On our recent trip to Walt Disney World, one of the places we wanted to try was Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary. So many times on the monorail, we've zipped through this beautiful hotel and glimpsed Chef Mickey's down below. So we wanted to experience it for ourselves! Back in June, I was able to get a 9:15 pm reservation for our first night at Disney. Because yes - you have to make reservations that far ahead!! But it was oh so worth it!
We spent our first afternoon here at the Magic Kingdom, then went back to the hotel to shower and change for dinner. We decided to drive to the hotel and parked there before taking the elevator up to the restaurant. We got to the hostess stand right at 9:15.
They gave us a pager, and we waited in the lobby for about 10 minutes to be seated - they had a photographer available for pictures, too.
We had a wonderful waiter named Glen who told us about the buffet and took our drink orders.
The main buffet had salads, breads, and lots of entrees and sides. My choices were sloppy joes without the bun, polenta, green beans with a dab of butter, short ribs, grilled chicken with a little honey mustard, and some carved turkey breast. There was also some salad under the ribs, ha!
My son chose chicken, chicken nuggets, bread, and macaroni and cheese. We thought everything was really good. Our waiter was great about removing empty plates and refilling our drinks before we had to ask.
He noticed we had our birthday buttons on (I got them at the check-in desk at Pop Century), and surprised us with a birthday card signed by all of the characters, plus a cupcake to share!
And speaking of characters:
The restaurant has plenty of room, and the decor is bright and fun. After dinner we walked around the hotel a bit and looked at this huge Frozen gingerbread castle! The Christmas decorations were beautiful.
As I mentioned in my previous post, we had the free dining plan, so we had a free table service meal for each day of our stay. So this meal only cost us the 20% tip we left! Without the dining plan, our dinner would have cost $106.50! I highly recommend the dining plan if you want to have lots of character meals!
We truly enjoyed this restaurant and the character interactions. It was a lot of fun and we'll definitely be back next time we visit The Magic Kingdom! Here is a link to the menu if you want to see more of what they offer!
Stay tuned for more Disney posts coming soon!
We spent our first afternoon here at the Magic Kingdom, then went back to the hotel to shower and change for dinner. We decided to drive to the hotel and parked there before taking the elevator up to the restaurant. We got to the hostess stand right at 9:15.
They gave us a pager, and we waited in the lobby for about 10 minutes to be seated - they had a photographer available for pictures, too.
We had a wonderful waiter named Glen who told us about the buffet and took our drink orders.
The main buffet had salads, breads, and lots of entrees and sides. My choices were sloppy joes without the bun, polenta, green beans with a dab of butter, short ribs, grilled chicken with a little honey mustard, and some carved turkey breast. There was also some salad under the ribs, ha!
My son chose chicken, chicken nuggets, bread, and macaroni and cheese. We thought everything was really good. Our waiter was great about removing empty plates and refilling our drinks before we had to ask.
He noticed we had our birthday buttons on (I got them at the check-in desk at Pop Century), and surprised us with a birthday card signed by all of the characters, plus a cupcake to share!
And speaking of characters:
Dessert was awesome - they had so many things to choose from! I didn't take pictures of all the options. David had ice cream with candy on top. I chose these three mini desserts! The key lime tart was my favorite!
As I mentioned in my previous post, we had the free dining plan, so we had a free table service meal for each day of our stay. So this meal only cost us the 20% tip we left! Without the dining plan, our dinner would have cost $106.50! I highly recommend the dining plan if you want to have lots of character meals!
We truly enjoyed this restaurant and the character interactions. It was a lot of fun and we'll definitely be back next time we visit The Magic Kingdom! Here is a link to the menu if you want to see more of what they offer!
Stay tuned for more Disney posts coming soon!
