Disneyland help!

[tlovesdis]

when are they all closing?

January 11th! The Big Thunder BBQ closes that day for good and the Aladdin show in DCA closes that day for good as well.

 

[Magickingdomprince]

January 11th! The Big Thunder BBQ closes that day for good and the Aladdin show in DCA closes that day for good as well.

nooo im going in march lol. so all that is lcosed on the 11th?

 

[tlovesdis]

nooo im going in march lol. so all that is lcosed on the 11th?

Yes! Plus a few other things to take down their holiday overlays (HM and Jingle Cruise, then Small World) but those are only for like 10 days. Rumor is Autopia is going down for a long referb as well as Soarin and Grizzly but no one knows for sure.

 

[luulu1999]

Didn't soarin just get a long refurb!!??

 

[tlovesdis]

Didn't soarin just get a long refurb!!??

Yep, but rumor is this is for the change to Soarin Over the World (or whatever it is going to be called). No one really knows for sure yet if it will actually be down that long or not. I don't really trust TP all that much.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

The official closing date for F!, the train, the island, Mark Twain, BTRBBQ and the petting zoo, and the canoes is 1/10/16.

 

[VandVsmama]

If the 2 kids were younger, it might be worthwhile to go for the character meal at Ariel's. We did Ariel's for lunch a couple of years ago and honestly, the character interaction was very minimal. We had more interaction with the princesses at Princess Fantasy Faire in Fantasyland...and that doesn't cost you extra. At the Ariel's Grotto character meal, you meet 4 princesses, but it's really barely enough time for them to say hi and take a quick picture before they go on to the next table.

Compare that to my kids' character interaction at Princess Fantasy Faire in June and October - the girls had a full on CONVERSATION with Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Merida (not all 5 at once - I think there's 3 indoors and 1 outside, or maybe it's 2 inside and 1 outside, I can't remember).

Then there's the Anna & Elsa meet & greet at DCA. That was awesome, too. Anna & Elsa are not present at any character meals.

If you'd like to spring for a character meal, do Breakfast with Minnie & Friends at the Plaza Inn. It's a really great value and you often meet at least 7 characters during that breakfast. Sometimes people can meet up to 10. No princesses, though. But the character interaction is really great...if you engage the characters and play silly games with them like patty cake or talk to them about themselves, they respond in really cool ways. Tigger is a hoot. Rafiki was awesome, too, as was Captain Hook, the Fairy Godmother, and a bunch of others I'm forgetting right now. We got lots of kisses from all of them.

 

[Magickingdomprince]

If the 2 kids were younger, it might be worthwhile to go for the character meal at Ariel's. We did Ariel's for lunch a couple of years ago and honestly, the character interaction was very minimal. We had more interaction with the princesses at Princess Fantasy Faire in Fantasyland...and that doesn't cost you extra. At the Ariel's Grotto character meal, you meet 4 princesses, but it's really barely enough time for them to say hi and take a quick picture before they go on to the next table.

Compare that to my kids' character interaction at Princess Fantasy Faire in June and October - the girls had a full on CONVERSATION with Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Merida (not all 5 at once - I think there's 3 indoors and 1 outside, or maybe it's 2 inside and 1 outside, I can't remember).

Then there's the Anna & Elsa meet & greet at DCA. That was awesome, too. Anna & Elsa are not present at any character meals.

If you'd like to spring for a character meal, do Breakfast with Minnie & Friends at the Plaza Inn. It's a really great value and you often meet at least 7 characters during that breakfast. Sometimes people can meet up to 10. No princesses, though. But the character interaction is really great...if you engage the characters and play silly games with them like patty cake or talk to them about themselves, they respond in really cool ways. Tigger is a hoot. Rafiki was awesome, too, as was Captain Hook, the Fairy Godmother, and a bunch of others I'm forgetting right now. We got lots of kisses from all of them.

Was the line up long for anna and elsa? Thank you for all the advise. I think we might do Minnie's!

 

[Angel Ariel]

that really sucks because i wanted to go to goofy's for the random characters!

The Minnie and friends breakfast at the plaza is fantastic. We saw 10 different characters, and most of them stopped by more than once while we were there. The food was good too! We would do it again in a heartbeat!

 

[Magickingdomprince]

The Minnie and friends breakfast at the plaza is fantastic. We saw 10 different characters, and most of them stopped by more than once while we were there. The food was good too! We would do it again in a heartbeat!

oh good! I'm glad you guys had a fun time! i think that is where we will go!