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Princess Fairytale Hall (Meet Cinderella and Other Visiting Princesses at Magic Kingdom)

Princess Fairytale Hall is an excellent location to meet classic Disney princesses during your Walt Disney World vacation. Below, we’ll discuss which princesses meet at this location regularly and when you might find a visiting princess.

The four princesses who meet at Princess Fairytale Hall are:

  • Cinderella
  • Visiting Princesses
  • Rapunzel
  • Tiana

Update: Princess Elena of Avalor has recently relocated to the Town Square Theater porch at Magic Kingdom. You can read more details about her location here. She is listed in the My Disney Experience app as an individual meet-and-greet when she’s meeting. So make sure to check the app on the day of your visit for her exact location and times.

Occasionally, you might see a visiting princess take the place of one of the above-listed princesses. For instance, we visited one morning when Ariel filled in for Rapunzel. However, this rarely happens, and most days, you’ll be able to meet each of the princesses mentioned above.

A combined photo of the four princesses that meet at Princess Fairytale Hall.
These four princesses usually meet daily at Princess Fairytale Hall.

Here is a quick reference chart for Princess Fairytale Hall.

Princess Fairytale Hall Magic Kingdom

Location:

Fantasyland (Behind Cinderella Castle)

Lightning Lane:

No

Must Do:

High Priority

Early Theme Park Entry:

No

Extended Evening Hours:

No

PhotoPass:
Photographers are not present. A box mounted on the wall takes photos of guests with the Memory Maker.

Posted Wait Time:

35 minutes (Cinderella and a Visiting Princess)

Our Actual Wait Time:

41 minutes

Posted Wait Time:

25 minutes (Tiana and Rapunzel)

Our Actual Wait Time:

less than five minutes

Signs Autographs:
Yes, all princesses at this location sign autographs.

Update: Princess Fairytale Hall formerly had a Lightning Lane queue next to the standby line. At the time of this update, the Lightning Lane selections for character meet-and-greets are not available. But we would not be surprised if we saw them return in the future.

entrance to Princess Fairytale Hall at Magic Kingdom

Princess Fairytale Hall is located directly behind Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom. It is across the walkway from Prince Charming Regal Carrousel. This attraction has two sides. Each side has a sign that indicates the princesses who meet there and their estimated wait time.

The Lightning Lane for this attraction is currently not available.

Cinderella’s queue is on the right-hand side of Princess Fairytale Hall.

Princess Fairytale Hall is open daily between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. You can check the exact times for this attraction on the My Disney Experience app on the day of your visit.

Lightning Lane for Princess Fairytale Hall

We went through both standby lines for this visit to meet the princesses. Upon arrival, both sides had a 35-minute wait posted. So I joined the line on the right to meet Cinderella first. No one was waiting in the outdoor portion of the queue. If the line is so long that it extends this far outside, I would skip it and return later.

exterior portion of the Princess Fairytale Hall queue

Unfortunately, the line inside was pretty full.

entrance to the interior queue of Princess Fairytale Hall

Across the way, I could see that most of the queue for Rapunzel and Tiana was empty. This also indicated that the wait times sign had not been updated outside. Remember, both signs had a posted wait time of 35 minutes.

an empty interior queue for Princess Fairytale Hall

Inside Princess Fairytale Hall, you’ll feel like you stepped into a castle. The hall is dimly lit and has a royal feel.

Portraits of the Disney princesses hang on the walls of the large royal gallery. Some of these Disney Princesses meet at Epcot during the day.

Portraits of princesses Snow White and Mulan hang inside Princess Fairytale Hall.

While some of the princesses meet here at the Magic Kingdom.

Portraits of Tiana and Rapunzel hang inside Princess Fairytale Hall

Before entering the reception room, you might notice Cinderella’s glass slipper. It sits between the entrances of the two chambers.

area before you enter the room to meet with princesses
Cinderella Slipper on display at Princess Royal Fairytale Hall

Soon, we were escorted into the royal chambers, where the princesses meet with guests. After entering, we joined a small line. A cast member told us to have our autograph books out and ready. She also mentioned that this meet-and-greet didn’t have a Photo Pass photographer, but a photo box would take photos for guests with the Memory Maker.

We met with Cinderella. All of the princesses sign autographs before taking photos.

Cinderella waits to meet guests after Elena.

