Why would Disney do this???

[kandb]

I understand Disney does not have control over some things sometimes. When the parks get crowded, they cannot instantly invent more rides to lower the wait times for the other rides etc. BUT, I have a hard time with Disney not providing more characters that are Super popular like Anna and Elsa from Frozen. My children don't really get into the characters anymore, but why? does Disney have 2 A and E meet and greets??? Why not have one at Epcot AND have one at MK? People spend thousands of dollars for a Disney vacation and meeting these 2 characters is super important to a lot of people. Why make people stay up til Midnight to book a FP and most of the time not even get one? I cannot for the life of me understand why they could not just add another set of A and E??? Someone give me a good reason!!!!!!!

 

[larryz]

$$$

 

[3Gsandme]

Well, first, having too many Anna and Elsas around the park kind of screws with the idea that the Princesses are real people. Disney is careful with character replication inside of the parks to give the illusiom of there being just one Princess Anna and Queen Elsa.

Second, Disney is in the money making business. Replicating the meets means hiring more ladies to play Anna and Elsa as well as building and maintaining another venue for them. All that costs money. I cannot imagine how many ladies it takes to staff PFH for 12-16 hours a day. Dozens? The logistics of that are staggering.

Third, Elsaand Anna are represented or will be represented in three of the four parks. Not everyone likes them and there's already complaints of overkill. Many of the new princesses enjoyed popularity like this and, eventually, interest ebbed to a comfortable spot

 

[Brian Noble]

why? does Disney have 2 A and E meet and greets??? Why not have one at Epcot AND have one at MK?

It turns out they do: at the MK meet and greet, there are (at least) two different rooms with A&E meeting in each. You can't easily tell this---they work hard to keep the illusion that there is only one---but if you look closely enough, you can see another entrance.

As for one in MK and EP---they are working on it, but as far as I know it has not been announced. They've filed permits for a new meet-and-greet building next to the existing Norway pavilion. Hard to imagine that the sisters won't be there.
http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...building-for-the-norway-pavilion-at-epcot.htm

 

[CAS239]

I would go with what 3gs said.

Have more than one meet and greet with the same characters, any kids catch on to that and then it starts to lose its magic and they start questioning "well how are they here and at the other park too", etc. As said also, overkill. Yes the lines are long to meet them, but we don't want to see Disney turned into frozen everywhere.

 

[mesaboy2]

It turns out they do: at the MK meet and greet, there are (at least) two different rooms with A&E meeting in each. You can't easily tell this---they work hard to keep the illusion that there is only one---but if you look closely enough, you can see another entrance.

As for one in MK and EP---they are working on it, but as far as I know it has not been announced. They've filed permits for a new meet-and-greet building next to the existing Norway pavilion. Hard to imagine that the sisters won't be there.
http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...building-for-the-norway-pavilion-at-epcot.htm

I'm pretty sure the Norway A&E M&G is official. What is not known is whether they will be in addition to or in place of the MK option. Hopefully it will be additional.

 

[Brian Noble]

I thought it was, too, but I can't find anything other than the announcement that Maelstrom would be converted. Perhaps I'm just using the wrong search terms in google.

As for additional vs. in-place-of: it's hard to imagine them not keeping both until the mania subsides at least a little bit, though I suppose stranger things have happened.

 

[goofyernmost]

Well, first, having too many Anna and Elsas around the park kind of screws with the idea that the Princesses are real people. Disney is careful with character replication inside of the parks to give the illusiom of there being just one Princess Anna and Queen Elsa.

I don't want to be overly critical of your statement, but, I have to wonder how anyone would know if A&E were in two parks or three park or for that matter all four, and then throw in the water parks and the miniature golf courses for that matter? Unless one can physically be in more then one place at a time, it is impossible to know that they are someplace else at exactly the same time.

 

[mesaboy2]

Mickey seems to get around a lot...just sayin'.

 

[mom2rtk]

Mickey seems to get around a lot...just sayin'.

Pooh as well. He meets at every park and sometimes twice.

 

[kandb]

Yes Mesaboy that is so true. How could he be at Chef Mickey's, Epcot and MK the other parks every day?

 

[CMNJ]

Parents can just tell the kids that sometimes they are at one park and sometimes at the other-just like when my thee year old asked me why Santa was at a Christmas breakfast event we attended instead of at the mall. He said all the kids would be disappointed until I explained he'd be going there afterward

And yes we met Mickey at chef mickey's, MK, Epcot, and AK on our last trip with our toddler son.
He thinks Mickey just happened to visit all the same parks on the same days that we did lol

 

[xlxo]

Well, first, having too many Anna and Elsas around the park kind of screws with the idea that the Princesses are real people. Disney is careful with character replication inside of the parks to give the illusiom of there being just one Princess Anna and Queen Elsa.

I agree.... it's like there should be only one Santa.

Another idea is increase the number of hours for Anna & Elsa to 24x7. Perhaps charge a premium during peak demand to better handle the congestion. Just like Lexus lanes.

 

[MermaidMommy]

Pooh as well. He meets at every park and sometimes twice.

Not to mention, lots of princesses meet in multiple parks - or even meet more than once in the same park, but in different forms. You can go to Akershus and see Belle in her yellow dress -- and then immediately go over to France, where she's somehow in her peasant dress at the same time. Or, there's Ariel, in human form at CRT (and Akershus), but somehow simultaneously in mermaid form at the grotto.

 

[librarymom2007]

Not to mention, lots of princesses meet in multiple parks - or even meet more than once in the same park, but in different forms. You can go to Akershus and see Belle in her yellow dress -- and then immediately go over to France, where she's somehow in her peasant dress at the same time. Or, there's Ariel, in human form at CRT (and Akershus), but somehow simultaneously in mermaid form at the grotto.

Yes. When we took my daughter the first time she was 4. We met Ariel and Eric in Adventureland then went right to lunch at CRT. Guess who was there?! Yup, Ariel. I just told my daughter she must have changed real fast to make it to lunch.

 

[Ava]

I was kind of surprised that my 5yo never questioned meeting the same princess multiple times in one day, but she didn't. Either she was so enthralled that it didn't cross her mind that she saw Cinderella at breakfast and then again a few hours later at PFH, or she knows they aren't actually real and just doesn't want to hurt our feelings, lol.

 

[Candleshoe]

throw in the water parks and the miniature golf courses

Oooh... I can see it now. They already have a bowling alley in DTD, it's time for an Ice Rink and skating with A&E.

 

[Karin1984]

I think it's cheaper to answer the 'few' complaints regarding long lines at characters than to schedule more people (incl. CMs handling the queues, Photopass) and create a space that needs to be designed, built, decorated, heated, cleaned etc.

And for guest experience I think, because A&E are hard to meet, the people who do succeed are happier guests, than the people who don't succeed are sad/disappointed about it. (does that sentence make sense?)

 

[mummabear]

Oooh... I can see it now. They already have a bowling alley in DTD, it's time for an Ice Rink and skating with A&E.

You laugh but I think Elsa is a better backstory for blizzard beach and winter summerland mini putt. #justsayin

 

[Sargeant Tibbs]

You laugh but I think Elsa is a better backstory for blizzard beach and winter summerland mini putt. #justsayin

We already lost Norway. Please don't give them anymore ideas!