You get what you pay for...

Our rundown Disney hotel had "free" breakfast. Americans should note that this means"continental" breakfast, consisting of bread and cold cuts. There's also coffee, juice and milk.

Our travel agent had booked breakfast for us at the park, which may be better but was less convenient for us (or so we imagined). We ate breakfast at the hotel all three mornings.

Breakfast time is a true cattle car experience, with throngs of hungry tourists cramming into the giant cafeteria to load up on free food before handing over an internal organ for food inside and around the parks (more on this racket later).
The tables are grimey and a flock of small birds flies around inside the cafeteria. While the birdies don't really seem to bother anyone, one wonders where all their poop ends up. We luckily avoided any avian "spackling".

The best part of breakfast at the hotel was the characters that showed up in the reception area to take pictures with the kids. This was a great way to start the day.