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Integrating Meals into the Unofficial Guide Touring Plans
Arrive before the park of your choice opens. Tour expeditiously, using your chosen
plan (taking as few breaks as possible), until about 11-11:30 a.m. Once the park be-
comes crowded around midday, meals and other breaks won't affect the plan's ef-
ficiency. If you intend to stay in the park for evening parades, fireworks, or other
events, eat dinner early enough to be finished in time for the festivities.
Character Dining
unofficial TIP
Bottom line: Young children are the rule, not the exception, at Disney restaurants.
A number of restaurants, primarily those that serve all-you-can-eat buffets and
family-style meals, offer character dining. At character meals, you pay a fixed price
and dine in the presence of one to five Disney characters who circulate throughout
the restaurant, hugging children, posing for photos, and signing autographs. Character
breakfasts, lunches, and dinners are served at restaurants in and out of the theme
parks. For an extensive discussion of character dining .
FULL-SERVICE DINING FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN
NO MATTER HOW FORMAL a restaurant appears, the staff is accustomed to wiggling,
impatient, and often boisterous children. In Disneyland Resort's finest dining rooms,
it's not unusual to find at least two dozen young diners attired in basic black … mouse
ears.
Almost all Disney restaurants offer children's menus, and all have booster seats
and high chairs. Waiters will supply little ones with crackers and rolls and serve your
dinner much faster than in comparable restaurants elsewhere. In fact, letters from
readers suggest that being served too quickly is much more common than having a
long wait.
QUIET, ROMANTIC PLACES TO EAT
RESTAURANTS WITH GOOD FOOD and a couple-friendly ambience are rare in the theme
parks. Blue Bayou at Disneyland Park satisfies both requirements. In Disney Cali-
fornia Adventure, the Wine Country Trattoria offers one of the quietest and more
relaxed environments, along with a California wine country-inspired menu, while the
elegant Carthay Circle Restaurant ranks as one of the best restaurants in any theme
park. Among the hotels at the resort, Napa Rose at the Grand Californian Hotel &
Spa is the leading candidate for a romantic adult dining experience. At Downtown
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