Cape May Cafe Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast Review

Cape May Cafe Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast features several classic characters dressed in their finest summer outfits. Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast is a fun but often overlooked character meal, which makes booking this delightful Disney World character meal easier than others.

Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast Location

The welcoming blue and white back entrance of Disney's Beach Club Resort which is easily accessible from Epcot's International Gateway

Disney’s Beach Club Resort hosts breakfast with Minnie and friends at Cape May Cafe. This restaurant is easily accessed by guests of nearby Swan, Dolphin, Disney’s Boardwalk, and Yacht Club resorts.

Cape May Cafe is also within easy walking distance of Epcot International Gateway and the Disney Skyliner stop there. This means guests of Riviera, Caribbean Beach, Pop Century, and Art of Animation have a fairly direct route to Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast.

Cape May Cafe Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast Overview

Colorful, folded beach umbrellas, white woodwork, and pale pink walls lend a seaside feel to Cape May Cafe

Cape May Cafe is a large restaurant partially open to the Beach Club Resort lobby. Decorated with colorful, folded beach umbrellas, crisp white woodwork, and faux sand castles, the bright atmosphere perfectly matches the characters’ outfits.

For dinner, Cape May Cafe features a seafood laden buffet without any characters.

Cape May Cafe Minnie Breakfast Buffet Options

A buffet plate with steak and eggs on a tortilla, bacon, smoked ham, Mickey waffle and fresh fruit

Like many Disney World character meals, Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast is a buffet. Cast members only bring drinks and salted caramel beach buns with vanilla glaze to the table. Everything else at Cape May Cafe is self-serve.

Find a diverse variety of options during Cape May Cafe’s Minnie Breakfast. Basics like Mickey waffles, pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, fruit, and hash browns are a staple of the breakfast buffet.

I was excited to find my favorite Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast option, steak and eggs, have returned. These flavorful scrambled eggs with steak and salsa are great alone or pair perfectly with flour tortillas.

Sample more delicious options like smoked ham, biscuits and gravy, crepes, omelets, or poached eggs on a bed of shredded hash browns.  

Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, and scrambled eggs with salsa and steak sit under warmers on the Cape May Cafe Breakfast with Minnie buffet line

The food quality overall is very good at Cape May Cafe Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast. My main complaint is that the dishes were not replenished continuously. This meant we were left waiting for items more than once during our meal.

However, since we had a late morning reservation it’s possible this issue is more pronounced near the end of breakfast.

Cape May Cafe Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast Characters

Breakfast is a bonus, but the real reason we go to Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast is to meet popular Disney characters. Minnie has invited Daisy, Donald, and Goofy to attend this beachy breakfast in cute summer style.

Our Cape May Cafe Minnie Breakfast Character Experiences

Minnie Mouse

Minnie dons a mesh and pink sun hat with her gorgeous pink, blue, and purple striped wrap dress at Cape May Cafe breakfast with Minnie

Minnie arrived at our table in a pink, blue, and purple striped wrap dress finished with a large blue bow. A cute mesh and pink ribbon sun hat completes her adorable look.

Ever the gracious host, Minnie hugged us and immediately “told” me how much she loved my bright blue nails.

Minnie did a great job interacting with our table. We also noticed she effortlessly made rounds through Cape May Cafe engaging everyone during our breakfast.

Daisy Duck

Daisy strikes a pose in her two tone blue dress and colorful headband, flower necklace, and bangle bracelets

Daisy’s accessories, and sass, enhance her signature style. Dressed in a blue two tone skater style dress with flutter sleeves, Daisy has a colorful hair bow, floral necklace, and matching bangle bracelets. 

We had a good laugh as Daisy showed off her accessories and flaunted her modeling skills. Fortunately our server caught a picture of Daisy taking me through some of her favorite poses. 

Donald Duck

Donald poses showing off his striped t-shirt, fun seashell and umbrella Hawaiian shirt, and straw hat perfect for the beach

Donald is ready to hit the beach in a Hawaiian style shirt, striped tee, and straw hat. He was very friendly and funny, but relatively brief when visiting with our group.

Goofy

Goofy makes a hang loose sign in his bucket hat, rash guard, and swim trunks at Cape May Cafe

Goofy arrived at our table in swim trunks, an orange rash guard, and a bucket hat. The sandcastle design on his rash guard coordinates perfectly with the sand castle decor at Cape May Cafe.

Despite his name, Goofy is actually a very sweet character at Cape May Cafe Breakfast. He walked up and immediately gave fist bumps to welcome each of us.

How Much Does Cape May Cafe Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast Cost?

Minnie’s Cape May Cafe Breakfast costs $45 for adults, which includes anyone age 10 years and older. Kids aged 3 to 9 years cost $29 per child while those under 3 years are free.

Cape May Cafe Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast Pros and Cons

Cape May Cafe Minnie Breakfast Pros

Minnie admires a woman's bright blue nail polish as she visits a group at Cape May Cafe Minnie's Beach Bash Breakfast

Since Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast is a less popular Disney character meal reservations are usually easier to find. This is especially true when comparing Cape May Cafe breakfast availability with Topolino’s Terrace or Chef Mickey’s.

A Cape May Cafe character breakfast is also a convenient option for people staying at an Epcot area resort like Boardwalk, Yacht, or Beach Club.

Cape May Cafe Breakfast Cons

Although the buffet is good, the Cape May Cafe Breakfast costs the same as Topolino’s Terrace, but with decidedly inferior food.

Another con of Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast is that some tables are very close together. This makes it hard to get a cute character photo without catching other guests in the background.

Lastly, lack of Disney World transportation to Cape May Cafe is a con for this fun character breakfast. Guests at most Disney World resorts will struggle with transportation to Cape May Cafe since there are no direct buses connecting resorts.

A green Disney Skyliner gondola soars overhead in a blue sky while a sign below points to where guests should access the Epcot line

Guests without Skyliner or walking access can reach Beach Club for Minnie’s Breakfast Bash by taking a ride share or Minnie Van

Another option is taking Disney transportation to Epcot. From here enter the front entrance of Epcot, walk through the whole park, and exit via the International Gateway between the France and UK pavilions. Unfortunately, this option requires a lot of time and a very long walk.

Final Thoughts on Cape May Cafe Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast Character Meal

A woman and Daisy Duck do a silly pose with hands on their hips at Cape May Cafe Minnie's Beach Bash Breakfast

Cape May Cafe Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast is an underappreciated Disney World character meal. The characters do a great job interacting with each table and the food is better than some other Disney World buffets.

Cafe May Cafe Breakfast with Minnie is a great option for guests at Epcot area resorts or those staying at Skyliner resorts. It is also a wonderful back up option if Chef Mickey’s or Topolino’s Terrace are booked, but you really want a character breakfast.

Book your Cape May Cafe Breakfast with Minnie reservation 60 days before your Disney World vacation for the best dining reservation availability.

Cape May Cafe Minnie's Beach Bash Breakfast at  Beach Club Resort is a great Disney World character meal with adorable Disney friends.