Anonymous wrote:Why are people still encouraging the princess fantasy in their daughters?

I have two daughters, ages 6 and 3. My oldest loved trains and cars when she was a toddler/preschooler. We saw Frozen at a birthday party and her favorite character was Olaf. I patted myself on the back a lot for all that. See how awesome I am? MY daughter doesn't like all that girly girl princess crap. I'm sooooooooo much more modern. Then she started to get into some more "girly" things. She started to like princess things. And I realized, why would I stop her from liking what she likes, just because it's princess/girly? Are girly things not as good as "boy" things? That's even worse than encouraging the gender stereotypes--treating stereotypically girl things are inferior. My daughters have the freedom to choose their interests. Princesses, dinosaurs, ponies, puppies, trucks, robots, WHATEVER.

We're planning a trip to Disney World this year, and yes, we are going to Cinderella's to eat. They're both also really excited for the Star Wars stuff. And I'm looking forward to seeing if the Indiana Jones show is as thrilling as it was 25 (!!) years ago.

There's a big difference between saying your daughter can ONLY like princesses, or that all girls like princesses, or only girls can like princesses, and saying that princesses are terrible and girls should be shamed and discouraged for liking them.

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Anonymous wrote:DDs are 7 and 4. The price seems crazy $250 for 4 people on top of Magic Kingdom tickets. Is it really that great of an experience?

Yes. My DD is an adult and still remembers the absolute thrill of that special event. Plus you have 2 girls and both are in the right age group. If one was 1 you might end up doing it twice in 4 years.

My DD is 24 and still remembers it as the highlight of Disney World. I don't recall it being that expensive then though.

I remember doing it 30 years ago. I was so excited; my parents allowed me to bring my favorite pink dress on the trip just for the occasion. Alas, when Cinderella came to our table, my little brother leaned over and barfed on Cinderella and her beautiful dress. I don't think my parents ever got us out of a restaurant so quickly as they did that night.

I remember my parents not taking us because it was too expensive. Even now, looking back, I'm just like... geez, it would have made me so happy. All the expense of Disney World and they couldn't cough up a few extra bucks for this one special thing?

You are seriously ungrateful.

Anonymous wrote:We did 1900 Park Faire's Cinderella dinner. It isn't as expensive and you can meet the Tremaines and Prince Charming in addition to Cindy. All of the princesses at the castle dinner are available to meet in the parks. It just takes more planning.

We did this one too but has a bad experience with the Stepmother. DD was almost 4 when we went, so im guessing didnt really understand the concept of being in character. The evil Stepmother came over to our table and I could see DD starting to look scared so I told her that she could skip our table. She basically put her hand up in my face and kept talking to DD. DD burst into tears at which point she put her hand up in my daughters face and walked away.....................
I did complain to the manager and she was told to stay away from our table. It just put a damper on the whole experience though because DD kept worrying she was going to come back over.
She loves Cinderella and the Prince though, she saw them first luckily.

Anonymous wrote:Why are people still encouraging the princess fantasy in their daughters?

A pretend castle and princesses? It's a child. I also like horses that didn't mean I was going to be National Velvet. You married? Wear a bridal gown or a navy business suit?

Akershus (Epcot) and 1900 park fair (dinner) are our favorite. We have done the castle and were disappointed.

Why are people still encouraging the princess fantasy in their daughters?

We went once, for dinner. The food was good, but it's very small portions. DD did love the experience, but we won't do it again. Too much money.

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Anonymous wrote:DDs are 7 and 4. The price seems crazy $250 for 4 people on top of Magic Kingdom tickets. Is it really that great of an experience?

Yes. My DD is an adult and still remembers the absolute thrill of that special event. Plus you have 2 girls and both are in the right age group. If one was 1 you might end up doing it twice in 4 years.

My DD is 24 and still remembers it as the highlight of Disney World. I don't recall it being that expensive then though.

