If your group has a princess obsessed member

[Anabelletoronto]

my daughter really wants to meet princesses. She told me she would rather meet the princesses than ride the rides but I know when we get there, she will change her mind.

We have reservations for 1900 Park, Akershus and CRTable so plenty of chances to meet princesses. Should we also plan to do meet and greet at fairytale hAll?
We also plan to tour world showcase and see princesses where the lines aren't too long.

 

[LoKiHB]

Depends on who she wants to meet. She'll certainly get her fill at Akershus, I know my little one (pictured to the left) LOVED it. He was Princess obsessed for the better part of a year. If she wants to meet Anna/Elsa I would suggest trying for that the same day you do Akershus. I don't know what the waits are like now, but when we were there last October, we were able to meet them both with about a 30 minute wait later in the afternoon. Also, I don't know if she considers Tinkerbell a Princess, but you can meet her as well. As far as Fairytale Hall, I believe we met Rapunzel and Tiana when we went. He LOVED Rapunzel, and talked Tiana's ear off about tomato sauce and Brussels Sprouts.

 

[SureAsLiz]

The character dining you have really cycle between the same few princesses and do not feature the newer ones so you will need to go elsewhere to visit them.

Tiana and Elena will not be at any of the character meals you listed, but are both in Fairytale Hall (opposite lines)
Rapunzel will only be at CRT, but if she isn't there she will be in Fairytale Hall (same line as Tiana)

Belle will be at Akershus in her gold gown, but in France in her blue gown
Mulan could appear in any princess meal (I've met her at Akershus twice) but isn't one of the regulars, she only meets in China
Pocahontas does not appear at a character meal and only meets in Animal Kingdom
Merida does not appear at a character meal and only meets in Magic Kingdom
Anna and Elsa do not appear at a character meal and only meet in Norway

Aurora could be at both Akershus and CRT, but if she isn't then she meets in France
Snow White could be at both Akershus and CRT, but if she isn't then she meets in Magic Kingdom and Germany
Jasmine could be at both Akershus and CRT, but if she isn't then she meets in Magic Kingdom (with Aladdin) and Morocco)
Ariel could be at both Akershus and CRT, but if she isn't then she meets in Magic Kingdom (with her fins)

Rapunzel (and Flynn) and Ariel (and Eric) can be met at Trattoria Al Forno for the Bon Voyage Breakfast

Tiana, Rapunzel, Anna, and Elsa appear in the Magic Kingdom stage show Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire
Belle, Cinderella, Tiana, Anna, Elsa, Rapunzel, Ariel, Merida, and Snow White appear in the Magic Kingdom parade Festival of Fantasy
Belle*, Ariel*, Snow White*, Tiana, Pocahontas*, Jasmine, Mulan, and Moana can all appear in Fantastmic (*characters with a segment, the rest on the boat)


I may have missed a few, but this is generally where everyone can be found

 

[WedWayPilot]

my daughter really wants to meet princesses. She told me she would rather meet the princesses than ride the rides but I know when we get there, she will change her mind.

We have reservations for 1900 Park, Akershus and CRTable so plenty of chances to meet princesses. Should we also plan to do meet and greet at fairytale hAll?
We also plan to tour world showcase and see princesses where the lines aren't too long.

One thing to consider is if you want to take nice pictures or want to use photo pass with princesses other than Cinderella And Belle you will have much better photos with the regular meet and greets. To me it's always a bit clumsy taking photos at character meals and then you end up with a half eaten hamburger and the people from the table behind you in the picture. The dedicated meet and greets have very nice backdrops and the photo pass photographers will take pictures with your camera if you hand it to them.

 

[ktlm]

How old is she? I would not bet on her mind changing. From age 2, until about age 7, the characters were far more important to her than any of the rides. I can recall one MK day where we basically went from character to character trying to get them all, and only rode maybe 2 rides. To this day (and she is 11 now), she thinks that was one of the absolute best days ever at WDW (and we go every year). She was extremely Princess obsessed. I would say definitely do Fairytale Hall, especially if you are doing memory maker/photopass. The photos you get in there will be a lot better than the ones at the tables in the restaurants. We always did CRT, 1900 and Akershus (Akershus has been dropped from the rotation- but the other 2 are still must dos for her). I would suggest investing in Kenny the Pirate's character locator. It was money well spent for us. He has lists of all the characters and the times that they appear. The EPCOT princesses can have long lines, but if you use Kenny's suggestions, you can minimize your wait time. I don't know how your DD will be, but for my DD, it did not matter if she had just met Belle at Akershus. If she saw her outside, she wanted to meet her again. Mulan is generally not at the princess meals, but you can find her in China. You should visit Arial in her Grotto, because that is the only place she has her tail (if the line is long- try again later-we usually see her with a 10 minute or less wait). Tiana is usually not at character meals. If she is young, Enchanted Tales with Belle might be a must-- the kids can participate. My house was all Disney Princess, all the time for a few years!

 

[TulipMom]

Your kids don't know what they "missed". There is ALWAYS more that you could do at Disney. I think those character meals you have planned are plenty of princess interactions to please most kids. If there's one or two more specific princesses that she just can't miss who aren't at one of those meals, then add those, but otherwise I'd keep it to the meals. We were able to get some great pictures from CRT last trip.

 

[mastermind307]

When my DD was younger, she wanted to meet all the princesses when we went to Disney. On 2 of our trips, when she was 5 and 6 we meet all of them. It took some planning, but was doable. We did some character meals, but met a lot of them in the parks. I just had a times guide and tried to get in line a few minutes before they would come out. This worked really well at EPCOT, we'd get in line 10-15 minutes and would be one of the first in line and would be done and on our way in 20 minutes or less. On those 2 trips, we met several princesses multiple times. On our last trip DD was 9 and I figured she wouldn't want to meet princesses anymore. She had never met Anna and Elsa since Frozen wasn't out when we'd gone before so I did make FPs for them just in case. I was glad I did because she did want to meet them and then she decided she wanted to meet other princesses as well. I was able to rearrange some FPs so she could meet more. Just be flexible and be willing to change plans if necessary.

 

[Travelgrrl]

I know my little one (pictured to the left) LOVED it. He was Princess obsessed for the better part of a year.

That is seriously cute. Glad you were able to make his princess dreams come true!

 

[DisneyFansInNYC]

We just did the Bon Voyage breakfast on the Boardwalk. We met Ariel, Rapunzel and Flynn Rider - Prince Erik was supposed to be there but instead we met Merida and she was the best. So much fun plus the food was fantastic.

Our kids love meeting Tiana and Tinkerbell. I would go to see those too.