Princess Tea at Grand Floridian-~~WOULD ANYONE SHARE PICTURES&REVIEWS PLEASE~~

[FairyDust2008]

I would so like to see pictures from the Disney Princess Tea Party at GF and to hear experiences from others that have done this. Is it worth $250.00? My dd LOVES the American Girl dolls and although this doll isn't an American Girl, it looks very similar and I think it would be a very cute "special" time for me and dd to share on our very 1st trip to WDW. Tell me what you think and PLEASE SHARE SOME PICS-THANKS

 

[FairyDust2008]

We were booked for CRT but I cancelled it. Cinderella isn't dd favorite princess and with the tea at GF, she gets a little more stuff, not just pictures. The Wonderland Tea is cheaper but they don't get anything there other than a picture and I don't like leaving dd by herself. I much rather like the way they do it with the Princess Party where an adult can be with the children.

 

[CampbellScot]

Check out the reviews for this tea at allearsnet.com. there are TONS reviews and a few pictures at least.

 

[Luthien]

We went to this in December 2005. My DD's were 4 and 6 at the time and absolutely loved it! We feel it was worth the price to do once. The doll is similar in quality to an American Girl Doll. The bracelet and tiara are not the best quality but, my girls still have them 2+ years later (and they do play with the tiaras). It was definitely a great "girlie" thing to do together. The girls at our party ranged in age from about 3 to 10 or so.

 

[FairyDust2008]

Trying to bump up for some more responses and hopefully some more pictures. I'm thinking of booking this for me and dd for our upcoming summer 08 trip but I would really like to see some more feedback about the experience and see some more pictures. It is 250.00 so I just wanted to make sure I know all about it before booking. Thanks all for your help

 

[Seahunt]

Using search I tried to find an older review I remembered posted by a DISer (named Janet I think?) that really detailed all the features of the tea party. Of course search wouldn't cooperate today , but I did find a couple of also good reviews previously posted by Texa and 2littlebugsmon - with pictures:

Texa
My daughter (she turned 4 on the trip) and I attended the Princess tea at the Grand Floridian on Friday June 10th.
I had thought about purchasing a princess costume for her before the trip but she had a perfectly cute sparkly tinkerbell dress she had worn last halloween that still fit so I decided to just go with that instead. I glad I did! There were many little Auroras, Cinderellas, Belles, one little Jasmine complete with a beautiful wig, plus other Tinkerbelles! There were also a few that were just dressed up. I don't think anyone felt out of place.

EXCEPT - do I need to tell you that although hubby and DS9 travelled with us to the Grand Floridian (from SOG) they took a look around and at all the little princesses and high tailed it over to Disney Quest for the rest of the afternoon.

When you check in they give you a card with your little princesses name on it. They have the girls gather around the steps to the tea room then call them up on by one. This is done by Rose Petal, who is truly an amazing performer. When each girl was called they placed a little crown on her head and gave the name card to Rose Petal, who greeted the little princess by name, posed for a picture, then threw actual flower petals in front of the little girls as they are lead (the parent has joined them by this time) to their seat.

There is a an American Girl style doll waiting for DD at our table. It took quite a bit of convincing that she got to actually keep the doll. We were served during this time; finger sandwiches, cheese and fruit, crackers, plus tea for the grown ups and apple juice for the children. The set up was beautiful and DD was thrilled that she had her own little tea. There was a bowl of sugar cubes and tongs that fascinated DD. She put a few in my tea just because it was fun for some reason. I also let her eat one (BAD MOM). I have to admit I expected to need to stop somewhere for lunch after the tea but the food was filling! DD and I didn't eat again until dinner time, around 5:30. The tea sandwiches were chicken, shrimp, and egg, I believe. The cake was white with strawberry! Perfect for little princesses!

While we were eating Rose Petal was singing and telling interactive stories to the children. She was really quite good and made a point to go up to each princess at least once and sit next to her and make her feel very special. She also had a little Rose microphone that she would use to engage us in her storytelling, also having the children wave their wands and sing to their dolls. They also made a big fuss over birthdays and special occasions

After a while she gathered the princesses in a group in the center of the room and led them in a little dance around the room to practice being princess-like!

As she was doing this Princess Aurora entered the room! She also gathered them around and showed them how be royal ladies. Then there was a lot of one on one time with the cast members including Princess Aurora, who gave each girl a rose and a special hug!

There was probably quite a bit of detail about the party that I left out, but each girl was made to feel very, very special and princess-like.

It is quite a bit of money, so is it worth it. Well technically yes but you have to know your child. If your daughter dreams of being a princess, is the type to dress up and have tea parties, it would be more than worth it. If your child would rather make mud pies, climb trees, and ride horses, probably not. I have a feeling my daughter is growing into the latter so this may be our last year for princess activities, but I'm glad I did it once.

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2littlebugsmom

I just attended the party last month with my two dd's - ages 6 and 4. Both are VERY girly-girly and LOVE everything Princess. I tell you, they left there feeling as close to a Princess as one can get! I highly recommend this tea to others! My husband and 14 yr old niece went with us also (they did the video taping and pictures so I could enjoy the moment with my girls!) - so it was quite expensive, but worth every penny in my opinion!

Someone asked about length - ours lasted close to 1 1/2 hrs.

Also, after Rose Petal introduced our dds, they sprinkled the rose petals on top of their heads. They asked for our dds names when we made the reservations, that's how they already had the cards made out.

Being crowned:

Sprinkled w/ rose petals:

With Rose Petal:

With Sleeping Beauty

Hope this helps! Seems like a little girl's dream to me!