Characters

You can’t go all the way to Florida and not be excited to meet your favourite character. Male, female, children or adults if we were all to be truthful we all have our favourite! No matter if I had already met Minnie Mouse that day, if I saw her again an hour later I would be standing impatiently to see her again (much to my mum and dads delight). On our first visit to Florida, we waited one and a half hours just to see Minnie Mouse. Other characters tend not to be in such high demand therefore waiting time isn't as long. Waiting to meet either Minnie or Mickey takes a long time but if you do not want to wait in the long queues you can book breakfast, lunch or dinner with the characters at various venues for example the place we visited was Disney Beach Club Resort. It is a very popular way of meeting the characters so to avoid disappointment book well in advance. They generally come round table to table, stopping to interact with each party. The food at the venue is fantastic too!

Disney offer character dinning at the following venues:

• Disney Beach Club Resort
• Cinderella's Royal Table
• Fantasmic Dinner package
• Chef Mickey's
• The Crystal Palace

If you would prefer just to see the characters and not too bothered about meeting them, Fantasmic is the perfect place to do this. Fantasmic is a show that takes place at Hollywood studios every night, weather permitting. This year we had to attend three separate nights due to the weather. In my opinion, it is worth the wait! The link below shows a small video of the show Fantasmic.

To add to the excitement of the show a lot of people book the Fantasmic dinner package in advance, this includes a meal and VIP seating to watch the show. There are two different locations that you can choose from, a standard dinner package would be:

• The Hollywood Brown Derby: $62.99 for adults; $21.99 for children
• Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano: $44.99 for adults; $17.99 for children

Heading down Main Street in Magic Kingdom you can't miss the Cinderella Castle that is regularly the backdrop for the parade, shows and fireworks that feature many of the beloved Disney characters.

The magic kingdom parade is another way of seeing the characters instead of waiting in the queues. There are different parades that are specific for the time of year, for example:

• Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade
• Easter Pre-Parade
• Main Street Electrical Parade
• Mickeys Boo To You
• Mickeys Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
  
  

YAYYYY during this blog we decided to book Florida again for THIS DECEMBER! So I will be telling you all about what we are planning to do while visiting Florida this year! As always I am SOOO excited!