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124. The Perfect Princess Day at Walt Disney World · Mom Street USA

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Welcome everybody to another episode of mom St.
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Usai am your host Jackie. And today we are going to be
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talking about the perfect Princess day at Walt Disney
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World. So just a few episodes ago, we
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started this little kind of miniseries on these IP focused
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or certain movie focused perfect days at the Disney World parks.
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So today we're going to be talking about princesses.
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Last episode we did this, we talked about Star Wars.
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So if you're a Star Wars fan and you haven't checked that out and
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you want to know where to find all of your favorite Star Wars
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characters, go there first. But today we're talking all
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things princesses. So that is the goal for today is
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to give you a rundown of where you can find the princesses at
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what parks and where you your best chance is to be able to see
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as many princesses as possible. So princesses are some of the
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very most popular characters at the Disney parks today.
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We are going to highlight all of the places again that you can
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find the princesses at Walt Disney World.
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And at the end of today's episode, I'm going to give you
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my perfect Princess Day itinerary guides.
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So they are going to be some guides on if you want to do
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characters, some guides on if you want to do rides, lots of
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different options with those. But for the purpose also of
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today's episode, I am going to do my best to stick with what we
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consider the official quote UN quote Disney princesses.
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So there are a ton of Princess adjacent characters and maybe
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should be Princess characters in the Disney IP intellectual
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property. Is that what IP stands for?
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But for all intents and purposes of today, we are sticking with
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what Disney considers their official Princess roster, which
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is Moana, Rapunzel, Tiana, Ariel, Cinderella, Jasmine,
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Bell, Snow White, Aurora, Mulan, Merida, Pocahontas, and Raya.
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So those are the official Disney princesses that we are going to
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focus on in today's episode. We are going to highlight each
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park to start and then we'll talk about the itinerary options
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from there. So I kind of put these in order
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of like least amount of princesses to most amount of
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princesses. So we're starting at Animal
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Kingdom. Currently, Animal Kingdom is
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very lacking on its Princess front.
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There are a few places if you are visiting Animal Kingdom that
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you can find these princesses. And it really is only two
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different character meet and greets.
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So Moana has a character meet and greet that is at Animal
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Kingdom and Pocahontas has a character meet and greet that is
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at Animal Kingdom. Other than that, unfortunately,
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there are no rides that feature the princesses, there are no
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shows that feature princesses, and there is no dining that
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features princesses. Now that's not to say there are
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not fabulous rides, shows, and dining at that park, but there
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are no Princess specific options when it comes to Animal Kingdom.
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So not much to say there. Let's hop on over to Hollywood
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Studios. Hollywood Studios has
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significantly more than Animal Kingdom, but it doesn't have as
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many as some of the other parks we're going to get to here in a
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little bit. As far as rides go, Hollywood
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Studios does not have any specific rides that are themed
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to the princesses. However, there are princesses
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that you can find still character meet and greets.
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You've got Ariel in the live action version that meets at
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Hollywood Studios. You can find her in the same
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building as the Waltz One Man's dream attraction that is
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directly behind the Chinese Theater.
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So if you want to meet the live action version of Princess
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Ariel, that is where you will find her.
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I know I said I wasn't going to do too many Princess adjacent or
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should be princesses, but I will just mention that Olaf does meet
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here. If you are a fan of Anna and
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Elsa, he is kind of that Princess adjacent.
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So you can find the Olaf meet and greet at Hollywood Studios
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as well. Let's talk about shows at
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Hollywood Studios because there are several that feature
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princesses or Prince Princess stories or music from the
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princesses. You've got the Beauty and the
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Beast live on stage show. This is a show like a stage show
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and it is in a open air Amphitheatre.
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It is covered, which is nice in case of, you know, scorching sun
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or downpours in Florida. But you can find that at
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Hollywood Studios and it is essentially a stage performance
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of the movie in just an abridged form, meaning it's shorter,
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right? So they've got little snippets
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of each song. You'll still see all your
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favorite characters. You'll still get to see Belle on
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stage, you know, throughout all of that.
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It's a really great show. They've got really talented
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performers in that show. So if you are a Beauty and the
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Beast fan, that is a must do for you on your trip to Hollywood
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Studios. Another show that you can attend
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at studios that has princesses in it is the New Little, well
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new newly reopened I guess I should say Little Mermaid, a
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musical adventure. So this is inside of a an indoor
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theater and it is again, a stage show with live performers.
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This one's got less people performers and more puppet
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performers, but is a fabulous again, retelling, abridged
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retelling of The Little Mermaid show.
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And this is, like I said, it's been around now again for about
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a year. And it is very similar, if
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you're familiar with the previous rendition of this,
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very, very similar. When it reopened about a year
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ago, they just kind of plussed it and enhanced it.
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They gave it some new character puppets and some new lighting
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and some new staging and those kinds of things.
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But the story is still the story that we know and love of The
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Little Mermaid. So that is another great option.
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The other theater style of show that we have is the Frozen Sing
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Along. So this one is a little bit
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different in that Anna and Elsa are both in it, but again, they
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are what we are calling that Princess adjacent.
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So I do just want to mention it because I feel like even though
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Anna and Elsa are not technically on the official list
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because you know, Queen Anna and all or Queen, Queen Anna and
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Queen Elsa and all that good stuff, I do feel like they are
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worth mentioning. So you will hear me talk a
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little bit about Frozen, but that show is really, really
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great. But do keep in mind that Anna
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and Elsa are not in the entire show.
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So it's mostly done by the royal historians, which are new
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characters for the show, but Anna and Elsa do both make
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appearances for that one as well.
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The other show that I have to mention is the Nighttime
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Spectacular show at Hollywood Studios, and that is Fantasmic.
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This show is one of the best places.
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If you are a family that really just truly loves all of the
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princesses, this is the show that you're going to want to go
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to. It is so, so good.
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It's got tons of different characters, but for as far as
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princesses go, it's got tons of brief Princess moments in some
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of the visual effects that they've got and like video
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things that they have going on in there.
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But as far as like performers and like actual princesses in
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person in the show, they've got Pocahontas, they've got Moana,
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they've got Elsa, Queen Elsa, they've got Belle, they've got
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Ariel, and they've got Snow White.
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So a massive list there that you would get to see.
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And again, those are performers during the show.
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There's a whole little Princess section that is where you will
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find a Belle, Ariel and Snow White on their little floats
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with their male counterparts on those flits with them.
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Pocahontas has a great little section, as does Moana and Elsa
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as well. And like I said, that's one of
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the best places to see if you're OK and your kiddos you're with
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are OK with just like getting to see them.
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They don't have to like actually go up and meet them.
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Fantasmic is a great way to kind of check that box at Hollywood
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Studios for them. A couple other things that I do
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want to mention about Fantasmic, just to make sure you know, if
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you sit too far down, there are water effects.
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If the breeze kicks up, you may get wet.
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So keep that in mind. If your Princess wants to go
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full Princess dress to go watch Fantasmic, let her do it or let
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him do it. However, you may not want to sit
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all the way down at the front. Just keep that in mind.
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There is also some fire effects on the water there as well.
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Again, just make sure that you kind of take a look at that and
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decide where you want to sit. And if you've got kiddos that
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are sensitive to water or flame, you may want to let them sit
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back because you do feel the heat from the flame.
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Obviously you're completely safe even if you're in the front row
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from that, but you will feel that the warmth from that if you
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do choose to sit down that far. So that kind of wraps up what
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we've got going at Hollywood Studios because there is no
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dining option there. But like I said, we will we'll
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get to the to more princesses the further we go.
