DeterminedOne
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2004
1900 Park Fare
Our final Deluxe Dining Plan experience took us to 1900 Park Fare for breakfast.
I wanted hubs to experience a character breakfast, but not too soon in the trip that he would think it corny. I wanted to make sure he was thoroughly marinated in the Disney sauce before throwing this at him. Originally, I had ‘Ohana booked for this day but later changed it to Cape May Café. Soon after I read posts in which folk talked about how difficult of an ADR 1900 Park Fare is to score, so I had to have it.
A few weeks before the trip I was able to get us in at 9:25. It took constant stalking on MDE to get this ADR. I put in a request at Touring Plans reservation finder but ended up being much faster doing it myself. TP did eventually find a reservation for us, but we didn't need it.
Magical Express was scheduled to pick us up at 12:15. We wanted to get everything packed up and out of the room before we left for 1900 and by the time we got that done it was 8:30. We decided to take a taxi from Port Orleans French Quarter to Grand Floridian. It was $15.
The characters started coming around the room approximately 30 minutes into breakfast service. The buffet offers standard breakfast items in addition to a made to order omelet station. I didn’t end up taking any pictures of the buffet or the food. This breakfast was mostly about getting pics with the characters.
Tigger came first. I love him because his interactions are playful.
Here’s a picture of us in 2004 and again in 2017. Super cute!
Next up was Mary Poppins. Man, was she talkative.
And her dress is so pretty!!
Alice was next. I saw her pose like this with someone else in the restaurant, so when she noticed me put my finger to my cheek she said “Oh wait. Let me do that, too.”
More time passed and the Mad Hatter hadn’t made it to us yet. He spent a good amount of time interacting with each table. Hubs noticed people were leaving and asked if we should do the same so those waiting for a table could have our seats. I said – “Sweetie, this is a $65 breakfast. We will be meeting the Mad Hatter today.”
The Mad Hatter was great! He wanted to know our plans for the day and I told him we were leaving. He exclaimed over and over - “Why don’t you stay?” “Just stay!”
So cute.
Hubs liked the character breakfast, although he wasn’t one for posing for pictures. He was happy just to sit back and delight in the wonderment in my eyes.
Well, that concludes the dining report. In the end we wound up with snack credits left and had to make a mad dash to the gift shop to spend them. I hated to do that because I know we missed out on a lot of awesome snacks in the parks.
But we did get a few ...
Carrot Cake Cookie from Sweet Spells @ Hollywood Studios (This … is … the … BOMB!!)
Caramel Apple from Goofy’s at Disney Springs / Turtles from Goofy’s at Disney Springs
Mickey Ice Cream Sandwich from EPCOT
Our final Deluxe Dining Plan experience took us to 1900 Park Fare for breakfast.
I wanted hubs to experience a character breakfast, but not too soon in the trip that he would think it corny. I wanted to make sure he was thoroughly marinated in the Disney sauce before throwing this at him. Originally, I had ‘Ohana booked for this day but later changed it to Cape May Café. Soon after I read posts in which folk talked about how difficult of an ADR 1900 Park Fare is to score, so I had to have it.
A few weeks before the trip I was able to get us in at 9:25. It took constant stalking on MDE to get this ADR. I put in a request at Touring Plans reservation finder but ended up being much faster doing it myself. TP did eventually find a reservation for us, but we didn't need it.
Magical Express was scheduled to pick us up at 12:15. We wanted to get everything packed up and out of the room before we left for 1900 and by the time we got that done it was 8:30. We decided to take a taxi from Port Orleans French Quarter to Grand Floridian. It was $15.
The characters started coming around the room approximately 30 minutes into breakfast service. The buffet offers standard breakfast items in addition to a made to order omelet station. I didn’t end up taking any pictures of the buffet or the food. This breakfast was mostly about getting pics with the characters.
Tigger came first. I love him because his interactions are playful.
Here’s a picture of us in 2004 and again in 2017. Super cute!
Next up was Mary Poppins. Man, was she talkative.
And her dress is so pretty!!
Alice was next. I saw her pose like this with someone else in the restaurant, so when she noticed me put my finger to my cheek she said “Oh wait. Let me do that, too.”
More time passed and the Mad Hatter hadn’t made it to us yet. He spent a good amount of time interacting with each table. Hubs noticed people were leaving and asked if we should do the same so those waiting for a table could have our seats. I said – “Sweetie, this is a $65 breakfast. We will be meeting the Mad Hatter today.”
The Mad Hatter was great! He wanted to know our plans for the day and I told him we were leaving. He exclaimed over and over - “Why don’t you stay?” “Just stay!”
So cute.
Hubs liked the character breakfast, although he wasn’t one for posing for pictures. He was happy just to sit back and delight in the wonderment in my eyes.
Well, that concludes the dining report. In the end we wound up with snack credits left and had to make a mad dash to the gift shop to spend them. I hated to do that because I know we missed out on a lot of awesome snacks in the parks.
But we did get a few ...
Carrot Cake Cookie from Sweet Spells @ Hollywood Studios (This … is … the … BOMB!!)
Caramel Apple from Goofy’s at Disney Springs / Turtles from Goofy’s at Disney Springs
Mickey Ice Cream Sandwich from EPCOT
Thanks for joining us!! 
