Time to meet all the princesses?

[amberpi]

In 30+ trips as an adult, I've never been with a small princess loving little girl, but I've got one now If you wanted to meet all the possible princesses, about how many hours would it take? If anyone knows the most expedient way to do so, I'd love to hear it. If we need to pay for a bunch of princess meals, happy to do that. Just trying to figure out how to meet all the princesses while using the least amount of time. If you do a VIP tour can they get you through all the princesses? We want lots of time to stop and smell the flowers and not in line for m&gs, but we want the girl to have that experience too, so just trying to figure out how maximize. Anyone that has a princess obsessed girl with ideas on how to stay out of the lines as much as possible will be appreciated. She has a younger brother to consider too and while he's pretty chill, long princess lines are going to be a thing.

 

[Liljo22]

Which ones are the must meet? Either Cinderella’s Royal Table or Akershus will knock out a bunch at one time and you can cherry pick the ones that were not there.

 

[sturner324]

We are also experiencing princesses for the first time in November. We have plans to visit Enchanted Tales with Belle on arrival night. Later that week M&G Rapunzel & Tiana, lunch at CRT and if Ariel happens to not be at lunch, we will stop by and see her too. I think that’ll cover just about everyone.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

We do Akershus and CRT, that knocks out a lot of them. Gotta love character meals!

 

[Capang]

Do the meals at either CRT or Akershus. Don’t rule out Bon Voyage breakfast, either, because Flynn and Prince Eric are super fun.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

Not sure if it still happens, but Cinderella and her prince used to come down the grand staircase at GF and dance, and kids could dance too. My DD loved it. Worth looking into for a princess lover.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

That does depend on one's definition of a "Disney Princess".

I think we've done all of them now, unless you count the debatably princessy individuals like Vannelope and Esmerelda. However, it took us 2 trips (for a total of 28 days), 1 cruise, a MVMCP, a Moolight Magic event, and one princess meal to get them all.

 

[randi02]

We met many princesses during our last trip, Jan-Feb 2016, when my twin daughters were 4yo. We were there for a week, but it honestly was not that difficult. We weren't set on seeing ALL of them. We hit Princess Fairytale Hall in the morning with a 20-min wait. That was the only place to meet Rapunzel (now can do the Bon Voyage breakfast also). That was the longest we waited for a princess, except maybe Pocahontas at AK. At breakfast at Akershus, we met Belle, Snow White, Aurora, Ariel, and Cinderella. We had a FP+ for Anna and Elsa, but you'll be able to meet them now at Epcot without one. We saw Tiana and Jasmine meeting outside but didn't want to wait in line. Tiana is now at Princess Fairytale Hall, as is Elena, which is on our agenda for our December trip. HTH

 

[Krisshay13]

Just got back from a girl's trip with my 2 princess loving granddaughers (10 & 6). We usually do Akershus but, tried CRT this time. We met Cinderella, Snow White, Aurora, Jasmine & Ariel.
We had FP+ for Tales with Belle.
On our extra magic hour day, we went straight to PPan...then to Princess Fairytale Hall & met Cinderella, Tiana, Rapunzel & Elena....then we went to meet Ariel and even rode her ride...all before 9:00 opening!!
We got lucky and walked up when Pocahontas was arriving in AK. Same with Jasmine & Aladdin...we were 2nd in line.
Anna & Elsa was a 20 min wait....but, didn't seem that long.

Honestly, I refuse to use a FP on characters so, we do a lot of character meals.

 

[indoshakespeare]

What time does Pocahontas start meeting and greeting in AK?

 

[MickeyWaffles]

I would make sure you find out what her top priority meet and greets are just in case you can’t get to them all.

Definitely recommend a princess meal. With DD (she’s 3) we have done Akershus twice and CRT once. We actually prefer Akershus because they do the cute little princess parade and it seems a little more relaxed than CRT. But ... CRT is really special since it’s in the castle. In May at Akershus we had Belle, Ariel, Snow White, Aurora, Mulan (she filled in for Cinderella which was great because we were going to meet Cinderella another day with Elena - this way we didn’t have to try and catch Mulan in China.)

Anna/Elsa: We have gone at around 10:30am on 2 trips (before Akershus.) First time we waited 20 min (Sept.), second time we waited 10 (May.) This line seems to move very swiftly.

Cinderella/Elena and Rapunzel/Tiana: If they are must do’s, I would make them part of what you pre-book just in case. I book them for our last MK day - if we get them as a 4th or 5th FP on an earlier day then I change the ones I prebooked for the last day to something else. Just a safety net in case we don’t get them as 4th/5th FP on an earlier day. We got them as 4th/5th FP in Sept. and May and cancelled our last day FP both trips.

Not princesses, but DD loves Alice and Mary Poppins so 1900PF breakfast was great for us.

