Princess Fairy Tale hall & Meeting Princesses Strategy

[VioletSparkles]

Are the only princesses who are at Fairy Tale Hall Cinderella, Rapunzel, Anna, and Elsa? I know those are the only princesses who have fast passes but I wasn't sure if we would run into anyone else.

My daughter is almost 3 and princess OBSESSED. We are planning to have a rest day at our hotel for most of the days on one our trip and heading to the park around 6pm for dinner in Cinderella's Castle in the evening. This way she will be well rested and I will have time to get her dressed up in her princess gown for dinner.
THis same day I have fast passes for meeting Cinderella and Rapunzel (I know we will meet Cinderella at Dinner but "Punzel" is her favorite and since she isn't always at dinner it was a must), we don't have A&E fast passes for that day but I'm holding out hope!
Ideally I'd like her to get to meet most of the prinesses that night as she will be dressed up and won't be tired and I'm looking for suggestions on what strategy to use. We do have Akershaus reservations as well on another day so if my plan doesn't work out for one day full of meet and greets thats OK too but figured I would ask people who are more experienced than us (this is our first trip!)

 

[ktlm]

Kennythepirate.com has all the character times, and is a great resource to help plan with a character obsessed kid. I have a kid (now 9) who has been character obsessed since age 2 and his website has helped us an incredible amount with the yearly trips. Our house was all Disney Princess all the time for several years, and she still really likes the Princesses even though most of her friends claim they don't anymore. At MK, Jasmine meets back in adventureland sometimes with Aladdin, and Tiana meets in Liberty square. Many of the meet and greets around the park (other than the ones specifically in buildings) end in the early evening hours, so it is something you would likely want to do before dinner. There is also Enchanted Tales with Belle which runs until park closing. That is a good one to get a FP+ for; however, if you are going to do it fairly late in the evening we have found that there isn't much of a wait and you don't really need FP+. So, if your DD is a night owl, then going to Enchanted Tales late might be a good option for you that evening. At EPCOT, in addition to Akershus, there are Princess meet and greets all over world showcase. There is Mulan, Snow White, Jasmine (sometimes with Aladdin), Belle (blue dress), Sleeping Beauty, and not princesses, but you can also find Mary Poppins and Alice. DD LOVED EPCOT at age 3. In WS, between the kidcot stations, the character meet and greets and the boat ride in Mexico, DD was in absolute heaven.

I know you have planned a rest day, but be prepared that if your DD is high energy, she may not stand for that. When our DD was that age, she wanted to be in the parks the minute she had woke up a little and she would be standing at the room door with her stroller telling us to hurry up!

Have a wonderful trip! There is nothing like that first trip with a pre-schooler- everything is so real and magical! DD was just under 3 on her first trip, and although we have been every year since, I think that trip is still my absolute favorite. Watching her was a joy!

 

[MischaOz]

There is an Ariel meet & greet which you can get FP for, also enchanted tales with Belle. Merida and Tiana have regular meet & greets which you cannot FP. Jasmine can sometimes be found near the Aladdin ride. This is just in MK, there are other princesses that m&g in Epcot.

Not a princess, but you can FP Tinkerbelle, and we have had some excellent interactions with her. Have fun!!

 

[tobikaye]

There are all kinds of princesses other than those.

Jasmine can sometimes be found in Adventureland (MK) and Morocco (Epcot).
Ariel, as a mermaid, can be found in her Grotto (MK).
Merida meets in Fairytale Garden (MK).
Tiana meets in Liberty Square (MK).
Belle meets after her show (MK).
Aurora meets in France (Epcot).
Snow White meets in Germany (Epcot).
Mulan meets in China (Epcot).

I see now, after typing, that others posted similar information, but since I have it typed, I figured I would post.

 

[ktlm]

I can't believe I forget Ariel- she has a whole grotto for goodness sake! If you have any morning time, her line is usually really short in the morning. Actually, I can't recall seeing it horribly long any time during the day. You probably don't need to use a FP+ for that one.

I don't know if the line for Merida has changed, but it has been really long when we have seen her. I think an hour is fairly common for her. Again, that is somewhere that Kenney's schedules can be a big help.

For the Princesses that come out in sets (as opposed to Cinderella/Rapunzel, A&E and Ariel that are in buildings (or grottos) and are constant), as a rule, typically you want to get in line for a Princess before they come out for a set. For example, say she schedule were to show, Mulan from 1:00 to 1:35, and then again from 2:10-2:40. Her line for that first set might be full and might close at 1:05 p.m., so if you don't arrive until 1:20 thinking you are going to jump in line and see her, you will have a disappointed kid. Those are not real times, but I use that example because last year we did go to see Mulan about 8 minutes after her time started because we happened to be in that area, and the line was already cut off and we did not get to see her that set. Once people see that Princess come out, they flood the line. That is one of the reasons that Kenny's schedules can be so valuable. (Also- I don't know if it has change, but at least the last 2 years the schedules on Disney's MDE app were wrong half the time and unreliable-- pretty sad that Kenny had Disney's character schedule right, but Disney couldn't even get them right in its own app!).

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Are the only princesses who are at Fairy Tale Hall Cinderella, Rapunzel, Anna, and Elsa? I know those are the only princesses who have fast passes but I wasn't sure if we would run into anyone else.

My daughter is almost 3 and princess OBSESSED. We are planning to have a rest day at our hotel for most of the days on one our trip and heading to the park around 6pm for dinner in Cinderella's Castle in the evening. This way she will be well rested and I will have time to get her dressed up in her princess gown for dinner.
THis same day I have fast passes for meeting Cinderella and Rapunzel (I know we will meet Cinderella at Dinner but "Punzel" is her favorite and since she isn't always at dinner it was a must), we don't have A&E fast passes for that day but I'm holding out hope!
Ideally I'd like her to get to meet most of the prinesses that night as she will be dressed up and won't be tired and I'm looking for suggestions on what strategy to use. We do have Akershaus reservations as well on another day so if my plan doesn't work out for one day full of meet and greets thats OK too but figured I would ask people who are more experienced than us (this is our first trip!)

So at CRT before dinner, you'll meet Cinderella, and then during dinner Ariel in her human form, Jasmine, Aurora, and Snow White will come around to your table. If that's not enough princess for you, besides A&E, the only princesses who meet in MK who you won't meet at CRT are Rapunzel, who you have covered, Ariel as a mermaid, Tiana, and Merida. The waits for Merida tend to drop around the dinner hour, so you might have some luck heading over to the MK around 5:00ish (check her schedule) and meeting her before dinner. Tiana is best saved for the evening, IMO, because that's the only time she meets with Naveen and he's dreamy. You might have luck grabbing a FP+ for Ariel...I'm not sure how fast those are distributed.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Oh, and at Akershus, you're going to meet the exact same princesses as you meet at CRT, except Belle greets you before dinner and Jasmine isn't usually at Akershus; instead Cinderella, Ariel, Aurora, and Snow White come around the dining room.

I didn't mention Enchanted Tales with Belle because it's not really a M&G.