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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
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If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
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I'm looking at breakfast options for one day during my trip. My traveling companion has other plans this day so I was thinking of booking a TS breakfast somewhere. I have plenty of ideas, but one of them is Crystal Palace (love b-fast here!!). I have no issues dining solo at WDW, but I've never done a character meal solo. Would that be weird?!?
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I say do it up! If you want to have a character breakfast, then have one. I would!
I think it depends on where you are going to be or how much you want to travel. I haven't done CP for breakfast, but I love lunch. However, I have heard great things about breakfast. Personally, my favorite breakfast is Donald's Safari Breakfast at Tusker House in AK. With a second coming in with Ohana w/Lilo and Stitch.
I think your biggest deciding factor should be what characters you want to see. If it's Pooh and Gang, then CP it is. If some of the Main Fab 5, the TH. If you like Lilo & Stitch, then Ohana. Princesses'? CRT or Akershus in EPCOT.
I've done it and I would probably do it again. I was a little uncomfortable with the face characters, but the fur characters are fun. Just give them a hug or a wave and go about eating your meal. Generally there's a CM in the area that will be willing to take a photo for you if you'd like.
I'm looking at breakfast options for one day during my trip. My traveling companion has other plans this day so I was thinking of booking a TS breakfast somewhere. I have plenty of ideas, but one of them is Crystal Palace (love b-fast here!!). I have no issues dining solo at WDW, but I've never done a character meal solo. Would that be weird?!? .
Absolutely, go for it!
Disney CMs - and your fellow guests, for that matter - know that sometimes, people eat alone, even go to a whole park alone. Or that maybe only you, out of your whole party, are interested in a particular meal.
While I'd say go for a TS breakfast alone - I think a character meal alone might just be overwhelming if you are hoping for photo ops during the meal. Character handlers aren't as ready to take pictures of guests in the dining locations and I wouldn't want to disrupt a nearby family during their meal to ask to snap a quick photo. If you're fine with just enjoying the atmosphere of a character meal, then go for it!
I hate dining alone, at home - let alone on vacation. For me, I think a character meal would help me feel less alone. I would totally do a character meal if I did not have a dining companion.
I don't think it is weird to do a Character meal alone. I haven't done it, but I wouldn't say no. I'd be a bit disappointed, though, if I couldn't get someone to take photos of me with the characters.
I have done breakfast @ Crystal Palace solo, and had a great time. I had good interactions with the characters, and at the time I went, it was quiet, so had time to visit with the servers as well. I have never felt uncomfortable dining alone at Disney - unlike the real world - where as a single diner I am often ignored by staff. Disney people seem to go out of their way to pay attention to the solo visitor - and, at least in my experience - seem to be willing to let their hair down a bit and relax with us.
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I think it depends on where you are going to be or how much you want to travel. I haven't done CP for breakfast, but I love lunch. However, I have heard great things about breakfast. Personally, my favorite breakfast is Donald's Safari Breakfast at Tusker House in AK. With a second coming in with Ohana w/Lilo and Stitch.
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I've done CP for breakfast before (with the fam). We always enjoy it there, and I love the Pooh characters. But I'm also thinking now that Donald's at Tusker House might be a lot of fun! I've never eaten there at all.
My ADR window is later in November but I'll def. let y'all know what I pick! Thanks again!
While I'd say go for a TS breakfast alone - I think a character meal alone might just be overwhelming if you are hoping for photo ops during the meal. Character handlers aren't as ready to take pictures of guests in the dining locations and I wouldn't want to disrupt a nearby family during their meal to ask to snap a quick photo. If you're fine with just enjoying the atmosphere of a character meal, then go for it!
So ... make sure your camera has a self-timer, and bring a pocket-sized tripod.
For example: I used a Gorillapod with my camera, on a 5-second count, to take the following picture with the entire family in-frame with Ariel:
And yeah, okay ... Jeremy as always hammed it up for this shot, with that askance look towards Ariel, but still: noone was touching the camera at the time.
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