photos of studio 365

[lulukate]

Does anyone have photos of studio 365? Is the experience as good as bibbidi bobbidi? We are taking 3 girls ages 5, 8, 11 and I am not sure which to book.

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[goofycathy]

I am also interested in taking DD8 here, shes not really into the princesses as much this year as when we were there in 08, thanks in advanced!

 

[Disney Brat]

I am really interested too! DD6 is trying to decide between this and BBB... any experiences/pics would really help!! TIA!!!

 

[ebtbmom]

I have some very recent pictures. I took my 13yr niece here in January, she loved it!

I'm embarrassed to admit though that I don't know how to add pictures here. I'll post them if someone can tell me how.

 

[Ross3half]

I've been trying to find pics too because my daughters want to go back to Libby Lu which of course isn't there anymore but I would think this would be a similar experience. This is the best I've been able to find so far of the style options -- but not actual trip report pics.

http://psc.disney.go.com/eventservices/artofdisneyparks/event/dlr_studio_disney_365.html

 

[LavenderPeach]

I have some very recent pictures. I took my 13yr niece here in January, she loved it!

I'm embarrassed to admit though that I don't know how to add pictures here. I'll post them if someone can tell me how.

You can upload your pics to a photobucket account then you copy and paste the link into your reply here. Once you have your pics in photobucket, it should be fairly easy to see where to click for the link. Hope that made sense.

 

[jnjusoioa]

Just thought I would give this a bump, would love to see some photos from 365 as well.

 

[parrotheadmom]

I just learned something new! My DD has done the pirate league and BBB at WDW and I just started visiting the DL boards for our upcoming trip in Aug. I didn't now about this (thanks disboards)! I would love to see pics if anyone out there has any!

 

[Disney Brat]

Bumping up!

 

[shanni]

Just a little bump in case anyone is doing Studio 365 this summer. I would love to see some photos or hear some experiences about this! My oldest dd is SO OVER the princess stage! I was thinking I would take the younger two to BBB, and the oldest to Studio 365. I would love to know a bit more about it though from people who went! Thanks!

 

[Ross3half]

We took our girls in April, DD4 and DD7. We had reservations for 12:30 (made them 60 days in advance) but still had to wait about an hour because there were parties before us that were running late. They gave us a pager so we could shop around in DTD while we waited but it still threw a kink in our plans for the day since it was a park day for us. My girls both got the "Take a Bow" style for $19.99 (this is the cheapest/simplest style but worked well for my younger girls).

First they interview them to complete the "contract"...what is your favorite Disney channel star, what is your favorite color (for the hair inserts), etc.

Then they sit them down in the style chair and put a TON of gel in their hair, slick it back to make a bow style with the color of hair add-in they chose (one chose aqua and the other chose puprle), and then sprinkle it with pixie dust glitter. Then they put the make-up on...warning: they let the kids pick the shades so I had to step in and ask for a light/sheer shade for my little ones since they both picked really dark/bold colors of course! Once they're all made up, they announce something about the rock star being ready.

After that they send them over to the booth for their photo session with microphone, guitar, etc. You can buy a photo pkg for something like $35 or a lanyard photo for $20...can't remember the amounts exactly since we didn't buy them. You can take your own photos but you just get the blue screen background instead of the backgrounds they super-impose into the photos. There was a photopass photographer there too so you can just add them to your CD if you're buying one. I thought our blue background photos on our camera were just as cute though!

They also send your kids home with the brush, comb, and make-up case (looks like a large sparkly lavendar billfold/wallet with a small mirror and a variety of make-up).

My girls thought it was great but they were definitely ready for their hair to be taken out by the end of the day. We did Libby Lu the year before when it was in the same spot which I thought was better, but our girls still enjoyed this. Glad I only paid for the $19.99 version though since it doesn't last long.

I think I enjoyed Libby Lu more because their stylist was very age-appropriate and Disney-ish with them, and it seemed much more organized and fun with cuter styles. The ladies at Stuido 365 were a bit grouchy and gossiping/whispering about some kind of workplace issue going on that day, so they didn't interact with the girls much at all other than to tell them which way to hold their head when they were digging in the million bobby-pins. These gals definitely lacked the Disney magic.

I have a bunch of photos but I haven't ever uploaded pics here since i'm not sure how...sorry!

 

[shanni]

Thanks so much for the review!! That's too bad that the ladies doing their hair weren't better with the kids! It seems like the women at BBB really know how to make the girls feel extra special... I thought that 365 would have been similar.

I'm anxious to hear other reviews to see if this was just an off day, or if this is how it always is? It seems that they have been up and running long enough they would have weeded out people like that!

 

[haley's mom]

I'd love to see pics also. Someone has to help us!