We went to Crystal Palace for an early lunch. It was great. There were ten of us and they did not have a table for ten so we were given two tables adjacent to one another which was just fine. The food was very good and the characters were very attentative. We paraded around the room behind Tigger which was fun. There was a big variety of food so you should all be able to find multiple things you each like.
We went to Chef Mickey for breakfast. We had done this twice before on previous trips, and really enjoyed it. This time we were given a big round table in the back room which made us feel a little isolated from the festivities. The food was a little above average but not as good as the Crystal Palace. The bacon was undercooked and greasy and the egg dishes just didn't have much flavor to my taste. The kids did not seem to mind as they gravitated more toward the waffles and pastries. There was a vegi breakfast pizza that was tasty, waffles were good, the sausage was good, the amborsia was good enough to warrant seconds, and they even had smoked salmon which was good if you like that sort of thing. The fruit was fresh and tasty. There was a good variety of foods. Characters were very nice to us.
We did the Princess breakfast at Norway castle with just my twelve year old granddaughter. Most of the famalies had little children, but that did not make us feel out of place. My granddaughter really liked the attention from the princesses. The food was more limited as it was family style and you just got what they brought you (you could get seconds if you wanted). The meal was fresh fruit (good), pastries (good), and a skillet of bacon (good), potatoes (very good), sausage (not to our taste), eggs (we left them), and waffles (very good). We reserved for the 8:30AM time and I misunderstood that we needed to be at the restaurant entrance at 8:00AM so instead of taking the resort bus we took a cab. This was a big mistake as they would not let cabs or cars into the parking lot until 8:00AM and we arrived at 7:50AM so we sat in the cab for ten minutes while resort busses passed us by. The parking lot person was not very nice about it when we explained and we felt unwelcomed by her disinterest and rigidity.