Dining Review: Cape May Cafe Beach Bash Breakfast

Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast at Cape May Cafe

     To begin our day at Epcot, I got the chance to eat breakfast at the Cape May Cafe. The morning of our reservation, we took a taxi and got to the Beach Club half an hour before our scheduled reservation. Since we were a group of about 20, we had to wait for everyone to arrive before being seated. It was a gorgeous day out so my roommates and I decided to walk around the gardens and enjoy the quiet of early morning. We worked our way back to the main building in time for our reservation.  If you’ve never been before, you will enter the hotel lobby and veer right. The entrance to Cape May Cafe is in the back right corner of hotel lobby’s main atrium.

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      Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast at the Cape May Cafe is a character buffet that includes Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Daisy all dressed in their beach-side best. The hostess seated us and showed us the basics of the restaurant – where to pick up plates, the route for the character meetings (so you could plan when to go to the buffet), etc. It took a few minutes to  get everyone situated across 3 adjoining tables, finishing just in time for Donald arrived in our section! Rather than waiting for him to make the rounds again, we opted for pictures with everyone’s favorite angry bird.

     After autographs, we were served our choice of coffee, tea, soda, or fruit juice. For me, I will ALWAYS choose POG juice! I don’t typically like orange juice, but the combination with passion fruit and guava juices is just perfection. It’s no wonder this juice has a fan club of its own – much like turkey legs and Dole Whip.  Speaking of Disney foods with a cult following, breakfast at Cape May Cafe includes Mickey waffles with a complete toppings bar. The standard breakfast fare (various breads and muffins, sausage/bacon, etc.)  At the time of our visit, several unique items were available on the buffet, such as scrambled eggs with chorizo and cheese grits. The stand-out item for me was, hands down, the create your own crepe bar. I am pretty sure I could live off them. I had a crepe with caramelized bananas, strawberries, and chocolate, but there we so many options for fillings and toppings available!  Have I convinced you yet about the crepes because I’m seriously in love… and now very hungry.