Also not a princess but we have never had trouble getting Tinkerbell as a later last minute FP.

We missed Jasmine, Merida and Pocahontas this time, mostly because they don’t offer FP and we are on a limited schedule with toddlers who sometimes nap in the parks or need breaks. We try to make it clear to DD that we can’t meet everyone every time. She still mentions that we missed those though They’re at the top of the list for next time!

 

[twinmom2012]

We have maximized our Magic bands in the past so that we book our FPs for meeting the Princesses like Cinderella and Rapunzel at the same time and in the past we had 4 adults and 2 kids so we would book 3 bands for 1 set of princesses and the other 3 bands for the other set of princesses and I would take the kids while the adults took a break. It killed just 1 FP for everyone but thankfully our Moms didn't care, they wanted their grandkids to enjoy themselves. This next trip there will only be 4 of us but only 1 of our sons wants to see the princesses so I'm planning to book 2 bands for each princess Meet and Greet. Kills just 1 FP for each of us but will save us tons of time. While I take my son to see the princesses, my husband will go take my other son on a ride or for a treat. Find out what princesses are her priority and don't over promise in case plans change. My son didn't know Anna and Elsa had a Meet and Greet so he wasn't upset when it didn't fit into our schedule last time.

 

[jliucci]

This will be our first trip as well with our own princess loving little girl (2.5yo). I also do not want to spend alot of time in lines so we booked a lot of character meals. We have booked Akershus dinner, Bon Voyage Breakfast & 1900 Park Fare Dinner. (we also have Chef Mickey so she can meet mickey & minnie) DD LOVES Ariel, Belle, Rapunzel, Cinderella and Anna & Elsa. Hopfully we can knock a lot of those out at the dinners and only have to wait in line for Anna & Elsa. Have fun!

 

[amberpi]

Thanks for all the feedback guys, and the reminders about 1900 Park and Bon Voyage! Neither DH or I really enjoy breakfast, but the kids need to eat, so I think I'm going to schedule a bunch of character breakfasts so we can still have some enjoyable dinners from a food perspective too. Best of both worlds!

Thinking about the character meals, it's really like buying extra fastpasses...if I can see 5 princesses in less than an hour while shoveling some food into the kids; those prices seem so worthwhile! I never thought I'd think that, but now I'm pretty excited about it.

Also, thanks for the good intel and advice regarding priorities. I can scratch Pocahontas off the list at least...there was something about that movie that freaked her out, but the rest; lord, everyday she has a different "favorite."

 

[BMAEC]

My princess lovers are 2, 4, and 6. We’re doing Cinderella’s Happily Ever After Dinner Party at the Grand Floridian, Cinderella’s Royal Table, and Akershus. If we had more time we would do the Bon Voyage with Rapunzel/Flynn. From what I can tell, the princesses we will need to hit at MK are Rapunzel and Tiana (who meet together), and Ariel is only in mermaid form at her grotto in MK. My girls have already asked if Ariel will be Mermaid or human. I need to make sure we do the grotto so they can see her in Mermaid form because she will be in human form at CRT or Akershus. Cinderella and Elena of Avalor meet together in MK but my girls don’t know much about Elena and we will already see Cinderella at least twice. Also, Belle will be in her blue dress in France at Epcot but in her yellow ball gown at Akershus, so if that matters you may want to hit both. Elsa and Anna are also in Epcot. The princess meets in Epcot are not Fastpass eligible. We have to hit up Sofia the First in Hollywood Studios for my 4 year old. I hope she’s still there when we go. Thanks for this thread! It’s good to see all the options!
ETA: oh yes Tinkerbell, not a princess but definitely a must for my girls! Still trying to decide if we should rope drop or FP this one...

 

[DIS_AWC]

On our last trip we managed to meet all except Elena (my girls weren't interested) and it really wasn't very difficult.

We split EPCOT into two half days so that we could dedicate one to WS, mainly for meeting princesses. This was how we timed that, and which princesses we were able to meet:

At park opening/RD, we did Anna and Elsa's meet, then had a 9:30 breakfast reservation at Akershus where we met Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Mulan and Aurora. We had a FP+ for FEA after breakfast and by the time we were done with that, WS was just opening and we timed our walk around to match up with one of Jasmine's meets in Morocco (12:45 I think, and we arrived about 15 mins before that so we were at the front of the line), then managed to get in the end of the line to meet Belle in her blue dress in France at her 1:00 meet.

On one of our MK mornings we did Rapunzel and Tiana at Fairytale Hall, mermaid Ariel, and then waited in line to meet Merida. We had been expecting to meet Belle in her yellow dress as greeter at Akershus, but Snow White was greeting that morning, so we added Enchanted Tales with Belle to get the photos of our girls with Belle in her yellow dress. If we had seen Belle at Akershus we would have skipped ETwB.

