Originally Posted by
123LuckyMom
Maybe the best plan is to do nothing character related on arrival day but do CP for dinner on AK day and Chef Mickey's for late breakfast on departure day.
One other thought on characters - we just got back last night and did 3 days at Disneyworld last week (and followed up with 2 1/2 days at Universal). We used the My Disney Experience app to track when characters would be at official meet and greets and for the two (Winnie the Pooh Characters and Goofy/Pluto) that were super important to my kiddos, I got in line early (15-30 min ahead of time) and we were in and out (with memory maker pics which are always better than mine that I get at character meals) in about 15 min once the characters showed up. With the exception of Cinderella's Royal Palace, I never think that the character meal experiences are that much better than the meet and greets. We did Tusker House for lunch at AK and characters were ok and we also did Be Our Guest and did the Beast meet and greet afterwards.
Mom to a DD (8/02) and a DS (6/05)