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

[Dixiemom]

Jenseib ~ The point I was trying to make is that if Gail's daughter doesn't want the little Mickey clips they could leave them out or something, little things like that. Are you saying she would have to have them even if she didn't want them? I was not suggesting inventing a whole new "do", just maybe a "tweak". I, too think the Pop Princess would be a great choice, but that doesn't mean you have to keep evey little thing about it (or at least I would hate to think so). I think you must work for BBB as you seem to be quite the authority.

 

[Goofy'slady]

I'm new to this thread. This past weekend I made reservations for my 4yr old daughter for BBB and for my 11yr old I made one for the Priate League (she's going to be turned into a Pirate Empress).

My daughter has her heart set on being Jasmine and I haven't seen a costume on Disney's website for Jasmine, just the other princesses and on Ebay I've seen them cost way to much. I mean 68.00 for a costume I have a feeling she won't want to wear all day long. I decided to make her another tutu like I did last year when she met Tink and the fairies. I made a green and yellow tutu(w/shorts underneath) and she wore a Tink t-shirt and Tink flip flops. I thought I could make her one out of the same colors Jasmine wears and buy a Jasmine t-shirt. Last year she only wore the tutu for about an hour or so and she's worn it twice since then, one to a school party where she could dress up. Tutu cost me all of 12 bucks to make and the t-shirt was another 4 or 5 dollars. It was also easy for her to slip on and off when she wanted to run free.

My question is do you think she might feel different from the other little girls who are wearing dresses and all? I do want her to enjoy the experience and feel just like a princess.

T.

 

[Dixiemom]

I think she'll special no matter what! I'm sure she'll be beautiful Lots of people (myself included) bring their own dresses and outfits, so please don't give it another thought, just enjoy!

 

[princessekrus]

Hi all!

Ok, so I am at WDW now, and visited both BBB's today just to check them out. Here are a couple of things I picked up that are worth noting.

1 - some dresses/sizes are not available. For example, I really like the princess Tiana dress, but it is completely sold out in stores around the park. The ONLY WAY to get the dress is to have a BBB appointment and hope they have the size you want. Which brings me to #2

2 - You can apparently "request" a dress ahead of time. I am not totally sure how this works, since I got different answers from different cast members (including the one who told me about it initially). When I talked to the girl at the BBB at Downtown Disney, she said, yes, they can try and hold a particular dress/size for you, although she wouldn't absolutely guarantee anything. We have our BBB appoiintment at the castle, so she was nice enough to call the castle and add our tiana dress request to our reservation. Also note that I only have the "crown" package booked, but they were still willing to "hold" the Tiana gown for me. The FGIT at Downtown Disney told me that really to reserve a dress you have to call the boutique directly, but how to get that number is beyond me. She only had the internal number, not the one for external calls. Now, I'm not counting any chickens, but I'm hopeful we'll get the dress. However, that brings me to #3

3 - if your DD has a particular dress she has her heart set on, I might work on having it ahead of time. I ran into a girl who had just been to BBB while waiting in line at Ariels Grotto (in the rain!!!!) and they didn't have the ariel "dress" only the mermaid costume in here size, so she ended up choosing Aurora's dress. She looked very pretty, but I could tell her heart had been set on being Ariel. Now what is funny is that I have seen the ariel dress all over the park stores and downtown disney in lots of sizes... so why BBB in the castle didn't have it, I have no idea... which brings me to #4

4 - Apparently BBB gets dresses FIRST, before any of the other stores in the park. So even if it is sold out in the rest of the park (ala Tiana), they may still have it at BBB.

Hope this helps those of you planning your BBB trips. I am here until Sunday, so if you have other BBB questions I will try and get them answered for you.

Also Downtown Disney BBB seemed more "with it" than the castle folks... but that could just have been who was working the register that day.

