being tourists

If you have a Princess, or two, or three! Then a character lunch or dinner is the way to go! Let's face it if you go to an amusement park then you know waiting in line is a must but, I can stand it if theres at least a five second joy ride waiting at the end! Line waiting for characters was the absolute worst! Character lunches are good since it beats standing in line out in the heat for you to get to the front of the line and then have the characters walk away right before you get your picture!

We reserved a lunch at Cinderella's Castle, the occassion of course was to celebrate my youngest birthday who turned 3 the week before we were in Orlando. They have a limited menu but your sitting in air conditioning! The characters are walking around & they come to you! So have your cameras and autograph books ready! Yes, it is expensive but, then again what isn't at Disney? Included in our package was an entree, dessert, and of course a birthday cake! Plus the luxury of having all the princesses come to us vs chasing them all over the park (that was the best part!) Something to consider though is the fact that we made the reservations 6 months in advance!

A dinner show attraction that consists of air acrobatics, high action sword fights, damsels in distress, and bad pirates turning good!  They get the audience involved which makes it a real treat!  My oldest girls loved it, they even got called up on stage to become honorary pirates!  However it is pricey and the food is very cafeteria-ish(but edible, it's not horrible!) 

When you fisrt arrive, they lead you into a great big room with a full service bar, souvenir shops, and they have appetizers ready and waiting for you!  You get to observe a mini show here which leads to the bigger show in the dining area, they will also get your picture here with pirate hats and swords on, they also have face painting here for the kiddos(at an extra charge of course.)  You wait approximatly 30-45 minutes in this area.  Finally the doors to the dining area open they have assigned sitting so no need to rush in to get the best seat!  Seats are color coded and go by price!  You sit your waiter comes gives two choices for your meal, they place coke, tea, and beer pitchers as well a carafe of wine in front of you so you can pick your beverage of choice. The dining area is a big circular theater like structure and in the middle they have a huge pirate ship surrounded by water, it's actually quite impressive! The show is interesting like I said with high audience involvement lots of cheering, screaming, singing to get your pirate the highest points!

All in all the price you pay is a little more than needed.  However my two oldest girls had an amazing time so, when it's all said and done I guess if we were to go again we would do this show again! The website I included gives you all the booking info and prices you need :)