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So our first two parks a little bit lacking, but the shows at
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Hollywood Studios are really, really top notch if you want to
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meet princesses and see princesses there.
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With that, we're going to keep on pushing through and we are
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going to hop to Epcot. Now.
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Epcot and Magic Kingdom both have a ton of characters that
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are true character meet and greets for the princesses if you
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are doing a Princess day at these parks.
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And we'll talk about itineraries here in a little bit, but if you
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are doing Princess Days at these parks, you really need to
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prioritize and you really need to look at, especially at Epcot
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where these character meets are taking place.
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So you really want to plan ahead for that.
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But before we get to the specific character meets, let's
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talk about the rides at Epcot because there are technically
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two different attractions at Epcot that feature princesses
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and Princess adjacent. Because I can not not mention
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Frozen Ever After. So again, talking about Frozen,
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talking about the Queens, Anna and Elsa, again, I just feel
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like they need to be mentioned alongside of these princesses
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here. So Frozen Ever After is a great
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Princess ride if that's something that you want to throw
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on your list for Epcot. It does get a little bit of a
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long line, so I suggest either going to that first thing during
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your rope drop or kind of keeping an eye out on that line
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to see maybe if it goes down about 10 or 15 minutes during a
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meal time or during the afternoon or jumping in line at
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the end of the night. If you're not interested in
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seeing fireworks, you can kind of make that call.
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Using lightning lanes is definitely an option there.
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It is a Tier 1 lightning lane, so that is another option that
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you can utilize. As far as getting on Frozen Ever
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after. The other attraction that I want
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to mention is not officially a ride, it's an experience and
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that is Journey of Water inspired by Moana.
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So this attraction, you don't actually see Moana inside the
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walkthrough attraction. However, she does have a meet
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and greet that we'll talk about here in just a moment.
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That is like right around the corner from the entrance to
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this. But this, if you've got a kiddo
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that really loves Moana, this walkthrough is incredible.
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Also, if you've got a kiddo that just loves interactivity and
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things that they can, there's lots of things in there that
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they can like make happen. This is an amazing place to
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spend a ton of time. My kiddos, the first time they
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went through this walkthrough, they absolutely fell in love.
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And they asked to go back about 400 more times on the rest of
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our trip. And we did make several trips
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back to going through this walkthrough attraction.
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But essentially this attraction takes you through the water
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cycle. There are tons of little signs
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and descriptions and things as you go that talk about like how
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the water, you know, comes down from the clouds and then where
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does it go and how does it end up back in there and what is,
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you know, what does that cycle look like?
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So it's very educational and informative, which my kids maybe
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are the minority, but they love stuff like that.
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But the best part is in each step of the water cycle, you get
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to go through and interact with the water.
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So in the first little section they have these streams of water
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that are going down in lines and you can run your hand through
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and it makes music as you do it. Kind of like a little like
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xylophone situation, similar to what the one you used to do at 7
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Doors Mine train. But that one's been off for a
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really long time. And then as you go through,
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there's other things that you can raise your hands up and then
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the waves get, you know, the, the water gets higher or you can
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put your hand out like this and the water will come up and touch
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your hand. Or there's another section that
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you can jump on the little sensors.
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And if you get a whole group together, when you jump, the big
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wave comes over, you get a little bit wet.
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You can certainly stand in the way of there's a section towards
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the end where they've got these water chutes that kind of come
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out and go across the pathways. And certainly if you stand in
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one of those, you will get drenched.
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But you don't have to get wet when you walk through.
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So keep that in mind. There's another spot where it
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looks like a curtain of like waterfall, but as you approach
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it, there's a sensor and you stay dry as you go underneath.
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So lots of really cool things. My kids could spend easily 45
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minutes to an hour in this walkthrough attraction every
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single time. The music is great, the greenery
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in the scenery is absolutely breathtaking and gorgeous.
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As you get towards the end of it, you come across a massive TE
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Fitzies sculpture if you're familiar with the first movie of
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Moana. So again, a really, really great
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Princess attraction walkthrough that really kind of immerses you
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inside of that story of Moana. So definitely recommend that
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recommend Frozen Ever after again, Princess adjacent.
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Let's talk about these character meet and greets.
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So like I mentioned, there are a ton of character meet and greets
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at Epcot. Most of them take place out in
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World Showcase, but before you go out to World Showcase,
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especially if you've just visited the journey of water
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inspired by Moana, there is a Moana meet and greet that is
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literally right around the corner from that attraction.
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So definitely stop and see her before you head out into World
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Showcase because World Showcase is quite a haul to get all the
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way around. It is about a mile around World
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Showcase Lagoon, so keep that in mind as you're thinking and
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planning your course of action for this.
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So with the character meet and greets, I'm just going to list
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them for you because you're going to have to decide, OK,
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which way are we going? Are we starting in Mexico?
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Are we starting in Canada? We're not going there, but you
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and you're going to have to decide for yourself.
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OK, so the first one that I have again, Princess adjacent, Anna
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and Elsa do meet in Norway. So just mentioning that if that
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is something that you want to add to your plans.
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Now off of our official Princess list, you can find Princess
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Jasmine in Morocco. Hers is a lesser known character
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meet and greet. It's kind of hidden back in the
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back near the shops in Morocco, but a super great character meet
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meet meet and greet back there. If you are in France, you've
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actually got 2 princesses that meet in France.
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The 1st is Aurora and she meets in a little gazebo that is along
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the walkway that you're you take if you're going towards like
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Remy's Ratatouille Adventure and like the back part of the
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pavilion over in France, she meets in that little gazebo
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area. So she's a super fun one that
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you can find. And then the other Princess that
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meets in the France pavilion is Belle.
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But here you will find Belle in her blue dress look, so her blue
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and white outfit from the very beginning of Beauty and the
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Beast. That is what Belle meets in in
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the France pavilion and she typically meets closer to like
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towards the water in France, so not into the pavilion, but kind
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of across the walkway on the the water side of the France
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pavilion. So again, you can find both of
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those in France. If you are walking through
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Germany, you will find Snow White and Snow White is
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typically situated back there is like a little cute courtyard
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with a little wishing well that is next to the festival food
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booth that is typically in that area.
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So she meets in that kind of little nook tucked away.
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Again, she's a really easy one to miss, so definitely keep your
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eye out for her if that is one that is on your list to meet.
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And then the other Princess that meets out in World Showcase is
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in China, which I'm sure you can guess is Mulan.
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So you can meet Mulan in the China Pavilion out in World
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Showcase as well. And she is typically in her
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standard pink and blue and white dress outfit.
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So don't think like warrior Mulan.
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Think more beginning of the movie Mulan again, like we
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talked about for Belle. So that is what you will find
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her meeting in out there. So again, I just highly suggest
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you really think about what princesses you want to meet.
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If you are going to Epcot to meet princesses, make sure that
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you plan your route accordingly because you will pretty much
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have to, especially if you're adding Anna and Elsa to that.
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You're going to have to walk the entirety of World Showcase.
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So keep that in mind and we'll talk a little bit about their
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times and kind of timing of that here in a little bit when we
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jump into the actual like itineraries that I've got for
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you for today for your perfect Princess day.
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So that is our character meet and greet.
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So let's talk about shows at Epcot.
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Now, Epcot has a ton of shows, but not all of them have
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princesses. The one that I do want to
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highlight is in the France Pavilion.
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They do have a Beauty and the Beast sing along.
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However, this is more like, if you're familiar with The Lion
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King franchise, they did Lion King 1 1/2 where it's like a
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different retelling of the same story that you know, but it's
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told from a different point of view.
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That's what you get in the Beauty and the Beast Sing along
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at the France Pavilion. It is more of a story of Lafoux
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and told by Lafoux than anything else.