 

[jenseib]

Jenseib ~ The point I was trying to make is that if Gail's daughter doesn't want the little Mickey clips they could leave them out or something, little things like that. Are you saying she would have to have them even if she didn't want them? I was not suggesting inventing a whole new "do", just maybe a "tweak". I, too think the Pop Princess would be a great choice, but that doesn't mean you have to keep evey little thing about it (or at least I would hate to think so). I think you must work for BBB as you seem to be quite the authority.

LOL! I have read all the pages on both threads. Yes, I'm sure you could ask to omit the clips, but I know they won't do the style different. Last year I asked if they would make DD's hair more spikey rather than making the bubble they seem to love to do and they told me no.
Also another lady took a teen there and was told on the phone they would work with her DD and give her waht she wanted, which they wouldn't. Her DD hated it and the mom was really mad. Sadly the phone CM's don't always know what they are talking about. This girl was going to some party and was in tears because she thought she could get a style she wanted. The FGIT are not stylist though they are braidest and have a lisence in braiding, but are only allowed by law to do certain styles as well.

I'm new to this thread. This past weekend I made reservations for my 4yr old daughter for BBB and for my 11yr old I made one for the Priate League (she's going to be turned into a Pirate Empress).

My daughter has her heart set on being Jasmine and I haven't seen a costume on Disney's website for Jasmine, just the other princesses and on Ebay I've seen them cost way to much. I mean 68.00 for a costume I have a feeling she won't want to wear all day long. I decided to make her another tutu like I did last year when she met Tink and the fairies. I made a green and yellow tutu(w/shorts underneath) and she wore a Tink t-shirt and Tink flip flops. I thought I could make her one out of the same colors Jasmine wears and buy a Jasmine t-shirt. Last year she only wore the tutu for about an hour or so and she's worn it twice since then, one to a school party where she could dress up. Tutu cost me all of 12 bucks to make and the t-shirt was another 4 or 5 dollars. It was also easy for her to slip on and off when she wanted to run free.

My question is do you think she might feel different from the other little girls who are wearing dresses and all? I do want her to enjoy the experience and feel just like a princess.

T.

I think she will be just fine. There are lots of homemade costumes and other store bought costumes used all the time.
Have fun! We aren't going to Disney at all this year, and I am really feeling down about it.

 

[Simiesue]

Wow, thanks for sharing all the info about BBB. We are headed there in 2 weeks.... cant wait!!!!!!!

 

[princessekrus]

I also wanted to note that I have seen girls wearing all kinds of dresses all throughout all of the parks. By far the most in the Magic Kingdom, but my DD wore her Aurora dress to Epcot and HS too. Everyone was very sweet, including the "friendship boat" attendant, who, after giving the "watch your step" speech said... "And a little respect please, we have a princess with us today."

In the MK today I saw a CM take off his hat and bow very elegantly to one of the princesses on mainstreet... she just glowed.

Also, a note for those of you who might get rained on on your BBB day (as those today did, since it POURED!) They give you a very nice little plastic hair cover to protect the hairstyle. I could have used one as I was riding dumbo in the downpour... good news though.. no lines!

We also had dinner tonight at 1900 Park Fare... it features Cinderella, Prince Charming, Lady Tremaine, Drusilla and Anastasia. The poor prince was having a dickens of a time finding a "princess" to dance with him... but he was very sweet. Unfortunately my DD (3.5 years) wouldn't go within 10 feet of him, despite watching him wherever he went in the room. If I went again, and I definitely would, it was very fun... I would ask to sit in the middle of the room. That is where Cinderella and Prince Charming dance, plus, where you can watch Lady Tremaine and the step-sisters do their thing. The step sisters were a riot. Drusilla was constantly yelling at people across the restaurant, and giving kids a hard time. Anastasia acutally got my daughter to talk (she was terrified of Drusilla), and DD actually told her "you are pretty" - which she loved. More comedy than the other princess meals we've done, although I think a lot of it was lost on the kids, the adults loved it.

