This would work without taking the riverboat out of commission in the middle of the day. But I wonder if Disney would be willing to pay for the additional face character wages. With this dessert party, they have Tiana and Naveen showing up for the dessert party and parade in back to back appearances. A breakfast would substantially increase their time in the parks.
I think that dinner would be far more likely, especially if FoF is actually getting night showings soon.
Well if they include parade viewing, they'd better find a more appropriate location.
I would think that if the boat is on and powered up they still have to pay. I mean when I go gambling in Louisiana even though the "boat" is stationary there is still a Captain on duty because it's on.
Oh how ironic this post is now.... grabbing an ice cream... oops... can't avoid that crash grab there either now
And you might as well take the man's name off the property.... oh wait they already did it with the film studio
I would say there were only about 15 families on our boat, which meant that the kids really got a lot of attention from the characters. Tiana was super sweet and Naveen was goofy and fun. We will definitely be doing this again.
Indeed. Closing the Riverboat for 3 hours for 50 people? Absurd.
You made this sound really nice! Glad you had such a nice time. I might consider this now.I know this is an old thread but I just got back from WDW and went on this so I thought I would share my experience.
I had no idea this existed until we were walking by and saw the "reservations available" sign. Initially when we heard the price, we were going to pass (it was my mom and myself, $50 each, my 6 year old who was $30 - my littlest was free). But this was a pretty inexpensive trip for us (yay for cashing in old park hoppers that never expired!) so we decided to go for it. My mom loves parades but we never watch them because I hate standing in crowds. And we've never met Tiana or Naveen before.
I haven't read through all the past posts so I don't know if this has been covered but I'll tell you how our experience went. You first walk into the "holding area" where they have ice cream with a bunch of toppings and small cupcakes and pastries. Tiana and Naveen are there taking posed photos. Then they leave to go do the parade, and you board the boat. The boat pulls forward from the dock only slightly and that's where you watch the parade from. I saw some comments that the viewing was not good - it was great for us. We saw the parade as it passed the Diamond Horseshoe and could see everything. Many of the characters waved right to the boat as they passed, which was fun.
There are unlimited snacks on the boat the entire time - ice cream bars (Mickey, frozen bananas, ice cream sandwiches and fruit bars), bags of candied popcorn in mardi gras colors, and salted popcorn, bags of pretzels, cotton candy, and water bottles and soda cans. You can really take as much of everything as you want - and everyone stocked up on snacks to go before gettting off the boat too (we joked it was our mission to eat and/or take $50 each in snacks and drinks - with park prices for these things what they are, I honestly think we came close!). We almost ate our admission fee in Mickey ice cream pops alone!
After the parade, the boat goes back to the dock, picks up Tiana and Naveen and then goes around the river. Cast members hand out mardi gras beads and instruments to the kids, and they have a parade around the boat and dance party with the characters. Then it's back to the dock and it's all done.
It was our favorite part of our trip this time, and we had some pretty epic moments this trip! As my 6 year old was chowing down on a cup of gummy bears she said "this is TOTALLY worth it"
Do you have any pics you'd like to share? Id love to seeI know this is an old thread but I just got back from WDW and went on this so I thought I would share my experience.
I had no idea this existed until we were walking by and saw the "reservations available" sign. Initially when we heard the price, we were going to pass (it was my mom and myself, $50 each, my 6 year old who was $30 - my littlest was free). But this was a pretty inexpensive trip for us (yay for cashing in old park hoppers that never expired!) so we decided to go for it. My mom loves parades but we never watch them because I hate standing in crowds. And we've never met Tiana or Naveen before.
I haven't read through all the past posts so I don't know if this has been covered but I'll tell you how our experience went. You first walk into the "holding area" where they have ice cream with a bunch of toppings and small cupcakes and pastries. Tiana and Naveen are there taking posed photos. Then they leave to go do the parade, and you board the boat. The boat pulls forward from the dock only slightly and that's where you watch the parade from. I saw some comments that the viewing was not good - it was great for us. We saw the parade as it passed the Diamond Horseshoe and could see everything. Many of the characters waved right to the boat as they passed, which was fun.
There are unlimited snacks on the boat the entire time - ice cream bars (Mickey, frozen bananas, ice cream sandwiches and fruit bars), bags of candied popcorn in mardi gras colors, and salted popcorn, bags of pretzels, cotton candy, and water bottles and soda cans. You can really take as much of everything as you want - and everyone stocked up on snacks to go before gettting off the boat too (we joked it was our mission to eat and/or take $50 each in snacks and drinks - with park prices for these things what they are, I honestly think we came close!). We almost ate our admission fee in Mickey ice cream pops alone!
After the parade, the boat goes back to the dock, picks up Tiana and Naveen and then goes around the river. Cast members hand out mardi gras beads and instruments to the kids, and they have a parade around the boat and dance party with the characters. Then it's back to the dock and it's all done.
It was our favorite part of our trip this time, and we had some pretty epic moments this trip! As my 6 year old was chowing down on a cup of gummy bears she said "this is TOTALLY worth it"
