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There are other changes as well.
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Moving on with the current of the years.
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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What a great time at breakfast! The Mad Hatter more than made up for not getting a photo with Goofy. Just fantastic interaction. And the food looked good, too. I like brunch choices rather than just breakfast.
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That breakfast looks like so much fun! We don't plan to have any character meals booked this trip. Shocking, I know! I will have to put it on the list for next time.
What a great breakfast and a great beginning to your last day! The Mad Hatter is a hoot. We saw him at 1900 Park Fare at WDW and he was the best. Glad to know he is too at DL!
That sounds like a wonderful breakfast! We've eaten at Chef Mickey's 2x now and I always feel like the characters there are so rushed, but here it sure looks like they spent a lot of time with you!
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What a great time at breakfast! The Mad Hatter more than made up for not getting a photo with Goofy. Just fantastic interaction. And the food looked good, too. I like brunch choices rather than just breakfast.
It was a wonderful breakfast. I prefer brunch choices as well and the food did not disappoint.
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OH MY GOODNESS!!! That Mad Hatter!!! What a great way to spend your last sit down meal at DL!!!
I cannot tell you how happy I am that I decided to book this as our last meal, it was the perfect start to our last day!
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What great fun at breakfast - I love it when you have a meal like that and you ache from laughing so much, that's the sure sign you've had fun!
It was so much fun! That is the only way I want to walk away from a meal with a bellyache -- from laughter!
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What a fun breakfast!!
It was a lot of fun!
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Originally Posted by dutchdisneyfamily
That breakfast looks like so much fun! We don't plan to have any character meals booked this trip. Shocking, I know! I will have to put it on the list for next time.
No character meals! I suppose we almost had no character meals on this trip until I decided to add on a breakfast. There aren't as many choices at DL for character meals.
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what a great experience with the characters. Sometimes the face characters can just be the best such interaction. I think that will be hard to beat.
Lexi can be shy around face characters, she prefers not having to talk much, but she came right out of her shell with this Mad Hatter.
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Originally Posted by disneydreamer33
What a great breakfast and a great beginning to your last day! The Mad Hatter is a hoot. We saw him at 1900 Park Fare at WDW and he was the best. Glad to know he is too at DL!
It was the perfect start to our day! We have only done dinner at 1900 Park Fare, but breakfast may be on the list now so we can visit our good friend the Mad Hatter again.
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What a great breakfast! The Mad Hatter sounds like a hoot!
He was such a hoot!
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Originally Posted by stardust190
That sounds like a wonderful breakfast! We've eaten at Chef Mickey's 2x now and I always feel like the characters there are so rushed, but here it sure looks like they spent a lot of time with you!
We were one of the first families seated in this area with only one other family, so the characters were able to spend some quality time with us. I have a feeling though that even if they were busy our experience with this Mad Hatter would have been the same. He was so great!
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Thank you so much for this trip report! I am loving it!
Thank you for joining in!
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Originally Posted by Russi01
What a hoot that Mad hatter was. So glad that you guys stuck around and got an amazing experience!!
When we walked out of there I told Justin I was so happy he suggested we stay and wait for the Mad Hatter, it started our day of perfect!
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Originally Posted by OhToodles!
Oh my gosh! What an amazing experience at breakfast! Looks like Lexi was enjoying it!
It was so amazing. Lexi enjoyed it so much and loves to talk about the tea party we had with the Mad Hatter, so it left her with a lifelong memory.
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What a great breakfast! Mad Hatter sound awesome! How sweet Alice was
He was awesome, and Alice was very sweet. They both were very true to their characters!
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I'm sitting here just giggling over your description of your experience with the Mad Hatter. What a riot! I bet Molly loved every bit of it!
This was my favorite update to write out of all my TRs, I kept laughing as I looked at the pictures and remembering what a riot the Mad Hatter was. Molly did love every bit of it!
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What a great way to spend your last sit down meal at DL!!! 
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I suppose we almost had no character meals on this trip until I decided to add on a breakfast. There aren't as many choices at DL for character meals.
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