We're doing dinner at the castle on Friday night, after the BBB appointment. Apparently this is one of the last nights that the dinner will feature the fairy godmother and mice as opposed to all the princesses. It will be interesting to see how it compares.

 

[dibbadiane]

I am taking my five year old daughter for her first trip to Disney in March. I have not been there since I was 7 (I am 39 now) and things have changed quite a bit.

I am sure my daughter would love to have her hair done. She has long curly locks that go to the small of her back. She is biracial (black/white) and by ethnic hair standards she has what people would refer to as "good hair".

My concern is that while they say not to have any product in the hair, that would be impossible with her hair unless they want something that cannot be tamed.

Can any of you weigh in on whether you personally had an experience or witnessed any little African American girls having their hair done and whether it was a positive experience? It is does not seem workable I might not even mention that it is an option.

Thanks in Advance

 

[DWvirgin]

Quick question- do they have to do a bun? Can you request any other type of style? My daughter really wants to look like Ariel... can they do a half up do and curl the bottom for her? Or is it buns for all?

 

[jenseib]

Quick question- do they have to do a bun? Can you request any other type of style? My daughter really wants to look like Ariel... can they do a half up do and curl the bottom for her? Or is it buns for all?

I know they will NOT vary from the styles at all. So she would have to do one of the 3 styles listed.

They have 3 styles to chose from..the bun one is the princess, I believe, the pop princess, which is a hair extension that is sort of spikey and colorful with hair clips and the diva, which is a long hair extension in various colors. You can pick a natural color or a funky color. My DD in my signature has that styel and chose pink!
They cannot vary from these styles, and they cannot curl hair. they are licensed hair braiders (not cosmetolgist) and are only allowed to do certain things by law. The Diva one might be something you DD may like though. Look though here (and the BBB thread) and you will se the styles in many pcitures people have posted.

 

[Darling16]

Hi all!

Ok, so I am at WDW now, and visited both BBB's today just to check them out. Here are a couple of things I picked up that are worth noting.

1 - some dresses/sizes are not available. For example, I really like the princess Tiana dress, but it is completely sold out in stores around the park. The ONLY WAY to get the dress is to have a BBB appointment and hope they have the size you want. Which brings me to #2

2 - You can apparently "request" a dress ahead of time. I am not totally sure how this works, since I got different answers from different cast members (including the one who told me about it initially). When I talked to the girl at the BBB at Downtown Disney, she said, yes, they can try and hold a particular dress/size for you, although she wouldn't absolutely guarantee anything. We have our BBB appoiintment at the castle, so she was nice enough to call the castle and add our tiana dress request to our reservation. Also note that I only have the "crown" package booked, but they were still willing to "hold" the Tiana gown for me. The FGIT at Downtown Disney told me that really to reserve a dress you have to call the boutique directly, but how to get that number is beyond me. She only had the internal number, not the one for external calls. Now, I'm not counting any chickens, but I'm hopeful we'll get the dress. However, that brings me to #3

3 - if your DD has a particular dress she has her heart set on, I might work on having it ahead of time. I ran into a girl who had just been to BBB while waiting in line at Ariels Grotto (in the rain!!!!) and they didn't have the ariel "dress" only the mermaid costume in here size, so she ended up choosing Aurora's dress. She looked very pretty, but I could tell her heart had been set on being Ariel. Now what is funny is that I have seen the ariel dress all over the park stores and downtown disney in lots of sizes... so why BBB in the castle didn't have it, I have no idea... which brings me to #4

4 - Apparently BBB gets dresses FIRST, before any of the other stores in the park. So even if it is sold out in the rest of the park (ala Tiana), they may still have it at BBB.

Hope this helps those of you planning your BBB trips. I am here until Sunday, so if you have other BBB questions I will try and get them answered for you.

Also Downtown Disney BBB seemed more "with it" than the castle folks... but that could just have been who was working the register that day.

