Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique ~ ALL you need to know + Tons of Pix ~ Updated 10/2012

[Mom2Lindsey]

Hey you guys! I've been gone for the past couple of weeks to WDW. Yay! We had so much fun. I just didn't want you to think I was ignoring you. I came home to a full mailbox asking about Beverly's information. Before I left some of you told me you were having some troubles with delivery and do forth. (Excuses being made for dealyed packages) Not sure what's up w/ that. I've had delays myself but always got my stuff sooner or later. I don't know Beverly personally. I met her through ebay and that's it. I don't have time to answer all the PM's and emails so here is what you all need to do. Go to ebay and search wantsnneeds4u. That is her ebay ID. Sometimes she has dresses listed, sometimes not. I always asked for my things via email and dealt through paypal, not ebay. You can try and do the same. I hope everyone is doing well.

We did try out the BBB inside the castle this time (I was very disappointed I must say). I thought for sure it'd be better than DTD but I was WRONG! It was our last time. It's just not magical anymore. The FGIT's seemed bored and never smiled (they were always upbeat and friendly over at DTD) The kids didn't seem to have a good time either. I saw at least three kids ask to remove their "hair" and "crowns" before they ever stepped down from the chairs. I don't know if DTD has changed or not but I do not recommend the BBB at the MK. More on this later onceI get settled down from my trip.

WOW! I'm actually glad someone else could validate my feelings. That's too bad. You could even see the FGIT with a "puss" on in my pictures. Not for one minute did she make a connection with DD. And she happened to be from the town next to ours in NY too.

 

[jennwndrlnd]

We did try out the BBB inside the castle this time (I was very disappointed I must say). I thought for sure it'd be better than DTD but I was WRONG! It was our last time. It's just not magical anymore. The FGIT's seemed bored and never smiled (they were always upbeat and friendly over at DTD) The kids didn't seem to have a good time either. I saw at least three kids ask to remove their "hair" and "crowns" before they ever stepped down from the chairs. I don't know if DTD has changed or not but I do not recommend the BBB at the MK. More on this later onceI get settled down from my trip.

I just wanted to chime in and say that DD5 and I went to the DTD location on Sept.1 and we had a wonderful time! There were two things I noticed:they were very busy (every chair filled at 10 a.m.) but we got in within minutes of our reservation, and the Photopass person had a hard time keeping up while in the salon. We had a couple shots of another child on our PP card in fact. Other then that the FGIT were wonderful and talkative and the photogs at customer relations that do the shoot afterwards are WONDERFUL! There was one man taking the photos and another posing the children and changing the set- he in particular was great and got even the youngest children to give big smiles. We only did the Crown Package with hair, makeup and nails, but all the photos go on your PP so I didn't feel like we "missed" anything. DD already had her dress, shoes and wand and didn't want the tiara since she chose the princess hairdo that came with one. I felt it was really worth the memory and she wore her hair that way for two days before wanting to take it out for the Alice Tea Party. After all we needed it down so it could be more Alice-like! I will try and post some photos within the next couple days.

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Our appointment was a little after 9am. Four of our crowd had it done so we were in there for a while. The atmosphere was not as Magical as it had been all the times before. At DTD the FGIT's seemed more upbeat and friendly. In the castle it was really quiet (although busy) and people seemed like they were at the DMV rather than a cool place like Disney. It was different! Beautiful though. My DD enjoyed herself. Her hair fell later in the evening and we had to go get a new crown (the jewels fell out). When we went back to get a crown another FGIT redid her hair without being asked and that was very nice of her. That bun lasted through the next day too. As I said before when Ines did her hair it lasted for 2-3 days and even then I had to bring it down! This time her hair fell in about 3 hours. It's different now. We first did this back in August of 2006 (shortly after they started BBB). I think this was our fifth time? Each time the quality of service goes down. I don't know if it's the norm now or what but both girls had ther nails done and were given two bottles of new polish to keep. Before they were given the one bottle their nails were painted with. Some of the other kids in there were freaked out. They really didn't want to be there and a couple of them finished their makeovers and started pulling the stuff out as soon as they got out of the chair. I felt so bad for the moms and the little girls. I never saw this at DTD. A couple of times I saw little girls start out iffy but the FGIT made them comfortable and they ended up enjoying their experience. The MK location was different. If we do it again we'll go back to DTD even though I HATE the WOD store!

