Hi Robert,
You found the right place to bring all of your questions about planning a Walt Disney World Resort vacation. The magic of planDisney is that panelists are Guests just like you that are trying to pay forward a bit of the Disney magic we've received over the years. My daughter enjoyed her first royal transformation at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Magic Kingdom Park just yesterday and I would love to help you secure a similarly magical experience for your granddaughters in January.
Appointments for Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Magic Kingdom Park can be made online beginning at midnight EST 60 days in advance. Guests staying at a Disney Resorts Collection hotel can make reservations for their entire stay (up to 10 days) 60 days before their check-in date, which is a significant advantage.
My first tip for securing two coveted Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique reservations for your granddaughters on January 6 is to make sure their names appear on your
Family and Friends List in My Disney Experience. Connecting as
Family and Friends means you can view and make plans for them. Once that step is complete, here are my specific instructions if you are
not staying at a Disney Resorts Collection hotel:
1. Log into your My Disney Experience by 11:55 p.m. on November 6. Click "Check Availability" on the
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique webpage as soon as the clock strikes midnight.
2. Select the date of January 6 and the number of Guests (2) before clicking "Next."
3. Think happy thoughts and select any available time that appears. Link each reservation to a granddaughter (their names will appear for selection in a dropdown menu because you are connected as Family and Friends). If no times are available, you did nothing wrong, that just means all available reservations have already been taken by Disney Resort hotel Guests. Availability changes in real-time as Guests are constantly reimagining their park days, so there's always a chance availability will open up closer to your travel dates.
If you happen to be staying at a Disney Resort hotel, Robert, you can and should look for available reservation times for January 6 as soon as possible.
With or without a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique reservation, your little princesses are going to have the best time creating memories with you during The World's Most Magical Celebration. The planDisney panelists recently collected our
top tips for meeting princesses around the parks and resorts, which I encourage you and the girls to check out before your trip. Oh, and I highly recommend they practice their princess waves in advance.
Please return to planDisney with any other trip-planning questions.
Choose magic,
Jennifer