Restaurant Review: 1900 Park Fare - breakfast

Next up in my review of Walt Disney World restaurants is 1900 Park Fare, located on the ground floor of the Grand Floridian Resort. This is an all-day character meal featuring Alice, the Mad Hatter, Mary Poppins, Pooh and Tigger (characters are, of course, subject to change). We had the opportunity to have breakfast at this nicely themed restaurant.

Speaking of the theme, let's start there. Obviously this is themed to fit in with the Grand Floridian itself, so the restaurant has a Victorian feeling about it. Lots of white and pale colors. 1900 Park Fare features a buffet-style breakfast with a full-service made-to-order omelet station. The offerings on the buffet are a little more limited than you would find at, say Chef Mickey's or Crystal Palace. The omelet station, in my opinion, more than makes up for this. They do offer Mickey waffles, so it met my kids' expectations.

More on the omelet station: a chef is on hand taking order for omelets with a slew of ingredient options. I had a chance to strike up a conversation with him as he was fixing no less than six omelets at a time. He gave me a few pointers for preparing omelets (I was having trouble getting mine to flip).

Also on the buffet is the infamous Strawberry Soup. Although the name says "soup," I would liken it more to a thin spread or a kind of dip. It was wonderful! I would take strawberry segments and dip them through the strawberry soup to create a intense strawberry flavor. It also was quite good with pastries, or by itself. For anyone looking for the recipe to this delicious concoction, check out the Cooking with the Disney Chefs book available in many stores on WDW property.

As for the characters, they were great. Alice and the Mad Hatter were especially fun! Mary Poppins was appropriately reserved and Pooh and Tigger were their usual fun selves.

If you're thinking about dining at this restaurant, be sure to plan ahead as 1900 Park Fare is pretty popular, so an ADR is a must. While you're waiting to be seated, be sure to take in all the grandeur that is the Grand Floridian lobby, especially if you're visiting during the holidays.

Now at dinner time (I have not dined here at dinner, but walked by many times), other characters can be seen including Cinderella AND Prince Charming (I think this is the only character dinner he can be found). Also on hand is Cinderella's Cruel Stepmother, Lady Tremaine and her evil daughters, Driscella and Anastasia. I believe Alice and the Mad Hatter are also there, but I'm not positive (again, characters do change).

I hope you have a chance to visit 1900 Park Fare - it's worth the ADR!