what is the best character dinner for a 5 year old girl

[beckygeiger]

We are going to Disney World this summer, during the week of my daughters 5th birthday. I was thinking of planning 1 Character dinner that has good characters, good food and not totally expensive. We went 2 years ago and did the Cindarella dinner at the floridian but the food wasnt great and she wouldnt eat anything and we spent over $100.

does anyone have any suggestions that you and your kids liked?

[crazybones27]

Maybe ask her which ones she'd like to eat with first. We did Chrf Mickey's for the first time for breakfast and enjoyed it. I've never done any character dinners but will be on our trip this April. We're going to do the Garden Grill. It has Mickey, Pluto, and Chip and Dale. I've read good reviews about it. Check out the restaurant section of www.disboards.com for some reviews. Good luck!

[Bliss44]

We LOVE the Crystal Palace.

[Pawadee]

We just got back last week. I didn't want to leave :-) My daughter  like dinner with Cinderella at 1900 Park Fare. It was not as expensive as at the Castle in Magic Kingdom. She dressed up in Cinderella dress that I brought with us. I think almost every girls dress up at that dinner. I like the food there. My husband like Chef  Mickey's. It's fun.

[beckygeiger]

we haven't told her yet, we were thinking of surprising her for her birthday so i am trying to pre-plan everything

[veggietalesmom]

We are leaving for WDW on Saturday.

The princess dinner we scheduled is Akershus Royal Banquet Hall in Epcot. I have heard great reviews and our friends that go every year w/ kids our age (7 and 9) love it.

Have a good time.

[TigerofMu]

What about Disneyland?  What advice do you have there?

[danarae1976]

We did the Chef Mickey's breakfast.   All the kids 7 1/2, 5 1/2, 4 1/2, and 2 1/2 had a good time.    The food was really good and the prices weren't bad.