don’t remember which night we were there for, but they had a make-your-own baked potato bar, complete with a toaster oven to melt cheese 🙂 We also had prime rib and a few other dishes. And then the character interaction was soooo much fun. It was a friend of mine and I, both in our 20s, and the characters spent just as much time with us as, if not more than, any other table. Goofy sat down with s and tried to order, but the waitress wouldn’t let him. It was a really great experience!
    2)1900 Park Fare Breakfast – also a really great experience 🙂 My mom and i got pelted with gummy bears by the Mad Hatter, he was ALL OVER the place, quite a bit of fun for two “adults”
    3)1900 Park Fare Dinner – It gets to have two difference places because it’s two different experiences. Dinner is with Cinderella and crew. My friend and I also had a great experience for dinner. It was my 20th birthday and they treated me like I was a real princess. Prince Charming even offered to take me out to dance for the dance (but I turned him down, I don’t dance). At some point during dinner, the character attendant must have done something to one of the stepsisters, because the next thing we knew, the attendant had been cupcaked in the face. It was quite funny to watch 🙂

  29. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Cinderella’s Royal table ( dinner)
    2)1900 Park fare ( breakfast)
    3)Liberty Tree Tavern

    Your comments:
    Hi,
    This was a hard one for me because some of the character meals have great food like the ones I listed but others have great character interaction such as the Garden Grill and Chef Mickey’s and I liked Goofy’s Beach Party at the Beach Club Resort,and meeting Pooh and the gang at Crystal Palace. I’m an older kid but I still enjoy going to these meals because the characters seem to enjoy the adults as much as the children.

  30. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Crystal Palace – Breakfast
    2)Tusker House
    3)Chef Mickey’s

    My Family loves the Crystal Palace the best because of the great selection of food and the atmosphere. One thing that make it really special for me is my wife and i ate there the first morning togather as a married couple and i will never forget how wonderful it was.

  31. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Supercalafragalistic Breakfast at the Grand Floridian – The characters at this breakfast are a wide range. We saw Mary Poppins, Alice, Winnie The Pooh, Piglet, and The Mad Hatter (He was terrific!!)
    2)Cinderella’s Royal Table – Breakfast
    3)’Ohana at the Polynesian – Breakfast

  32. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Cape May Cafe – breakfast
    2) Ohana’s – breakfast
    3) Chef Mickey’s – breakfast or dinner

    Your comments:
    Cape May Cafe has great food and the characters are really fun. We have our best video ever from that breakfast – Donald tried to stab Goofy with a fork on his behind because he crossed out Donald’s #1 and replaced it with Mickey. Goofy also played x’s and o’s with my teenage nephew and he cheated to win by putting an extra row in (then he did this dance that he was a winner and my nephew was the loser!). It was a hoot for everyone…thank goodness we have video and not just still pictures!
    Ohana’s is a favourite because of the setting and the characters. Stitch has always done some funny things at this meal (like stealing my daughter’s stuffed stitch toy and pretending to drink from her cup). The food is good especially the welcome bread and the POG juice and it’s a nice change to have it brought to the table.
    Chef Mickey’s is about tradition for us. We have been 12 times in the last 8 years and we have eaten at Chef Mickey’s on every trip usually on our last day. There are 8 of us in our family that take our trips together and it would be horrible for the kids if we didn’t go to Chef Mickey’s. I’m sad that they no longer give the wallet size photo in the magnet because we have 4 years of them on the fridge to show the changes and the last 4 years they haven’t had them. We find the breakfast food is more consistently good than the dinner although we were the first family for dinner a couple of years ago when everything was totally fresh and it was delicious!
    Our other favourites are: Akershus for breakfast, 1900 Park Fare (food is better than average Character meals) for breakfast (love the Mad Hatter) or dinner (love the stepsisters), Garden Grill, the costumes on the characters at Liberty Tree Tavern when they used to have them at dinner (the food wasn’t great though) and we’ve had many meals at Crystal Palace in the past (dinner was our favourite) but our kids are getting older so they don’t enjoy that one as much. The only character meal we haven’t done that we really want to try is the breakfast at Tusker House – it’s been full the last couple of trips so we tried dinner (w/o characters).
    We’re finding these meals are some of our only chance to take pictures with characters because we now have 3 teens and an 8 year old travelling with us. The teens still allow the pictures at the meals but not in the parks!

