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Which Character Dining Experience would you rate as the best
and why?
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Oh gee, that's a tough one to pick just one - I loved Chef Mickey's
for dinner cuz I love the Mouse. I think that the food is basically
the same at all the character meals. Mostly buffets. I enjoyed the
Crystal Palace even though I'm not a Pooh fan. I mainly due lunch
or dinner character meals. I'm not a breakfast person so I've only
done one breakfast buffet and that too was Chef Mickey's. My main
reason for picking a particular meal is the characters that are
there. I did enjoy the meal at LTT before MNSSHP cuz the characters
were in their Halloween costumes. Even though I usually dine solo
cuz I travel solo, I've never had a problem getting attention from
the characters. Of course it probably helps that I carry on a "conversation"
with them. I've even had a couple of the characters sit down at
my table with me while I was eating.
Pam
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My favorite character meals are: Garden Grill in Epcot's "Land"
Pavillion. This restaurant features a slowly revolving floor (you
overlook the Land ride during part of your dinner) and your food
is brought to you by the servers. I found our kids had better character
interaction here since you have the characters all to yourself when
they visit your table. Food is good, too! I think this is the hidden
gem of character meals (I make a lot of Priority Seating reservations
for my clients and this meal isn't as popular as some of the others).
We ate here after the Candlelight Processional on the CP dinner
package last time. Chef Mickeys. We had a good dinner here. It's
the opposite of Garden Grill in that it's a buffet and it is very
busy and loud. That's not all bad though - there's a real enthusiasm
about the place (including the napkin dance where people twirl their
napkins above their heads - our kids loved that) The food is good
for a buffet. My all time favorite character meal used to be the
breakfast at Wilderness Lodge (pre-plated with Winnie the Pooh and
friends) - they don't offer that one anymore. The Animal Kingdom
one I found was average - not as good as Garden Grill or Chef Mickeys.
Liberty Tree Tavern gets high marks from most people - we thought
that one was average, too.
Tim
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I definitely loved Chef Mickeys for breakfast, but I haven't tried
the dinner there yet. When we went to WDW last June we went to the
one in Animal Kingdom and I thought it was horrible.
Stacey
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My favorite character meals have been: 1. The Crystal Palace for
a late morning breakfast after an early entry/magic hour. 2. The
Garden Grill for lunch.
Bob
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Chef Mickey's Character Breakfast is Great! Great Interaction
and a bit of showtime too!
Dennis
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Our experience is very limited, but of the 3 or 4 character meals
we've done I'd have to say the Garden Grill was best. Very relaxing,
with the slow rotation; sit down as opposed to buffet; good food;
and plenty of time with the characters.
Kim
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The thing about Garden Grill that is so nice is that the characters
just keep coming to you rather than you having to stand in line.
We had so many visits with Mickey, Pluto, Chip & Dale last year
that we hardly had time to eat. We also really enjoy Donald's Breakfastosaurous
at Animal Kingdom.
Joey
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I'd have to agree with Kim about the Garden Grill. The characters
spend so much time with your table in there. We had a blast in there
just this past December. We went there for my daughter's 14 birthday
dinner and they made a huge deal out of her! She tried to play that
cool 14 year old act, but mostly laughed and had the best time.
Chef Mickey's might come in second, but lately, I don't know. If
you were asking me about Disneyland, Goofy's Kitchen was extra good,
on the same level of character attention as Garden Grill, easily!
We have done each of these only once, but hope in the future to
be able to repeat, money and time allowing.
Kathy
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There are so many really nice character meals. Probably the most
enjoyable for my family was Breakfastosaurus in Animal Kingdom.
The characters included Mickey, Donald and Goofy (and maybe some
others) and was very upbeat and lively. Not only were the characters
entertaining but so were the servers. It maybe too early for most
vacationers but I'd recommend it to those who want to visit AK in
the early morning hours. (I'm told the best time to see the animals.)
Milton
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We've had early PS's for Breakfastasaurus twice, both times before
official park opening. We went through a special gate and were met
by a CM who escorted a group of us over to the restaurant. Upon
arrival, we were greeted with a rather large, unorganized line.
Both times we waited upwards to 30 minutes before being seated.
both times we too finished our meal before all the characters made
it into our dining room. We are two adults, who's grown nieces happen
to love Donald..and this is one place where we can actually find
him. Once he showed up at our table he did spend the requisite time
to have some pictures taken, for we adults, we got the pictures
we came for, along with a mediocre breakfast, at best. However,
I felt bad for all the little ones who were waiting "patiently"
to see all of the characters.
I think the problem here is the multiple dining rooms and not very
good coordination of rotating the characters so there is always
one in each section. Seems we had feast or famine, and when they
did arrive, everyone was rushing as they had finished their meal
and wanted to get on with their day, plus there was still a horde
of people outside waiting to be seated.
I think we now have enough pictures of Donald and will skip the
AK breakfast when the nieces are along!! We haven't done many character
meals, but we did enjoy the characters at the breakfast at cape
Mae - Beach Club. Place wasn't busy at all and goofy, chip and dale
and Minnie spent a lot of time clowning around with us. As two adults
that was a fun breakfast. We had dinner before MVMCP at Liberty
Tree Tavern. wasn't too impressed with the dinner, but the characters
were easy to find and Pluto was a riot. We've had better meals here
at lunch, when the characters weren't present.
Peggy sue
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