Character Dining

[tanya07]

I am planning our first trip to Disney in June/July and want to take children (ages 10 and 7) for a character dining meal. There are so many things to think of I am getting confused and would really appreciate some recommendations of restaurants. What food is served? and prices?

Thanks Tanya

[pchivvy]

We enjoyed our meal at the Liberty Tree Tavern in MK, mashed potato, meats etc, a nice meal with the characters, and we also enjoyed a meal in Epcot in a slowly revolving restaurant (can't for the life of me remember what it was called- bit late, need to go to bed) but both were very reasonable. We have also done Mickeys back yard BBQ- but wouldn't recommend this at all. Prices were all reasonable about £20 per head all in, I think.

[blusteryday]

Tanya if you can give us a bit more info perhaps we can be more helpful! :)

Character dining experiences occur all over WDW, this (http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/dining/advancedDiningFinder?location=&diningExperience=Character+Dining&cuisine=&experience=&allprices=true&allMeals=true&restaurantName=&submit=submit&x=30&y=16) should give you a comprehensive list.

[KES]

Chef Mickeys is good aswell. It's a buffet meal with nice puddings :D .

The kids enjoyed it, especially the 10yo & 6Yo - you had to wave your napkins in the air & that sort of thing!

The monorail also goes past the restaurant & the kids enjoyed looking at that, and when you've done you can see the fireworks at MK from the balcony.

[kellie]

hi :wave:

we are going in july, we have 4 girls 15,8,7 and 2.
we have booked our adrs :
crystal palace - breakfast
cinderellas royal table - breakfast
chef mickey- breakfast
1900 park fare - breakfast
whispering canyon - dinner
ohana's - dinner
cape may -breakfast

we had a good look at the menu list and decided what we wanted from there, and people on here have been great in their honest opions on places.

try to get the kids to have a look and see if that helps

have fun making your plans

kellie

[pongo]

another vote for chef mickeys my 2 dds were 8 and 10 when we went there and they cant wait to go back great food selection and character interaction i would also recomend crystal palace the characters stayed at each table for ages and food was fantastic!

[Pottermouse]

DS who was 10 at the time loved Chef Mickey's (breakfast) and wants to do it again this year, but have decided to go to Crystal Palace, just to try another venue :smile:

[Matt1983]

Hi, can anyone help me

I've been a few times before but not done the character dining.
It is my girlfriends first time and its the sort of thing she will love. I was looking at going for breakfast at Chef Mickeys and i wanted to know a couple of things

Do i need to be stayingin a disney hotel to do this?
What times are the breakfasts from? and finally
Is it the sort of thing i can book in the parks or can i do it before we leave and how?

Hope i don't sound like i'm asking some silly questions

Thanks

[tonymc]

Hi, can anyone help me
Do i need to be stayingin a disney hotel to do this?
What times are the breakfasts from? and finally
Is it the sort of thing i can book in the parks or can i do it before we leave and how?Thanks

No question is silly.

You don't have to be staying at a Disney hotel to book an Advanced Dining Reservation (ADR) - if you know when you want to go, you can book up to 180 days before. I use this number for cheap calls from the UK (1p/min): 0844 861 5757 then the ADR Number 001 407 939 3463

Not sure about times, but I think generally from around 0800 to 1030 - hopefully someone else can confirm.

Would definitely consider booking now, as they can get fully booked well in advance. If possible, try to be flexible on your dates and you should probably manage to get a reservation.

Good luck.

[griffl02]

We enjoyed Liberty Tree Tavern, the meal and Characters were great, also Crystal Palace was really good.

[Matt1983]

Thanks for that Tonymc i'll try giving that number a call.

[smythy21]

we did 1900 park fare last year for breakfast and thought it was brilliany. would defo recommend it and the food was lovely in it