Cinderella's Royal Table

	Cinderella's Royal Table
	The entrance sign for Cinderella's Royal Table
	Magic Kingdom
Land	Fantasyland
Opening date	October 1, 1971 (as King Stefan's Royal Hall) ; April 28, 1997 (As Cinderella's Royal Table)
Restaurant Type	Character Meal
Menu Type	American
Formally Known As	King Stefan's Royal Hall (1971-1997)

Cinderella's Royal Table is a character dining experience found inside Cinderella Castle in Fantasyland.

Restaurant History

King Stefan’s Royal Hall (1971-1997)

The restaurant that is today known as Cinderella’s Royal Table opened with the rest of the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971 as “King Stefan’s Royal Hall”. When naming the dining establishment, Imagineers wanted a name that would suit the regal atmosphere that was being created. Due to the fact that Cinderella’s father is not mentioned in the film, Imagineers used some creative licensing and named the restaurant after Sleeping Beauty’s father King Stefan. This was done despite the fact that the eatery was housed inside Cinderella Castle. The only real major change to occur in King Stefan’s Royal Hall came in 1994 when the restaurant began offering a character breakfast which allowed guests to meet various princesses while they ate.

Backstory

The backstory to King Stefan’s Royal Hall could be found on the front of the restaurant’s menu. See below to read it!

Cinderella’s Royal Table (1997-Present)

On April 28, 1997 Disney changed the name of King Stefan’s Royal Hall to (the more fitting) Cinderella’s Royal Table. The next change to the restaurant came in 2002 when guests needed to provide credit card information when booking the restaurants popular “Once Upon a Time” character breakfast. In 2005, Cinderella’s Royal Table became a “character lunch” location. Like the Once Upon a Time Breakfast, guests could now meet their favorite princesses during lunch. Beginning on February 1, 2006 dinner at Cinderella’s Royal Table became “fixed-price, set meat”. At this time the Fairy Godmother also began appearing at dinner time. As a part of the new dinner format, guests were also given an exclusive lithograph for no additional charge.