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So does it feature the story of Belle?
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Yes, but it doesn't really feature her prominently, if that
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makes sense. Now, the other show that I do
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want to mention again is the nighttime show here at Epcot.
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This show does not have any live performers.
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So like we talked about with Phantasmic, where those live
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performers and those princesses are in real life, in person
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there, that doesn't happen at Epcot.
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So this is just strictly fireworks and music that happens
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in World Showcase on the Lagoon out in the center there.
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But there is music from some of the Princess movies that is
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featured in there. So if you are a music person and
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you're just looking to have some of the Princess music around,
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that fireworks show is great. If that really doesn't matter to
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you and you're looking more for like the in person like I
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mentioned, then I would definitely opt for Fantasmic at
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Hollywood Studios for that reason.
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And that's kind of our show options at Epcot.
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Now let's talk about dining because there is a dining option
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here at Epcot and that is the Akershus Royal Banquet Hall.
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And I apologize if I said that wrong.
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I feel like I don't know how to ever pronounce that every time I
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try to read it on our notes on any episode that we're talking
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about. But that is in the Norway
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pavilion and it is a character dining experience.
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So if you are somebody that is wanting to do a character in
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dining, this is again, like I said, the best Princess option.
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So at this location you will find rotating princesses.
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OK, they can never officially guarantee you who is going to be
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at this location because they will just tell you it's rotating
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princesses typically you are going to get Belle, Ariel,
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Cinderella, Aurora and Snow White typically.
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So those five you are going to get, you may also come across
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Piana, Mulan, Jasmine or Rapunzel.
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So it's really kind of just luck of the draw with who you're
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going to get. But you are going to see at
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least a minimum of five princesses at this character
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dining experience. So definitely worth it to get
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your photos, to get your autographs, to get to have, you
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know, a little bit of an interaction with all of those
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princesses. Totally worth it for you.
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Now, this restaurant is a family style restaurant.
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It is a Norwegian inspired menu, so definitely take a look.
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If you've got more particular eaters or kiddos that are really
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specific about what they like to eat or don't like to eat, take a
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look at those menus. It is at breakfast, lunch and
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dinner, so you do have lots of times to try to book, but it is
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one that you are going to have to book ahead of time for.
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So make sure that you are ready and on there 60 days out from
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your trip booking at 6:00 AM. All those good things to make
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sure that you can have your best shot at getting this character
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dining because it is a very, very, very popular character
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dining experience. If you were going for breakfast,
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it is, again like I said, it's a family style menu for breakfast.
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It is $62.00 for adults and $39.00 for kids, and then at
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lunch and dinner when the menu swaps over, it is 69 for adults
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and a 46 for kids. So definitely not a cheap meal.
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But if you've got a Princess lover, definitely one to
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consider splurging for or budgeting for or saving for
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because like I said, this is the best option.
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As far as how many Princess characters you can meet all at
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one time, that's the way to go for that.
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So that kind of wraps up our Epcot options for princesses.
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And now let's head to our last of our four Disney parks here.
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And then remember, we'll get to our little itinerary notes after
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this, but let's head over to Magic Kingdom.
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Now. There are several rides, which
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is where we're going to start here at Magic Kingdom, but I
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will mention that a few of these are like themed around the
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princesses, but like not directly.
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So these first two, actually three that I'm going to mention
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are themes to the movie that the Princess may be appearing in,
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but not like directly Princess themed and Princess related, if
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that makes sense, which I think it will once I get there.
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So the first one I'm going to talk about is the magic carpets
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of Aladdin. So obviously Jasmine, Princess
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Jasmine is part of the Aladdin storyline.
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So these this ride, this attraction is a Dumbo style
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attraction where it's got the spinning magic carpets there.
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It is truly more Aladdin themed, not as much Princess Jasmine
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themed, but wanted to put that on the list in case you've got a
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kiddo that's just really into that movie and everything about
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it. Kind of similar to that.
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The next one that I've got to mention is just the Prince
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Charming Regal Carousel. Now, the only reason this is on
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the list is because it's gotten the name Prince Charming.
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It's really just your standard carousel.
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It really doesn't have that much theming that has to do with
26:07
Prince Charming or Cinderella. Maybe some of the music if you
26:10
happen to get one of the songs that's from there, but other
26:14
than that, really just your standard carousel.
26:17
The next attraction on our list is 7 Dwarfs Mine Train.
26:21
Now this attraction is more themed to the dwarfs from Snow
26:26
White and the Seven Dwarfs. Obviously with the name you kind
26:29
of understand that and it does follow them into the mines and
26:34
that's kind of the theming with that.
26:36
However, at the end of the ride, before you pull back in to do
26:39
your unload out of the coaster, you do get a quick glimpse of a
26:43
very joyful Snow White animatronic that is dancing with
26:49
the dwarves inside of the cottage at the end.
26:51
So again, a brief glimpse of a Princess in that one, but really
26:56
truly more Princess adjacent storyline with that one.
27:01
The next two are more truly themed to princesses, the first
27:06
being Tiana's Bayou Adventure. So this this attraction is truly
27:12
a Tiana ride. It's got Tiana all over in the
27:17
visual, in the the audio and the music and the entire experience.
27:21
So this is a unique storyline though, however, to the ride.
27:25
So it is not just a retelling of the movie, which is a lot of
27:28
what we've talked about so far. This is a brand new storyline
27:33
where Tiana and Lewis are trying to find a band to play at a big
27:38
party that they're having at Tiana's restaurant.
27:42
So this follows that storyline. You do see Tiana, you do not see
27:47
her in her big green Princess gown.
27:50
She is in more of a day-to-day outfit for kind of searching
27:56
around the Bayou for those musicians to come and play.
28:01
At the end she is in a little bit more of a fancy get up, but
28:04
it's not her true green dress from the movie, but a great,
28:09
great attraction if you are a Princess Tiana fan.
28:13
The last one that I want to mention is Under the Sea Journey
28:16
of The Little Mermaid. This is a standard dark ride in
28:20
Fantasyland that you can hop in a clamshell and you ride through
28:26
different animatronic scenes that are truly the retelling of
28:30
the story of The Little Mermaid. So Scuttle is your narrator as
28:35
you walk through the different scenes and songs of the movie
28:39
that that we know and love. And this is the animated
28:42
version. I know we talked about the live
28:43
action aerial being at Hollywood Studios earlier.
28:47
This is the standard OG 1989 Little Mermaid animated version
28:55
of the story. So those are your attractions.
28:58
Again, it's really interesting to kind of look at this list
29:01
because when I thought about doing princesses, I was like,
29:04
oh, there's tons of attractions that are princesses.
29:07
There's really not as many as I kind of thought.
29:11
Again, a lot of them are like based around the movies or maybe
29:15
have the name, but they don't really truly feature the
29:19
princesses, which is kind of an interesting thing to think
29:22
about. It is more of the characters
29:25
that we see I think in the parks that makes us think like, Oh
29:27
yeah, they're they're all over the place, especially at Magic
29:30
Kingdom. So let's talk about those
29:32
character meets. Again, there are a bunch here at
29:35
Magic Kingdom, just like we talked about at Epcot, and I'll
29:39
get into a little bit more information about, again, like
29:42
the times and like the best plan of action for meeting all of
29:46
these characters if you're at Magic Kingdom here in a little
29:49
bit. But for now, I'm just going to
29:51
list them for you. So character meet and greet
29:54
options that are princesses at Magic Kingdom.
29:57
Ariel, she has a designated meet and greet location that is
30:01
directly next to her ride. So that's a really great option.
