We did our first character meal at the Crystal Palace. I made PS for 11:30 am and we got to MK at 11:00am on the first day we were there. We only had to wait about 10 minutes to be seated. My DH and I thought the selection and quality of food was very good value for the money. We only had a cup of tea/milk for the DS and a muffin in the am at our condo before we came so we were good and hungry. My DS loved the low buffet table with the kids selections. We met Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, and Piglet and got great pictures with all of them. They circulated around all the tables. Pooh came right up behind DS and surprised him. The look on his face was priceless. We ate so much that we only had a snack later around 6pm, so it was really good value