Please forgive me if this has been asked, I scanned through many pages in this tread, but admittedly not all.
Do the Princes and Princesses meet during the parade since they are not actually IN the parade?
I know for
MVMCP last year we went to their place in the hall about 30ish minutes before the first parade started, thinking we could perhaps gets a rushed, last minute meet and greet in, and to our surprise, they were still allowing people in AND let us directly back there, but the people who came right after us (a Mom with an infant, whom we let go ahead of us) were the very last people before they cut the line off and my daughter and her friend got SO much individual attention...so much so that I started feeling guilty and saying "they need to get ready to be in the parade! we should let them go now, start saying your good-byes and thank you's" and they kept asking the girls to stay a bit longer, and for about 5-10 minutes or so at the end, ALL of the Princes and Princesses all mingled and joked and played. It was by far the most special thing in the whole trip.
We ended up telling THEM that we needed to get back to our parade spot, and they seemed like they wouldn't have minded if we stayed longer!
So I was hoping to catch another small lull in the action if they DID meet during the parade, and then just stick around to see the 2nd parade if DD (5) isn't too tired.
(the PRINCES are her first priority, closely followed by the Princesses.)