I have a reservation for dinner at Chef Mickey on our upcoming visit in June. Anyone care to share any thought good or bad on this? Considering dropping one TS meal so any advice would be appreciated.
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Chef Mickey - is it a must??
- Thread starter Alana Rea Jago
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is it buffet?
DisneyPrincess5
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We tried it once a few years ago. We enjoyed it but just don't feel the need to go back. Food was fine, characters were fun, and we loved eating right there at the Contemporary with the monorail to watch. If you have kids, they'll love it. I say try it!
yeah we are a group of 2 families so 6 kids between us. We will be spending that day in MK and then to the contemporary which I have been told is first stop on monorail. Is that right?
DisneyPrincess5
Well-Known Member
Yes that is correct. The kids will love it! And yes it's a buffet.
Thanks so much. This is all new to me ha ha Ive been 3 times before and Ive never planned meals fast passes etc. Hard to know where you will be wanting to eat in 6 months time lol
DisneyPrincess5
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No problem! I know-planning aspects of a Disney yourself changes everything.
zurgandfriend
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It's a buffet, the food is meh but there are lots of choices for picky eaters. The main thing at this or any buffet is, of course, the charters.
fauzha7
Member
My wife and I did it in Jan 2015 for the first time. The food was OK and the characters were fun, but we were seated in a corner table by a window that really looked past some roof tops. The table was in an out of the way area separated from the rest of diners by a wall. We felt like we were not a part of the whole experience. The server was great. There was seating for about 12 -16 people in that corner. Should have asked to be relocated.
Oh I definitely wouldn't be happy with that at all. I very much hope I'm not seated there. We have a table booked for 11. Fingers crossed.
ekutchey
Active Member
If you going for the characters it is great food is your basic buffet nothing to write home about. But is you are visiting MK that day are you wanting to leave the park to eat? If not check out the character buffet at Crystal Palace inside MK. However I find Ohana to be better than Chef Mickey if you are looking to leave the park and have a character experience.
Tuvalu
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Just a head's up...while you have a reservation for 11 people, that does not mean you have a table booked for 11. Large parties are often split into adjoining tables, based on availability.
Where is ohana?
Oh really. Very misleading then. I am assuming that the tables would be beside each other??
Tuvalu
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At the Polynesian Village Resort
Yes, they will try to seat you at adjoining tables if they do not have one table large enough to seat all 11 of you.
TheMouseFan
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We went with 10 people and were seated at 2 tables right next to each other. That is usually what happens when they don't have a table big enough. The only other restaurant where we were seated at 2 tables was 'Ohana. We were together at Tusker House, Crystal Palace, Akershus, Boma, Cinderella's Royal Table, Garden Grill, and Mama Melrose's.
rob0519
Well-Known Member
We've only done breakfast. The food selection and quality has gone down over the last 20 years as has every restaurant on the property. It's still a step above Denny's. Having said that, it's a must for us. There is nowhere else on the property that I know of where you can get your picture taken with the big 5 characters at the same time. Definitely worth it if you're using the Dining Plan. If it's out of pocket, not so much.
Yeah def on plan so thinking it will be worth it purely for characters! Do u recall who is there?