I remember doing it 30 years ago. I was so excited; my parents allowed me to bring my favorite pink dress on the trip just for the occasion. Alas, when Cinderella came to our table, my little brother leaned over and barfed on Cinderella and her beautiful dress. I don't think my parents ever got us out of a restaurant so quickly as they did that night.

I remember my parents not taking us because it was too expensive. Even now, looking back, I'm just like... geez, it would have made me so happy. All the expense of Disney World and they couldn't cough up a few extra bucks for this one special thing?

It's so hard. My girls had a good time at 3 and 6, but we've been back several times since and have never mentioned it or asked to go back. We could probably be talked into it, but I'm not bringing it up if they don't. I'm thinking they'd rather have the money towards souvenirs, or more trips back to Disney. If we were never going back maybe it's different.

Honestly we didn't like it. Its overpriced and the food wasn't great. You can meet the princesses at the princess pavilion (or whatever its called). We got fastpasses for that later in the day after we used our first three.

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Anonymous wrote:There were sooo many princesses at akersus that even the kids were finally like "tell those ladies to stop coming by our table."
The food stinks at both CRT and akersus. It's worth it only if your kids are really into princesses and if this will get you off the hook for standing in line to meet princesses. The other (non-princess) character Meals have better food.

I didn't have any problem with the breakfast at Cinderella's table.

I thought the food was good at the breakfast as well.

Third that. At least the food was better than some of the other meals for the price -- kids loved it!

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Anonymous wrote:DDs are 7 and 4. The price seems crazy $250 for 4 people on top of Magic Kingdom tickets. Is it really that great of an experience?

Yes. My DD is an adult and still remembers the absolute thrill of that special event. Plus you have 2 girls and both are in the right age group. If one was 1 you might end up doing it twice in 4 years.

My DD is 24 and still remembers it as the highlight of Disney World. I don't recall it being that expensive then though.

I remember doing it 30 years ago. I was so excited; my parents allowed me to bring my favorite pink dress on the trip just for the occasion. Alas, when Cinderella came to our table, my little brother leaned over and barfed on Cinderella and her beautiful dress. I don't think my parents ever got us out of a restaurant so quickly as they did that night.

I remember my parents not taking us because it was too expensive. Even now, looking back, I'm just like... geez, it would have made me so happy. All the expense of Disney World and they couldn't cough up a few extra bucks for this one special thing?

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Anonymous wrote:DDs are 7 and 4. The price seems crazy $250 for 4 people on top of Magic Kingdom tickets. Is it really that great of an experience?

Yes. My DD is an adult and still remembers the absolute thrill of that special event. Plus you have 2 girls and both are in the right age group. If one was 1 you might end up doing it twice in 4 years.

My DD is 24 and still remembers it as the highlight of Disney World. I don't recall it being that expensive then though.

I remember doing it 30 years ago. I was so excited; my parents allowed me to bring my favorite pink dress on the trip just for the occasion. Alas, when Cinderella came to our table, my little brother leaned over and barfed on Cinderella and her beautiful dress. I don't think my parents ever got us out of a restaurant so quickly as they did that night.

We did 1900 Park Faire's Cinderella dinner. It isn't as expensive and you can meet the Tremaines and Prince Charming in addition to Cindy. All of the princesses at the castle dinner are available to meet in the parks. It just takes more planning.

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta do it at least once.

Should've added that it's simply a meal and the princesses walk around and you get a picture with each one. They come one at a time and you'll get the full rotation before the meal ends.

This. Just do it once. 4yo is the perfect age.

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Anonymous wrote:There were sooo many princesses at akersus that even the kids were finally like "tell those ladies to stop coming by our table."
The food stinks at both CRT and akersus. It's worth it only if your kids are really into princesses and if this will get you off the hook for standing in line to meet princesses. The other (non-princess) character Meals have better food.

I didn't have any problem with the breakfast at Cinderella's table.

I thought the food was good at the breakfast as well.