30:05
If you want to meet Jasmine, she does meet over by the Magic
30:09
Carpets of Aladdin and she meets together with Aladdin.
30:12
So you can meet both of them at the same time.
30:14
Over there. There is several princesses that
30:19
hang around Princess Fairy Tale Hall, which is actually kind of
30:23
nearby Prince Charming Regal Carousel that we talked about a
30:26
little bit ago, kind of in that central hub area of Fantasyland
30:31
directly behind Cinderella Castle.
30:34
And in there you've got two sides to a Princess Fairy tale
30:38
Hall. So this is something you really
30:40
do have to plan for. And again, we'll get into those
30:42
plans here momentarily. But on the one side, you're
30:45
going to find Cinderella. Cinderella is a guarantee on
30:48
that side, but she's going to be with what they consider a
30:51
visiting Princess. So it is a surprise on who else
30:55
is meeting with her. I'll get to that in just a
30:57
second. On the other side of Princess
31:00
Fairy Tale Hall in a separate line.
31:02
So the Cinderella line is one line.
31:05
In the separate line, on the other side, you're going to find
31:07
Tiana. Now this is where you will find
31:10
Tiana in her true green dress from the movie.
31:13
So if that is the version of Tiana that you are wanting to
31:17
see, this is the place to find her.
31:19
And again, she also has a visiting Princess with her.
31:23
It's always going to be a mystery.
31:25
It just depends on who's around and who's available in
31:28
Fantasylands to be greeting guests at that moment.
31:32
That being said, typically who you will find meeting with
31:38
Cinderella and Tiana are any combination of Rapunzel, Aurora,
31:44
Snow White, Jasmine, and Mulan. The most frequent ones are going
31:49
to be Rapunzel and Snow White, but the other ones do pop in and
31:54
out depending again on who's around and who's visiting for
31:57
the day. An honorary mention with this is
32:01
that you can also find Elena of Avalor here.
32:04
While she is not a official Disney Princess, she is a
32:09
Princess in her in her storyline in her show that was on Disney
32:16
Channel several years back. So she will sometimes also be
32:20
meeting in there as well. So you can find any combination
32:25
of those depending on the day, depending on the time, and it
32:28
can change from hour to hour depending on if a Princess needs
32:33
to go elsewhere and a new Princess steps in to meet.
32:37
But again, you are guaranteed Cinderella on one side and Tiana
32:41
on the other side. So that is a really, really
32:44
great meet and greet to do because you can get 4 princesses
32:49
in two lines and those lines are directly next to each other and
32:53
they're mostly indoors. So really, really great
32:56
character meet and greet for that that round of princesses in
33:02
Magic Kingdom. So let's talk about shows.
33:05
There are several different show experiences at Magic Kingdom in
33:10
which you can see princesses and wave to them and those types of
33:16
things. Now, these are not true
33:17
character meet and greets. Remember, these are in there in
33:20
part of the show. The first one that I want to
33:23
mention is kind of a hybrid show attraction and that is the
33:26
Enchanted Tales with Belle. So this is an experience where
33:31
it's a audience participation show that takes place and you do
33:37
get to see Belle, but it's not like a true character meet and
33:42
greet where you like wait in line, you go up, you take a
33:44
picture, you get an autograph, then you walk away kind of
33:47
situation. Belle comes into the show and
33:52
interacts with the audience members and several audience
33:55
members get a job and a role to help act out the story.
33:59
Very, very cute. But just keep in mind that it's
34:02
not a true character meet and greet.
34:04
However, you can get a picture with Belle before you exit the
34:08
experience. So it is kind of a unique hybrid
34:13
situation as far as that all goes.
34:17
The rest of these are going to be experiences where you're
34:19
going to be able to see princesses, hear princesses,
34:22
maybe wave to princesses, but not like stop and get a picture
34:25
with them. The first of that being Mickey's
34:29
Royal Friendship Fair, which is the stage show that happens at
34:34
the castle at Magic Kingdom. So this is one that has usually
34:40
several showtimes throughout the day.
34:42
So you definitely want to check and see what those showtimes are
34:45
so you don't miss it. But it is.
34:49
It's got a ton of characters in it, and it is the story of
34:51
Mickey and Minnie and their pals wanting to plan this friendship
34:56
day celebration essentially, and they're inviting all their
34:59
friends to come along. So in this one, you will get to
35:02
see Princess Tiana again. She's not in her big green gown.
35:06
She's in like a cute little flapper outfit.
35:09
You will get to see Rapunzel. She is in her standard purple
35:12
dress in this one. And I should mention you get to
35:15
see Tiana and Naveen and you get to see Rapunzel and Flynn Rider
35:19
in this one as well. So those are super fun.
35:22
You do also get to see Elsa and Anna again, our adjacent Queens
35:25
over here. They are in that show as well.
35:29
Super, super adorable show at the castle.
35:33
Do keep in mind though, that this area for this show is
35:37
standing only. There's no seating available in
35:40
this space and it is directly in in the sun and exposed to the
35:45
elements. So definitely keep that in mind
35:49
because in the middle of the afternoon in the summer in
35:52
Florida, not a great time to go see this first thing in the
35:57
morning and later in the afternoon, much better times to
36:02
go see this. So plan accordingly.
36:04
Or if it's a cloudy enough day or not super hot, obviously
36:07
that's a great option to go and stand and watch.
36:10
What I like to do for Friendship Fair is try to plan our lunch
36:17
around it and we can go sit. Typically in Tomorrowland
36:22
Terrace there's an upper level that is just open seating for
36:25
lunch. They used to have a quick
36:27
service restaurant in there. It hasn't been open in probably
36:31
6 years ish but the seating at the top of there is open above
36:37
where they typically do like the dessert party areas for
36:40
fireworks and I like to sit on the far edge and if you sit and
36:44
you angle it just right you can see the stage for friendship
36:48
fare whenever you are eating. They usually do like a 1245 show
36:53
and we usually have already had a mid or a mid morning snack, so
36:57
we eat our lunch a little bit late and that is something that
37:00
I like to try to time if I can. But that is a super, super fun
37:05
show. They've got some great music.
37:08
You get music from each of those characters and you get some
37:10
great original music to the show as well.
37:13
The next thing that I want to mention as far as show
37:15
experience goes is the Adventure Friends cavalcade.
37:18
So this is a parade. This is like a little mini
37:21
parade. So these cavalcades started
37:24
during the pandemic because Disney did not want people
37:29
congregating for parades because it wasn't safe at the time to do
37:32
that. So so they would do these little
37:34
pop up cavalcades throughout the day.
37:36
I'm just as fun little magical extras for the people that were
37:40
in the parks. Now, though they are on a set
37:43
schedule, the Adventure Friends cavalcade typically has two
37:47
performances or two showtimes in the morning.
37:50
I want to say they're like a 10/30 and like an elevenish or
37:55
like 11:45 maybe somewhere in that round.
37:59
So like a 10/30 and an 11:45. But again, you're always going
38:03
to want to check and see what those showtimes look like
38:07
beforehand so you can plan accordingly.
38:10
But in the Adventure Friends cavalcade, there is a whole slew
38:13
of princesses that you can wave and interact with.
38:17
So in this cavalcade, either walking in the parade or on the
38:21
floats of the parade, you're going to see Moana, Jasmine,
38:25
Mulan, Merida, Pocahontas, and Raya.
38:30
So that is 6 of the 13 official Disney princesses.
38:34
I will also mention that our honorary Princess Elena of
38:39
Avalor, who I just talked about in Princess Fairy Tale Hall, is
38:42
also in this parade. So lots of princesses that you
38:46
can see, as well as tons of other characters.
