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Old 20 May 18, 07:32 AM  
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Can anyone honestly say that any character dining experience is good value for money? I have never found it to be if you are judging it on food alone and I have done CP, TH, Chef Mickey, Grand Floridian and more. You are paying for the convenience of meeting the characters without having to queue in the parks - the food is just an add on. It’s never been amazing, the servers have never been worth 10% (so that’s generally what I’ll leave) and the whole thing is chaotic. If that suits you then go for it - but you will be paying over the odds for a mediocre experience like the rest of us have, and probably will continue to do.
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Old 20 May 18, 07:34 AM  
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Originally Posted by pegasus928 View Post
Can anyone honestly say that any character dining experience is good value for money? I have never found it to be if you are judging it on food alone and I have done CP, TH, Chef Mickey, Grand Floridian and more. You are paying for the convenience of meeting the characters without having to queue in the parks - the food is just an add on. It’s never been amazing, the servers have never been worth 10% (so that’s generally what I’ll leave) and the whole thing is chaotic. If that suits you then go for it - but you will be paying over the odds for a mediocre experience like the rest of us have, and probably will continue to do.
I don't think it's worth it, but I assume the young ones love it?!?
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Old 20 May 18, 08:18 AM  
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Originally Posted by pegasus928 View Post
Can anyone honestly say that any character dining experience is good value for money? I have never found it to be if you are judging it on food alone and I have done CP, TH, Chef Mickey, Grand Floridian and more. You are paying for the convenience of meeting the characters without having to queue in the parks - the food is just an add on. It’s never been amazing, the servers have never been worth 10% (so that’s generally what I’ll leave) and the whole thing is chaotic. If that suits you then go for it - but you will be paying over the odds for a mediocre experience like the rest of us have, and probably will continue to do.
I would have to disagree. We’ve had some really nice food and some great character interaction. We don’t do character meals now as we feel we’ve done them all but there are some restaurants we’d still like to be able to eat at and wish they did a non-character room!
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Old 20 May 18, 08:24 AM  
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I don't think it's worth it, but I assume the young ones love it?!?
That’s because they’re not paying
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Old 21 May 18, 11:11 AM  
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That’s because they’re not paying
Get them hooked and they'll be paying soon enough
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We enjoyed Tusker House breakfast on our last trip, so much so that we'll be doing it again this August.
Granted, it's not the best value, and the food is I guess a bit average (though the ham at TH breakfast was gorgeous), but the experience is what you're paying for.

We've done Akershus before, was okay but not great, CRT twice (once as a birthday meal for our little one, and that was really special, but mainly for the setting and the extortionately priced extras we bought - Glass Slipper etc), neither of which we'll repeat again due to the little one's age.

As well as TH breakfast, we'll be doing 1900 Park Fare this August - again for the experience, not expecting anything special in the food.
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Cancelled tusker house and booked yak and yeti
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Old 21 May 18, 07:55 PM  
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Cancelled tusker house and booked yak and yeti
Love Yak & Yeti. It's one of the first on our list each time we go
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