PHOTOS: Character Breakfast Returns to Hollywood & Vine in Disney World
Another character breakfast is BACK in Walt Disney World!
Hollywood & Vine is reopen!
The Play ‘n Dine experience with Disney Junior characters at Hollywood & Vine in Disney’s Hollywood Studios has officially restarted today and is welcoming guests back for breakfast. We stopped by this morning to see what it’s like to be back and how it compares to the other specialty character dining experiences that Disney has hosted here for Christmas and Halloween!
Atmosphere
Like our previous experiences dining at Hollywood & Vine, there are a few adjustments to the restaurant in order to adhere to the current health and safety guidelines at Walt Disney World. You’ll find plexiglass windows around the restaurant to create barriers between guests and Cast Members and the check-in area is now located outside. They encouraged us to check-in via Mobile Dine Check-In on the My Disney Experience app, as opposed to in-person so that’s what we did!
Hollywood & Vine Check-In Area
Inside, tables are still spread out to allow for appropriate physical distancing between groups and plexiglass has been installed between booth areas. Without all the tables in the restaurant, there’s a LOT more room for characters to dance and play while they make their rounds to say hi.
There’s lots of room for the characters to walk around inside!
When you first enter the restaurant, you can stop for a selfie in front of the retuning Disney Junior Play ‘n Dine background. In the past, you might have found a character in the area to greet you and pose for a photo op, but in the times that Hollywood & Vine has reopened for character dining, that has not returned.
Snap a photo as you enter!
Also, make note that Cast Members are not able to touch your camera to snap the picture, so be prepared to pose for selfie instead!
Characters
All of the classic Disney Junior characters are back for the Play ‘n Dine party so you can expect to meet Fancy Nancy, Vampirina, Doc McStuffins, and Roadster Goofy! While we were dining, the characters came out pretty close in timing so you never went too long without seeing someone.
Hey Nancy!
And, rest assured, Goofy and Nancy are still up to their same shenanigans, doing their little parade dance around the restaurant!
Goofy is very excited to be back!
A little after Nancy and Goofy stopped by, Vampirina made her way over to give us a fun little scare…
Vampirina is BACK!
…and Doc Mcstuffins came over to see how we were enjoying our meal.
Even the Doc was on duty!
In order to maintain a distance, the characters now greet guests from a distance giving tons of waves and even some twirls (from Fancy Nancy, of course). Guests are asked to remain seated at their table as the characters make their rounds and an overhead announcement comes on throughout the meal reminding everyone of that guideline. The characters will stop at each table briefly so you can snap a distanced selfie and share some waves!
Vampirina stopped by too! pic.twitter.com/8J45zdRZzQ
— AJ Wolfe (@DisneyFoodBlog) March 22, 2021
Food
Hollywood & Vine used to be the loving home to a buffet, but that has changed to an a la carte menu due to the new health and safety guidelines. There have been a few menu iterations as the character dining experiences have changed at this restaurant, but we’ve been pretty impressed in the past and were excited to see how this new breakfast tasted! We will be back with a full review of all of these new offerings, so stay tuned!
Now, guests start with a shared pastry basket that includes caramel monkey bread, butter croissants, and blueberry muffins.
Pastry basket for one, please!
And, as if a basket of bread wasn’t enough to make us happy, it’s all served with honey butter!
We’re starting off with a pastry basket which includes monkey bread, croissants and muffins. Served with honey butter! pic.twitter.com/PDQYq6ow6i
— AJ Wolfe (@DisneyFoodBlog) March 22, 2021
We were the first to order the French Toast!
We went for the French Toast stuffed with chocolate-hazelnut spread!
We ordered the French toast stuffed with chocolate-hazelnut spread at the Disney Junior Play ‘n Dine Character Breakfast! pic.twitter.com/9J6kHqo3nO
— AJ Wolfe (@DisneyFoodBlog) March 22, 2021
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