Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Hello ducklings! Just got word from a cast member friend of ours who said that park management is still reacting to the over-whelming success of FROZEN. Now they're scrambling around to see what they can do to accommodate the demand for a better place for meetings and greetings with Anna and Elsa. ORDDU: The two girls have been meeting and greeting over at Epcot ever since their movie first came out. But the space there doesn't meet the current need when you consider the wait time has gone up to 5 hours. ORWEN: So now management is thinking seriously about moving Anna and Elsa to the Magic Kingdom, where they would meet and greet inside the Fairytale Hall. But that would mean at least one princess who already meets and greets there would have to be relocated. ORDDU: They want to keep Rapunzel and Cinderella inside Fairytale Hall. But they aren't sure what to do with Snow White or Aurora if Anna and Elsa move in. ORWEN: I don't know why they couldn't go back to Town Square inside Exposition Hall for the over-flow meet and greets. I mean, that's where the princesses were before. Maybe Aurora and Snow White could meet there again. Or they could even have Anna and Elsa be the one's who meet inside Exposition Hall. ORDDU: Either way, it's interesting to see all the chaos that FROZEN has managed to create in the wake of its popularity!
Originally Posted By magic0214 Snow White would make sense if they built something at the Mine Train ride. Really is crazy all the commotion Anna and Elsa are creating!
Originally Posted By magic0214 Snow White would make sense if they built something at the Mine Train ride. Really is crazy all the commotion Anna and Elsa are creating!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Yes, I was thinking that Snow White could have a place near the dwarf cottage--if not inside the cottage--for a meet and greet for her. But it depends on what they already have planned for the cottage. ORDDU: Since Anna and Elsa are usually standing next to each other, anyway, I don't see why they would need to be split up at all. That would leave room for Aurora to remain inside Fairytale Hall. But they haven't asked me for my opinion--yet.
Originally Posted By Brad I wonder what classic dark ride cold be ripped out next to make way for a meet & grope? I mean they're REALLY running out of land there in Florida......right?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: They're not really running out of land. They just need to build another structure to house more characters. The problem might be that they hesitate to spend the money. But that's another issue.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Why can't Anna and Elsa be together and then just rotate the other princesses?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Keep Anna and Elsa in Epcot... the last thing the MK needs is something to bring even bigger crowds to the park. You could build a heck of a "meet and greet" in the center area of the Wonders of Life pavilion. While they were at it, they could reopen Body Wars, Cranium Command and Food Rocks (assuming the stuff for Kitchen Kabaret no longer exists). That area of Epcot is presently pretty dead... the increased traffic there would be a GOOD thing.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: I'm assuming that Elsa and Anna are too popular to merely rotate them out as you suggest, Constance. Maybe after their popularity dies down a bit that would work though. ORWEN: As for keeping them at Epcot, that was the original plan but the congestion they cause over there without a proper meet and greet area doesn't seem to be working. It's just making things to crowded and confusing. ORDDU: Who knew this movie was going to have such a reaction from the public?!?!?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<ORWEN: As for keeping them at Epcot, that was the original plan but the congestion they cause over there without a proper meet and greet area doesn't seem to be working. It's just making things to crowded and confusing.>> So you don't think creating a meet and greet area in the old Wonders of Life building would work? Why not?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Is it mandatory that Snow White have a meet and greet if the new princesses are drawing such massive crowds? Couldn't Snow just make casual appearances around Fantasyland or the new Mine Train, you know, like she used to?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Or why can't they keep Anna and Elsa in the princess meet and greet area all of the time together, and then the other two areas the other princesses can take turns greeting in. They take turns in DL, so you never know who you'll end up getting.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: At Disneyland it used to aggravate us to no end to stand in a long line waiting for a character when you didn't know which one you would actually meet. From what the greeters were telling us, there were a lot of complaints about this from other guests. It's better to let a guest know ahead of time who they're waiting for so they aren't wasting their time. ORWEN: That's one thing I like better at Walt Disney World. For the most part, they don't have mystery meet and greets. I mean, sometimes they do. But not as often as Disneyland does. ORDDU: If they had planned things properly there wouldn't be an issue at all. There is a way to have all the princesses out for meetings and greetings if they just used common sense. There is plenty of space at Epcot for Anna and Elsa to do more logical meetings and greetings without creating so much congestion in Norway.
Originally Posted By magic0214 Whatever they do, they shouldn't separate Elsa and Anna. It makes no sense whatsoever.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros If Elsa and Anna are removed from Epcot, will there be some form of 'replacement' entertainment? The Ziti Sisters were supposedly canceled a few weeks ago to budget the Frozen meet & greet for the park, so if that's moving, shouldn't something else take its place? It's also mindblowing to me just how many meet & greets they have in WDW, and it's still not enough. They have standalone "attraction"-style locations for Tinkerbell and friends, princesses (2 sides with 2 different princesses each), Belle, Mickey, Minnie & Daisy, and Goofy & Donald, all at MK alone. And that doesn't even count ones that happen regularly, like Fab 5 in Town Square, Woody in Frontierland, Tiana in Liberty Square, and Buzz in Tomorrowland, or the countless shows, parades, street parties, and dance parties that happen throughout the day featuring various characters At a certain point during my recent trip, it became clear that the real focus from the top down at MK is character meet & greets. Late in the afternoon, we had done nearly every attraction in the park and resigned ourselves to a couple meet & greets simply to occupy the time. They were enjoyable experiences, but I still just can't comprehend the concept of waiting in line to meet somebody. I have a hard enough time justifying getting on an airplane to meet up with old friends, so I have a really tough time doing it to meet a cartoon character. Clearly it's incredibly popular and demand is surpassing supply, but it just baffles me
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I have a hard enough time justifying getting on an airplane to meet up with old friends, so I have a really tough time doing it to meet a cartoon character. Clearly it's incredibly popular and demand is surpassing supply, but it just baffles me." You and me both. It's akin to flying across the country to New York and standing in line for an hour to pose for a picture with Santa Claus at Macy's.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Late in the afternoon, we had done nearly every attraction in the park and resigned ourselves to a couple meet & greets simply to occupy the time." I would redo attractions rather than stand in line to meet a character. UNLESS my kids wanted to meet them, I'd do pretty much anything for my angel babies.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Why couldn't you have been MY mother, CuriousConstance, duckling? I was just DRAWN on a piece of cellulite! ORGOCH: Yeah an' it looks like that's all they is to ya! Nothin' but cellulite!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I would redo attractions rather than stand in line to meet a character.<< The character lines were shorter than the ones for real attractions. Plus, we'd done all of the attractions before, but never done most of the M&Gs. Talking Mickey in Town Square was pretty neat (and only about a 10 minute wait), but I'm not sure I need to do it again any time soon. I was pushing for another lap on the PeoplMover, but my friend wanted to do 'new' stuff (and that was pretty much the only thing in TL that we wanted to do again, so it wasn't worth the trek over)
Originally Posted By Brad "They're not really running out of land. They just need to build another structure to house more characters. The problem might be that they hesitate to spend the money. But that's another issue." Yeah. I was being sarcastic.
