Make the Magic

Of all the trips to Disney parks I’ve taken, I’m always up for finding some new secret, some new surprise that I didn’t know that existed. Though you may not find what about I’m to reveal to be all that secret, it’s something I never really thought of taking part in until I met KP.

That secret, my friend, is breakfast.

Like I said, not the biggest news I could reveal to you. But let me explain. My family owns a timeshare just off Disney property, so there was never a real need for us to leave the room for the first meal of the day. Fresh fruit, bread for toast, orange juice – all these things we stocked up the fridge with, so we could have a proper start to our day.

On our few trips to Disneyland, we always seemed to stay at a place that offered free breakfasts, or we ate a place outside the parks.

That’s not to say we never ate breakfast in the parks. One of my fondest memories is going for a Character Breakfast at Epcot Centre. I got to meet Mickey and Minnie in their outer space wear…. How could that not stick in this scifi geek’s brain? Unfortunately years have taken away the Stargate Restaurant and it’s great character breakfast, to be replaced with the miserable Princess Breakfast at Akershus, in the Norway Pavilion.

And so my tale of breakfasts really begins.

During out time on the WDWICP, KP and Cee had decided that the Princess Character Breakfast should be on our WDW To Do List. It sounded like a good idea to me, so on a day we all had the morning off, we tried it.

If Disney were to have an off day, this was it. The restaurant itself is dark and not very welcoming. Most of the staff had been crunchy, likely due to being up so early. The food was lousy, and ended up making all three of us sick. The Akershus was very much a miss for all of us.

It wasn’t until we planned a trip to Disneyland the following spring that I truly discovered what KP was raving about.

Cee ordered Oscar's Choice.

It was tradition for KP to have breakfast at the Carnation Café, so it’s where we spent our first morning. The staff at the Carnation Café that morning were incredibly friendly, representing everything about cast members that guests expect. Our waiter recommended Oscar’s Choice: scrambled eggs and cheese, potatoes, croissant and sausages. Cee was sold. KP had to go with her traditional Croissantwich: scrambled eggs, cheese, and ham on a croissant. And I went with Mickey waffles.

KP and her Croissantwich.

Mickey. Waffles. No I’m not joking!

Mickey Waffle for the win.

If waffles in the shape of my favourite Disney character’s face couldn’t change my mind about breakfast in the Parks, I don’t know what would. Combined with the ambiance of Main Street, in the place that Walt built – eating cold cereal in a condo just doesn’t compare.