Crystal Palace or Once Upon a Time Breakfast or BOTH??

[ljane1]

HELP ME PLEASE.......
I've been reading the boards and am so confused, This will be my 2nd time going to Disney. This time my Girls are 3 & 4 and yes they think they are princesses (well the 4 year old thinks she's the princess and her 3 year old sister her prince, younger sister begs to differ) Anyway, I'm a little confused........
How far in advance can I book the reservations?
Is one better over the other (Royal Table vs Once Upon a Time Breakfast)
I'm confused with all the short forms so have patience with me.
We are sooooo excited we just booked our Hotel Reservations this morning for December 19 for 4 nights.
Can't wait to go.............
Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[bigbabyblues]

You can book them 90 days before you want to eat there. If you want Cindy's Royal Table (CRT), see the thread at the top of the board for great tips. I believe the Princess Storybook Breakfast also fills up fairly quickly, so you might want to call right at 7 am 90 days out on that one too.

Enjoy your trip!

Steph

 

[LAWalz23]

I would call at 7am, ninety days ahead of your first morning at WDW and take the first one available. You may have to try multiple days before you get a PS. And don't despair if you do not get one because you can keep on tryimg right up until the day before you would like to go. Some folks have had good luck at 2 days before.
If one of your daughters is a big Cinderella fan, you might want to try for just Cindy's. Personally, I prefer the food at Cindy's but when I asked my 6 year old niece which one she wanted this year she chose the Princess Storybook one, so that is where we are going.
You can also have dinner at 1900 Park Faire. It is a buffet and has Cinderella, Prince Charming, the mice, Suzy and Perla and the Fairy Godmother in the waiting area.

 

[beattyfamily]

My DDs ages 7 and 4 like them both but I like the location and atmosphere of the Castle more than the Storybook breakfast even though the Storybook is nice too. You can beat eating in the Castle at MK! I also like the food a bit more at the Castle.

BUT because my DDs love the Princesses, I've done both and am doing both again this August because my niece is coming and I want it to be extra special...I was very lucky enough to get both!! If I had to pick one though, it would be the Castle for the location and atmosphere.

The Castle always has Cinderella and when I was there, there was Belle, Snow White and one time Sleeping Beauty and the other time Prince Charming.

At the Storybook, it's been Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Belle, Jasmine, Mulan and last time Alice was there too.

If you do want either of them but especially the Castle, then call right at 90 days and right at 7:00a, probably even a minute before 7:00a and talk fast and say anytime is good. They are very popular! You should allow time to try for more than one day, meaning if you don't get it the first day, try the next, so don't save these meals for the end of your trip. Do you know what I mean?? Sorry if I confused you.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

We're doing both princess breakfasts and Crystal Palace. CRT and PSB are for our dds (5 and 6) and CP is for ds (4). That way everybody's happy!

 

[slo]

We are doing the Crystal Palace and the CRT.

My tip to you for booking your PS for CRT is treat it like buying tickets to the most popular concert to ever come to your town. My DH and I double team it by one of us using the home phone and the other one with the cell phone. We call 1 min prior to the phone lines opening and continuously hit redial until we get through. This will be our 3rd year going to the CRT and the 1st year I called 15 min after the phone lines opened and we didn't get in. The next day I called again and used the strategy that I just described and it worked.

Good luck

 

[slo]

Originally posted by beattyfamily
talk fast and say anytime is good.

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT TIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[orvilleair]

A relative of DW is going next week and he booked CRT 90 days prior to his trip. Believe it or not, Princess Storybook breakfast was already booked.

 

[Michigan RN]

Cinderellas Royal table was GREAT!! My daughter was 5 when we did it and she loved it. The atmoshere was great and we saw all the princesses. My boys, 9 & 11 at the time were forced to go-
they even liked it!

 

[EEyorelover22]

Be careful that you ask for the Royal Table Breakfast. Crystal Palace is where Pooh and Friends are.

I called one morning and asked for Crystal Palace and the guy asked was I sure I didn't want the Castle and I said no, but be sure to ask for Cinderella's RT or the Princess Storybook Breakfast.

The Pooh breakfast is fun too and the food is really good. I love the puffed French Toast!! The whole family loves this one.

We do both of the princess breakfasts and DD11 still loves them.