Cinderellas Royal Table Lunch
This is a pretty long review. I guess the 2 TS credits are making the review twice as long.
The kids were really looking forward to this lunch.
I made reservations for 12 six months ago before we had 13 people in our party. DSFIL volunteered to sit this one out.
We had reservations for 12:20 and we arrived at 12:10. They ushered us in right away to see Cinderella. There were about 5 families in line before us. Since we were a party of 12 we had 3 picture packages. We decided to split it up into 3 families with DMIL in all of the pictures. The only problem was Dneph 5 who absolutely loves Cinderella got cold feet and wouldnt go anywhere near her.
DSBIL tried to talk him into it and was getting really frustrated. I explained to DSBIL that sometimes we build things up in our minds and then when the real thing appears we just freeze. I told him to have DMIL talk to him.
The teacher magic worked. She was able to carry him and get him in a picture. Dont worry he is a very slight 5 year old.
We had to change our picture plans because it took awhile for DNeph 5 to come around. It was going to be me, DH, DS6, and DS3, then DSIL and her 4 girls and then everybody. Well DSBIL wasnt really paying attention so he just popped himself into my familys picture without his kid.
I would suggest writing out how you plan on taking the pictures and handing it out to everyone beforehand and being a little more forceful if somebody pops in your picture.
We were taken upstairs to our table. It was on the opposite wall of the entrance. Our area was raised above the main floor and there were no windows. The back wall was all booth seats with chairs on the outside of the table. They seated all the children at one table (might have been combined) and the adults next to them at another booth/chair table. Between the two sets of tables we made an L shape.
As we walked in each child was given a sword or wand. As they were handing them out to our kids, Dneph5 didnt want a sword. He wanted a wand. The Castmember gave him a double-take and said Are you sure you want a wand? All of the adults just started nodding yes.
Of course when the girls found out you could get either/or we had all sorts of exchanges going on. When I counted later that night we ended up with 2 wands and 6 swords for 7 kids. Oops!
Only the children with wands were given wishing stars. When I told the waitress she had a castmember come over (within 2 minutes) with a stack of stars. Cant beat that Disney Magic!
The characters were Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Belle and the Fairy Godmother. Only the girls would gather for pictures. The boys took a picture with Snow White (first to visit the table) but then wouldnt take anymore pictures. My DS3 was too busy eating to see princesses. DS6 was too busy playing his Nintendo. Dneph5 was eating and playing with the swords and wands.
The Dnieces got in trouble from me for ignoring the Fairy Godmother. They didnt gather to get her picture. When she came back around I had them get in a picture and told them Its bad luck to dis the Fairy Godmother.
The Dnieces in our group were dressed as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel and Jasmine. DNeph5 had a prince cape and was Prince Charming. DS3 had a pirate vest. Cap'n Jack at your service. DS6 said "No costumes for me!"
Dn4 just loves Aurora.
She was in heaven when she met her. My DH fell in love with Snow White. He just couldnt get over her helium voice.
Next up: An actual review of the food.