Thanks for looking in to things at BBB while you are there. I'm sure you are having a great time. Do you know if they have a pocahontas dress and accessories (wig, etc.). Both my daughters have an appointment for June 2010 and my oldest really wants to be pocahontas. Thanks for any information that you would be able to give me.

 

[mom2rtk]

I've never seen Pocahontas at the BBB. I'd hunt that one down ahead of time if I were you. Try Ebay. I know I did see Pocahontas costumes at Animal Kingdom once, but that was back when she still had a show there. Good luck!

 

[jenseib]

Thanks for looking in to things at BBB while you are there. I'm sure you are having a great time. Do you know if they have a pocahontas dress and accessories (wig, etc.). Both my daughters have an appointment for June 2010 and my oldest really wants to be pocahontas. Thanks for any information that you would be able to give me.

BBB doesn't carry wigs....except for DTD which at one time had a Hannah Montanna dress and wig, but I'm not sure if it is still being done as it wasn;t popular. The purpose for going to BBB is to get hair done and most parents didn't like paying more for a wig than for a style.

 

[jedihunny]

I am taking my five year old daughter for her first trip to Disney in March. I have not been there since I was 7 (I am 39 now) and things have changed quite a bit.

I am sure my daughter would love to have her hair done. She has long curly locks that go to the small of her back. She is biracial (black/white) and by ethnic hair standards she has what people would refer to as "good hair".

My concern is that while they say not to have any product in the hair, that would be impossible with her hair unless they want something that cannot be tamed.

Can any of you weigh in on whether you personally had an experience or witnessed any little African American girls having their hair done and whether it was a positive experience? It is does not seem workable I might not even mention that it is an option.

Thanks in Advance

I can tell you from experience that the Fairy Godmothers can handle her hair. All the Fairy Godmothers in Training are trained in all different hair types. The BBB has a couple different jams too if she thinks your daughter will fair better with that than the gel. It just depends on her personal hair texture. If you want to keep her hair manageable til her appointment then try to put it in a single ponytail. (I say single b/c when pigtails sit in the hair too long when they try to put it in a single pony for the style it's harder to get that awkward "part-bump" out ^_^)
If she has super adorable curly hair and she picks a fairytale they might even be able to do a "curly fairytale" which is soooo cute.

So don't worry, they can work with any kind of hair texture/length.

 

[dibbadiane]

Thank you for the info on the biracial hair. As I was reading your response someone nosy little 5 year old was looking over my shoulder commenting on the pics.

 

[princessekrus]

Thanks for looking in to things at BBB while you are there. I'm sure you are having a great time. Do you know if they have a pocahontas dress and accessories (wig, etc.). Both my daughters have an appointment for June 2010 and my oldest really wants to be pocahontas. Thanks for any information that you would be able to give me.

I believe they at least had it at the DTD location because it was in the store outside the boutique... Very cute... not a lot of accessories that I saw. Cute dress and cute boots. I don't know about the castle location. I will check for sure when we go in the morning. Our appointment is tomorrow! YAY!

 

[princessekrus]

BBB doesn't carry wigs....except for DTD which at one time had a Hannah Montanna dress and wig, but I'm not sure if it is still being done as it wasn;t popular. The purpose for going to BBB is to get hair done and most parents didn't like paying more for a wig than for a style.

For some reason "princess wigs" are all over the park this time, usually where they are selling dresses. Not every location that has dresses has the wigs, but I've seen them in at least 3 or 4 stores. I still don't think they'll use them for BBB (at least, I haven't seen any girls using them), but DTD had Cinderella, Belle and Jasmine wigs (all long hair) I believe. I haven't seen any girls wearing them though.

EDIT: I still don't think BBB has wigs, but they are available in stores around the parks

 

[Darling16]

I believe they at least had it at the DTD location because it was in the store outside the boutique... Very cute... not a lot of accessories that I saw. Cute dress and cute boots. I don't know about the castle location. I will check for sure when we go in the morning. Our appointment is tomorrow! YAY!

