One of the most fun and exciting ways to dine in Walt Disney World is at one of the many character dining experiences found on Walt Disney World property.  Plus, its a great way to multi-task by gettting your meal and character face time all in one shot, giving you more time to play while touring the parks! Take a peak at the Character Dining Guide below where you can find the location, meals, and usual characters found at the dozen character dining experience offered at Walt Disney World Resort.  Also, be sure to follow the links to the restaurant or hotel dining pages for a full over-view of the character dining locations you are interested in!

 

1900 Park Fare

Location:  Grand Floridian Resort

Meals:  Breakfast & Dinner

Usual Characters: (Breakfast) Mary Poppins and friends, (Dinner) Cinderella, Prince Charming, Anastasia, Drisella

 

Akershus

Location: Epcot’s Norway Pavilion

Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Usual Characters: Belle and her princess friends (besides Belle no other princesses guaranteed)

 

Cape May Cafe

Location: Beach Club Resort

Meals:  Breakfast

Usual Characters:  Goofy, Minnie, Donald or Chip (in their beach gear)

 

Chef Mickey’s

Location:  Contemporary Resort

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Usual Characters:  Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, Goofy

 

Cinderella’s Royal Table

Location:  Cinderella’s Castle, Magic Kingdom

Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Usual Characters:  Cinderella is in the lobby for all meals, princesses greet at tables for breakfast and lunch while Susie, Perla, and Fairy Godmother come for dinner

 

Crystal Palace

Location:  Magic Kingdom

Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Usual Characters:  Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger

 

Garden Grill

Location:  The Land, Epcot

Meals:  Dinner

Usual Characters:  Mickey, Pluto, Chip, Dale (in their farming gear)

 

Garden Grove

Location:  Swan Resort (in the Epcot Resort area, though not owned by Disney)

Meals: Breakfast (weekends only) and Dinner

Usual Characters: (Breakfast) Goofy and Pluto, (Dinner) Timon and Rafiki

 

Hollywood & Vine

Location:  Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Meals:  Breakfast and Lunch

Usual Characters:  Playhouse Disney characters which change from time to time (currently Little Einsteins)

 

Mickey’s Backyard Barbecue

Location:  Fort Wilderness

Meals:  Dinner

Usual Characters:  Mickey, Goofy, Minnie, Chip, Dale (Mickey is always their but the rest of the crew changes often)

 

‘OHana

Location:  Polynesian Resort

Meals:  Breakfast

Usual Characters:  Lilo, Stitch, Mickey, Pluto

 

Tusker House

Location: Animal Kingdom

Meals:  Breakfast

Usual Characters:  Donald, Daisy, Goofy (Donald always present but sometimes other pals)

 

 

Melissa has created Chip & Company’s ‘Guide to Walt Disney World: Restaurant & Snack Options’ posts as well as chronicling her Disney baking (and cooking) exploits In the Kitchen. She also writes original articles about her experiences visiting Walt Disney World and finding Disney magic in her home state of New York. Melissa is a World History teacher and you can find her on tumblr. Oh & you should probably know she believes in fairytales.