Do you like to dine with royalty? Of course you do and there is no better place then at the Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, located in Epcot. This meal is a combo family style/buffet for breakfast and off a menu for lunch and dinner.
Your meal starts with with a picture with Belle. There is a Photopass Photographer there to capture the magic.
If you book a 8:00am breakfast you get into the park early and can enjoy a few pictures with no one else around. It is quite a hike all the way back to the Norway pavilion in the World Showcase. Make sure you keep the walk in mind when planning your arrival time. It can take a good 10 to 15 minuets to walk from the front gate to Norway.
A look at the food. The plate in the middle of the table is what comes for the family style part of breakfast. It has eggs, bacon, sausage, and an egg bake. You can ask for a refill because it is all you can eat. The food on our plates is from the buffet. Lots of fruits and pastries to choose from. Breakfast is American food but lunch and dinner is Norwegian inspired.
When you travel with a 1 and almost 3 year old they both ate for free that day. Buffets and Family style is great when you have someone under 3 with you, even if Alden ate the menu.
A little older but the plate does not look much different.
Clair at the age of one. This bagel kept her entertained for a while.
Now for the real reason we are here, the PRINCESSES. You never know who you will get. They will not guarantee you certain ones. Aurora(Sleeping Beauty) made it to our table first.
Then we got a visit from a mermaid. These were the types of pictures that we learned from. You need to get up to take the pictures so you don't have a plate of half eaten food in them.
Look we are getting smarter by the time Snow White stopped by.
Mulan made Alden giggle.
Clair on the other hand at the age of one was terrified of the princess. You never know how little kids will react. If only you could hear the screams coming from such a small person.
Cindy, Sam, Clair, and a bagel.
Samantha has always liked Snow White and loved meeting her while wearing her dress. In about 2010 the wearing costumes to Disney parks trend was just starting to take off. In 2015 almost every little girl at a meal like this is dressed up. In 2008 we can not find a single dress in the back grounds of our pictures.
Lastly Aerial stopped by. This might be the best picture of Clair with a princess.
They have a little princess parade around the dinning rooms. Smiles from all the little princesses.
Out front we got a picture with the Girls working from Norway. We always try to have the kids interact with the Castmembers from around the world.
We have only eaten breakfast at Akershus because we are just not brave enough to have a Norwegian-inspired meal for lunch or dinner. At lunch and Dinner you get an appetizer and a choice of entrees and dessert.
This meal is one of the best uses of a Disney Dining Plan table services credit because it is an expensive meal.
It is One Credit on the Disney Dining Plan. An ADR (Advanced Dining Reservation) is required and should be booked well in advance. 180 days is recommend if you want to have your choice of times. The 8:00am tends to fill up first. People like to do this because you can be done eating right about the time the park opens. However by the time you walk back to Sorin' or Test Track lines would already be formed.
You can see the whole menu HERE.
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall is located in Epcot and a park ticket is required for entry.
Over all we really enjoy this meal. It is a great alternative to Cinderella's Royal Table in the Magic Kingdom. You get to meet many princess and it is only one Credit. For the younger kids it is nice to mix into your afternoon/evening at Epcot.
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