I would never want the BBB stuff for myself. If I had a daughter I'd have a problem getting it done on her. We did do the "Knight's Package" for my son at
Disneyland, on his...ooh, 4th or 5th birthday (5th, I think). And wouldn't do it again.
BUT I know plenty of fun, goofy, kind adult women who like getting their hair done at BBB, can be perfectly respectful and nice while doing it, and who might very well be disappointed by this! For them, it's not necessarily about looking "pretty", but about having FUN and being girly and silly and sharing giggles.
I don't really see why they need to change the policy...Disney is all about having FUN, and if an adult is going to have fun doing BBB on their special vacation, then all the power to them.
Exactly
Though I have to say as a grown woman I think if I wanted to get princessed out I would do a better job then the fairy godmothers at the castle. Cindy needs to send them back to cosmetology school.
LOL. But the grownups that I've seen pictures of do the "rock" princess look, with the extensions sticking out, not the actual "princess" look.
Most likely not that they were not finding slots for little girls, but that they cannot have adults do the more costly packages.
It's about the almighty buck. They can sell your little princess a $80+ dollar outfit with accessories but mom can only get the cheap hair and make-up package. So they have a much beter increase in sales if they limit it to 3-12 range as they can try and sell them the outfits and accessories.
Denise in MI
I have a feeling that THAT is the ONLY reason.
I don't get the big deal about letting little girls have their own place.
They have packages for boys, too. It's not, and never has been intended to be, a place ONLY for girls.
I believe there's also a "My Disney Princess" tea that is for little girls only. Maybe the difference with BBB is that, for the cruise and for the tea, adults were never allowed.
A parent
has to attend with the girl, and boys are allowed.
From wdw: "Young princes receive a pin, a plush Duffy the Disney Bear and a Pirate Mickey cap."
And it's mega-expensive.
From allears:
Prices: Adults $89.69 and child $174.88 (includes tax and gratuity)
From wdwplanner (and this sounds more like what we read on the sign after our normal tea):
Cost:
One adult and one child (ages 3-11): $250 (plus tax, including gratuity)
One additional adult: $85 (plus tax)
One additional child: $165 (plus tax)
Myself included.
If I went to BBB with a group of my friends, we wouldn't be sitting there politely and quietly.
Really?
But you can gussy yourself up to look like a princess- you can get much the same look doing it yourself. It's not like Disney made a rule that grown women can't put on a ton of makeup and glitter, a tiara etc. I still think that it's really not a big deal.
I have no interest in it, but...I always say I "missed most of the girly classes" that every other female seemed to have taken. I was at my 20 year HS reunion when I realized that the elaborately feathered look, with big bangs and all took upwards of 2 hours to do and involved HUGE amounts of hairspray. I just thought that some hair could do it and some couldn't, and mine was definitely in the "couldn't" group. I never learned much more than mascara, and unfortunately my eye shadow skills stopped evolving after 8th grade (purple, lighter purple, and lavender, all going up the eyelid) so I rarely wear it. I do NOT know how to put skin makeup on, and let's not even get into my hair. I'm lucky that my hair is curly enough that it "does" something without me DOING something TO it.
So no, not everyone can just whip up a princessy, or a rocker princess, look on a whim!
Adults are not allowed to dress up, outside of the Halloween parties. And though Disney is a lot about the experience, if a business can sell a $200 package, or a $40 up-do, which would they rather sell?
