C. Character Meals
Character meals are a great dining experience if meeting characters is high up on your to do list. They allow you to enjoy some really good food and get to meet characters at your own table at the same time. It is a great alternative if you do not enjoy standing in lines in the heat to meet characters.
At a character meal, the characters make the rounds to all the tables so that you get to have a one on one meeting with them. They will sign autographs (sometimes just hand out signature cards) and take pictures with you at the same time. It’s a great way to get to meet some of your favourite characters without feeling rushed. Some of the restaurants will even have added entertainment where the characters will do a parade around the restaurant with all the kids. It really is a blast and the kiddos absolutely love it!
Character meals are very popular at Disney, so if you have some in mind that are a must do, then I highly recommend reserving as early as you can.
Here are the various character meals that are available:
1900 Park Fare
- Located at Disney’s Grand Floridian resort
- Breakfast, Dinner
- Cinderella, Aladdin, Mirabel and Princess Tiana
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall
- Located at Epcot in the Norway Pavillion
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Belle, Aurora, Tiana, Ariel and Snow White
Cape May Café
- Located at Disney’s Beach Club resort
- Breakfast
- Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Daisy
Chef Mickey’s
- Located at Disney’s Contemporary resort
- Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner
- Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Pluto
Cinderella’s Royal Table
- Located in the Magic Kingdom
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Various Princesses, subject to change
Crystal Palace
- Located in the Magic Kingdom
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore
Garden Grill
- Located in Epcot
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Mickey, Pluto, Chip n’ Dale
Hollywood & Vine
- Located in Hollywood Studios
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Disney Junior characters at breakfast and Minnie & Friends at lunch/dinner
‘Ohana
- Located at Disney’s Polynesian resort
- Breakfast
- Lilo, Stitch, Mickey and Pluto
Topolino’s Terrace
- Located at Riviera Resort
- Breakfast
- Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Daisy
Story Book Dining at Artist Point
- Located at Wilderness Lodge Resort
- Dinner
- Snow White, Evil Queen, Dopey and Grumpy
Tusker House
- Located at Animal Kingdom Park
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Mickey