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Let me see if I can assist you just a little bit knowing someone else will come along and refine the information I have just posted.
Is there a reserved seating package for Fantasmic?
According to a Disney web site:
Premium Viewing.
Reserve your prime seat and tempting dessert sampler with this delightful premium viewing option! Take in the show from an elevated section near the anchor by Café Orleans and the French Market. Call the reservation line at (714) 781-SHOW (7469) for ticket prices and to reserve your seat up to 30 days before the show. Ticket does not include regular park admission. Reserved seating is first come, first served, so get there early!
What are the best character meals?
In our opinion there really is no 'best' but all are great. Here is a complete list that I know of:
Ariel's Grotto (Breakfast) Paradise Pier, California Adventure
Disney's PCH Grill (Breakfast) Paradise Pier Hotel
Goofy's Kitchen (Brakfast & Dinner) Disneyland Hotel
Plaza Inn (Breakfast) Main Street, Disneyland
Storytellers Cafe (Breakfast) Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
What are the crowd levels typically like the last week of May?
Medium crowd levels until Memorial Day Weekend. Memorial Day and the proceeding weekend are very busy.
I hope this information is what you seek is is helpful to you.
Typically what characters are at each of the meals?
For the Plaza the website says "Minnie & Friends", but the pictures show Tigger, Chip and/or Dale and Captian Hook? Who typically shows up?
Website for the PCH grill says "Mickey & Friends", but is does that mean just the Fab 5? The pictures show Stitch there....
So much information. Thank you all. I 'm getting excited since its been eons since I've been to DLR. The rest of my fam has never been. I have many questions though and this thread has been great.
Typically what characters are at each of the meals?
For the Plaza the website says "Minnie & Friends", but the pictures show Tigger, Chip and/or Dale and Captian Hook? Who typically shows up?
Website for the PCH grill says "Mickey & Friends", but is does that mean just the Fab 5? The pictures show Stitch there....
Who typically shows up at Goofy's kitchen?
Many Thanks!
Minnie is always there at the Plaza Inn but there could be any number of different "friends" greeting along with her. Last time I was there we were greeted at our table by 11 different characters throughout the course of our breakfast (and it was, by far, the best character interaction I have ever had at any Disney character meal!)
Minnie
Chip
Dale
Tigger
Brer Fox
Rafiki
Foulfellow (from Pinocchio)
Eeyore
Max (Goofy's son)
Suzy (mouse from Cinderella)
Fairy Godmother
Captain Hook
Other times, I have seen Rabbit, Pooh, Piglet, Pinocchio, Gepetto, Jiminy Cricket, the penguin from Mary Poppins, King Louie, Baloo, Queen of Hearts, White Rabbit, Mad Hatter and Alice greeting outside tables while we were walking by!
At the PCH Grill, though I have not gone since the switch to the Mickey & friends breakfast (it was previously Stitch & friends), I have been told that it is almost always Mickey, Minnie, Stitch and Pluto. Daisy Duck has been known to make appearances as well as Goofy. Not as many characters over at the PPH as some of the other character meals, though!
Goofy's Kitchen always has Goofy, of course, but you could also see Max, Chip, Dale, Mad Hatter, Alice, Gepetto, Jasmine, Aladdin, Genie, Belle (in her blue dress), Snow White, Mulan, Peter Pan, Capt. Hook, Cinderella, Princess Aurora, Minnie, Rafiki, Fairy Godmother, Baloo, Donald, Terk (from Tarzan). It all depends on who they decide to send to work with Goofy on whichever day.
Minnie is always there at the Plaza Inn but there could be any number of different "friends" greeting along with her. Last time I was there we were greeted at our table by 11 different characters throughout the course of our breakfast (and it was, by far, the best character interaction I have ever had at any Disney character meal!)
Minnie
Chip
Dale
Tigger
Brer Fox
Rafiki
Foulfellow (from Pinocchio)
Eeyore
Max (Goofy's son)
Suzy (mouse from Cinderella)
Fairy Godmother
Captain Hook
Other times, I have seen Rabbit, Pooh, Piglet, Pinocchio, Gepetto, Jiminy Cricket, the penguin from Mary Poppins, King Louie, Baloo, Queen of Hearts, White Rabbit, Mad Hatter and Alice greeting outside tables while we were walking by!
At the PCH Grill, though I have not gone since the switch to the Mickey & friends breakfast (it was previously Stitch & friends), I have been told that it is almost always Mickey, Minnie, Stitch and Pluto. Daisy Duck has been known to make appearances as well as Goofy. Not as many characters over at the PPH as some of the other character meals, though!
Goofy's Kitchen always has Goofy, of course, but you could also see Max, Chip, Dale, Mad Hatter, Alice, Gepetto, Jasmine, Aladdin, Genie, Belle (in her blue dress), Snow White, Mulan, Peter Pan, Capt. Hook, Cinderella, Princess Aurora, Minnie, Rafiki, Fairy Godmother, Baloo, Donald, Terk (from Tarzan). It all depends on who they decide to send to work with Goofy on whichever day.
Many Thanks Sarah!
It sounds like the Plaza Inn or Goofy's Kitchen is going to have the most variety of characters.
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