
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.
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