Great News...was it the white dress or the brown one? Thanks for looking for me. Our appointment is at the castle location...I wonder if DTD can send one over to them? Something I have to look into. Enjoy the rest of your trip!

BBB doesn't carry wigs....except for DTD which at one time had a Hannah Montanna dress and wig, but I'm not sure if it is still being done as it wasn;t popular. The purpose for going to BBB is to get hair done and most parents didn't like paying more for a wig than for a style.

Please do not assume "our purpose"....My daughter has alopecia (and it is progressing quickly into AU...total head/body hair loss).....she is completely bald, lost her eyebrows and is in the process of losing her eyelashes....she has a real hair wig, but I really don't want to have all that product put in her hair/wig, plus it cannot be "styled" like real hair like the ones listed...hence wondering about the disney wigs. My daughter doesn't want to feel any different from another girl going to BBB and being made into a princess. She wants to be able to pick out the dress, the shoes, the make-up, etc.....the whole experience. If it's possible for her to pick out a disney princess "wig" too..awesome! If not, then I will be looking at Ebay, etc. and find one to take with us. I hope I don't come across as being *itchy...it's a sensitive subject.

 

[jenseib]

Great News...was it the white dress or the brown one? Thanks for looking for me. Our appointment is at the castle location...I wonder if DTD can send one over to them? Something I have to look into. Enjoy the rest of your trip!



Please do not assume "our purpose"....My daughter has alopecia (and it is progressing quickly into AU...total head/body hair loss).....she is completely bald, lost her eyebrows and is in the process of losing her eyelashes....she has a real hair wig, but I really don't want to have all that product put in her hair/wig, plus it cannot be "styled" like real hair like the ones listed...hence wondering about the disney wigs. My daughter doesn't want to feel any different from another girl going to BBB and being made into a princess. She wants to be able to pick out the dress, the shoes, the make-up, etc.....the whole experience. If it's possible for her to pick out a disney princess "wig" too..awesome! If not, then I will be looking at Ebay, etc. and find one to take with us. I hope I don't come across as being *itchy...it's a sensitive subject.

I am NOT ASSUMING your purpose at all. I am very sorry that your DD has that. I am a hairstylist and have seen it. I am saying that BBB does NOT do wigs (except the Hannah Montanna like I mentioned before)....they are for doing hair and makeup. I don't know if they will give a cheaper rate for just makeup and nails, but they might. And worth a shot to ask.
I certainly didn;t mean any offense, but it is odd when someone has asked about wigs several times for BBB, since the thing is to get your hair styled there. Now that I know more, I'm sorry I gave you kind of a generic answer. Diseny is really good at making people feel special, so I'm sure your DD will feel like a princess no matter what they do. I think your best bet would be to find a wig before hand to be on the safe side. I wish they had a number to call and get someone there to help, but sadly all the calls go to the call center and the CM's there are not very well informed.
With the dress, I know I didn't see a "P" dress in the display at MK last March. But I did see them in DTD's World of Disney Store. If you can get to DTD before the appointment, you could pick one up there. You could look on the Disneyshopping site to see if they have them there. At one time you could call somewhere and get park merchandise sent to you as well. But if you see one you really like, I would get it beforehand. You can always hide it and surprise her the day of the appointment with it.
I am pretty sure they had the brown "P" dress at WOD. I think it might have had fur on it too.

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Thanks for looking in to things at BBB while you are there. I'm sure you are having a great time. Do you know if they have a pocahontas dress and accessories (wig, etc.). Both my daughters have an appointment for June 2010 and my oldest really wants to be pocahontas. Thanks for any information that you would be able to give me.

We got our pocahontas dress at WDW in frontierland and one of the little stands. We got the brown dress and boots and a headband that has beads and a feather. It can get pretty hot wearing this costume but my DD liked it because it wasn't "itchy" like a lot of the princess costumes.