Oh man, I think I missed a golden opportunity?

[STXMom]

I'm planning our first trip to WDW in Mid May for my daughter's 4th birthday(she loves Cinderella and will be dressed like her). I was lucky enough to get an invite and reservation for BOG lunch @11, but I was really hoping for CRT which, as you know, is pretty impossible.

On a whim today, I checked for a breakfast reservation on the Disney site and lo and behold 930am. I rushed to reserve it and was startled that they ask you to pay up front, and seeing $150+ freaked me out a bit since I wasn't familiar with cancellation procedure if we had to cancel. In the 2 minutes or so it took me to check, it was gone! I'm so stupid!

BUT Im gonna keep hoping lightning will strike twice for me before mid may. My question is, though: is Cinderella the only Princess at CRT? Are there more? Has anyone been there lately? How was it?

 

[imthemamahere]

Cinderella does a quick meet-n-greet/photo-op with you as you head into Cinderella's Royal Table. She does not come around from table to table to hang out and chat.

We did breakfast at the castle in November 2012, and upstairs in the dining room, we were visited by Jasmine, Ariel, Snow White, and Aurora. Not 100% certain whether it's always the same mix of princesses, but I'd imagine that is the case most of the time, at least!

 

[NoMoneyThanks2Disney]

So sorry to hear that! Hope you get another. Sounds weird but my experience was that you are more likely to get an adr the closer you get to your date because people are cancelling them in order to not get charged. We had breakfast, lunch, and dinner at CRT on 2/7/14, and all 3 times it was the same. You take a nice professional photo with Cinderella before you go into the dining room. You get copies of the best one they take while you're dining. Then once seated the princesses (Snow White, Ariel, Aurora, and Jasmine) come around. Make sure to take your personal camera for pictures with those princesses; there is no professional photographer. Also, if money is an issue, definitely try to get breakfast. If memory serves, that was the cheapest meal there. Good luck!

 

[NoMoneyThanks2Disney]

Oh! Forgot to mention make sure your daughter gets and wears a Birthday pin. She'll get a special birthday surprise while there.

 

[stefany13]

You might consider Ashkerhus instead - Cinderella was one of the walk-around princesses when we last visited (others were Snow White, Ariel & Aurora, with a Meet & greet photo with Belle prior). I don't think it requires a full pre-payment like CRT.

 

[STXMom]

Thanks for the tips everyone! I"m gonna keep at it!
Are the Princesses only there during breakfast or are they there for every meal?

 

[nennewmom]

I've been trying to get CRT for mid-June for a while and there is never anything available. I finally found one today for 6/12 at 4:05 pm. It's not an ideal dinner time, but it's something.

Just keep trying. Somebody is bound to cancel.

 

[aaarcher86]

They're all there for every meal!