Meeting Princesses during Pixar Pier makeover

[austinf]

So as far as I can tell, there isn’t going to be a princess meal during the make over. I was hoping this was going to save me a lot of time in line. My 3 yo doesn’t get waiting at this point in her life.

My wife is adamant that she’s going to meet some princesses, so I have to come up with a good strategy.

Any suggestions on meeting princesses? When / where for the shortest lines? Any rumors of moving the princess meal?

 

[Geemo]

So as far as I can tell, there isn’t going to be a princess meal during the make over. I was hoping this was going to save me a lot of time in line. My 3 yo doesn’t get waiting at this point in her life.

My wife is adamant that she’s going to meet some princesses, so I have to come up with a good strategy.

Any suggestions on meeting princesses? When / where for the shortest lines? Any rumors of moving the princess meal?

There are three at the Royal Hall each day. Maybe even one or two at meet&greet stations along the walk-way.
The line will be shortest first thing in the morning.

I have added a snip of the Disney map for the area. Where you see the red "X's" are spots there might be a line up to see one of the characters not in the Royal Hall. Pixie Hallow is where you'll find Tinkerbell and maybe one other fairy. Their space off the main walk-way heading back to the Matterhorn. PH usually opens a little later in the morning.

Good luck with Line Waits. Have a few items to keep your 3yo entertained while waiting. The additional distractions come in handy.

 

[Mousequake]

Also, after most Storytelling at the Royal Theater shows, the princess who starred in the show (either Rapunzel or Belle) will come out after a few minutes for a meet & greet. There's typically a very short line, but you have to have been there to watch the show. They don't let outsiders in just to meet her.

 

[juxtapose]

Any chance they make a temporary princess meal somewhere else? My daughter is going to be super bummed if we can’t do a princess meal in May

 

[mom2rtk]

Any chance they make a temporary princess meal somewhere else? My daughter is going to be super bummed if we can’t do a princess meal in May

I can't imagine they won't. But it's odd that no replacement has been announced.

I think River Belle Terrace would make a lovely spot for a princess meal. It used to be at Plaza Inn for breakfast through maybe 2006. That was lovely too but I love Minnie's breakfast there now.

 

[jazzyjas7]

Does she like Frozen? DCA has Anna & Elsa's Royal Welcome...we went a couple times in October and waited less than 10 minutes each time. Also, my kids don't mind waiting in this line because it's in the Disney Animation building and they can watch movie clips while they wait.

 

[lcp9]

Does she have specific princesses she wants to meet? We took our daughter at that age (she's 6 now) and frankly of all of the princess experiences we have had/paid for, the Grotto was the worst value. haha. It was nice to knock out 4 in one go, but you can do that with planning yourself.

-the top tier of the bibbibi bobbidi boutique makeover used to include an escort to the front of the line at the royal hall, where you'd meet 3 princesses. I have heard it doesn't include the meet and greet anymore, but you may want to check if that's something you/your daughter might be interested in. It's like $199, comes with the full makeover and dress.
-if you check the app the day before you go, it gives you a rough idea of when/where princesses are meeting you can make a general plan. On one day of a 4 day trip, I spent 3 hours and my daughter met like 8 princesses. For example, Aurora met at 9:15 at the wishing well, with Ariel coming at 9:45. Got in line to meet Aurora at 9:05 so we were the first ones. Went and did something for 20 minutes, got back in line around 9:30 so that by the time we were at the front of the line again, Ariel would be up. CM's will usually be helpful with this if you're waiting to see a specific one. Trucked over to meet Belle or whoever at Fantasy Faire at 10 (got in line at 9:50.) Immediately went over to meet Jasmine who met at 10:15. Went to NOS to meet Tiana at 10:45. etc etc etc. My point is, you can seriously minimize wait in line if you get in line early.

In my experience Anna/Elsa is consistently 20-30 minutes even on the slowest of days (or we just have bad luck?) and there's no getting around it unless you go there first thing maybe? Like a PP said, it's a nice wait in the animation building anyway. And, if one of you is waiting there, she can always go for a 10 minute walk or whatever. Anna and Elsa were new and still in DL when my daughter was 3, and I totally had to wait in line for 2.5 hours outside while my daughter took a nap in the stroller somewhere else and woke up right as it was time to go in. ha.

Also FWIW the line for the royal hall is especially short at the beginning of the day, or during/right after the afternoon parade.

 

[lcp9]

Also, after most Storytelling at the Royal Theater shows, the princess who starred in the show (either Rapunzel or Belle) will come out after a few minutes for a meet & greet. There's typically a very short line, but you have to have been there to watch the show. They don't let outsiders in just to meet her.

Have you seen them do that recently? The last 3 or 4 times (over the last couple of years) they haven't come out!

 

[Vala]

Have you seen them do that recently? The last 3 or 4 times (over the last couple of years) they haven't come out!

Three weeks ago they were still doing it. They never come out for the last performance of the show for the day.

Also three weeks ago that Meet and Greet was still part of the BBB package. I saw at least 3 girls being lead in while I was waiting to meet Rapunzel and Flynn.

 

[mom2rtk]

Our wait to meet the Frozen characters was at least 30 minutes last week. But at least you can meet up to 4 characters. We met Elsa, Olaf and Kristoff.

 

[Vala]

Our wait to meet the Frozen characters was at least 30 minutes last week. But at least you can meet up to 4 characters. We met Elsa, Olaf and Kristoff.

Same. Once closer to an hour. I was trying to catch Kristoff during my trip which turned out almost as bad as trying to catch Donald in his 60th outfit Easter some time ago. >< I was in line 4 times before the CMs took pity on me, decided to spread some magic, gave me a time to come back and let me in without lining up again. At that time even Elsa had apologized for Kristoff no-showing.