My moment of Disney Magic happened with the help of a very nice CM (who we left a compliment at Guest Services), some luck and in return we got so much pixie dust!
2 years ago I was with a friend in DLP to celebrate her 25th birthday. My friend is a big Sleeping Beauty fan, she had made a drawing of Aurora she would like to get signed. Only meeting princesses in Paris is not as easy as in WDW. We have the Princess Pavillion, but lines are long and you do not know in advance which princess (yes single, not plural) you will meet. CMs are instructed not to tell guests which princesses are inside. And waiting 90 minutes for a chance, therefore we skipped the pavilion.
We decided to give the princess lunch/dinner-restaurant a try. Not to eat, but just to see if we could get in to get the autograph and then leave. Aurora should always be there. When we arrived, we see a CM at the door, but not checking reservations or whatever. He tells us there was a fire in the kitchen and the restaurant was closed. They did let in guests with reservations as all characters were present. These guests could get in and at least have their pictures taken. He asked us to wait for 15 minutes as Aurora had just left.
Then some people left the building, and when the door opened I saw Adam standing there (the Beast in human-form), oh and Belle was there too. Which caused me to freak out. I don’t know what I said anymore, but I convinced the CM to let us in, as I wanted to get the pictures with Adam. The CM went to ask and came back to let us in!
When we came in, there was only one family in front of us. We took of our coats, got a nice drink with a little umbrella
and waited for the royal couple. After the family left, we had the restaurant and the characters to ourselves. Unfortunately I didn't have my good camera with me, but the experience is so embedded in my memory, I don't need perfect pictures as a keepsake.
We got our pictures with Adam & Belle, as my friend kept talking with the royal couple, I saw Suzy & Perla being bored. Suzy had found my scarf and vest and started to play with it.
All of a sudden Aurora appears and my friend almost faints ;-)
My friend tried to persuade Aurora to exchange her Phillip doll against the real Phillip. Aurora didn’t go for it. Having props for character interaction, definitely helps. My friend really had her moment with Aurora and I was enjoying my friend’s happiness.
Then Cinderella came in, seeing there was no one, besides us in the restaurant. So that Aurora joined the conversation as well. My friend asks Cinderella: “Do you like sports.” It wasn’t the question I would ask, but Cinderella answered immediately: “Well, I like to dance if that is a sport.” To which my friend answers, “I only know the Macarena.” Luckily Suzy & Perla knew the Macarena as well. And of course they needed to demonstrate it.
And I was sane enough to switch my camera to video!
After this, we had seen all characters and there was no reason to stay anymore. We said our goodbyes to everyone and thanked the CM who had let us in a thousand times. We had at least 20 – 30 minutes of private meet. Once outside we couldn’t control ourselves to squeal with excitement. It was so much more than we expected and could ever dream of. Still one of the best moments I ever had.
Mine was on my sister's wedding trip - they had lots of special memories! - but mine came while watching the second Main Street Electrical Parade from Frontierland - it started right when the park closed. We were the only people on our side of the street and there were maybe a dozen people on the other side. As the parade came down the street we were clapping along and all the characters were pointing at us and making a big deal. When the float with Prince Charming came down I yelled out "Prince Charming!" He looked right at me and held out the pillow with the glass slipper. My brother-in-law snapped a great pic.