    I think you should do a blog on favourite foods (top 3 appetizers, entrees, desserts and snack items).

    Wendy

  33. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Chef Mickey’s – Breakfast
    2)Cinderella’s Royal Table – Lunch
    3)Crystal Palace – Lunch

    Your comments:
    These hold special memories because of the reaction of the kids to the characters. After those reactions the meal becomes extra special and delicious.

  34. Favorite Character Meals

    1) Cinderella’s Royal Table – Breakfast
    2) Akershaus’s Princess Breakfast
    3) Tusker House
    4) Liberty Tree Tavern

    Cinderella’s was/is my all time favorite but, the price has gotten to high for a party of 8. All 7 grandchildren are considered adults now but I highly recommend everyone try it a least once. Akershaus, the service is always terrific but it seems like they cut back on the food. Belle is beautiful and the other princess are really good with the boys. I remember when you could go to a character meal every morning and have a different set of characters. Now it seems it is Mickey and friends, Princesses or Pooh and friends. They need something for the boys. Back in 1995, they had a character meal at the studios with alot of different characters and it was really good. They also had a character meal for breakfast a the Coral Reef. They had Mickey in the tank, Minnie, Goofy and Pluto were carrying on, they had balloons and bubbles around the restaurant, the service and food was the best. My son was only 6 and still remembers this one. They had alot of good character meals over the years but they need to have one for the boys. PS: I know Crystal Palace and 1900 Park Fare are really good but you can hardly move around once you are seated. You keep hitting the chairs behind you and since they are buffets you are constantly moving to get more food. The character meals are a great deal but when you are a large party of 6 or more the 18% gratutity really adds up. They even count children under 2 as a person when it comes to gratutiy.

  35. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Tusker House at DAK for food. Best breakfast at WDW (in my opinion), and one of the few places you can be sure of seeing Daisy.

    2)1900 Park Fare at Grand Floridian for characters (breakfast). Lots of face characters, fewer guests makes for great, none-rushed interaction. The strawberry soup is a special treat.

    3)Crystal Palace for atmosphere (breakfast or dinner). Light and airy, you almost feel as if you’re outdoors.

  36. Favorite Character Meal

    1) The Crystal Palace – breakfast
    2) Tusker House – breaakfast
    3) The Garden Grill

    Your comments: We love a good breakfast buffet! Add characters and its a perfect meal. We did enjoy lunch at the Garden Grill, especially with the rotation through the different scenes from Living with the Land, it gave that lunch a special flair. Now that they are only serving dinner, I’m not sure how things have changed, but I imagine it’s just as fun an experience as ever.

  37. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Breakfast at Cape May Cafe
    2)Breakfast at Crystal Palace
    3)Breakfast at Tusker House

    Comments:
    The breakfast at Cape May is tops! The buffet is huge and delicious and the service is wonderful! Since this meal isn’t as popular as Chef Mickey’s for example, it isn’t overly crowded or too noisy. The characters have more time to spend with each table and usually visit a couple times per meal!

  38. Favorite Character Meal

    1)Breakfast at The Crystal Palace with Pooh and Friends – the food is nice, the characters are fun and you get a nice quiet early in at the MK!!!
    2)Tusker House at the Animal Kingdom
    3)’Ohana at the Polynesian

    Your comments:

  39. Favorite Character Meal

    1) Donald’s Breakfast at Tusker House Animal Kingdom : The choices are wonderful, you are close to the safari for after eating, the character safari costumes are cute and the jungle juice is yummy!
    2) Crystal Palace: Breakfast or Dinner both meals are very good. Its nice to see the pooh friends and depending where you’re seated you have a nice view of the castle. They have two buffet lines of the same offerings so it does help the speediness of retrieving your food. Some of the desserts here are so yummy, and the light airy feel of the restaurant is lovely.
    3) Garden Grill: The food is good, the character interaction is some of the best ever and the fact it is a revolving restaurant is awesome! Its nicely located in the land pavillion and if you’re a lover with the living with the land ride then you get to see into it!