Time is Money

[SwanVT2]

We are spending one day in MK. When DD was 3 we went to cinderella's castle for lunch. I want to maximize time at MK for rides. Dd is 6 and says she wants to meet all the princesses (haha, I know). Should we have Lunch ar CRT again? Anyone with experience comparing 3 year old to 6 year old at CRT? When she was 4 we went to Akershus, but we are not visiting epcot this year. It is more an escape VT winter with more time at resort and pool. Or should we stick with counter service and try to squeeze princesses in to start the day at MK...? Thank you!

 

[sharonabe]

We are spending one day in MK. When DD was 3 we went to cinderella's castle for lunch. I want to maximize time at MK for rides. Dd is 6 and says she wants to meet all the princesses (haha, I know). Should we have Lunch ar CRT again? Anyone with experience comparing 3 year old to 6 year old at CRT? When she was 4 we went to Akershus, but we are not visiting epcot this year. It is more an escape VT winter with more time at resort and pool. Or should we stick with counter service and try to squeeze princesses in to start the day at MK...? Thank you!

I would do the meet n greets for princesses. Subscribe to Kenny the Pirate for times and make your plan for the day around when they are meeting.

Maybe do a 1900 Park Fare ADR for dinner on a non-park day. It's only Cinderella, but it's fun. OH, and you could also try to do the Bon Voyage breakfast over at the Boardwalk area. Princesses with their Princes at that one!

 

[starry_solo]

I would do the meet n greets for princesses. Subscribe to Kenny the Pirate for times and make your plan for the day around when they are meeting.

Maybe do a 1900 Park Fare ADR for dinner on a non-park day. It's only Cinderella, but it's fun. OH, and you could also try to do the Bon Voyage breakfast over at the Boardwalk area. Princesses with their Princes at that one!

I agree with this suggestion!

Which princesses in particular does she want to meet? For Bon Voyage, she gets Ariel & Eric, Rapunzel & Flynn. The M&G, she meets a few. EPCOT, she can meet Mulan in China and Pocahontas somewhere.

 

[MomOTwins]

I find character meals more efficient than the meet and greets, personally. You have to eat somewhere, and if you add the time you would spending eating somewhere else with the time waiting in line for the princesses, we come out ahead with the meal. We have done fastpass for meet and greets, but it still takes a while and then you are using up a fastpass you could use for a ride.

 

[DWillowBay]

Meet and Greets allow for more personal interaction from the Princesses. And she'll meet other Princesses like Elena of Avalor, Rapunzel....does Merida still meet? I think so? She can see Ariel in her Grotto and Belle in her house at Enchanted Tales with Belle. I wouldn't do CRT again. That's just me.

 

[SwanVT2]

I would do the meet n greets for princesses. Subscribe to Kenny the Pirate for times and make your plan for the day around when they are meeting.

Maybe do a 1900 Park Fare ADR for dinner on a non-park day. It's only Cinderella, but it's fun. OH, and you could also try to do the Bon Voyage breakfast over at the Boardwalk area. Princesses with their Princes at that one!

Thanks for the suggestions! We enjoyed Bon Voyage last year. It was great!

 

[SwanVT2]

Meet and Greets allow for more personal interaction from the Princesses. And she'll meet other Princesses like Elena of Avalor, Rapunzel....does Merida still meet? I think so? She can see Ariel in her Grotto and Belle in her house at Enchanted Tales with Belle. I wouldn't do CRT again. That's just me.

We will definitely go to Enchanted Tales. We have done the meet and greets before and they are nice. I think she most wants to see Ariel, Aurora and Belle.

 

[A Mickeyfan]

I would do the meet and greets. You will get more Princesses in that way.

 

[SwanVT2]

I would do the meet and greets. You will get more Princesses in that way.

Who are the current princess we can meet and greet in MK? Thank you.

 

[rg35]

I don't think people who are suggesting meet and greets are accounting for the fact that you'd still actually need to eat, nor the fact that the standby times for the meet and greets at Princess Fairytale Hall can be quite lengthy.

So you can do CRT and tackle meet and greets and lunch in one shot, or do meet and greets where you'll be waiting in potentially long standby lines (30-70 minutes per side, depending on the time of day), and then another 30-60 minutes to get lunch at a different QS or TS restaurant. That's assuming you don't want to burn FP+ on Meet and Greets. That's potentially up to or greater than 3 hours just on princess meet and greets and a meal in a worst case scenario.

Personally, I think CRT would be the most efficient use of time as you will get a meal and the meet and greets banged out with one stop, in probably not more than 90 minutes.

I do like the idea of doing character meals on non park days. The fairytale breakfast is great.

The Meet and Greet princesses are Cinderella and Elena on one side, and Rapunzel and a visiting princess on the other. I'm drawing a blank on who it was when we went last year - I want to say Tiana.

We've been to CRT with our triplets (2 girls, 1 boy) at ages 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 and they enjoyed it last year (it was a request, again). When I was talking with one of our girls about our trip next year, she said she STILL wants to do CRT. I thought for sure we were done with it on last year's trip. But i think a 6yo will get the same, if not more enjoyment than a 4 yo...esp. if they are still asking to do it. Since these are family vacations, we aim to indulge what the kids want to do also, not just the adults.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

I would go to CRT. It's, tops, 90 minutes of your time and takes care of eating a meal and meeting a ton of princesses all in one shot. You have to eat anyway (that's at least 30 minutes of time if you did QS) and if you meet the princesses individually that would take up way more than an hour. CRT - eat, meet princesses, you're done and can spend the rest of your day doing other things in MK!

 

[KenHutch]

Another vote for CRT. As others have said you have to eat anyways and you knock off 5 princesses this way. And I am a veteran of taking little girls to CRT. In my case it has been slightly more complicated. A trip to BBB first. And they may not grow out of it. I have been informed by an 8 year old that she wants BBB and a trip to CRT for breakfast during our 2021 trip. And I do not expect her to change her mind.

 

[SwanVT2]

I don't think people who are suggesting meet and greets are accounting for the fact that you'd still actually need to eat, nor the fact that the standby times for the meet and greets at Princess Fairytale Hall can be quite lengthy.

So you can do CRT and tackle meet and greets and lunch in one shot, or do meet and greets where you'll be waiting in potentially long standby lines (30-70 minutes per side, depending on the time of day), and then another 30-60 minutes to get lunch at a different QS or TS restaurant. That's assuming you don't want to burn FP+ on Meet and Greets. That's potentially up to or greater than 3 hours just on princess meat and greets and a meal in a worst case scenario.

Personally, I think CRT would be the most efficient use of time as you will get a meal and the meet and greets banged out with one stop, in probably not more than 90 minutes.

I do like the idea of doing character meals on non park days. The fairytale breakfast is great.

The Meet and Greet princesses are Cinderella and Elena on one side, and Rapunzel and a visiting princess on the other. I'm drawing a blank on who it was when we went last year - I want to say Tiana.

We've been to CRT with our triplets (2 girls, 1 boy) at ages 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 and they enjoyed it last year (it was a request, again). When I was talking with one of our girls about our trip next year, she said she STILL wants to do CRT. I thought for sure we were done with it on last year's trip. But i think a 6yo will get the same, if not more enjoyment than a 4 yo...esp. if they are still asking to do it. Since these are family vacations, we aim to indulge what the kids want to do also, not just the adults.

This is exactly what I was thinking. I think I will do lunch there. It will be a special mommy and daughter treat!