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What a wonderful beginning! Can't wait to read about your first full day!
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Tina
2009 Feb Disneyland - offsite
2007 Aug WDW - offsite
2005 June DCL West Coast/DL & DCA
2002 April Disneyland - offsite
2000 September WDW/DCL - CBR/Wonder
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Great updates, glad everyone settled into the room ok. What a great way to start your trip, ToT and a meal at the Sci-Fi. Glad everyone enjoyed and that you did not have to wait too long to get a regular car, the atmosphere there is just so much fun.
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DD and I ate at Sci Fi on our trip and I am taking my DMom in Nov. She is a sci-fi nut and I think she will get a kick out of it. Our waiter did the same for me as I was too full for dessert so he brought me a milkshake to go! They are awesome there!!
Sorry Maddie wasn't tall enough for RNRC but now she has an excuse to come back!
Can't wait to hear your thoughts about 1900 Park Fare breakfast. I haven't done this yet and am wanting to.
We had an ADR at 1900 Park Fare at 8:00. We talked to the conceirge at the resort to try to find out if the buses ran early enough to get us to MK so we could get over to GF, but no one could give us a definite answer. We found out when we woke up they were already running, but we decided to drive over.
We got over there about 7:45 and went in. I went to 1900 Park Fare and guess what? They are not open. I thought they actually opened earlier, but still with them opening at 8 you would think they would start checking people in before that. They did not open the doors to the lobby area until 8 on the dot. I was the fourth person in line to check in. We got checked in and waited to get our picture taken in front of a beautiful mural of Cinderella's castle. I'll have to scan that pic or wait for my photopass CD to show you guys.
We then waited for them to start seating people. It was a madhouse. I will never get an opening reservation there again.
The buffet had a lot of great breakfast stuff. Sorry I forgot to take pics. I don't think I actually got any pics of any food.
The waitress informed us how the characters went around the room. The characters came out almost immediately. When they started there weren't many occupied tables between us so it didn't take long. The first character was Pooh.
Next was Tigger. He was hilarious. My dad kept telling him to jump and Tigger kept making motions of him jumping and hitting the ceiling. It was so funny.
Pooh then came back and messed with Tigger.
The girls eyes look possessed. Sorry I didn't get to clean up the pics.
Mary Poppins was next. She was very nice. Alice was out too and she came up behind Mary Poppins and put a sugar packet in her bonnet. The girls were just cracking up. The girls told her what Alice did, so Mary Poppins went and put one in Alice's sash. It was so funny.
Next was Alice and she was good. She was talking to the girls and my dad said, "You're not from England." I told my dad yes she was and she also told him she was and exactly where she was from, but I can't remember now.
Next was the Mad Hatter. Now he was definitely worth coming here. He was the highlight of our breakfast. Even my dad said he was good. He was very loud, as the Mad Hatter should be. He had the crackling voice down and everything.
Alice came back and put sugar packets in his hat sash. She was very mischievious.
We had a really nice breakfast. The food was great and so was the service. This one I paid OOP for. It $92 + tip for 3 adults and two kids.
It was definitely worth it for the Mad Hatter. I don't know if we would rush back, but it was still a very nice experience.
Up next: Our day at MK and my first PPer meet.
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I just wrote about our Park Fare breakfast in my TR and decided that the Mad Hatter was our favorite too. Looks like we had the same experience!! He was too funny!! You should see the picture I posted of DD losing it laughing at him (and she is 21!!). Glad your experience was a hit, too!
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Yay! I'm all caught up and so glad I didn't miss too much!
First, glad you liked OKW. Sounds and looks like a really nice resort from what I've seen. Too bad about being on the last bus stop but i'm like you i'd rather walk and just get it over with.
That rocks about TOT, we noticed the wait times for that ride in particular were a bit off but we never had longer than a 15 min wait ourselves.
I SciFi drive in! I noticed that we did get great service even though I had noticed bad reviews on free dining and the service you receive. I found out they will let you substitue cappacino for your drink and we did that a few times.
1900 park fare....a few years ago when we went we noticed that the crowd was intense to get in there early. I want to say we had the same ADR for that one. We also felt the Mad Hatter stole the show as well. We had great interactions with him and tigger. But, Im like you...i'm not sure if I would do it again because the food was good, maybe even really good but it wasnt my fave.
I cant wait to hear about your PP meet!
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SciFi drive in! I noticed that we did get great service even though I had noticed bad reviews on free dining and the service you receive. I found out they will let you substitue cappacino for your drink and we did that a few times. 
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