38:49
This Adventure Friends Cavalcade is a really, really fun one
38:53
because it's got characters from all over.
38:56
It's got Stitch, it's got Mary Poppins, it's got Max, it's got
39:00
Jose from The Three Caballeros, it's got Raya, it's got Bruno
39:04
from Encanto. Again, lots and lots and lots of
39:07
really, really great characters. So that is definitely one to
39:12
catch if you're able to, and it does follow the traditional
39:17
parade route. So if you look that up and kind
39:20
of see where that goes, the parade route runs from Tiana's
39:25
Bayou Adventure up and then it turns and goes past the Hall of
39:28
Presidents, goes around the hub by the castle and then down Main
39:32
Street on to end by the fire station.
39:35
So that is a really, really great cavalcade to catch.
39:39
If you are a character person and you are cool with just like
39:43
waving and getting to see those characters, that is definitely a
39:47
super good one to catch for that.
39:50
So another great option for shows and parades at Magic
39:53
Kingdom is the Festival of Fantasy parade.
39:55
So this parade has been going on for over 10 years at Magic
40:00
Kingdom and it's got tons of really great princesses that you
40:03
can find in this parade. They do it at least once an
40:07
afternoon at Magic Kingdom. Sometimes they'll do it twice.
40:10
It is typically around 3:00. Sometimes it's get shifted to
40:14
2:00 depending if they do 2 it's usually like a noon and a three
40:19
that they do for. This parade, it does follow the
40:22
standard parade route. It starts over by Tiana's and
40:25
comes down Main Street and ends by the fire station.
40:29
As far as princesses, as you can see in this parade, one of the
40:34
the very first float in this parade has all a ton of
40:39
princesses on it. So it's got Belle, Beauty and
40:43
the Beast at the very front and then it's also got Cinderella
40:46
Tiana on it. It also does have Anna and Elsa
40:50
are Queens on there as well. So that is the very first thing
40:54
that you will see. It is followed closely by the
40:57
Tangled float that does have Rapunzel and Flynn Rider on it.
41:02
After that, you will see Little Mermaid and Ariel and her tall
41:08
shell pedestal with lots of bubbles flying around.
41:10
I love the aerial float in this one as well.
41:13
So next in the parade you will find the Sleeping Beauty unit.
41:16
So that is where you will find Sleeping Beauty Prince Philip
41:20
and the giant Maleficent dragon that I feel like everybody knows
41:23
and loves from this Festival of Fantasy parade.
41:26
You also get the fairies and all sorts of other fun things.
41:29
So if you're a Sleeping Beauty person, this parade has a
41:31
really, really great Sleeping Beauty section, which is super,
41:34
super fun. But those are the princesses
41:38
that you can see. You also can see a ton of other
41:39
characters. Mickey and Minnie are in there.
41:41
Pluto, Daisy, Donald, They've got a bunch of other fun
41:45
characters that are wandering around on like ground level that
41:49
are not featured on the float. So a really, really fun parade
41:52
and a really, really fun way to see tons of characters if you
41:56
are visiting Magic Kingdom. So if you don't have time to
41:59
catch the daytime parade at Magic Kingdom, you can maybe
42:04
catch the new nighttime parade at Magic Kingdom, which is
42:07
Disney Starlight Dream the night away.
42:09
This parade, I cannot say enough good things about it.
42:12
It is absolutely fantastic. It runs every night at the Magic
42:17
Kingdom unless it's a party night for Mickey's Not So Scary
42:21
or Mickey's Very Merry. But it runs at least once every
42:25
night at Magic Kingdom. Some nights it will run twice
42:28
again, check those times. But this one has so many amazing
42:34
floats and so many amazing characters.
42:37
Just like the cavalcade we just talked about.
42:39
But this is your full length parade.
42:41
So in this one you're going to see Queen Elsa.
42:45
You are also going to get to see a there's one large float in
42:50
this parade that is all princesses on it that are
42:53
dancing on there with their male counterparts.
42:55
So you'll get to see Aurora and Prince Philip, you'll get to see
42:59
Tiana and Naveen, you'll get to see Cinderella and Prince
43:02
Charming, and you'll get to see Belle and the Beast.
43:05
So all four of those exist on the designated Princess float.
43:11
However, you also get to see Moana on her own float, which is
43:16
absolutely amazing. And then on the very end of the
43:19
parade, you get to see a couple other princesses that are on the
43:24
last float with Mickey and Minnie and some other friends as
43:27
well. But you will get to see Snow
43:29
White on that float. You will get to see Rapunzel
43:32
with Flynn Rider on that float, and Jasmine and Aladdin are on
43:36
that float as well. So again, you've got 9
43:42
princesses all in that Starlight parade.
43:47
So if you've got kiddos or if you yourself are just like I
43:51
just want to see the princesses. I don't necessarily need to meet
43:54
them and get a picture and an autograph and those kinds of
43:56
things. I just want to see them.
43:58
This is a really great way to do it.
44:00
The the show at Magic Kingdom, the Adventure Friends Cavalcade
44:04
and this Disney Starlight Dream the Night Away parade, all
44:08
fabulous ways to see tons of princesses.
44:12
The last show I want to mention at Magic Kingdom is the
44:15
nighttime fireworks show. And I'm not going to get into
44:19
listing specifics because this nighttime fireworks show pulls
44:23
from just about every Disney movie that you can imagine to be
44:28
included in there. So every Princess that is on
44:32
that original list of 13 that we listed off at the beginning is
44:36
featured and represented either through the music or through a
44:39
visual representation on the castle because they do all of
44:45
that, you know, all of those amazing scenes and everything on
44:50
the castle for the fireworks show.
44:52
All of the princesses are in this.
44:54
So if you just want to like see the Princess movies, hear the
44:59
music, see them on the castle being projected.
45:02
Those are some some a really great way to see that is to
45:07
watch Happily Ever After. So again, I'm not going to get
45:10
into specifics because I would be here all night trying to name
45:13
off all of the scenes and all of the movies and all of the things
45:15
that are featured on there. But just know that every
45:18
Princess is featured in that Happily Ever After fireworks
45:21
show. Before we get to our itineraries
45:25
here, let's talk about dining at Magic Kingdoms.
45:28
There are a couple options here at Magic Kingdom that are
45:31
Princess related, so I'm going to talk about three of them,
45:36
kind of give you the rundown and some a brief overview of them.
45:40
The first one that I want to talk about is Be Our Guest.
45:43
So this one is a little bit interesting in the fact that it
45:46
is Beauty and the Beast themed, but you actually don't see Belle
45:52
in this dining experience. So Belle is not featured in Be
45:55
Our Guest. You will get to see the Beast,
45:57
but the beast doesn't come to each table like a true character
46:01
meal, so this one is a little bit interesting in that regards.
46:05
It does take place inside of the beast's castle, so if you are a
46:10
fan of the the imagery and the idea of being inside the castle,
46:15
this is a really great option for you.
46:17
But it is not a true character meal in that no characters come
46:23
table to table to take photos with you.
46:26
But you will get to see the Beast walkthrough.
46:28
It is a prefix menu for lunch and dinner.
46:30
It is $72 for adults and $43 for kids.
46:35
So this one I struggle with a little bit because you're really
46:38
paying that hefty price to eat in the Beast's castle and to get
46:44
a glimpse of the beast walking through.
46:48
Now if that sounds good to you, have at it.
46:51
I hope you have so much fun for me.
46:55
Don't know that I would go as far as paying that just for that
46:59
experience. Obviously the food is good,
47:02
you've got some great options there, but you have to kind of
47:05
decide what's worth it for you. The next one is one of the most
47:10
expensive character meals and experiences on Disney property
47:14
and that is Cinderella's Royal Table.
