Texa
06-21-2006, 04:24 PM
My daughter (she turned 4 on the trip) and I attended the Princess tea at the grand floridian on Friday June 10th.
I had thought about purchasing a princess costume for her before the trip but she had a perfectly cute sparkly tinkerbell dress she had worn last halloween that still fit so I decided to just go with that instead. I glad I did! There were many little auroras, cinderellas, belles, one little jasmine complete with a beautiful wig, plus other tinkerbelles! There were also a few that were just dressed up. I don't think anyone felt out of place.
EXCEPT - do I need to tell you that although hubby and DS9 travelled with us to the Grand Floridian (from SOG) they took a look around and at all the little princesses and high tailed it over to Disney Quest for the rest of the afternoon.
When you check in they give you a card with your little princesses name on it. They have the girls gather around the steps to the tea room then call them up on by one. This is done by Rose Petal, who is truly an amazing performer. When each girl was called they placed a little crown on her head and gave the name card to Rose Petal, who greeted the little princess by name, posedfor a picture, then threw actual flower petals in front of the little girls as they are lead (the parent has joined them by this time) to their seat.
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea1.jpg
Their is a an American Girl doll waiting for DD at our table. It took quite a bit of convincing the she got to actually keep the doll. We were served during this time; finger sandwiches, cheese and fruit, crackers, plus tea for the grown ups and apple juice for the children. The set up was beautiful and DD was thrilled that she had her own little tea. There was a bowl of sugar cubes and tongs that fascinated DD. She put a few in my tea just because it was fun for some reason. I also let her eat one (BAD MOM). I have to admit I expected to need to stop somewhere for lunch after the tea but the food was filling! DD and I didn't eat again until dinner time, around 5:30. The tea sandwiches were chicken, shrimp, and egg, I believe. The cake was white with strawberry! Perfect for little princesses!
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea2.jpg
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea4.jpg
While we were eating Rose Petal was singing and telling interactive stories to the children. She was really quite good and made a point to go up to each princess at least once and sit next to her and make her feel very special. She also had a little Rose microphone that she would use to engage us in her storytelling, also having the children wave their wands and sing to their dolls. They also made a big fuss over birthdays and special occasions
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea5.jpg
After a while she gathered the princesses in a group in the center of the room and led them in a little dance around the room to practice being princess-like!
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea3.jpg
As she was doing this Princess Aurora entered the room! She also gathered them around and showed them how be royal ladies. Then there was a lot of one on one time with the cast members including Princess Aurora, who gave each girl a rose and a special hug!
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea6.jpg
There was probably quite a bit of detail about the party that I left out, but each girl was made to feel very, very special and princess-like.
It is quite a bit of money, so is it worth it. Well technically yes but you have to know your child. If your daughter dreams of being a princess, is the type to dress up and have tea parties, it would be more than worth it. If your child would rather make mud pies, climb trees, and ride horses, probably not. I have a feeling my daughter is growing into the latter so this may be our last year for princess activities, but I'm glad I did it once.
I had thought about purchasing a princess costume for her before the trip but she had a perfectly cute sparkly tinkerbell dress she had worn last halloween that still fit so I decided to just go with that instead. I glad I did! There were many little auroras, cinderellas, belles, one little jasmine complete with a beautiful wig, plus other tinkerbelles! There were also a few that were just dressed up. I don't think anyone felt out of place.
EXCEPT - do I need to tell you that although hubby and DS9 travelled with us to the Grand Floridian (from SOG) they took a look around and at all the little princesses and high tailed it over to Disney Quest for the rest of the afternoon.
When you check in they give you a card with your little princesses name on it. They have the girls gather around the steps to the tea room then call them up on by one. This is done by Rose Petal, who is truly an amazing performer. When each girl was called they placed a little crown on her head and gave the name card to Rose Petal, who greeted the little princess by name, posedfor a picture, then threw actual flower petals in front of the little girls as they are lead (the parent has joined them by this time) to their seat.
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea1.jpg
Their is a an American Girl doll waiting for DD at our table. It took quite a bit of convincing the she got to actually keep the doll. We were served during this time; finger sandwiches, cheese and fruit, crackers, plus tea for the grown ups and apple juice for the children. The set up was beautiful and DD was thrilled that she had her own little tea. There was a bowl of sugar cubes and tongs that fascinated DD. She put a few in my tea just because it was fun for some reason. I also let her eat one (BAD MOM). I have to admit I expected to need to stop somewhere for lunch after the tea but the food was filling! DD and I didn't eat again until dinner time, around 5:30. The tea sandwiches were chicken, shrimp, and egg, I believe. The cake was white with strawberry! Perfect for little princesses!
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea2.jpg
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea4.jpg
While we were eating Rose Petal was singing and telling interactive stories to the children. She was really quite good and made a point to go up to each princess at least once and sit next to her and make her feel very special. She also had a little Rose microphone that she would use to engage us in her storytelling, also having the children wave their wands and sing to their dolls. They also made a big fuss over birthdays and special occasions
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea5.jpg
After a while she gathered the princesses in a group in the center of the room and led them in a little dance around the room to practice being princess-like!
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea3.jpg
As she was doing this Princess Aurora entered the room! She also gathered them around and showed them how be royal ladies. Then there was a lot of one on one time with the cast members including Princess Aurora, who gave each girl a rose and a special hug!
http://wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/97849tea6.jpg
There was probably quite a bit of detail about the party that I left out, but each girl was made to feel very, very special and princess-like.
It is quite a bit of money, so is it worth it. Well technically yes but you have to know your child. If your daughter dreams of being a princess, is the type to dress up and have tea parties, it would be more than worth it. If your child would rather make mud pies, climb trees, and ride horses, probably not. I have a feeling my daughter is growing into the latter so this may be our last year for princess activities, but I'm glad I did it once.