I want to start off this post by saying that WE LOVE CHARACTER MEALS at Disney!  For our first several trips, I thought that the character meals were a waste of money, since you had opportunity to meet many of the characters throughout the parks - why should you pay extra for a meal with them?  Then, when we were planning our trip in 2005, we had extra money (Disney points) from our Disney Visa, and decided to use it toward a character meal.  We chose the Lunch with Pooh and Friends at the Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom.  We loved it - the kids loved the interaction with the characters during lunch, and Brian and I were impressed with the atmosphere and the food.  It was a nice time to sit down and relax in the middle of what can be a busy and hectic day; and it provided plenty of time for one-on-one interaction with the character.

So, when we got together with our friends to plan this past trip, we knew we wanted to do not one, but two, character meals this time around.  We weren't sure if our friends would want to do any character meals, since they were only traveling with a baby; but they quickly said they wanted to do whatever we were doing.  They didn't care which meals we chose, so we allowed the girls to pick.  They wanted to do the Pooh Lunch again; and this year they added the Princess Breakfast at Norway (in EPCOT) to the line-up of plans. 

Here are some pictures from our Breakfast with the Princesses: