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First off, let me say I am so bummed that we can't do our reservations for our upcoming trip yet!! This 90 day thing is stressing me out! And making me rethink everything 20 times.
Questions:
1. We are going to be at SSR. I was thinking for our first night to see if we could get dinner reservations at Narcoossee's. For one thing, I have never been in the GF and am dying to check it out. I thought it might be a nice dinner for our first night (since we wont' be going to the parks) and possibly give us a chance to see Wishes if we can time it right.
Did you like this restaurant? And, bigger question - would you bring small (ages 4 and 8) kids here?
2. Which princesses are at CRT? DD loves Belle and Arield more than Cinderella. And, if I can't get it, I'm debating between 1900 Park Faire and Akershus for 2nd choice. We've done Akershus twice before and liked it, but I'm kind of hoping for a new experience this time. Which is better of the two (Akershus or 1900 Park Faire?) in your opinion?
Thanks!
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Narcosse's is wonderful, the food is good - we went with young kids and it was fine. If your daughter enjoys Belle and Ariel then you would be better off going for Akershus. 1900 PF is fun and the food is good but the characters are Cinderella and the Prince and the Step Mother and Step Sisters...
As you know there is no guarentee as to what princesses will be out during the meal. At the CRT Cinderella is in the lobby where she signs autograph books and takes pictures (this is included in the price of the meal). When we were there we saw Jasmine, Belle, Aurora, and Snow White. We also did breakfast at Akershus and Belle was in the lobby taking pictures and during the meal we met Snow White, Aurora, Jasmine and Mulan....
We loved Narcoossee's. Great dinner, time it so you can watch Wishes & the kids will love watching it from the veranda. And then you can watch the Electric Water Parade from the dock or beach. It's WDW, & all restaurants have children in them.
Try & get a window table so they can watch the castle change color at night while they have dinner!
We loved our meal at Narcossee's and I'd definitely recommend it. As for taking your children, you probably know your children best as to whether they'd enjoy a signature restaurant or not.
As far as the choice goes between 1900 Park Fare and Akerhaus, I don't think there's a choice. If you want Belle and Ariel, you won't find them at 1900 Park Fare, so I'd go for Akerhaus.
I recommend Akershus for your princess meal. We had Belle in the greeting area, then Jasmine, Mulan, Snow White and Aurora, and later, Ariel came out into the greeting area. So while there's no guarantees, your odds are very good at Akershus of meeting your DD's favorite princesses.
If you want something different for your princess meal, seeing as you've done Akershus twice before, 1900 Park fare is really fun. The only princess is Cinderella, but the stepsisters are very fun and Lady Tremaine is mean (but in a fun way!)!! At one point Cinderella and the prince danced and dd asked dh to dance with her...so cute!
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First off, I know what you mean about the change from 180 to 90 days - it's driving me a little crazy, too, since I'm prone to second guessing myself!
Narcoossee's is fantastic, and while it's a little more formal than some of the other restaurants, there were young kids the last time we were there. It's a great location, and you can certainly view the electric water parade and Wishes fireworks from there. Try to get a window seat!
In terms of the other princesses, we've only been to CRT for dinner. Cinderella was in the lobby signing autographs and posing for pictures (included with meal), but that was it. As others have said, you'll need to go elsewhere to find the other princesses. Hope you have a wonderful trip!!
I'm also upset about the change. I like to have the ADRs ready ASAP so if there is a change, it's not as bad to do it.
We ate at Akershus for breakfast. The princesses looked good and my DDs loved seeing them. The food was pretty good too. We saw Belle in the lobby for picts. The ones that came around were Aurora, Snow White Jasmine, and Mary Poppins.
DH and I loved 1900 PF. We never expected to be laughing out loud the whole time. The food was really good, but the character interaction was the best we had. (We had FD in Sept, so we had a lot of character meals) I didn't realized how much fun we all could have. The stepsisters stole the show! They danced with kids, and had a parade around the dining room. I had planned this meal for meeting Cinderella, but all of us loved the stepsisters the best.
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