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sausage, and ham; hash browns; waffles or French toast; biscuits, rolls, or pastries;
and fruit. With family-style service, the meal is served in large skillets or platters at
your table. The character breakfast at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, for example,
is served family-style and consists of typical breakfast fare such as eggs, bacon and
sausage, and Danish pastries. Seconds (or thirds) are free. Buffets offer much the
same fare, but you fetch it yourself.
Character dinners range from a set menu to buffets to ordering off the menu.
Character-dinner buffets, such as those at 1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian and
Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary Resort, separate the kids' fare from the grown-
ups', though everyone is free to eat from both lines. Typically, the children's buf-
fet includes hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, fish sticks, chicken nuggets, macaroni and
cheese, and peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. Selections at the adult buffet usually
include prime rib orother carved meat, baked orbroiled Florida seafood, pasta, chick-
en, an ethnic dish or two, vegetables, potatoes, and salad.
At all meals, characters circulate around the room while you eat. During your
meal, each of the three to five characters present will visit your table, arriving one at
a time to cuddle the kids (and sometimes the adults), pose for photos, and sign auto-
graphs. Keep autograph books(with pens) handy and cameras ormobile phones at the
ready. For the best photos, adults should sit across the table from their children. Seat
the children where characters can easily reach them. If a table is against a wall, for
example, adults should sit with their backs to the wall and children on the aisle.