47:16
This one though is very, very popular and very, very hard to
47:21
get a reservation for. I should mention that Be Our
47:24
Guest is one that you will want to grab a reservation for.
47:27
I do believe Be Our Guest does a walk up list, so take a look at
47:33
that. If that's something that you
47:34
want to do but you don't grab a reservation for it, take a look
47:38
for that on your app. But let's go back to
47:41
Cinderella's royal Table now. It is definitely when you are
47:43
going to have to book ahead of time.
47:46
They do not do any basically same day reservations for
47:51
Cinderella's royal table, but you do get to eat inside the
47:54
castle. It's an entire experience.
47:57
Obviously it's very, very special to be able to go inside
48:01
Cinderella Castle, to be able to eat your meal there and they are
48:06
a prefix menu here as well. They do offer breakfast, lunch
48:10
and dinner. So that at least helps because
48:12
you have a wider range of times that you will be able to book if
48:16
you do decide to try to do Cinderella's Royal Table.
48:19
This experience is a true character dining experience.
48:23
So again, very different from what we were just talking about
48:27
with Be Our Guest. This one is the more traditional
48:29
character meet and greet. So during this character
48:31
experience, you will typically encounter several princesses.
48:36
Most usually is going to be Snow White, Aurora, Jasmine and
48:42
Ariel. Now you obviously will see
48:45
Cinderella as well, but typically they have her as like
48:50
a photo op on your way out. So she is not a character that
48:55
roams, she is a character that you meet on your way out and
48:59
there are several character tiny experiences that do that.
49:03
Now is it possible that the day you go that Cinderella is
49:06
walking around to tables instead of doing that?
49:09
Yes, that is something that they do kind of switch on and off
49:14
depending on the day. But usually speaking, she is one
49:18
that you meet after you have finished your meal and you are
49:22
on your way out. But this experience also is
49:25
super, super magical. There's a whole little thing
49:28
that they do about wishes and it's just just overall a very
49:33
magical experience. As far as cost goes for this
49:36
one, for breakfast you are looking at $76 for adults and
49:42
$47 for kids. For lunch and dinner you are
49:46
looking at $89.00 for adults and $54.00 for kids.
49:51
So that price range like I said is on the higher end of things.
49:56
Do keep in mind with this one also most Disney dining
50:00
reservations you pay after you finish your meal.
50:03
This one you actually prepaid for.
50:05
So this is one that you have to do ahead of time and when you
50:09
book it, you will purchase it. There are only a small number of
50:14
restaurants that you have to do that for on Disney property, but
50:16
this is one of them. So keep that in mind that that
50:20
money will come out up front whenever you do.
50:22
Book that online when you get up in the morning to do your ADR's
50:27
for your trip. This one I kind of mentioned
50:29
with BR Guess that I didn't know whether or not it was worth it.
50:31
This one I think is fabulous if you have a Princess lover who
50:36
really truly wants to meet these princesses.
50:38
Again, character dining is a really great way to see as many
50:42
princesses as you can without having to go to five different
50:46
meet and greets. So again, you're going to see 5
50:48
princesses at this location without having to go to five
50:52
different character meet and greets.
50:53
So definitely worth it for that and definitely worth it if you
50:57
want the experience of eating inside the castle, right?
51:01
It is a more pricey experience, so something you have to
51:04
consider when you're budgeting and saving up for your trip.
51:07
But you want to make sure that you you remember that that comes
51:12
out ahead of time whenever you're booking.
51:13
So the last dining experience that I want to talk about here
51:17
that is somewhat Princess related is more akin to what we
51:20
talked about with Be Our Guest and that is Gaston's Tavern.
51:23
So again, it is Beauty and the Beast themed, but it is more
51:27
themed to the Gaston storyline. It's doesn't really feature
51:30
Belle. It's not really a Princess
51:33
space. But I do just want to mention it
51:36
in case you have a kiddo that really, really loves Beauty and
51:38
the Beast and just wants to experience all the Beauty and
51:41
the Beast things. So Gaston's Tavern is an option
51:44
for that. It is a quick service restaurant
51:45
that has a somewhat limited menu.
51:47
They don't have a ton of offerings.
51:48
It's not going to be a full quick service.
51:51
As far as something like Cosmic Rays or Pinocchio's Village
51:57
House or one of those, it really only has a few options in there
52:01
and it doesn't have a ton of seedings, so keep that in mind.
52:04
Items on that menu range anywhere from $7.00 ish to
52:08
$11.00 ish. And they do have the infamous
52:11
Gaston cinnamon roll here and they typically have a ham and
52:16
cheese sandwich of some kind. Used to be on a pretzel roll.
52:19
I heard recently that they just changed it again or changed it
52:23
back, but that is a really great option for a themed quick
52:29
service if you are a Beauty and the Beast fan.
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That is one that I would consider.
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Now the other thing that's super fun is the the little courtyard
52:39
outside of there has a big fountain that's got Gaston on it
52:42
and everything. So if you're not interested in
52:44
eating there, it's definitely still a fun little area to walk
52:47
through and not one that you necessarily will always walk
52:51
through depending on where you're going in Fantasyland.
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So something to keep an eye out for as you're kind of taking
52:59
some of those pathways back there.
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It's a fun little area to take a couple photos of and then go on
53:06
with your day. So that kind of wraps up our
53:10
options at Magic Kingdom, but let's talk about a few things at
53:15
the resorts that are Princess themed before we jump into our
53:19
itineraries that I have for you. So jumping over to some of the
53:23
resorts now, there are some Princess themed rooms that I
53:26
want to mention in this episode while we're talking all things
53:29
princesses at Walt Disney World. So you actually have four
53:34
different options that are Princess themed.
53:37
The first that I'm going to talk about is the Port Orleans
53:41
Riverside. That is a moderate resort at
53:44
Disney and they have Tiana themed rooms.
53:47
So these are their Princess. I remember if they're
53:50
technically Princess suites, I think they are because I believe
53:53
they are a fifth sleeper room, but they are all Tiana and and
53:57
Princess and the frog themed. Those run about 4:50 to 550 a
54:05
night on average depending on when you're there time of year.
54:10
Any deals they may be running you can definitely find them for
54:13
cheaper. I have found rooms at the Port
54:15
Orleans resorts to be closer to 300 if you can find a good deal,
54:19
but generally speaking they run about 4:50 to 5:50 per night and
54:24
those are Tiana themed. If you're looking on the value
54:27
side, your option is to go over to the Art of Animation, which I
54:32
would consider kind of like a value plus because these are
54:35
these rooms are some of the most expensive standard rooms at the
54:38
value resorts. And those are The Little Mermaid
54:40
rooms. So they have a whole section
54:43
there that is 3 buildings, I believe, of all Little Mermaid
54:47
themed rooms. They're adorable, but they're
54:49
just a standard size room over there.
54:52
And again, these are some of the most expensive standard size
54:56
value rooms because you've got all of the All Stars and Pop
55:00
Century that also have these rooms.
55:02
But these are anywhere from about 260 to 400 a night on
55:07
average, depending on when you're going and what time of
55:10
year, how busy it is, those types of things.
55:12
They're going to be closer to that $300 range typically for
55:16
those Little Mermaid themed rooms.
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Two more Princess themed rooms. The next one is at the
55:22
Polynesian Resort. This is a deluxe resort, so it
55:26
is on the higher end of cost wise.
55:28
And these are Moana themed rooms.
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These are newly re themed over at the Polynesian, but they are
55:36
all Moana themed. They have little touches of
55:39
Moana things on the wall and the bedding and the pillows and
55:43
those kinds of things all have little touches of Moana theming
55:47
to them. And these rooms are they start
55:50
around 885 a night. So again, this is that deluxe
55:54
range and it goes up from there depending on your view choice.
