Breakfast fit for a Princess

We recently went to Disney World for a quick weekend trip. It's only a nine or ten-hour drive, so why not? One of the highlights of the trip, for me at least, was the Princess breakfast at Akershus, the restaurant in Norway at Epcot. One of our Disney secrets is that we make breakfast reservations at a park before the park opens -- then we can be in the park when it is empty!

Breakfast was actually really good. It was a buffet for breads, muffins, fruits, cold salads and four kinds of cold fish. I did not try any of the fish, but Jeffrey said they were good. I did have the lingonberry cream cheese, which was delicious. Eggs, potato casserole and breakfast meats were served family style at the table. It's an expensive breakfast, but you do get to see a lot of Princesses.

Once everyone is seated and drinks are being served, it's showtime.
The day we were there, we had visits from Cinderella, Ariel, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. We also had our picture taken with Belle before we entered the dining room; an 8x10 is brought to your table during breakfast. I loved Cinderella's dress. Snow White looked perfect and she even had the Princess voice down pat. Sleeping Beauty and Belle were breathtakingly beautiful. But Jeffrey was right -- Ariel was the best. She looked the part, as they all did. But the woman playing her nailed Ariel's personality. She was friendly, bubbly and she giggled.

Naturally, I wore my tiara, which all the Princesses complimented. It was truly a royal feast, and I didn't even care that we might have been the only family there without a little girl.