(hoping to see Ariel in her pink dress at dinner...keeping fingers crossed!)
Just so you know....Ariel is in a GREEN dress at Akershus....don't ask me why, lol. My daughter is a major Ariel fan and doesn't understand where the dress came from either....it beautiful, but not the pink dinner dress (my daughter was in our version of the pink dress, but wasn't often recognized as Ariel). The only thing we can think of is that Aurora and Sleeping Beauty are already in pink, so maybe they decided one more pink wasn't a good idea. The green dress is beautiful and she has a starfish in her trademark red hair, so there is no question about it being Ariel...but she's not in pink. My daughter didn't care much, it was Ariel! Later we had the discussion about the dress because I thought "I" didn't know about the history of that dress in one of the movies, but daughter can't recall it either, and has since watched the movies again and again.
( Here's the options....please tell me what you'd do.....
Option 1 : We are going to MK during the day and that night we are having dinner at 1900 Park Fare (maybe I could sway her to dressing up as Cinderella....I doubt that it would happen, but....) OR:
Option 2: We are going DTD during the day and then to the MNSSHP that evening. I could have her appointment DTD and then dress her up as Ariel for the party. My only question with this is is the dress easy enough to get in and out of rides with that mermaid outfit on?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO???? INQUIRING MIND WANTS TO KNOW!!!!
Well, a few thoughts: If she has her heart set on dressing as Ariel and you would prefer her to be Cinderella at 1900 Park Fare.....then Option one isn't a good choice. If you shop for the dress from home you can probably afford both dresses for what you'll pay for one at Disney (and my opinion...the dresses at WDW were NOT better quality...the ones we have from
Disney Store are better). Then she could dress up twice.
Since she's going to want to definitely be dressed up for the Halloween party, that would probably be my first choice for the BBB. My girls saved and paid for BBB themselves, we had a whole day of it....early morning BBB at MK, walk down Main Street and having strangers take their pictures (not to mention each Photopass person asking THEM if he can take their photos, very cool!), the photoshoot in MK...then we went over to the Grand Floridian for Tea, then the Grand Flordian photo shoot, then back to MK for CRT. Between the GF and CRT we had some time for a few rides. The girls were very worried about ripping their precious dresses so we didn't ride as many as we may have, but the few that they went on they just had to be very careful. There is a lot of puff in the dresses and it's that gauzy netty type material that catches on things. We had one catch, but no rip (thank heavens). Your daughter is a year younger than mine, so she probably can also be aware of her dress enough to be careful, right?
Now...we also went to the Pirates Princess Party later in our visit, and of course after the BBB hairdo we "HAD" to have their hair in a bun again....but couldn't afford another BBB session. I had watched very closely how they did it...and frankly, once you've watched and seen the single trick that made it click, at least for me, it's pretty easy to do at home. The multiple rubber bands and then the way they rolled the hair up is what I saw as "the" trick to learn. We had asked our FGIT about the products, even took pictures of the bottles so we could remember what they were....then we went to the Sally Beauty Supply store there on I192 (same shopping center as Joanns and Target) and bought those little rubber bands and the hair products. It took me two tries on the first girl to get it right and the second daughter went in the first time. So, you might consider doing BBB for one of your options and do it yourself for the second time. Just be prepared....I've had to do their hair twice since we've been home, and they've almost mastered doing it to each other so they do it for dress up play (which they still do a lot even as pre-teens, lol). The good news is that we still have plenty of product left, a little goes a long way!
EDITED TO ADD: Oh...and if you're planning on doing BBB on a day that there is a Halloween Party scheduled....get your ADR as soon as possible (you can do this 180 days out just like the restaurant ones). The appointments on those days go FAST. And if you do happen to snag one, be prepared for total chaos, lol. We stopped in at BBB to show our FGIT the "do" that I'd put in for them for the PPP....she'd asked us to....and it was total madness....people were jammed into that little space like sardines, there was literally no space. We were very glad we'd not done it that day. So I guess what I'm saying, is if it were ME....I'd pick a date for 1900 Park Fare that does NOT have a party that night.....and do BBB for that, then I'd do it myself for the night of the party!
I don't know wether or not to just do the castle pkg. and bite the bullet! 
She mentioned wanting to be Hannah for the party or Belle! What a great surprise it would be to let her go get all dolled up for the party! I can find the Belle dress on line for around $70 including shipping. It looks like the same one in the pictures on page 1 of this thread! So, do i order that one and go for the cheaper pkg. or just get it all there and pay $179.00 for pics and every thing? 
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I wonder if the green dress has something to do with the Broadway show.....
Gotta love it!!! She's worried about the itchiness, since last year she did do the Belle make over and she had to get that dress off as soon as CRT was over with. I'm half tempted to just make her something and just have her get her hair done. It would save us $$ and she would be comfy. It's all still up in the air, but at least I have one ressie made. Thanks for all you help!
(lol) I don't know why but, going to DW makes me such an indecisive person! 
Thanks again to every one who helped me!! I hope you all have a great time on your next Disney Vacation!