A beautiful storybook is on display between the two meet-and-greets.

Cinderella is dressed to the nines in her blue ball gown. She enjoys talking about Prince Charming and may ask if you’ve encountered her evil stepsisters.

Related: Meet Cinderella’s Stepsisters at Disney World

Cinderella signs her autograph.
Cinderella poses with hands clasped.

Except for character dining, this is the only place to meet Cinderella at Walt Disney World. She greets guests at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall at Epcot and Cinderella’s Royal Table at Magic Kingdom for dining.

Related: The Best Character Dining Meals at Disney World

Cinderella poses to show off her full gown.

Here is Cinderella’s autograph.

Cinderella's autograph

After meeting each princess, there’s a box to scan your MagicBand or ticket for the photos. If you have the Memory Maker, the photos will show up in your account. You can also scan them if you decide to purchase the photos later.

box to scan for the Memory Maker photos

We got in line to meet Cinderella at 4:11 p.m. on a reasonably busy Sunday afternoon. The posted wait time was 35 minutes. We met here at 4:52 p.m. Overall, we waited approximately 41 minutes, which was a little longer than anticipated. (We also met Elena on this visit, but we’ve removed her information since she no longer meets at this location. You can expect another visiting princess on the side with Cinderella.)

When exiting, you’ll end up in Sir Mickey’s gift shop next to Princess Fairytale Hall. If you want to meet Tiana and Rapunzel, you’ll have to re-enter on the opposite side. Like Cinderella and whoever is visiting, Tiana and Rapunzel meet in the same room. When I returned to the entrance, the wait time had dropped to 25 minutes.

wait times sign for Tiana and Rapunzel

However, the line was empty.

shows no line to meet the princesses on the left side

We were almost immediately escorted into their royal chamber. We met with Tiana first.

Tiana signing her autograph.

Tiana enjoys talking about food, cooking, and entrepreneurship. She invited me to return soon or stop at Tiana’s Place anytime for beignets.

Princess Tiana at Fairytale Hall

All of the characters at Walt Disney World will stay in character when you meet them. So it’s always fun if you know what to discuss with them. But if you don’t, no worries.

Here is Princess Tiana’s autograph.

Princess Tiana autograph

After talking with Tiana for a few minutes, we met Rapunzel.

Rapunzel signing her autograph.

When you take her picture, Rapunzel will want to know if you got the nose right. She is very upbeat and friendly.

Rapunzel at Princess Fairytale Hall

Here is her autograph.

Rapunzel's autograph

After waiting to meet Cinderella and Elena, I was concerned about how long the entire meet-and-greet would take. However, things balanced themselves out since we had little to no wait for Tiana and Rapunzel. We invested less than 50 minutes meeting four princesses, which was incredible!

Overall, Princess Fairytale Hall is an excellent location to meet princesses at Walt Disney World. If anyone in your group is interested in meeting princesses, you’ll want to add this meet-and-greet location to your itinerary.

For other princess meet-and-greets at Disney World, you might enjoy these articles:

  • Meet Anna and Elsa at Epcot’s Royal Sommerhus
  • Meet Belle at Epcot’s France Pavilion
  • Meet Princess Jasmine at Epcot’s Morocco Pavilion
  • Meet Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) at Epcot’s France Pavilion
  • Meet Mulan at Epcot’s China Pavilion
  • Meet Ariel at Her Grotto at Magic Kingdom

Sometimes, the Princesses at Fairytale Hall meet alongside their princes at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. Looking for someone else? Try our entire list of character meet-and-greets at Walt Disney World or our guides for each park:

  • Meet Characters at Magic Kingdom
  • Epcot Character Meet-and-Greets
  • Character Meets at Hollywood Studios
  • Animal Kingdom Character Meet-and-Greets

Planning a Disney World vacation? Here are a few helpful guides to get you started:

  • Our Disney World Resorts Guide offers an overview of where to stay, including hotel reviews, photos, and amenities.
  • Use our Disney World Dining Guide to plan meals, snacks, and must-try restaurants.
  • Explore the Disney World Parks Guide for an introduction to all four theme parks.
  • For those interested in the various modes of transportation, start with our Disney Transportation Guide. It shares details for the monorail, skyliner, and more!
  • And if you’re planning to cool off, our Water Parks Guide covers both of Disney’s water parks.

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