55:57
So you've got like resort view, water view, theme park view, and
56:02
those are all kind of different categories and different price
56:05
ranges. But generally speaking, around
56:07
885 a night for those Moana themed rooms at the Polynesian.
56:12
And then the last one is also another option for a Moana
56:16
themed room and that is a Caribbean Beach, which is a
56:18
moderate resort. So if you want a Moana themed
56:21
room, but the Polynesian is not quite the price range you're
56:24
looking for, consider Caribbean Beach.
56:27
It is a moderate resort, is a very large moderate resort, lots
56:31
of rooms. It's on the sky liner, great
56:32
location. Those are generally speaking,
56:35
330 to 470 and night depending on, again, when you go and how
56:41
busy it is and what deals are available and all those types of
56:44
things. So those are your options if you
56:47
want to stay in a Princess themed room.
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I am someone that when I visit Disney with my kids, I don't
56:54
really care care where I stay. I just look for the best deal
56:58
because we don't spend a ton of time in the room.
57:02
We're usually in the parks. So consider whether or not it's
57:05
worth it. If you're planning to do a
57:07
couple resort days, definitely look into what the those resorts
57:12
have to offer. If your kiddos love to swim and
57:16
love to visit the pools on your resort days, do keep in mind
57:21
that moderates and deluxes will have those like water slides and
57:25
splash pads and extra kind of extras with that.
57:30
Art of Animation has a really great pool, but it's not doesn't
57:34
have a water slide and some of the other features that some of
57:36
the other ones do. So definitely look at the
57:38
accommodations that those resorts have to offer for their
57:41
guests before making any of those decisions and decide, you
57:45
know how much time you think you're actually going to spend
57:47
at your resort before you you splurge on a Princess room just
57:51
because it's a Princess room. We'll leave it at that. 2
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character dining options that I do want to mention at the
57:58
resorts. Just for your information, if
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you do have a non parks day or a resort day that you're planning
58:04
or you know that one morning you're going to take a couple
58:08
hours and do a character meal that's not in a park or whatever
58:12
your your itinerary looks like, there are two options.
58:16
The first of them being 1900 park fair.
58:20
This is a newly reopened version of this and when they reopened
58:26
it, they changed the characters that are here.
58:29
So Princess wise, you can meet Cinderella and you can meet
58:33
Tiana here. Now do keep in mind that this
58:36
version of Tiana is actually Tiana's Bayou Adventure Tiana,
58:42
so keep that in mind again. And then Cinderella is there as
58:47
well. There are other characters, but
58:48
those are your princesses that you have there.
58:50
This is a buffet style, which is a nice option.
58:54
For breakfast, you are looking at $58 for adults and $37 for
59:01
kids. For dinner, still a buffet
59:03
option, you're looking at $69.00 for adults and a $44 per kid and
59:09
those are pretty average character meal prices for that
59:13
one. So that is 1900 Park Fair.
59:16
The other option that is a character dining that has
59:20
princesses at it is storybook dining at Artists Point.
59:25
So this is kind of different experience because it has some
59:28
different characters, but it does have Snow White.
59:31
So Snow White is your main Princess that is here.
59:34
It typically usually has Grumpy and Dopey.
59:37
I believe with Snow White over here, it is a prefix menu.
59:42
So it is not a buffet, which is why I kind of like 1900 Park
59:45
Fair a little bit better because buffets.
59:47
I feel like with kids especially, you're more likely
59:50
to get your money's worth and they only do dinner.
59:54
So this one is a little challenging to get and you do
59:56
want reservations for both 1900 Park Fair and for storybook
1:00:00
dining at artist point for dinner.
1:00:02
The cost wise that you're looking at is $68 for adults and
1:00:07
43 for kids. So right on par with what we.
1:00:10
Just said for a 1900 park fair, but those are your resort
1:00:14
options for character meals. If you want to see a Princess,
1:00:18
those are your two that you're going to want to look at.
1:00:20
So I think that gives you all of as much information as I could
1:00:25
possibly put together in one episode for your places and
1:00:30
spaces. You can find princesses in the
1:00:32
parks and at the resorts. Let's talk just briefly now
1:00:35
about what I suggest for itineraries.
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OK, so the way that I kind of thought that this would make
1:00:43
sense is I looked at kind of different priorities for your
1:00:48
day based on if you want to see princesses as characters, if you
1:00:55
want to see them featured on rides or if you want to see
1:00:59
shows. OK.
1:01:01
So I kind of kept them in the categories that we have been
1:01:03
talking about for each park. So if your priority is
1:01:08
characters, you want to meet them as characters, you want to
1:01:11
take pictures, you want to be able to do autographs, those
1:01:14
types of things. You are best options for park or
1:01:17
Epcot and Magic Kingdom, which shouldn't be a surprise after we
1:01:20
just went through that list that those are your top options.
1:01:24
So if I were you, I would start at Magic Kingdom because many of
1:01:29
the character meet and greets at Epcot don't open until a little
1:01:35
bit later. So I would choose to park hop
1:01:38
between these two. I would start at Magic Kingdom
1:01:42
and I would do Princess Fairy tale Hall first.
1:01:44
I would start with the Cinderella side because the
1:01:47
Cinderella side tends to get a longer line than the other side
1:01:51
just because. So when you get there, you're
1:01:55
going to go to Princess Fairy Tale Hall first.
1:01:57
You're going to meet Cinderella and whoever her friend is that
1:02:01
is visiting over on that side. Often times it's Snow White.
1:02:05
And then I would get, once you have finished that line in that
1:02:09
round that I would get on the other side and do the Tiana side
1:02:13
of that, which is typically Tiana and Rapunzel.
1:02:16
I would do them next and then from there I would go to the
1:02:20
aerial meet and greet which is right by her ride and then I
1:02:24
would go over and do Jasmine. If the aerial meet and greet has
1:02:28
not opened yet then I would do Jasmine 1st and then hop over to
1:02:32
Ariel. So it depending on timing and
1:02:34
how long those lines take will kind of gear you towards that
1:02:38
either way. So Princess Fairy Tale Hall,
1:02:42
then either Jasmine, then Ariel or swap that depending on
1:02:47
timing. After that, if you're at Magic
1:02:50
Kingdom, I would hit a few of the rides that we mentioned.
1:02:53
You could easily do the carousel.
1:02:54
You can easily do Little Mermaid while you're over there.
1:02:59
You can definitely do the magic carpets of Aladdin or Tiana's
1:03:02
Bayou Adventure. All of those are going to be
1:03:04
fine to do in the morning. The only tricky one would be 7
1:03:07
floors mine train. If you are prioritizing
1:03:10
characters, you're probably not going to get on that ride unless
1:03:13
you buy an individual lightning lane for that one.
1:03:15
After that, then I would head over to Epcot to jump on the
1:03:18
monorail and head over there and you're going to just work your
1:03:22
way through World Showcase in whatever direction you choose.
1:03:26
Most of the characters meet fairly regularly between about
1:03:31
11:00 AM and 4:00 PM around World Showcase.
1:03:34
But again, be sure to check your times the day of.
1:03:38
Now, I've said that a lot this episode, and here is the time in
1:03:42
this episode where I remind you about our good friend Kirk's new
1:03:46
theme park app that we saw just a few episodes ago called Mode
1:03:50
MOWD. It is a fabulous theme park app
1:03:53
that you can utilize to help you look up these times.
1:03:56
It's got all of your characters listed in it.
