Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^^ while I agree on the atmosphere, our party really thought the food was much better - and absolutely a wider variety. you are still paying for the picture package - except by my quick math it is now $40 if you are a family of 4, because prices are $10 more than Norway per person
Originally Posted By Kimrue The food is much better, in my opinion at the Norway storybook breakfast. Also, there are many princesses there, too. I hope I don't tick anyone off, but I find the cast members in the world showcase as more tolerant of families (children I should say) than the typical cast member in the castle. My daughter was invited by the princesses to get up and dance with a bunch of other little girls in NOrway during breakfast, and everyone thought it was cute, the cm's just smiled and watched them where as they don't really encourage you to actually interact with the princesses, it's more of a churn and burn type meet and greet...plus, I feel it would've been cause for a "huffy" attitude from the cm there. I will never forget one year we went to the Royal table breakfast with my niece who was 4 at the time, she was PAINFULLY shy, and our waitress said to her, "oh when peter pan comes over, ask him to crow and he will sprinkle pixie dust and stand on a chair and crow for you..." in a fakey syrupy sweet voice...well, "peter pan came over and the waitress started prompting my niece to ask him to crow, she was shy and didn't want to do it, FINALLY she mustered up the courage to do it and "peter pan" said, "NO! I only do that when I FEEL like it!!!" and flitted off...My niece was MORTIFIED, she actually tucked into her mother and started crying a little...needless to say we all had a bad taste in our mouths (not from the food...) and it was hard to choke down breakfast after that....
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<<But I won't ever again because I have been 'princessed out' of the whole castle dining experience.>>> I too will never go back until I can go without being herding in, getting my desert before finishing my entrey, having 2 children under 2 that do NOT eat free in spite of what is advertised (they were given 2 bowls of plain noodles and no "sword" like the other 3 boys got, so I had to PAY for two more meals, and having to pay for two sets of identical print packages after waiting in line for 35 minutes prior to eating, as if we were waiting to see Santa, and the menu going from one of the best, to one on the smallest. Someome let me know when quality comes back to replace greed.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 The King's Cut or Queen's Cut(for us girls) with Smashed Veggies, was a great dinner. Alas.
Originally Posted By CCMOM We are going for the first time to Cindy's castle for lunch and have also decided to have dinner for her Royal Gala at the Grand Floridian at 1900 Park Fare. The dinner menu looks fantastic! Has anyone tried that character dining experience??
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I did the 1900 Park Faire dinner in 2006 ( it was under rehab when we were just there) - and you're right - the food was fantastic. They had these mushroom ravioli in a cream sauce that were to die for --and a tortilla crusted tilapia - also since it just was down for rehab - should look real nice. We also got Prince Charming to come to the table and get my usually shy 22 year old daughter to get up and dance -- it was very cool...
