Princess and think touring plan?

[PrincessP]

Planning two magic kingdom days in sept. Dd8 wants to see Tinkerbell (and any fairy that might be with her), Belle, and isn't picky about who else she might see. She'd probably love to see Ariel with her tail as she hasn't done that before (doesn't know it's an option).

What is a good plan of attack for princess / fairy meet and greets given we have 2 days?

 

[LSUfan4444]

FP+ will certainly help, but let's assume you are staying off-site and even by Sept, you will not be able to pre-book FP+ (which won't be the case).

Arrive both days 35 minutes prior to advertised park opening. One day head directly to Enchanted Tales with Belle, after that walk towards Ariel Meet & Greet, then I would head for other headliners like Peter Pan, Pooh, etc and make a decision then if you want to wait standby.

The other day I would head directly to Merida and if you are the first or second family in line, you can get done with her then immediately head to Tinkerbell and be done with Tink's nook by probably 9:40.

 

[LSUfan4444]

Now, assume you have FP+ and can pre-book.

Book FP+ for Enchatned tales some time after lunch along with one or two of the other Princess Meet & Greets.

First thing head to Peter Pan & Pooh, then Barnstomer, Dumbo, Carousel, etc.

On the other day, you can still hit Tink and Merida first thing, but if you get Fantasyland handled on the first day, you can really skip most of it on day 2.

 

[MandiC]

Well, there is no FP option for Tink so if you don't mind using your FP on character meets I would head straight to Tink at rope drop and do FP+ seeing Ariel and another FP+ for Enchanted Tales with Belle (if she likes Belle she will LOVE it)

 

[MandiC]

for the other characters I'd try to do a character meal honestly. You'll see a bunch of princesses in all one spot in the time you'd use to be eating anyways, leaving more time for anything else you'd like to do in the parks.

 

[3Gsandme]

What I would do is FP+ Enchanted Tales with Belle (and try to encourage your daughter to play the Beast! Mine did (no boy would volunteer) and she got to dance with Belle. It made her trip!), FP+ Rapunzel and FP+ Little Mermaid, but we did see short lines to meet Ariel later in the evening, so it might not be necessary. The line for the other princesses at the Fairy Tale meet and greet weren't nearly as long as Rapunzel. Merida had a super long line and we skipped it (much to my oldest's unhappiness).

I'd try to FP+ later in the day to give yourself the time you need to wait to see Tink, if she's a must see. I don't know how busy it will be when you go and I don't know who else you're accommodating, but if it's a low crowd day, there's no reason you can't do the above in one day.

 

[jenninaustin]

Josh has some great character-centric plans for MK on his site - easywdw.com - I just sent them to a friend who's going with her daughter.

 

[katt789]

For Belle, I would personally check her out over at Epcot. She's in her blue dress, and you actually get a meet and greet. Vs over at MK in Enchanted Tales they re-tell the story of B&tB and then you get a bookmark/picture with Belle at the end, not a lot of interaction time. Belle starts meets at 11am over in Epcot if I remember correctly.

I would do one day: rope drop, and go straight into Tink's meet and greet first thing.
After Tink, probably head over to the Fairytale Hall, lines usually aren't bad in the mornings, so I'd do Rapunzel & friend first, then circle back through for Cinderella & friend and there you go 6 characters done within probably the first hour!


Other day: if you're big on Merida, go straight there.

Jasmine & Aladdin's meets stop around 4pm, so be aware of that if you want to catch them in MK.

Tiana is out all day, but after the 4pm ish, Naveen will join her, I always find it's more fun to see them together so I do that in the evening.

 

[Itinkso]

Tink may be moving to Town Square Theater before your September visit. If she does move, then there will be Fp+ for her. Tink will be meeting alone when she is at Town Square Theater according to Kenny the Pirate.

 

[siskaren]

Josh has some great character-centric plans for MK on his site - easywdw.com - I just sent them to a friend who's going with her daughter.

http://www.easywdw.com/character-locations/prioritizing-the-magic-kingdom-characters-locations-pictures-wait-times-best-times-to-meet-etc/

 

[PrincessP]

Thanks for all the tips. We are really looking forward to Enchanted Tales with Belle. Our last trip was just before it opened. There have been so many changes in the year and a half since we were there. I hate to use FP for character meets, but we may have to do that.

Also, thanks for forgiving the auto-correct version of "Tink" - my iPad corrected my title to "think"....the powers that be should plug in all the DIS abbreviations into our gadgets.

 

[badora]

We are using a FP+ for ETWB but not for the princess meets.

MK day 1 we are headed to Princess Hall first thing at rope drop and knocking out both options and then headed to meet Ariel and the Ariel Ride. We will also hit up Barnstormer, Dumbo and other rides in that area and have ETWB scheduled for late morning before hoping to go to BOG for lunch.

MK Day 2 we are headed to Merida first thing at rope drop followed by Tink (we are going in May so not sure where she will be located). We also plan to then head to meet Aladdin and Jasmine and do POTC, JC, Magic Carpets.

We also plan to meet Tiana with Naveen one of those days in the evening.

We have reservations at Akershus to meet the princesses as well. CRT is another option if you want to meet a bunch at once.