Ever since I was a little girl I have LOVED the Disney Princesses. My room had princess everything! So of course with every Disney trip you would think I’d have dragged my parents off to meet them- WRONG. I was terrified of the characters so I never wanted to meet anybody. I just liked to wave at them in the parade. But as I’ve aged…I have come to really enjoy meeting all the Disney Characters in the Parks and my mission to meet every princess began. Last summer my best friend and I trekked around the parks and met all 11 princesses…and then Frozen happened.
At the time Frozen hit theaters, I didn’t live in Florida so my thoughts of meeting Anna and Elsa were few and far between, but then I got hired on at Disney World and meeting them became a real possibility. I was pumped!! I wanted to be able to say I’d met all 13 ladies, but then I found out about the wait times for them and thought, perhaps it wasn’t meant to me. And then the mouse blessed me again…he moved them to a fast pass location in my home park no less! I was elated…but once again the wait times were still very long and with no hope of getting a fast pass I soon realized I would have to anchor down and stand…in the dreaded standby line.
So initially my plan had been to wait til right before park close to go see the ladies, but when I went by the line it was 150 minutes…and I jumped in the line! It was my first time going to Princess Fairy Tale Hall since it opened so I was kind of excited to be there. I met some really fun families while I was waiting in line. I spent about an hour in the outside queue line. Whoever designed Princess Fairy Tale Hall kudos to you. There are fans, and it is air conditioned. I noticed several people had place holders in the line- ie dad would stand in line and mom and the kids would go off and do something else. One of the families in near me was doing that, but once we got inside I told her she might want to call her family in. I had heard tales of the place holders getting to the front of the line and being turned away because the entire party wasn’t with them.
Once inside the queue continued to wrap around, but at least we were inside. I marked my progress by the paintings on the walls. When I got to Princess Tiana I was really excited! Mostly because I wanted a photo of it but I was really…Almost There (see what I did there hehe). I finally got to the front of the line and I watched a few fast pass families go in and then I had finally reached the room! I almost did a happy dance, but that would’ve been embarrassing. At this point I had waited exactly 150 minutes. There were only about two families in front of me and after they went in I finally got to meet the frozen girls!
They were so sweet. I asked them to do a video for my best friend and her daughter and they went on and on about chocolate, and snow and olaf and pretty much everything awesome about Frozen. They signed my parasol and I got my photos. I was one very happy camper! Unlike most of the families I skipped happily right on over to Aurora and got my autograph and photo with her. It hurt my heart to see so many people walking right past her. I mean after waiting for 3 hours I wanted to meet every princess and have my pictures done with the cast members too.
I’m so glad I was able to meet the ladies from Frozen and complete the princess set and I’m especially glad I went when I did because not they take one whole side and you don’t meet them together, you meet the individually. It was well worth the wait…but I don’t think I’ll be waiting 3 hours plus for any other characters…that is until Villain’s Unleashed…hehe.
