Is CRT worth it for 3 1/2 year old? Best Princess meals for this age?

[DisneyToddlers]

Hi, I'm making my ADR's in the morning (Weds.) and I'm wondering if CRT will be worth it at this age (she'll actually be 3yrs, 9mos old) or should we wait for another trip? I want to do maybe 2 princess meals-Any thoughts on the best for this age?
Thanks!

 

[ms*mountaineer]

I have never been to CRT - planning it for our next trip, mainly because DD's will be 5 and 7 and they will get a kick out of going into the castle. We did Akershus this year and it was wonderful - lots of princess interaction. And the girls really enjoyed it.

 

[DreaminDisney]

My DD was 2 her first visit to CRT. She loved it. I have a bunch of pictures of her with the princesses. She just turned 8 and CRT is the one place she always wants to go back to.
Personally I think at age 3 your DD would really enjoy it. I would go for sure if you're able to get an ADR for breakfast there

 

[hvivona]

Oh absolutely, you must take her. She is the perfect age and will totally love love love it!

 

[tink2]

Definitely go to CRT- dd was 2 1/2 her first trip and she absolutely loved it! She was so into it. She is now 8 (almost 9) and CRT is the one thing she asked about when we told her we were going to WDW this past Jan- was Cinderella going to invite us to eat in the castle. She enjoyed Norway when we ate there a few years ago, but never asked to go back. She thinks CRT is a must every trip though. 3 is such a magical age- she will love it!

 

[AlohaAnnie]

We took our DD in 2006, who was 4 at the time to CRT for breakfast and she was thrilled. It was really magical for her, she was so excited she got to eat breakfast in Cinderella's Castle.

 

[Hootch]

3 and 4 for our last two trips and we have eaten at CRT both times. She absolutely loved it both times.

 

[StratMan]

I want to do maybe 2 princess meals-Any thoughts on the best for this age?
Thanks!

If you're doing 2 or if you can't get CRT, Princess Storybook Dining at Akershus (Norway, Epcot) is a good one. You get 5 princess (or leading ladies) there. I think the only other princess meal is Cinderella's Gala Feast at 1900 Park Fare (Grand Floridian).

I used to have a normal life, I swear.

 

[jenb1023]

CRT is definitely worth it! We went to breakfast there on both our trips. DD was 3 1/2 the first time and not quite 4 1/2 the second time. This most recent trip we did a late breakfast and DD did the MK BBB prior to breakfast. The pictures of her made up and dressed like Cinderella with Cinderella are great!

We also did lunch at Princess Storybook at Akershus which was very nice too.

 

[redc]

Any age younger than 5, they'll never remember it.
The experience is for YOU to see the child in that setting.
The child will remember thru the photos you take.

 

[MickeyNicki]

We took a 3.5 year old niece to the Princess Breakfast in Norway and it was amazing, she had the best time and a year and a half later she still remembers meeting Ariel for breakfast

 

[disneymom0104]

We did the princess breakfast in Norway last May and it was WONDERFUL. My girls loved it so much. My youngest was 2 years 11 months when we went and she still talks about it almost a year later. I made my ADRs yesterday and asked if they wanted to try CRT instead and both insisted upon Akershus. Of course they would love CRT as well, but we are doing Akershus again this time

 

[GatorLady]

Any age younger than 5, they'll never remember it.
The experience is for YOU to see the child in that setting.
The child will remember thru the photos you take.

Very true My DD5 (she will be 6 when we are there) voted for two princess meals instead of one (since CRT takes 2 credits on the DP). We are going to Princess Dining in Norway and dinner at 1900 Park Fare. I have never hyped the castle, and she just wants to see Princesses, she doesn't care where. We might do it next year if she wants to, that way she will really remember it.

 

[clairemolly]

Any age younger than 5, they'll never remember it.
The experience is for YOU to see the child in that setting.
The child will remember thru the photos you take.

I think this depends on the child. We took DD the week before she turned 3 and she still talks about it to this day. We haven't had photos out for her to look at in a while either so it seems it is from memory. It is one of the things she requested doing in Oct when we go.

 

[clairemolly]

I would totally do it! We also had the Princess Breakfast in Norway at Epcot when DD was almost 3. She liked both, but still talks about eating in the "real" Cinderella's castle.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

Definitely worth it!

My DD was 3 1/2 when we went last February. We ate breakfast at CRT our first morning there. My daughter LOVED it, and has been talking about it ever since! When I told her we were taking another trip to Disney for her 5th b-day, that was the first thing she mentioned. She wanted to eat breakfast with the princesses in the castle. Luckily, I got my ADR yesterday for the meal with no problems.