It was very
being on Main Street virtually alone, but I didn’t know how cool until we were there a few hours later when it was packed! It was our first visit to MK this trip, and I don’t know that we fully appreciated the emptiness until it wasn’t empty anymore!
Now, about that breakfast: I had read a lot of reviews about CRT before the trip, and found that a lot of them said that it’s overrated. It’s something you should do once, they all said, but it’s too expensive to do it more often than that. I’d also expected the drive-by character interaction that I’d read about. I’m happy to say that since I went in with fairly low expectations, I was really pleasantly surprised and I don’t think we’d hesitate to return.
We stopped for a PP picture near the Partners statue, but then we had to go ahead and get to the castle because my oldest DD needed to use Cindy’s restroom. As early as it was, I expected to find only a few families there for breakfast with Cindy, so I was very surprised to see about 20 people waiting when we entered the castle! The line to meet Cinderella was pretty long, but it probably only took about 15 minutes.
They took our autograph books and had her sign them while we were waiting in line, which robbed us of any interaction between the kids and Cindy while she signed the books. I enjoy that part, because usually the face characters, and even sometimes the non-speaking characters, really like seeing their page in the book. Oh well. They were trying to get us all through the line and up to breakfast; I can appreciate that. We took the elevator to the dining area and we were ready to mingle with royalty!
When we exited the elevator, our server led us straight ahead to the opposite side of the room. It was a little tight back there, with a table directly to the left and against the wall on the right.
The girls are ready for their special breakfast!
We tucked Christian’s chair into the corner of the room, where he could get a good view of the princesses as they approached the table. Hey, he’s almost a teenager! He appreciates a pretty girl as much as the next boy!
The food came quickly, and not only was there plenty of it, but it was also very tasty! They brought out a basket of pastries, then a platter of food for the kids. Kate got a “complimentary” plate of food, and then a selection of more grownup fare for Rick and me. I’m not a big fan of scrambled eggs, so Kate happily ate those for me, but I really enjoyed the rest of my breakfast, especially the blueberry-cream cheese French toast! Yum! As far as the cost is concerned, as I have mentioned, we had to pay for the dining plan for Christian, even though he doesn’t eat. The CRT breakfast is one way that we used this to our advantage. We had 18 adult table service credits to use, so the fact that this breakfast cost us each 2 credits wasn’t that big of a deal.
Of course, we weren't really there for the food! The princesses started at the opposite end of the restaurant, so by the time they came around, we had almost finished our breakfast.
Aurora came by first.
We had never met Belle in her blue dress!
Belle asked if we wanted to take a picture with Christian; of course, we did! Aurora had not offered.
Look how she's holding his hand. Awwww...
Jasmine came by next. She took some time with the girls, while she signed Kate's and Christian's books.
I like this picture, because it really shows that it's not a drive-by interaction
Hmmm...why does Daddy look so happy, and what is Christian looking at?!?!?!?