Meet Princess Aurora in France

Meet Princess Aurora in France: show at EPCOT, Walt Disney World — showtimes, live status, and planning data on MouseHub.

The MouseHub take

Aurora greets guests at a gazebo in the France pavilion gardens at EPCOT, and the setting does most of the work. Disney describes the spot as a regal gazebo in a manicured garden, and pictures from here come out better than the ones taken against the backdrop walls most character stops use. She comes out at set times rather than standing out all day, and each group gets a short conversation, an autograph, and a photo. The whole thing happens outdoors with nothing overhead, so the weather decides how the wait feels. Cast members close the line once it holds as many guests as the set has time for.

This is a stop on a World Showcase lap rather than a reason to cross the park. Families with a Sleeping Beauty fan in the group get the most out of it, especially kids who arrive with something to ask, because she answers in character instead of nodding through the photo. Guests using a wheelchair or ECV stay in their device the whole way through. Anyone hunting for air conditioning should keep walking, because there is no indoor version of this and no Lightning Lane to shorten the line.

At a glance

Best for
Families with a Sleeping Beauty fan in the party, and anyone building a World Showcase morning around character stops.
Skip if
Open Florida sun is what ends your park day, or your EPCOT hours are already spoken for.
Ride type
Outdoor character greeting at a garden gazebo
Intensity
None. Nothing moves and nothing goes dark. The weather is the only thing to plan around.

The good

  • The garden carries the photo
    Disney built the spot as a gazebo in a manicured garden, and the greenery behind her does more for the shot than a painted flat would. Pictures from here look like the France pavilion rather than like any character stop anywhere.
  • She gives each family real time
    Turns are unhurried, and kids get answers rather than a wave and a pose. Families come away from this one having had a conversation.
  • Stay in your wheelchair or ECV
    Disney's accessibility notes list this greeting as May Remain in Wheelchair/ECV. Nobody transfers, and there is no device to leave at the edge of the set.
  • Autographs come with the photo
    She signs books and poses without anyone having to negotiate for it, so a kid collecting signatures gets both in the same turn.
  • Look for her on the canal side
    The gazebo sits between the Skyliner station and the bridge rather than out on the lagoon. The line waits in the open, so nobody is hunting for the back of it the way they do at greetings tucked inside a building.

The bad

  • Nothing shades the line
    The queue runs across open pavement with no cover. In summer the wait takes more out of a family than the greeting gives back.
  • The line closes before the set does
    Cast members cut the queue once it holds what the window can handle, so she leaves on schedule. Arrive after that and you are waiting for the next set.
  • Breaks stretch the wait
    She steps away from the gazebo to rest, and guests already in line stand through it. A wait that looked short when you joined can run past what you planned for.
  • Rain takes the stop off your day
    The gazebo is open to the sky, and weather pulls the greeting with nowhere indoors to move it. An afternoon storm can end it without warning.
  • The line spills into the walkway
    At busy times the queue reaches the main path, and guests walking the pavilion have to pick their way around it.
  • No Lightning Lane covers this
    Character greetings sit outside both Multi Pass and Single Pass at EPCOT. Standby is the only way in, so the schedule is the only thing you can plan.

Veteran tips

  • Check the showtimes on this page first
    Her sets run at scheduled times rather than continuously, and the times move from day to day. This page carries Disney's live times, and the My Disney Experience app has the same, so look before you walk over.
  • Get in line before the set starts
    Guests gather ahead of the posted time and the queue is often capped early into the window. Showing up at the start time is showing up late.
  • Carry your own shade
    A handheld umbrella beats a hat once the sun is overhead, and there is nowhere in this line to get out of it. Fill water bottles before you join.
  • Get the autograph book ready in line
    Open it to a blank page and uncap the pen while you wait. Digging through a bag at the front of the line spends the turn you queued for.
  • Bring a question for her
    Kids who open with something about Sleeping Beauty get a longer turn than kids who hand over the book and wait. A shy child does better with one ready.
  • Ask whether the line is still open
    A cast member at the entrance will tell you if the queue is capped for this set. That answer is worth thirty seconds before your party commits to standing in the sun.
  • Take one of the morning sets
    The early sets run before the pavement heats up and before the World Showcase crowd thickens. By mid-afternoon the same wait costs a lot more.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed .

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