ADR - Where should we book for breakfast on our first day?

[clarebearuk]

Originally Posted by sha9

Actually I’ve just done a dummy booking and you can pay for DDP but you do need to add park tickets.
Sorry, I was right the first time. I went back to check and the calendar defaults to a minimum 5 night stay when you book hotel & tickets so you can only add DDP for stays of 5 nights or more.

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Thanks for checking this out. I thought it was a minimum of 5 days.
Is it easy enough to get from AOA to chef mickeys ? And is chef mickeys close to MK?

[clarebearuk]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

BOG MK for us. Up at stupid o’clock bus to MK breakfast QS. A few rides and then back to resort for rest of day

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This is exactly what I’m thinking. Kids were awake from 3am this year, and asleep by 9am in the car on the way into MK! I’m hoping if we are using Disney transport that they don’t fall asleep and I think we’ll head back to AOA.

[clarebearuk]

I’ve had a looked at some of the restaurants mentioned.

Is Be our Guest, a different type of restaurant? It’s showing prices for the meals $28 etc but Chef mickeys and Crystal Palace don’t. They are showing as $35-59 - are these restaurants a set menu?

Also Chef mickeys opens at 7am and but the others open at 8am

[Guest]

I like to eat where I am staying first day so I had Cape May Cafe booked for next trip.

Then I had issues with getting my fast passes so I had to swap planned park days around and now we have pre park opening BOG first day, amazed it was available!

[sha9]

Originally Posted by clarebearuk

I’ve had a looked at some of the restaurants mentioned.

Is Be our Guest, a different type of restaurant? It’s showing prices for the meals $28 etc but Chef mickeys and Crystal Palace don’t. They are showing as $35-59 - are these restaurants a set menu?

Also Chef mickeys opens at 7am and but the others open at 8am

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BoG is quick service for breakfast and lunch and is a set price all year. The character meals can fluctuate depending on time of year.
Chef Mickey’s is a resort restaurant and they tend to open earlier than park ones. The earliest you’ll get an in park reservation is 8am. Most of the character breakfasts are buffet or family style where they bring a platter of food to the table.

[D15ney72]

Hi, I think the buffet breakfast at Chef Mickey in the Contemporary Resort is a good choice. In addition to the benefit of a 7am opening time, it’s a fun, vibrant restaurant that children usually enjoy and you get to meet Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto in one hit. It’s easy to get to Magic Kingdom on the monorail afterwards or you can walk there if you wanted to. You can make dining reservations 180 days in advance, either online from 11am U.K. time or by phone from 12 noon.

[clarebearuk]

Brilliant thank you for all your replies! Can’t wait to get booking when the 180 day arrives!

[LottiesLot]

When we went last year our children were 8, 6 and 4. We had an 8.15 at Crystal Palace on our first morning. It was great. We went on a few rides first as it was EMH. We'd given the kids some cereal in our room (at AoA which is a fantastic resort with young children you will love it) at around 6am. They were ready to eat again at 8.15. We also went to Chef Mickeys later in the hol and there's no comparison imo. Food, location, surroundings, character interactions were much better at Crystal Palace. It's one meal the girls have insisted on doing again next time. They never even talk about Chef Mickeys and we'll be giving it a miss.