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

WOW! I'm actually glad someone else could validate my feelings. That's too bad. You could even see the FGIT with a "puss" on in my pictures. Not for one minute did she make a connection with DD. And she happened to be from the town next to ours in NY too.

That's what I mean...no connection at all. At DTD the FGIT's were really good to the kids and so upbeat and HAPPY. I cropped the FGIT out of my pics......ours looked to be having a really bad week.

 

[joy13]

Our appointment was a little after 9am. Four of our crowd had it done so we were in there for a while. The atmosphere was not as Magical as it had been all the times before. At DTD the FGIT's seemed more upbeat and friendly. In the castle it was really quiet (although busy) and people seemed like they were at the DMV rather than a cool place like Disney. It was different! Beautiful though. My DD enjoyed herself. Her hair fell later in the evening and we had to go get a new crown (the jewels fell out). When we went back to get a crown another FGIT redid her hair without being asked and that was very nice of her. That bun lasted through the next day too. As I said before when Ines did her hair it lasted for 2-3 days and even then I had to bring it down! This time her hair fell in about 3 hours. It's different now. We first did this back in August of 2006 (shortly after they started BBB). I think this was our fifth time? Each time the quality of service goes down. I don't know if it's the norm now or what but both girls had ther nails done and were given two bottles of new polish to keep. Before they were given the one bottle their nails were painted with. Some of the other kids in there were freaked out. They really didn't want to be there and a couple of them finished their makeovers and started pulling the stuff out as soon as they got out of the chair. I felt so bad for the moms and the little girls. I never saw this at DTD. A couple of times I saw little girls start out iffy but the FGIT made them comfortable and they ended up enjoying their experience. The MK location was different. If we do it again we'll go back to DTD even though I HATE the WOD store!

I think Ines is the best FGIT - we didn't have her since we were at the castle, but I see her in pictures all the time. I think she posted on the original FAQ thread, right? If that is her, she certainly loves her job! We went to the castle within weeks of it opening and Maddie had a great FGIT'ing. I hope it hasn't gone down hill. I'll definately keep an eye on this for the next year. (nothing like pre-planning ) . I was thinking of trying out DTD this time around anyway.

 

[joy13]

That's what I mean...no connection at all. At DTD the FGIT's were really good to the kids and so upbeat and HAPPY. I cropped the FGIT out of my pics......ours looked to be having a really bad week.

LOL! Do you remember her name? We had Rhonda at the castle and she was very good.

 

[bsusanmb]

I can't remember if it was on this thread or the other BBB....it had to do with the photo package and BBB. Some people were saying that you could go and have photos done at the locations and add it to your photopass. Others said no, they had to pay $29.95

I just called and asked about this and I was told that there is no photopass at the photo studio places and that you must pay $29.95. Rats. I bought the CD for the photo pass and was hoping to have that added.
I will post this on the other thread in case this wasn't the one.

 

[skw444]

I can't remember if it was on this thread or the other BBB....it had to do with the photo package and BBB. Some people were saying that you could go and have photos done at the locations and add it to your photopass. Others said no, they had to pay $29.95

I just called and asked about this and I was told that there is no photopass at the photo studio places and that you must pay $29.95. Rats. I bought the CD for the photo pass and was hoping to have that added.
I will post this on the other thread in case this wasn't the one.

We were just there last week and we were able to get the photos done and added to our photopass for free. We did the crown package at BBB.

 

[joy13]

I can't remember if it was on this thread or the other BBB....it had to do with the photo package and BBB. Some people were saying that you could go and have photos done at the locations and add it to your photopass. Others said no, they had to pay $29.95

I just called and asked about this and I was told that there is no photopass at the photo studio places and that you must pay $29.95. Rats. I bought the CD for the photo pass and was hoping to have that added.
I will post this on the other thread in case this wasn't the one.

