Strategy for Epcot Meet N Greet with Belle

[Princessmom0617]

My girls really want to see Belle and I have read the only official meet n greet she does now is in Epcot. The first Meet n greet is at 11am right when the countries open- do they hold you out of this area until 11am or will they let you in a little early? Wondering what time we should show up.

 

[summermac]

I don't think you'll have any major issues meeting Belle to be honest.

 

[cajmom]

Do Enchated Tales with Belle at MK. They will more than likely pick your girls to be part of the show. After show is over, they will take their pictures with Belle. My friends daughter did the show 4 times over 2 days. She loved it. She was 6. In MK, Belle meets in her yellow dress. Epcot is blue so they can have their picture taken with both. Of course the people playing Belle are different

 

[LSUfan4444]

She has a few meet & greets. She meets in France in Epcot in her blue and white dress, in Akershus (Norway) and has an entire attraction geared towards her including a meet and greet in Magic Kingdom.

 

[ucfknight]

Of course the people playing Belle are different

Wait... what?
I think you just ruined some of the magic for me.

 

[pooh4evr]

Her line won't be that long you should not have a problem anytime during her set times. Maybe 30 minutes at the most.

 

[cajmom]

Sorry. I take it back I take it back We had two different Belles for ET and the little girl in our group was upset. The first one was really awesome and the second one, not so much.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

My girls really want to see Belle and I have read the only official meet n greet she does now is in Epcot. The first Meet n greet is at 11am right when the countries open- do they hold you out of this area until 11am or will they let you in a little early? Wondering what time we should show up.

We haven't experienced a long line to meet Belle in Epcot. The one time we waited a while, it was because we wanted to meet Beast as well and he was on break when we first arrived. The CM said that Beast would be out in about 15 minutes so we hung out until he arrived. People who came up and didn't want to wait for Beast, got right up to meet Belle with no wait.

 

[pooh4evr]

We haven't experienced a long line to meet Belle in Epcot. The one time we waited a while, it was because we wanted to meet Beast as well and he was on break when we first arrived. The CM said that Beast would be out in about 15 minutes so we hung out until he arrived. People who came up and didn't want to wait for Beast, got right up to meet Belle with no wait.

I don't think Beast meets anywhere besides dinner at Be Our Guest.

 

[ferd]

Yeah, Beast only meets at BOG for dinner.

Belle in France is easy to see. I saw her last Wednesday around noon and waited maybe 5 minutes. She was really sweet and read the entire storybook to my 2 year old daughter that I brought for her to sign. She's in her blue dress and the one we saw had a spot on Belle voice.

ETWB is a nice attraction and it's fun to have your child play a part, and you can get a decent picture courtesy of photopass, but you cannot use a flash with your own camera and the lighting is pretty dark so you really can't get great pictures on your own. She also doesn't sign in ETWB, she gives each child in the show a pre-signed/printed bookmark. It's also not a great way to get a picture with her as she really only poses quickly with those who participated in the show.

 

[theworldneedscolor]

Do you think it will be as easy to meet her during the last week of March? I know the parks are going to be crazy busy, but I'm not sure how that will affect character meets.

 

[ariel326]

When I looked at her schedule last night, her last meet and greet time was at like at 4:30ish, so something like that. I was bummed. But when we got to France, around 6:30ish, she was there. We stood in line for about 10-15 minutes and got plenty of time with her. The memory maker photographer took at least 5-7 pictures.

We also did Enchanted Tales with Belle at the MK. Both my son and I were chosen, so we got to meet her there too. But that was a super quick take a photo, give a hug and move on. No autograph or time to say hello and take a minute with her.

So, I kind of enjoyed the meet and greet at Epcot better. But they were both good.

 

[ferd]

Do you think it will be as easy to meet her during the last week of March? I know the parks are going to be crazy busy, but I'm not sure how that will affect character meets.

If it's during Spring Break, I imagine you may have to wait a little longer in Epcot to see her, but not anything too insane. She may take a break while you're in line and you will see her when she returns if the line gets too big.

If you are talking about ETWB (at anytime) I would recommend either going there first thing in the morning, or getting a FP+ for it. The waits can get pretty long for that attraction, and it doesn't move very fast. I tried to get a FP+ for it on Saturday and the earliest time I was offered was 5:40 and that was around 9am! The wait time even at rope drop can be 20 minutes sometimes.

 

[ammag]

Last November we were lined up at the entrance to world showcase at 10:45, people literally ran through once they let the rope down, all going to belle. We walked brisk
Y and waited about 15 min. She was great, my daughter asked what her favortie book was and they had a nice chat! People were a little nuts about racing to her though. This October we did a FP+ for ETWB and it was a lot of fun but not worth an hour in line for us, I was happy to have the FP.

 

[RAPstar]

Of course the people playing Belle are different

Fun story: I met Belle in her blue dress at Epcot, and then the next day I went to the Princess M&G back in the former Toontown Fair section, and I actually had the same friend of Belle as the one in Epcot. It was quite humorous to me.

 

[jcemom]

My girls really want to see Belle and I have read the only official meet n greet she does now is in Epcot. The first Meet n greet is at 11am right when the countries open- do they hold you out of this area until 11am or will they let you in a little early? Wondering what time we should show up.

The Patisserie in France is open for breakfast, so there will be no ropes stopping you from getting into that section of the World Showcase.

 

[pooh4evr]

It might be different now, but (at least in October) she was outside of France on the lagoon side of the street/walkway or whatever. I think there was a sign up saying what times she would be there.

 

[katt789]

Belle is usually not that bad of a wait, generally in Epcot the character wait times are always okay (with the exception of Anna & Elsa)
I'd say take your time doing your future world stuff, and then head on over into world showcase at 10:55 and they'll let you into the meet & greet area at 11
-France is open at park opening because of the bakery in there, but they have ropes off before you hit Belle's meet and greet

You could also do her later in the day if you don't get to her on time!

 

[TDC Nala]

You will not have any issues if you show up at 11 unless it's an extremely busy day. I've been around there at 11 and I've often seen Belle by herself. Those who got in early to meet her were able to spend some time with her. I don't recall ever seeing anyone running to get to her as was described in the previous post.

Her area is far enough away from the center of the pavilion that it is not open like the bakery area is, until after 11.

 

[bc7ate9]

I agree that you shouldn't have too much trouble meeting Belle. We didn't have any wait to meet Belle in her blue dress in France. We had lunch at the Akershus in Norway and met her in her big yellow dress prior to being seated.