Tusker House

Tusker House is located in Walt Disneyworld's Animal Kingdom Park. It is tucked away to the side of the walkway in the Africa portion of the park which has some very amazing and realistic theming (my wife has been to Ethiopia and has stated on both of our WDW trips that this is very close to how it looks architecturally).
We went to a character breakfast which you will need to make reservations for in advance. The food is what you will get at any of the other character breakfasts (waffles, pancakes, bacon, eggs, etc) so if you are expecting any exotic food you will be sorry. However the character access at Tusker House was incredible. We had our family picture with Donald (which they print at the restaurant). We were visited at the table by Daisy, Micky, Minnie, Goofy, and one more that escapes me at the moment. The characters move from table to table so that every kid and adult gets some special time to take pictures, get autographs, or just give a hug. Then the fun starts. The kids are recruited and given an instrument to play and march around the restaurant with to African music (this is very loud so if you have any members of your party who doesn't do loud very well or young infants they may want to step away). This was a blast for my son to start his morning in one of his favorite parks, and be there before it officially opened.

Yes this is an extra cost (as are all character breakfasts), but if you do an early seating you can be fed and in the park and headed to your favorite rides before most people have made it through security.
My overall review of the Tusker House character breakfast is this. Food is basic breakfast fare, service is great the cast members are very helpful and friendly (not in a phony way), character access it the best I have encountered, and theming is great. So if you are planning to do a character breakfast, do this one it was really fun
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Disney's new MyDisneyExperience vacation platform.

MyDisneyExperience is the Disney Resorts newest way to plan and organize your vacation. It gives you one location to make, change, or cancel hotel or advance dining reservations (ADR), choose FastPass+ ride times, and save special event registrations. This is an amazing tool if you have time set aside before your trip to figure out which park you will be in, what time you might want to eat, and what rides you may want to ride. Once you have your trip information in the MyDisneyExperience website it can be tweaked from your smart phone, laptop, or tablet. I am fortunate as my wife is very much a planner and even though there are some things that could vastly be improved on, we now have our trip in hand (via our smartphone apps).

For the moment this information will be used at the Walt Disney World Parks and resorts as your room key, park admission, event tickets, FastPasses, and charge things to your room through the Magicbands (see earlier post on Magicbands). This will probably expand to the other parks as the technology is proven reliable. I will welcome the day when I can go from cruise ship to park and only have one account. 

All your trip information will be stored and accessible so you can go back to review (for things you loved or hated) when planning your next trip. I definitely feel this will be a valuable tool as a person with a small child, and also a mobility impaired person, because it will be easier to notate something that we just didn't care for or had difficulty doing. Tell me how you might feel about this new tool.