Review: The Crystal Palace -A Buffet with Character at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

This was definitely one of our favorite Character Meals at Walt Disney World. Food, ambiance, character interaction were all top notch. The basics: we had dinner here with Pooh & Friends. We were visited by Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, & Piglet and there was a character parade that the boys could participate in marching around the venue with the characters. 

While we find the breakfast buffets acceptable, we think the lunch and dinner foods are much better and Crystal Palace was no exception.  Dad always loves a buffet with shrimp cocktail and a carving station, and there were lots of interesting salads. This is an all you care to eat buffet in the splendor of a Victorian Conservatory as interpreted by the 1970's and it works very well. 

We had to reschedule our advance dinner reservation a couple of times through the my Disney experience app as we were trying to avoid being rained out on our Magic Kingdom day. On the day of our reservation we were delayed, but they still accommodated us and very promptly which was unexpected and greatly appreciated. We had plenty of time with each character, plenty of food, and beautiful architecture...what more do you want from a Walt Disney World Character Meal?

Review: Supercalifragilistic Breakfast at Walt Disney World's Grand Floridian Resort's 1900 Park Fare

1900 Park Fare is a buffet restaurant at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort with several themed character meals. We attended the "Supercalifragilistic Breakfast", and were visited by Mary Poppins, Alice, The Mad Hatter, Winnie the Pooh and had a photo op with Tigger to wrap up the event. The family photo with Tigger was very nice and they were very patient with us as we struggled to get Toddler Son to look at the camera (he just wanted to visit with Tigger). They took our picture in a lovely small lobby with a wonderful painting of Cinderella Castle in the distance. The overall effect of the room was of a Victorian Conservatory.

Beautiful display in the waiting area

Pooh visit #1 was a big hit with Toddler Son

Agent P who was Tweenage Son at the time enjoyed interactions with all the characters. Toddler Son only wanted to meet Pooh & Tigger and had no interest in Alice, Mary & the Mad Hatter. In fact Pooh visited us twice and he was excited to see him both times. The boys collect autographs in the souvenir autograph photo albums they sell at the Parks and enjoy character meals very much.

We attended on a Sunday morning and we were seated very promptly. The food was adequate, the typical Disney breakfast buffet spread. The line for the make your own omelette was very long...it was arguably Fast Pass worthy so we passed on that.  Overall we had a pleasant meal and a great experience. We will most likely not return right away to this particular meal given the food was not extra memorable for us and the character mix did not hold the interest of the entire family. 

Mad Hatter was lots of fun

"Mustard! Don't lets be silly!"

Pooh visit number 2!