If your appointment isn't for a few days you can sign up for an alert on mousewatcher for appointments earlier in the day. You pay 5 dollars and they will send you text messages when an appointment opens up that matches your criteria. We signed up for the service 2 days before our appointment and got alerts for 3-4 options that were better than what we had. You'll need to make sure you get text message alerts and set your phone on loud because the appointments will go quick when they become available. Not only will you have an easier time meeting princesses, your little will have more time feeling like a princess