That's not correct. Angiebelle posted on the other thread that this wasn't true and she's a FGIT'ing at the castle - so she would know. People get incorrect info from the phone CM's all the time - which is unfortunate because you should be able to call and get correct info.

 

[joy13]

We were just there last week and we were able to get the photos done and added to our photopass for free. We did the crown package at BBB.

That's good to know from someone who was just there! We did it last year too.

 

[teresajoy]

We did try out the BBB inside the castle this time (I was very disappointed I must say). I thought for sure it'd be better than DTD but I was WRONG! It was our last time. It's just not magical anymore. The FGIT's seemed bored and never smiled (they were always upbeat and friendly over at DTD) The kids didn't seem to have a good time either. I saw at least three kids ask to remove their "hair" and "crowns" before they ever stepped down from the chairs. I don't know if DTD has changed or not but I do not recommend the BBB at the MK. More on this later onceI get settled down from my trip.

That was our experience at the castle too. It was sooo disapointing. I paid for my two girls and three of my neices to do BBB in the castle, and all but one of the FGIT were very UNmagical. (I wrote about it in my TR) But, I never did share my pictures here (I'm a sporadic poster on this thread!), so maybe I'll do that now while I'm thinking about it:

I made all of the outfits, except for the pink Cinderella Mouse made dress, my sister, Heathersue made that one.

Here are the girls waiting on the couch:

There was a big wet spot on the couch, that's why they aren't all sitting together.

My neices Tessa (in pink) and Courtney (as Snow White, this is the 14 year old I posted about before our trip) deciding which hairstyle they would like:

Lydia with her FGIT, Susan, the most WONDERFUL FGIT EVER!!!

Notice how Susan is smiling in ALL the pictures!

Still Lydia:

The Reveal!

(Lydia is wearing the Giselle curtain dress I made her)

And, here is Arminda's! (She is wearing the Silver Cinderella dress)

(I had just told the FGIT not to put Arminda's bangs to the side)

Pixie dust

Almost reveal time:

And, the reveal!

I don't have as many pictures of Casey and Courtney, because my SIL (there Mom) was taking pictures and they were both getting done at the same time.
And, here is my neice Casey, wearing a Jasmine costume:

I thought this picture was really cute!

Pixie dust!

And the Reveal!!

NOT the hair I would have picked out, but Casey loved it!

Here is my neice Courtney in Snow White:

Pixie dust:

the Reveal

 

[teresajoy]

Ready for more pictures?
Here is Tessa, in the Mouse Made Cinderella dress her Mommy (Heathersue) made her:

Pixie Dust (I hope they wash these things really well between uses!)

Almost reveal time!

And, the reveal! I think she was nervous!

Here are our photoshoot pics:

Here is my adorable nephew, Sawyer in his Prince Charming outfit Heather made:

Tessa:

Lydia:

Arminda:

Casey:

Courtney:

And all the girls:

The girls looked very pretty, but it wasn't the experience I was hoping it would be. This was a once in a lifetime thing, with all five girls getting makeovers at the same time, and I was really disapointed in how it turned out. Lydia's FGIT was beyond wonderful, I just wish they had all been. Arminda's bun had fallen out within three hours, and I had to try to fix it before we ate at 1900 Park Fare (which exceeded my expectations!)

 

[bsusanmb]

Hi, Teresajoy!
Those FGIT don't look very pleasant...they look like the mean stepmother beat them with their wands or something....man, they sure haven't been to the Disney CM training! I am glad now that I am going to the DTD instead of castle. I wanted it to be magical, but from what I have read and seen, it isn't magical at all. It looks very stressful.

That was so special to have those girls together! They will look back on that trip for the rest of their lives. Glad you have a great time.

Blessings,
Susan

 

[teresajoy]

Hi, Teresajoy!
Those FGIT don't look very pleasant...they look like the mean stepmother beat them with their wands or something....man, they sure haven't been to the Disney CM training! I am glad now that I am going to the DTD instead of castle. I wanted it to be magical, but from what I have read and seen, it isn't magical at all. It looks very stressful.

That was so special to have those girls together! They will look back on that trip for the rest of their lives. Glad you have a great time.

Blessings,
Susan

Hi Susan! I was just wondering about you yesterday! We've missed you over at the Disboutiquers!

