Thanks, Nana! Our 2008 WDW trip report - updated 6/8 with AK PP photos About This Page:

[Dee161]

What a beautiful family picture. How cool that you almost had Main Street all to yourself. Can't wait to read more about your trip.

[Nimros]

Beth - I just got caught up with your report (now I've got to go back and read the pretrip.) I've laughed, I've cried, I've loved every minute so far!! What a magical trip you're having!!

And - you have a beautiful family. Christian is a very handsome young man and your daughter are just darling; they look full of mischief, too.

I'm so excited to see how the rest of your trip turns out.

[TheThomasFam]

I love your trip report.

Quick Question - How did you make those white t-shirts?? I would love to do that for our family.

[mom to 3 princesses and 1 prince]

Originally Posted by TheThomasFam

I love your trip report.

Quick Question - How did you make those white t-shirts?? I would love to do that for our family.

I bought shirts from jiffyshirts.com and got my designs from some folks on the disboards. Buy t-shirt transfers from an office supply store; there are two kinds, one for light shirts and one for dark. Wash your shirts without fabric softener, print out the designs on the transfers, iron them on an voila! I can get more detailed if you want but that's the basics. I made a family shirt for every day and they turned out really nice. They looked great in all our pictures, as well.

Glad you're enjoying the report! I'll have some more later today.

[mom to 3 princesses and 1 prince]

It was very being on Main Street virtually alone, but I didn’t know how cool until we were there a few hours later when it was packed! It was our first visit to MK this trip, and I don’t know that we fully appreciated the emptiness until it wasn’t empty anymore!

Now, about that breakfast: I had read a lot of reviews about CRT before the trip, and found that a lot of them said that it’s overrated. It’s something you should do once, they all said, but it’s too expensive to do it more often than that. I’d also expected the drive-by character interaction that I’d read about. I’m happy to say that since I went in with fairly low expectations, I was really pleasantly surprised and I don’t think we’d hesitate to return.
We stopped for a PP picture near the Partners statue, but then we had to go ahead and get to the castle because my oldest DD needed to use Cindy’s restroom. As early as it was, I expected to find only a few families there for breakfast with Cindy, so I was very surprised to see about 20 people waiting when we entered the castle! The line to meet Cinderella was pretty long, but it probably only took about 15 minutes.

They took our autograph books and had her sign them while we were waiting in line, which robbed us of any interaction between the kids and Cindy while she signed the books. I enjoy that part, because usually the face characters, and even sometimes the non-speaking characters, really like seeing their page in the book. Oh well. They were trying to get us all through the line and up to breakfast; I can appreciate that. We took the elevator to the dining area and we were ready to mingle with royalty!

When we exited the elevator, our server led us straight ahead to the opposite side of the room. It was a little tight back there, with a table directly to the left and against the wall on the right.

The girls are ready for their special breakfast!

We tucked Christian’s chair into the corner of the room, where he could get a good view of the princesses as they approached the table. Hey, he’s almost a teenager! He appreciates a pretty girl as much as the next boy!

The food came quickly, and not only was there plenty of it, but it was also very tasty! They brought out a basket of pastries, then a platter of food for the kids. Kate got a “complimentary” plate of food, and then a selection of more grownup fare for Rick and me. I’m not a big fan of scrambled eggs, so Kate happily ate those for me, but I really enjoyed the rest of my breakfast, especially the blueberry-cream cheese French toast! Yum! As far as the cost is concerned, as I have mentioned, we had to pay for the dining plan for Christian, even though he doesn’t eat. The CRT breakfast is one way that we used this to our advantage. We had 18 adult table service credits to use, so the fact that this breakfast cost us each 2 credits wasn’t that big of a deal.

Of course, we weren't really there for the food! The princesses started at the opposite end of the restaurant, so by the time they came around, we had almost finished our breakfast.


Aurora came by first.


We had never met Belle in her blue dress!


Belle asked if we wanted to take a picture with Christian; of course, we did! Aurora had not offered.

Look how she's holding his hand. Awwww...


Jasmine came by next. She took some time with the girls, while she signed Kate's and Christian's books.


I like this picture, because it really shows that it's not a drive-by interaction





Hmmm...why does Daddy look so happy, and what is Christian looking at?!?!?!?

More tomorrow....

[wayneava81]

That last pic is so cute! My daughter and I really loved CRT in January.

[piratefreak]

Beautiful pictures. So glad the breakfast was even more than what you hoped for.

[chezp]

What wonderful photos - I'm glad you enjoyed CRT.

[Colexis Mom]

Great time at CRT

[tinkz]

You are making me want September to come faster. I am glad you had a great experience at CRT. My brother & 2 nieces are thinking about going with us next year. My brother already said Aunt Amy will have to take you to eat at the castle. Thanks for the info that makes me feel better.

[B.M.]

Great Update! Seeing your pictures and hearing your review of CRT makes me all the more excited to go next month! Thanks for sharing, cant wait to hear more!

[BlueCinderellaEyes]

I love the last pic with Jasmine!

[CountryTink]

I am so glad that you had such a good experience at CRT. Our dinner experience wasn't so great (drive-by interaction etc.), but after seeing your pics and reading about it, I'm thinking that maybe breakfast is worth a try.

Love the pics with Christian - it warms my heart to see how Belle and Jasmine went that extra step to interact with him.

[mom to 3 princesses and 1 prince]

Originally Posted by CountryTink

I am so glad that you had such a good experience at CRT. Our dinner experience wasn't so great (drive-by interaction etc.), but after seeing your pics and reading about it, I'm thinking that maybe breakfast is worth a try.

Love the pics with Christian - it warms my heart to see how Belle and Jasmine went that extra step to interact with him.

My friend Stacy (Snooky the Disney Mom) and her family did the CRT dinner, and she said the interactions were the same as yours. The princesses kind of walked by the tables and waved but didn't stop for pictures or sign books. Maybe that's just the way they do things at dinner. I'd definitely recommend breakfast!

[Jillybean]

We've always had pretty good interaction at CRT. Our favorite meal there is lunch since it doesn't seem quite as rushed.

I absolutely love little Kate's face in the pictures with the princesses! And, for some reason, I knew that there would be a picture with Jasmine and the guys!

Jill