We ate in the castle once when my oldest daughter, (now 11) turned 6. Seeing her light up as each princess came to the table and spoke with her, was priceless. We had dinner and it was pretty good. Not $75/plate good, but enjoyable. It was a rediculous amount of money, but I'm glad we did it.
A few years later, my family returned when my twin daughters were 5 and oldest daughter was 9. This time we had breakfast. Again, I thought the food was very good. I had the stuffed french toast. However, the experience didn't live up to my memories. It felt rushed - sign the book, take a picture, move onto the next table. I'm not sure if that's the way things are now, to accommodate more guests, or maybe we just got the "b" team of face characters. There just wasn't much interaction.
We won't go back again, as I think there are far better experiences for the money in WDW, but if this is something your little prince or princess dreams about, it may be worth it to your family.
Visits - too many to count!
DVC Members since 2010
OKW May 2011
BLT Jan 2012
OKW Dec 2013
OKW March 2015
OKW November 2016
While it may be a "worth trying once for the experience"...if that's what you want to try, go for it. If you would rather save money and have a better experience with better food, I would do Akershus in Norway if it's a princess character meal your looking for.
~*~Tonya~*~
1st = 1992
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Paying OOP I wouldn't do it. We have ate here several times for the experience but honestly the food has not been that great in the past few years. There are plenty of other character meet and greet opportunities that you don't have to pay an arm and a leg for.
