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The Best time to meet Anna and Elsa from Frozen at Epcot

The Best time to meet Anna and Elsa from Frozen at Epcot


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I receive a lot of questions concerning when and where to meet Anna and Elsa from the movie Frozen in Epcot. We know the ladies will be relocating to the Magic Kingdom on April 20th, but what about those who plan to travel to Walt Disney World before April 20th? When should you meet them?

Option 1: Extra Magic Hour Plan

If you have extra Magic Hour privileges, you should use that hour to wait in line for Anna and Elsa and use your FP+ wisely to ride Soarin or Test Track and two other favorites later in the morning. It may seem silly to waste an hour standing in line because the girls don’t arrive until 9:00AM, but that will probably be the shortest wait you’ll see for them in Epcot. I would arrive at least by 7:30 AM and make a beeline for the Norway Pavilion. The meet is in the Princesse Plass, which is on the left hand side when entering the pavilion.  One person could hold the spot while the others do some rides, if you wish.

Option 2:  Book a breakfast dining reservation at Akershus before park opening.

This one might be pretty difficult at this point in time, but is the most popular way that people have used to save time for this meet.  Many people will book a pre-park opening reservation between 8:00 am and 9:00 am, eat some breakfast, then dart out to get in line.  Some have even booked the breakfast, then skipped it entirely absorbing the $10 per person fee.  The gate Cast Members do check for reservations before entering the park.  This group of people are the reason the wait time is already at 2 or more hours when the first of the rope drop crowd reach Norway these days.

Option 3:  Try the late afternoon.

This one isn’t guaranteed to work, but many people have reported success getting in the line after 4:30pm.  Of course that success could still result in 1 1/2 to 2 hour waits, but it’s worth a try if you arrive early in the morning and you’re quoted a 5 hour or more wait.

When Anna and Elsa move to the Magic Kingdom, my current recommendation will be either go straight there at Rope Drop, especially on an Extra Magic Hour day, or use a Fastpass+ for early in the morning. Perhaps my How to Find Difficult Fastpass+ Reservations could help.  I’ll be there the first day and several days after the April 20th move to report the best way to meet them in the Magic Kingdom.

How long did you wait to meet them?  How long would you wait?

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amber

Friday 18th of April 2014

If going first thing at rope drop in June should we use a fast pass too? (thought I posted this a while ago but it did not show up)

kennythepirate

Friday 18th of April 2014

Amber, you can get a FP in case the conditions aren't ideal at rope drop. It will give you a fall back in case plan one didn't work out.

Ashley

Tuesday 8th of April 2014

Kenny, any idea why I can't find the Anna/Elsa greet on MDE app? I'm an annual passholder and can schedule FP+ 30 days in advance. I literally check every single day and have yet to see it once.

kennythepirate

Wednesday 9th of April 2014

Are you checking the computer version or the mobile version?

Sharon

Tuesday 8th of April 2014

They are still showing on the Disny website as being at teh Norway pavillion beyond April 20. Can anyone verify this?

kennythepirate

Wednesday 9th of April 2014

Sounds like yet another Disney "glitch"

Kenzie

Sunday 6th of April 2014

I have met Anna and Elsa twice, since January the first was around 11 and my family and I were given the last slot at 3 pm (which was evidently a good time). It was worth it to wait since it was our first time meeting them and I had to have them sign my Art of Frozen book.

The second time was only a few weeks ago after I had read about their moving to the Magic Kingdom on the 20th of April. My sister and I woke up at 5 am and made our way to the park as early as we could get in. We waiting and cleverly titled our endeavor as Anna and Elsa: No reservations as almost everyone waiting with us had breakfast reservations. When the park had opened we ran the the Norway pavilion and to our surprise we ran into many of the people who were in line for their breakfast reservations. We ended up getting in line and only had to wait for 45 minutes to meet them. It was definitely worth it but the two hour nap I took when I got home wouldn't be the best for resort guests.

Both times we visited it was an awesome experience and just getting there was a fantastic story! I hope after time I don't have to take these crazy measures to meet them but it was still a very good time!

Stephanie Voorhis

Thursday 3rd of April 2014

We met them March 13th. We were there at 815 (first bus from our hotel to E PCOT). My husband ran at rope drop with one of our daughters in the stroller. He was one of the first that was not from the breakfast. We waited 50 minutes. When I got there, walking with the other daughter, it was about 7 minutes later than my husband and the quoted wait was 2+hours. We were lucky but they were the best interaction my girls had the whole time. My girls were dressed up like them (wigs and all) and they had so much fun comparing matching shoes and hair and everything! The interaction they had would have been worth a several hour wait for me anyway

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