My family’s favorite restaurant at Walt Disney World is Chef Mickey’s at the Contemporary Resort. We try to get a reservation at this restaurant every trip. It is a hard reservation to get because guests are able to get pictures and autographs of the Big 5 (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto), only have to wait around an hour to do, and they get to eat a meal while they wait for the characters to come to them. I recommend getting reservations about 6 months in advance. (Even by the time your trip comes, you can still cancel. I don’t recommend changing your reservation time, because that will be so much harder.)
Atmosphere
The “Contemporary” Chef Mickey sign greets guests as they enter the restaurant. All guests must check-in where they …show more content…
Still, the characters do an excellent job of moving throughout the restaurant quickly for pictures, autographs, and interactions with the guests. The characters that you meet are Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Pluto.
Food
Dinner
The menu doesn’t vary that much for day-to-day or week-to-week. It is standard buffet with a salad bar, a pasta bar, some roasted chicken and/or pork, and carving station featuring ham and/or roast beef.
The buffet even has a kids section which is set low enough for kids to walk up and get food on their own. Kids will find chicken nuggets, Mickey shaped mac-and- cheese, and pizza. Veggies are available to usually in the form of corn and green beans.
There are a wide variety of desserts from key lime pie, cheesecake, brownies, and cookies. The two best desserts are the soft serve machine (because who doesn’t like to make an ice cream cone as tall as they are?) and the Mickey Domes which is a Oreo cookie with a scoop of chocolate mousse set on top with little chocolate ears.
Tip: If you are celebrating a birthday (like I did) you get seated, and get a gold napkin instead of red, like everyone else gets.
Atmosphere
The “Contemporary” Chef Mickey sign greets guests as they enter the restaurant. All guests must check-in where they …show more content…
Still, the characters do an excellent job of moving throughout the restaurant quickly for pictures, autographs, and interactions with the guests. The characters that you meet are Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Pluto.
Food
Dinner
The menu doesn’t vary that much for day-to-day or week-to-week. It is standard buffet with a salad bar, a pasta bar, some roasted chicken and/or pork, and carving station featuring ham and/or roast beef.
The buffet even has a kids section which is set low enough for kids to walk up and get food on their own. Kids will find chicken nuggets, Mickey shaped mac-and- cheese, and pizza. Veggies are available to usually in the form of corn and green beans.
There are a wide variety of desserts from key lime pie, cheesecake, brownies, and cookies. The two best desserts are the soft serve machine (because who doesn’t like to make an ice cream cone as tall as they are?) and the Mickey Domes which is a Oreo cookie with a scoop of chocolate mousse set on top with little chocolate ears.
Tip: If you are celebrating a birthday (like I did) you get seated, and get a gold napkin instead of red, like everyone else gets.