We met Sofia the First in Hollywood Studios, shortly after park opening (I think 9:30 is when she came out).

Pocahontas was tough as her meeting spot isn't super convenient based on our other AK plans, and we got to the line right as she was heading to a break. So we had to wait for like 15 minutes of the break and then wait for the 15 or so parties in front of us to meet her. We only met her because my girls really wanted to try and get all of the princesses, but we otherwise would have skipped it.

 

[DIS_AWC]

What time does Pocahontas start meeting and greeting in AK?

I'm pretty sure she starts right at 9 am and meets until 6:30. There are periodic short breaks throughout the day.

 

[amberpi]

My princess lovers are 2, 4, and 6. We’re doing Cinderella’s Happily Ever After Dinner Party at the Grand Floridian, Cinderella’s Royal Table, and Akershus. If we had more time we would do the Bon Voyage with Rapunzel/Flynn. From what I can tell, the princesses we will need to hit at MK are Rapunzel and Tiana (who meet together), and Ariel is only in mermaid form at her grotto in MK. My girls have already asked if Ariel will be Mermaid or human. I need to make sure we do the grotto so they can see her in Mermaid form because she will be in human form at CRT or Akershus. Cinderella and Elena of Avalor meet together in MK but my girls don’t know much about Elena and we will already see Cinderella at least twice. Also, Belle will be in her blue dress in France at Epcot but in her yellow ball gown at Akershus, so if that matters you may want to hit both. Elsa and Anna are also in Epcot. The princess meets in Epcot are not Fastpass eligible. We have to hit up Sofia the First in Hollywood Studios for my 4 year old. I hope she’s still there when we go. Thanks for this thread! It’s good to see all the options!
ETA: oh yes Tinkerbell, not a princess but definitely a must for my girls! Still trying to decide if we should rope drop or FP this one...

I know about the Epcot princesses, and we're all good to do those - there is wine for me and beer for DH and the boy is happy to look at pretty girls, so we're more than willing to devote an afternoon or 2 to that. The girl definitely wants to meet Belle in her blue dress more than her yellow, and we'll also do Enchanted Tales with Belle. I'm thinking Akershus as fast as possible, FEA, and Anna and Elsa one morning. We can at least get some Viking coffee for the A&E wait I do have to do the Elena meet though because the girl loves her. Both kids like Sofia and Doc McStuffin, so I haven't really figured that out.

We'll have to do Tink and I'm SO grateful someone mentioned 1900 Park because they'll want to meet Alice and Mary Poppins. This trip is going to be SO different. I usually fly by the seat of my pants...this one will require planning.

 

[SureAsLiz]

The girl definitely wants to meet Belle in her blue dress more than her yellow, and we'll also do Enchanted Tales with Belle.

When is the trip? Belle is currently not meeting in her blue dress anywhere through at least the end of this month, possibly August. And last year she met in her Christmas gown in December.


For Merida you will want to time her meet in the morning or immediately after her afternoon break for the lowest wait times. That line can be long and directly in the sun.

 

[BMAEC]

On our last trip we managed to meet all except Elena (my girls weren't interested) and it really wasn't very difficult.

We split EPCOT into two half days so that we could dedicate one to WS, mainly for meeting princesses. This was how we timed that, and which princesses we were able to meet:

At park opening/RD, we did Anna and Elsa's meet, then had a 9:30 breakfast reservation at Akershus where we met Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Mulan and Aurora. We had a FP+ for FEA after breakfast and by the time we were done with that, WS was just opening and we timed our walk around to match up with one of Jasmine's meets in Morocco (12:45 I think, and we arrived about 15 mins before that so we were at the front of the line), then managed to get in the end of the line to meet Belle in her blue dress in France at her 1:00 meet.

On one of our MK mornings we did Rapunzel and Tiana at Fairytale Hall, mermaid Ariel, and then waited in line to meet Merida. We had been expecting to meet Belle in her yellow dress as greeter at Akershus, but Snow White was greeting that morning, so we added Enchanted Tales with Belle to get the photos of our girls with Belle in her yellow dress. If we had seen Belle at Akershus we would have skipped ETwB.

We met Sofia the First in Hollywood Studios, shortly after park opening (I think 9:30 is when she came out).

Pocahontas was tough as her meeting spot isn't super convenient based on our other AK plans, and we got to the line right as she was heading to a break. So we had to wait for like 15 minutes of the break and then wait for the 15 or so parties in front of us to meet her. We only met her because my girls really wanted to try and get all of the princesses, but we otherwise would have skipped it.

Did you use Fastpasses to meet Rapunzel/Tiana and Ariel, or just go first thing in the morning?