Character dining
Research checked Nov 7, 2026
Scope: 12 Disney-operated character-dining restaurants plus Ravello at the Four Seasons on WDW property. Be Our Guest is a themed meal/possible Beast walk-through, not a conventional character meal. Restaurant meals and character lineups are subject to change.
Price date and evidence: USD per person, adult / child (3–9 unless Ravello 3–12), reported applicable October 2026, checked November 7, 2026 EST, before tax/gratuity according to secondary comparison. Not live Disney checkout quotes. Exact-price evidence comes from the AllEars October 7 increase report cross-checked against WDW Prep School October 9 comparison. WDW Prep is an additional secondary source used for unchanged prices/lineups, not authority over Disney policy. Disney restaurant landing-page dollar-sign categories can be stale: Akershus breakfast still displays $35–59.99 despite the $66 secondary price.
B = breakfast; L = lunch; D = dinner. All character lists are examples, not contractual guarantees.
| Meal / restaurant | Where | Characters | Dated adult/child cover | Meal / exception | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinderella’s Royal Table | Magic Kingdom, Cinderella Castle | Cinderella + rotating princesses; individual visitors not guaranteed | B $79/$49; L/D $92/$57 | Prix fixe; 2 credits all meals | — |
| Crystal Palace | Magic Kingdom, Main Street | Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore | B $57/$37; L/D $64/$46 | Buffet; Disney asks 90 minutes to meet all available characters | — |
| Akershus Royal Banquet Hall | EPCOT, Norway | Rotating princesses; secondary typical list Ariel/Belle/Aurora/Snow White/Tiana, no guaranteed lineup | B $66/$42; L/D $69/$47 | Family-style; 2 credits L/D, not automatically 2 at breakfast | — |
| Garden Grill | EPCOT, The Land | Chip, Dale, Mickey, Pluto (Pluto from secondary roster) | B $49/$34; L/D $62/$43 | Family-style rotating restaurant | — |
| Hollywood & Vine | Hollywood Studios, Echo Lake | Minnie, Mickey, Goofy, Pluto (specific companions secondary) | B $49/$34; L/D $64/$45 | Seasonal buffet ALL THREE meals; old Disney Junior breakfast advice obsolete | — |
| Tusker House | Animal Kingdom, Harambe | Donald, Mickey, Daisy, Goofy in safari attire (latter two secondary roster) | B $53/$38; L/D $64/$43 | Buffet | — |
| 1900 Park Fare | Grand Floridian | Aladdin, Cinderella, Mirabel, Tiana | B $59/$37; D $69/$45 | Buffet; secondary costume detail: Prince Ali Aladdin and adventure-look Tiana | — |
| Chef Mickey’s | Contemporary, fourth-floor concourse | Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pluto (secondary roster) | B $62/$41; D $72/$46 | — | — |
| Cape May Cafe | Beach Club | Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy in beach outfits (companions secondary) | B $52/$35 | Breakfast ONLY; dinner has NO characters | — |
| ’Ohana — Best Friends Breakfast | Polynesian Village | Lilo, Stitch, Mickey, Pluto (latter two secondary roster) | B $58/$36 | Family-style; dinner has NO characters | — |
| Topolino’s Terrace — Breakfast à la Art | Riviera rooftop | Mickey painter, Minnie poet, Donald sculptor, Daisy dancer (roles secondary; all four officially named) | B $59/$39 | Prix fixe breakfast; dinner has NO characters | — |
| Story Book Dining at Artist Point | Wilderness Lodge | Snow White, Dopey, Grumpy; Queen separate photo encounter | D $72/$46 | Plated entrée/shared starters and desserts; 2 credits | — |
| Good Morning Breakfast with Goofy & His Pals — Ravello | Four Seasons Resort Orlando on WDW property, NOT Disney-operated | Goofy and pals; Mickey/Minnie secondary roster | B $64/$44 (child age 3–12) | No dining plan; no autographs/table character photos; arrival Goofy photo/digital download | — |
Hours, seasonal outfits and important exceptions
- Hollywood & Vine: official November 7 windows B 8:30–10:30 AM, L 10:45 AM–3:55 PM, D 4–7 PM EST. Official currently says Minnie and friends at breakfast/lunch/dinner, not Disney Junior breakfast. Holiday Dine Nov 4, 2026–Jan 6, 2027; Silver Screen Jan 7–Mar 10, 2027; Spring Mar 11–May 20, 2027. The October secondary comparison said spring date unannounced; current official page supersedes it. Disney
- Ravello source conflict: Disney detail body says Saturday 7–11 AM, later “Thursdays and Saturdays,” and describes prix-fixe entrée; Four Seasons says buffet, Thursdays/Saturdays and select Tuesdays, 7–11 AM EST. Four Seasons specifically lists Nov 24, Dec 22, Dec 29 and Jan 5 upcoming Tuesdays, without explicit years beside those individual dates. Disney confirms no table photos/autographs, arrival Goofy photo, complimentary digital download and no dining-plan participation. RAV FS
- Cinderella’s Royal Table: official greeting is Cinderella in Grand Hall then visiting princesses upstairs (elevator available). Current page says cancel at least 2 hours before or forfeit full experience price; no modifications once confirmed. This is location-specific, not a universal restaurant rule. Exact tax/gratuity-included prepaid checkout total remains unverified; don’t calculate a mandatory extra tip from the secondary “before gratuity” table alone. Disney
- Crystal Palace: Disney explicitly asks guests to plan 90 minutes to interact with all available characters. That is a meal-duration recommendation, not a guarantee every character arrives within 90 minutes. Disney
- Be Our Guest: secondary source describes Beast walking through rooms, not table greetings/photos/autographs; lunch/dinner reported $72/$43 before tax/tip, October 2026 snapshot. Don’t book it to obtain a guaranteed posed Beast photo. PREP
Autographs and photos at meals
Official ’Ohana, Topolino, Cape May and Cinderella pages mention autograph/photo opportunities; Ravello expressly excludes table photos and autographs. Secondary comparison identifies separate PhotoPass opportunities at Chef Mickey’s, Cinderella’s Royal Table and Artist Point, not a photographer following each character to each table. Personal-camera photos remain essential; pre-signed souvenir cards may substitute at some meals, and current format must be checked. PREP RAV
Menu cross-links / division of work
The parallel menus directory now contains dietary/research method and seasonal/festival menus. No individual character-restaurant menu file was present at final link check. Don’t create guessed restaurant links; add exact links as those files appear. The source links above lead to official restaurant pages in the meantime.
Planning synthesis
Choose the character group first, then price/meal style/travel time. A reservation does not guarantee park admission. Resort meals don’t by themselves confer hotel recreation/parking entitlements; validate current arrival instructions. Budget time for seating and character rounds, and tell the server if one character missed your table rather than moving among other tables. No availability or real-time reservation inventory was checked.