Cape May Café Character Breakfast Review 2024

We recently visited Cape May Café at Disney's Beach Club Resort and are eager to share our experience with you in our Cape May Café review! We'll dive into all the details of everything you need to know when considering this character breakfast option. 

Who doesn't love a character meal? They're so much fun and are a great way to meet your favorite Disney pals without the long lines! However, you might wonder which experience is right for you. With many options out there, it can take a lot of work to choose the right one. Plus, and more importantly, are they worth it?

So, grab your sunhat and keep reading our Cape May Café review to learn more! We have reviewed many of the character breakfasts at Disney World.

Cape May Café Restaurant

Cape May Café is located inside of Disney's Beach Club Resort. If you're unfamiliar with this beautiful resort, you can learn more from our review here. In short, however, Disney's Beach Club resort is located in the EPCOT resort area right on the waters of Crescent Lake. It's a beautiful New England-style resort with many soft colors and relaxing vibes. It even recently renovated its rooms and public spaces, so it's looking great!

You might recall that this resort is home to the sprawling Stormalong Bay pool. It's a massive pool area that some say can even be considered a waterpark! This makes this location very popular for all ages, so be sure you have time to wander around the resort if you're visiting for a meal!

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How to Book Cape May Café Reservation

Cape May Café is a trendy restaurant, so you'll want to be sure you snag a reservation as early as possible. While our review reflects the character experience, it is also open for dinner. Breakfast is served from 7:30-11:30 am and dinner from 5:00-9:00 pm. If you're curious about other character breakfasts, we have all you need to know in our Disney World character dining guide.

If you don't get a reservation right away, don't panic! Reservations open up regularly, so be persistent and check the My Disney Experience app regularly. You can get lucky and find a reservation that meets your needs! From our experience, the character breakfast is usually more challenging to book, so keep that in mind while planning. Note that the characters do not come out during the dinner service.

Pricing, as with all character meals, is certainly not inexpensive. Breakfast prices are as follows:

• $47 per adult, plus taxes and gratuity
• $30 per child, plus taxes and gratuity

For dinner, prices are as follows:

• $47 per adult, plus taxes and gratuity
• $27 per child, plus taxes and gratuity

Cape May Café Restaurant Vibe

The restaurant is located just off the lobby and showcases a soft color palette with soothing beach vibes. You can expect to see many soft whites, creams, and coral colors. You'll also notice many beach touches and nods to a turn-0f-the-century coastal resort. While it's not the biggest restaurant, it is undoubtedly decently sized, with many seating options for small and large parties. We enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and the recently refreshed colors and decor.

The restaurant comprises one large general seating area with the main buffet in the center. However, a small overflow room is located just behind the hostess area. While the decor is just as lovely in there, it does feel a bit tucked away and removed from the action, so if that is a problem for you, it's fair to request a seat in the main dining area.

Upon entering, you'll also notice a make-your-own omelet station. This was a nice perk, and the lines were never too long. They offered lots of toppings and mix-ins, so make the perfect omelet!

Cape May Café Review: Meal Experience

Upon arriving at your table, you'll find an adorable keepsake postcard with all the characters you'll meet during the experience. We find touches like this lovely, especially given the hefty price tag!

You can choose from various beverages, including coffee, orange juice, milk, and guava juice. If you're a fan of ‘Ohana, you'll instantly recognize that the guava juice is also the Pog juice from that restaurant!

We also need to mention the famous Salted Caramel “Beach Buns.” These were brought out to the table right away and were delicious! They're served with a warm vanilla sauce that oozes down the yummy bread. Once we had a bite, we knew it would be hard to resist!

The waiter clarified that you won't have to worry about getting up to go and meet any of the characters. Instead, she explained that the characters would make regular rounds and go to each table. While you hear this a lot for character meals, we were pleasantly surprised that this was indeed the case. All of the characters made sure to get to each table. More on that later!

Cape May Café Food Review

Let's talk food! After all, this is still a meal, and while we were excited about the characters, we were also hungry and were looking forward to a filling meal before hitting the parks.

Cape May Café is a buffet-style restaurant that allows you to eat all you care to enjoy. When you look online, you won't find the menus too helpful as buffet selections can change, but it does give you an idea. The breakfast menu can be found here, and dinner here.

We found the offerings to be plenty. Since it was a breakfast service, we anticipated the usual eggs, bacon, sausage, etc. However, we were also happy to see a fruit and yogurt bar and some unique breakfast options, such as breakfast tacos and crêpes!

Enjoy the sights of the buffet!

And lastly, yes, there were Mickey and Minnie waffles! We may have eaten more than we care to share, but they were so good and always fresh! Upon seating, the syrup was brought to the table, so you never went without it.

Now for the quality and taste. Did we find that the food was good? Yes! Again, breakfast options only go so far, but the food was delicious. All the options were fresh and warm and did not feel like they had been sitting for a while. We noticed that the serving platters were turned regularly, which helped keep it tasting fresh.

Drinks were also refilled very quickly! They are also all you care to enjoy, so it was nice not to have to worry about rationing any of that delicious guava juice!

We did not try the omelet station, but the smells from the station were delicious and popular. This leads us to believe that they were just as good. We did not have enough space in the tummy after those mickey waffles!

Cape May Café Review Disney Characters

Alright, now for the fun! This is a character experience, after all. After being seated, the first character only took about 15 minutes to reach our table. Up first, we met Donald Duck! Dressed in his beach attire, he was fun to interact with and happy to pose for pictures!

Honestly, this is where we felt the magic. We noticed that not once did any of the characters feel rushed. Each time, we decided when it was time for them to move on after pictures and some fun “conversation.” We've experienced other character experiences that felt rushed, so this was a refreshing pace.

Up next, Minnie made her way over to us! This was when we noticed all the characters wore the outfits we first saw in the souvenir postcard waiting at our table. We had a lot of fun seeing the looks come to life before us! Minnie was a lot of fun and also spent plenty of time at our table and posed for as many pictures as we wanted.

Daisy soon followed, and we also had much fun with her. It's neat to see their different personalities come out and compare how they engaged with us. We found Daisy to be very playful and a bit spicy!

They might have saved the best for last. Our last meeting was with Goofy! Once we got over how tall(!) he was, we had a great time with him. Goofy is such a character and really knows how to start the party! After he chatted with us and took many photos, we saw him create a “surfing” party with the little ones. Music was cued, and seeing the young at heart showing off their imaginary surf skills was adorable!

We appreciated the constant but well-timed flow of meet and greets. In just about an hour, we met all the characters and enjoyed a great meal. We had about 10 minutes or so between each character interaction, so we also never felt that we needed to eat quickly. Considering that neither of the characters had cast members guiding them, we were impressed with the easy flow!

Cape May Café Review: Was it Worth it?

This one is easy. We give this a firm yes! The Cape May Café character breakfast is definitely worth it. Not only do you get to enjoy a wonderful meal, but you cannot beat the opportunity to meet lots of your favorite Disney pals. This alone is so worth it, considering that you can sometimes wait hours in line to meet the fun pals. This is how we can easily see that this experience gives you lots of bang for your buck.

We also must say that if you happen to be staying at the resort, it's incredibly convenient to walk down into the lobby and enjoy a wonderful meal. While no one we saw was in pajamas, we definitely saw some hotel guests come down in their comfy outfits! It's also convenient not to travel far for a meal before hitting the park. In this case, given its proximity to EPCOT, it's the perfect meal.

Overall, we were incredibly pleased with our experience and recommend it!

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