I remember Character Tea Parties being held in the Plaza Gardens Restaurant in the afternoons.
You could meet the Character and enjoy unlimited tea / coffee / soft drinks and as many cakes as you could eat from the buffet. I seem to remember that they cost around £15 back then (2005 ish) and it was a cheap way to meet the characters.
Then they stopped for a bit and then they re-started again appearing in the Lucky Nugget Saloon for a bit and then they moved it to Cowboy Cookout.
I wish they would bring these back.
I've done the tea party at Plaza Gardens, and the one at Cowboy Cookout. Plaza Gardens is the perfect venue for a character tea party, its fun, its warm, beautifully themed for a tea party.
The Cowboy Cookout version left me cold (in more ways than one).
Both versions were very popular when they were going on, so bring back the tea party I say .