1:03:58
You can add them to your planning itinerary in that app
1:04:02
and that will help you kind of keep it organized in what order
1:04:05
you think you want to go to all of these.
1:04:08
And then you can check it off as you go.
1:04:09
So highly, highly suggest downloading mode to help you
1:04:14
plan out the order in which you would visit these characters
1:04:17
because that's going to help you keep it all organized.
1:04:20
If you're anything like me, you want that list and you want to
1:04:23
be able to check them off when you're done.
1:04:24
So the times are on there. Check those times to make sure.
1:04:28
But again, like I said, generally speaking, they meet
1:04:32
between the hours of 11 and four fairly regularly, and we went
1:04:36
through that list at Epcot earlier.
1:04:38
So work your way around World Showcase, whichever way you so
1:04:41
choose. Once you're done with those
1:04:43
characters, I'd grab a bite to eat.
1:04:45
Maybe if you're really super lucky, you can grab an Akershus
1:04:47
reservation around 5:00 or 6:00 PM.
1:04:51
And then after you have done that and met all those
1:04:54
characters, if I were you, I'd hop back on the monorail, go
1:04:59
back to Magic Kingdom and watch the Starlight parade because
1:05:02
you're going to get to see all of those princesses again at the
1:05:04
end of the night in that Starlight Parade.
1:05:07
So that is how I would spend my day if I were looking to see as
1:05:11
many characters as possible that are princesses.
1:05:15
Start at Magic Kingdom, hop to Epcot in the afternoon, and then
1:05:19
end back at Magic Kingdom for the parade.
1:05:21
Now if rides are your priority, I would stick to Magic Kingdom
1:05:26
because Magic Kingdom has the most rides that are Princess
1:05:31
themed and really Magic Kingdom and Epcot are the only two that
1:05:35
do Epcot's got Frozen and that Milano walkthrough that we
1:05:39
talked about. So you could add that into the
1:05:41
mix, but I would really just stay in Magic Kingdom.
1:05:45
If you're trying to hit all of those rides that are Princess
1:05:48
themed and Princess adjacent like we talked about, I would
1:05:51
rope drop 7 Dwarfs Mine Train because that one's going to have
1:05:53
the longest line. Or I would grab an individual
1:05:55
whitening lane for it if that's within your budget.
1:05:58
Then I would head to the Prince Charming Regal Carousel, circle
1:06:02
back to Under the Sea, the Journey of The Little Mermaid,
1:06:05
and then I would head over to the Frontierland Adventureland
1:06:08
side of the park and hit Tiana's Bayou Adventure and the Magic
1:06:11
Carpets of Aladdin. Now that list of five rides in
1:06:17
that order, you're probably going to have that done well
1:06:20
before lunchtime. So after that, I would plan on
1:06:23
eating lunch, grabbing some food.
1:06:25
You could maybe look at getting Cinderella's Royal Table if
1:06:29
that's within your budget. You could also look at the Our
1:06:32
Guest if that's your vibe. Or just stop by Gaston's for a
1:06:35
cinnamon roll or ham and cheese sandwich after that.
1:06:37
And then I would look at those character meet and greets
1:06:40
because you are going to be nearby where all of those are
1:06:42
happening. You maybe jump into line at
1:06:45
Princess Fairy Tale Hall because it's an inside line that's in
1:06:48
the air conditioning and maybe you want to break from being out
1:06:50
in the heat during the afternoon when it's super hot outside.
1:06:54
The line on the Tiana side typically sits around 20 to 30
1:06:57
minutes, which really isn't terrible for getting 2
1:06:59
princesses on that side. You could also look at the
1:07:03
parades and the shows that we talked about at Magic Kingdom
1:07:05
because there are tons of options there as well.
1:07:08
You could catch the second version or the second run
1:07:11
through of the Adventure Friends Cavalcade.
1:07:14
Definitely catch the stage show, the Magical Friendship Fair
1:07:17
stage show and plan to do the fireworks and the parade in the
1:07:22
evening time. So that would be my suggestion.
1:07:25
If you are ride focused, I would just stick to Magic Kingdom and
1:07:30
run through those rides in the morning and then you've got your
1:07:32
afternoon and evening to grab the shows and characters and and
1:07:37
kind of enjoy the rest of your afternoon.
1:07:38
For that. If you're going to do
1:07:41
specifically shows, I would do Magic Kingdom and Hollywood
1:07:46
Studios. Hollywood Studios really has
1:07:48
some of the best shows when it comes to princesses and again,
1:07:53
the Queen's Anna and Elsa, but check those performance times to
1:07:57
make sure you're making good choices.
1:07:58
Again, utilizing mode for those performance times is so easy.
1:08:02
It's right in that entertainment tab for you on their map feature
1:08:06
or under the Discover feature on that app as well.
1:08:09
If I were you, I would start at Hollywood Studios.
1:08:11
I would start with the Beauty and the Beast stage show, then I
1:08:15
would hit the Frozen Sing along and then Little Mermaid after
1:08:18
that. So those three options would be
1:08:21
what I would hit. You could also, and I didn't
1:08:23
mention this earlier, with Hollywood Studios, there is a
1:08:26
villains show there as well that you could do.
1:08:29
It is Princess adjacent, but it is not.
1:08:33
It does not feature any princesses, but it's a really
1:08:36
great show and I really highly recommend that you do it if you
1:08:40
are a show person. So Beating the Beast, Frozen,
1:08:43
Sing Along, Little Mermaid, fill in show if you want to and then
1:08:46
head over to Magic Kingdom. Could hit the afternoon parade,
1:08:49
hit some meet and greets over there, do the shows over there
1:08:52
and then plan to watch the parade in the evening as well.
1:08:58
So that is kind of my show suggestion for you.
1:09:02
If you are planning to do food that is related to the
1:09:06
princesses, you really kind of just want to couple that with
1:09:10
one of the other things that you want to do.
1:09:12
So maybe you do rides and food, or maybe you do shows and food
1:09:14
or characters and food. I highly suggest 1900 Park Fair.
1:09:18
That is a really great option for a resort day if you want to
1:09:22
eat there just because it's a buffet.
1:09:25
Like I said, when you're going with kids to those character
1:09:27
experiences, I really feel like buffets you get the most for
1:09:31
your money. So I highly suggest that one.
1:09:34
Obviously, you could do the storybook dining as well for
1:09:38
dinner if you chose to. And then again, Epcot for Auchus
1:09:42
or Cinderella's Royal Table at Magic Kingdom are going to be
1:09:45
your best food options for your Princess day at Disney World.
1:09:50
I think with all of that information kind of thrown your
1:09:54
way, that is where we are going to wrap up this episode today.
1:09:59
Thank you all so much for being here for this episode of Mom St.
1:10:02
USA as we attempted to plan your perfect Princess day at Walt
1:10:07
Disney World. Again, if you missed our perfect
1:10:09
Star Wars day that started off this little miniseries hot back
1:10:12
a few episodes to make sure that you get caught up on all the
1:10:16
star. It was fun.
1:10:18
Coming up next for Mom St. USA, we are going to be planning
1:10:22
the perfect Mickey Mouse day at Walt Disney World.
1:10:26
So that is what is coming up next.
1:10:28
We're going to be talking about where you can find Mickey and
1:10:31
the best places to see the man, the mouse, the myth, the legend.
1:10:36
I don't know whatever that saying is, but we're going to be
1:10:39
talking about the best places to find Mickey across Disney
1:10:43
property, whether it's again, rides, shows, food or, or
1:10:49
characters, right? So whether you can meet him as a
1:10:52
character, find him on a ride, a show, or food, we're going to
1:10:56
talk about all of those options for Mickey Mouse coming up on
1:10:59
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