Fan Fiction query re:Disneyworld/Disneyland

[DTFLurker]

I couldn't find it on the main WDW site, so I thought I'd ask here.

I don't know if you all remember the "Full House" episode where Michelle is "Princess for a Day." I have a twofold query. First, is that a real thing, that a girl gets chosen as the official "princess" each day, or was that just a gimmick for the show. Second, is this something they would have at Disneyland in California as well, if it is also at WDW? I imagine if it was just a gimmick for the show, we could include it in their trip to Disneyland in this fic a friend and I are considering writing, anyway.

For some background, in the Sam series that my friend Paul has written (RKORadio on www.fanfiction.net - check out the whole Sam series there if you want), the younger Tanner girls befriend this wild, very troubled young girl and wind up being like the family she never had, because Sam/SAmantha has been neglected so much by her real family

Well, Paul and I figured that it would be nice to mention her being "Princess for a Day" at Disneyland once; and a few people have said they love the series (which spans into Samantha's adulthood) and would like to see Samantha as Princess for a Day. Well, if it was just something at WDW, we can have their vacation be to Disneyworld and excuse her friend's referring to that as someone who just indiscriminantly interchanges the names Disneyland and Disneyworld. (I know people who do on ocassion.) But, if the "Princess for a Day" exists at Disneyland in California, too, or if it was just a gimmick, then we can write it (whenever it gets written, might be a while) taking place at Disneyland.

Thanks for your help, and I hope you take time to check out some of my stories too, if you're a FH fan. Like Paul, I prefer the book universe, as it's more realistic, but a few of my stories are in the TVU. I write under the pen name Me.

 

[eeyore0062]

No, there is no Princess for the Day at WDW (that was for show purposes), however MK does choose a family to help open the park. Then they get to ride down Main Street ahead of the crowd in one of the Main Street cars. They may also pick a family to act as Grand Marshall of the afternoon parade.
This is also done for the the Jammin Jungle Parade in AK. How anyone gets chosen is anyone's guess. I don't believe there is any rhyme or reason to it, except being in the right place at the right time.

 

[DTFLurker]

Okay, thanks. Hmmm, I'll have to look at Disneyland and what they do, but having them chosen to open the park might be nice and a neat change from the episode.

If she gets to be in something similar to the Main Street parade at Disneyland she can always refer to it as being "Princess for a day" - being able to act as a Grand Marshall of a parade would make an 8YO girl feel like a princess, that's for sure! But, of course, altering it a little to fit the story like they did with that episode. (Which, actually, may be how they did it w/the "Full House" episode, as IIRC Michelle's 3rd wish was to let Stephanie - whom she'd cut in front of in line to get the chance to be Princess for a Day - be the grand marshall of the parade.) So, if they have a Main STreet type parade at Disneyland, just making Samantha the grand marshall and also adding some other perks.

Thanks again.

 

[iceskatejen]

Disneyland doesn't do this either.