Those FGIT were just not good at all, except for Susan, she was the real deal!

I had origianally booked all the girls for DTD, then switched I really wish we had kept the DTD appointments!

 

[TinaLala]

I like the new costumes. I just wish they made an Alice dress in my size.

Here's a picture of my 2 divas after their trip to BBB. Funny how they got their hair to match their outfits.

Get it Princess and Pirate skirts!!!

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I don't have as many pictures of Casey and Courtney, because my SIL (there Mom) was taking pictures and they were both getting done at the same time.
And, here is my neice Casey, wearing a Jasmine costume:

I thought this picture was really cute!

Pixie dust!

And the Reveal!!

NOT the hair I would have picked out, but Casey loved it!

THAT is the FGIT we had!!! She's no Ines, that's for sure! I just felt like she was sad the whole time. The one lady you show at the front...that's how they all acted at DTD BBB when we went there. Upbeat and smiling...happy to be there! BTW love the dresses! Great job!

 

[teresajoy]

THAT is the FGIT we had!!! She's no Ines, that's for sure! I just felt like she was sad the whole time. The one lady you show at the front...that's how they all acted at DTD BBB when we went there. Upbeat and smiling...happy to be there! BTW love the dresses! Great job!

Well, at least it wasn't just us! What is wrong with these ladies???? Would it KILL them to SMILE???

Which one is Ines? Do you have a picture?

 

[AngieBelle]

You all are breaking my heart! There are many absolutely wonderful FGiTs at the castle! I've seen so many magical moments.

Some people just forget to smile when they are concentrating. It happens. And yes, some FGITs are better than others and some connect better with some children than with others. Even I've had my off moments I'm sure.

But please don't expect every castle BBB experience to be bad!

One FGIT got a girl who insisted Tink wasn't real to believe.

The other day, there was a pink and blue shouting battle.

They've gotten a whole group of girls singing Hannah Montana in the lobby.

And oh the stories that FGiTs have told! magical tales about Tinker Bell's apartment in the castle and how she is always playing tricks in the boutique or about Stitch sneaking in and making a mess of things.

 

[madfelice]

That was our experience at the castle too. It was sooo disapointing. I paid for my two girls and three of my neices to do BBB in the castle, and all but one of the FGIT were very UNmagical. (I wrote about it in my TR) But, I never did share my pictures here (I'm a sporadic poster on this thread!), so maybe I'll do that now while I'm thinking about it:

I made all of the outfits, except for the pink Cinderella Mouse made dress, my sister, Heathersue made that one.

The FGMIT the Casey had was the same one that my daughter had in June and she was great with her. She stuck her hair straight up in the air after she made the ponytail and waited for the Photopass guy to take a photo and kept joking how sometimes you forget things when you are 734 years old and how she only had a couple of hundred years left to finish her training now. She was really good considering Drina went all quiet and wouldn't talk much. Lots of chat and jokes and banter! She must have been having a bad day when you were there(or a really good one when we were there!). She also convinced my daughter that a particular light fitting was where Tinkerbell slept sometimes and that the light she could see there was in fact Tinkerbell. She was great!

 

[pl'smama]

You all are breaking my heart! There are many absolutely wonderful FGiTs at the castle! I've seen so many magical moments.

Some people just forget to smile when they are concentrating. It happens. And yes, some FGITs are better than others and some connect better with some children than with others. Even I've had my off moments I'm sure.

But please don't expect every castle BBB experience to be bad!

One FGIT got a girl who insisted Tink wasn't real to believe.

The other day, there was a pink and blue shouting battle.

They've gotten a whole group of girls singing Hannah Montana in the lobby.

And oh the stories that FGiTs have told! magical tales about Tinker Bell's apartment in the castle and how she is always playing tricks in the boutique or about Stitch sneaking in and making a mess of things.

I am with you Angiebelle. THe BBB is the best thing we have ever done with our child and it was the most magical experience for our DD and my two neices. I am sure there are "off" days for some FGiT just like park goers have "off" days. I love the BBB and will continue to talk it up for the wonderful, dream making place it is!

Suz