UPDATE: The Frozen girls returned to the lame 11:00am start time on Sunday, February 16, 2014. I’ll go check this out later in the week, but people are stating that it’s a minimum 4 hour wait.
I recently posted that many guests were having great success in meeting Anna and Elsa later in the afternoon. Some people tried it out and found the wait to be significantly less. Recently a few people found that Disney’s website was listing Anna/Elsa meet and greet moving to a 9:00 am to 6:00 pm schedule beginning Sunday, February 9.
I was able to confirm that this is a test schedule that will allow Disney World to see if it improves the guest experience. They have been beginning at 11:00 am, which meant that the line would easily be 3 to 4 hours long before the ladies even arrived to meet guests. I recommended a couple of times that they look at doing a rope drop meet and Disney has responded, of course, it could have been the hundreds of complaints at guest relations.
So, beginning Sunday, February 9 I will again recommend that you visit the ladies at rope drop and do not visit on an Extra Magic Hour morning!
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Charles Dickey
Wednesday 5th of March 2014
Went today. They were schedule to meet starting 9AM. Arrived at the gate for EPCOT at 8:35. Ran back to Norway and was in line at 9:05. They first reported the wait at my spot as 2h45m, then later upped it to 3h. Wound up taking 3h15m. While in line they were reporting the wait at the back of the line as 5h. Facebook friend went the day before, got in line at 4:30 and only waited an hour supposedly. Might be worth a shot in the later afternoon if you aren't willing to wait in line for long.
Lw
Friday 21st of February 2014
So is the 9:00 start for next week accurate???
kennythepirate
Saturday 22nd of February 2014
Yes. Updated app
Neil
Friday 21st of February 2014
So would you suggest going to see them in the morning and have someone wait when gates open? Or have you heard if they wanna go back to 9am meet?
kennythepirate
Friday 21st of February 2014
As i noted at top, I suggest visiting them in the afternoon until they change back to 9:09
Holly
Sunday 16th of February 2014
I'm wondering why I cannot add the Elsa & Anna meet and greet to my itinerary for Feb.23rd on my Disney experience. It just posts times up to Feb. 22nd. Perhaps, they will be changing schedule again. Any thoughts on this?
kennythepirate
Monday 17th of February 2014
They only post schedules a couple of weeks in advance, but I wouldn't trust their character schedules for planning purposes.
Susie
Sunday 16th of February 2014
Thanks for all your information. Have been reading daily trying to make the best touring plan while still seeing Anna and Elsa. So now that they are at 11, do you again suggest late afternoon to early evenings to start waiting in line? And if so, can you clarify - in one of your replies to another who spoke of a short line, you said they "cut" the line at 2:30 for the rest of the day. Was that just for when it finished at 6pm? We have to go on Feb 25, an early magic day and was hoping that we'd only have to wait the first hour and change... with the change - it seems we need to be a little more creative and flexible. And if arriving to stand in line at 4 or 5pm is better, we could do that too.
kennythepirate
Monday 17th of February 2014
Since they moved back to the lame 11:00am start time, there is not currently a way to avoid a 4 hour wait.