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Once Upon A Tea Party is the first award winning Storybook Character entertainment company in the Hudson Valley, along with countless hours of charity and voulenteer work. Once Upon A Tea Party offers the highest quality standard and reliability. The Princess Manor incorporates the awarding Winning entertainment into many party package plus we do everything for you from set up to clean up and everything in-between. The details of our characer entertainment will be trickled over into our party venue, every detail will be carefully intergrated and planned out. All you have to do is show up with your camera ready! ...and yes, this too, we can even add a photographer as an add-on, if you would like.

The Princess Manor is available for your private party bookings and or Spa, Private Experiences, Tea Dates and Salon services are offered on Saturdays and Sundays and of course any other times by request. If you are looking for during the week party, please speak to one of our party advisors, we will do our very best to accomodate your request.

Absolutely! Typically, we are open Tuesday- Friday by appointment and Saturday and Sunday is reserved for parties and special events. However, appointments can be made if we can fit you in. We strongly recommend calling, texting, or emailing to double check our hours; in the event there is a change. You are more than welcome to set up an appointment to come see our party place during the week at your convenience. Please call 845-218-0003 or email to set up an appointment. You may also visit our partyfolio to see pictures of our venue, or check us out on Facebook!.

We do NOT provide catering. However, we do provide all party decor, set up, entertainment and equipment needed by our performers for their performances & party activities. Delicious cupcakes are included in almost all packages as well as Pizza. We can indeed, refer you to a great caterer, as well as a great baker that does custom design birthday cakes! You're more than welcome to bring in any outside food, however, a $20 service charge will be applied to parties serving food other than the birthday treat (cake, cookies, cupcakes, donuts, etc.included in the packages)

The Princess Manor parties are offered for little royals most popular in ages 2 to 9. We try our very best to accomodate any and all ages. Contact our Royal Party Advisors for guidence on what package and activites would suite your celebration best.

All of our parties packages require you to bring nothig more than an excited Birthday child, a big box/bag to take home all the gifts and don't forget your camera! *Please Note: Food and Cupcakes are for the children only. If you would like to add-on for the parents, you are welcome to,on your own, or use our wonderful vendors.

Yes! We require a non-refundable retainer of $100-$200 for all party reservations to be scheduled on our calendar as we are reserving your Character Performer (if included in the package or added onto a package), Party Date & Time specifically for your private event! We do not reserve or hold dates without a retainer. We accept Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover. We do NOT accept Checks or cash for deposits. For all other services a non-refundable deposit is required for any service we offer, as ALL appointments are by appointment only.

The Princess Manor holds your date and time once you have made your deposit. That means we can not book any other parties during your scheduled time. If you need to cancel we must receive a 10 day notice, and the party will be rescheduled due to an emergency. Rescheduling is allowed 1 time within a 2 month period of original party date, depending on availability. Your deposit is however, non refundable. If you go past the 2 month period you will be subject to a cancelation fee. Parties cancelled within 48hrs of scheduled party will endure a $40 cancellation fee and any additional fees for food already ordered that maybe included such as cupcakes, customized candies, chocolate pops, fondant toppers, etc.

Once Upon A Tea Party characters are all professional entertainers that go through a detailed screening & training process. Each guest will be greeted by a Fairy Godmother-in-training who will assist with the entire royal celebration & or other Service. The Storybook character will make a grand entrance to surprise the birthday child, meet & greet with the child & their guests and then begin the activities in the party package you purchased in the order of activities that have been explained in the initial phone consult. Please allow the performer to do their normal routine without attempting to change things. We are professionals and this will guarantee your party to be a success. All of our packages are made with you in mind. Our all-inclusive packages include room decor, tables & chairs, linens, papergoods, favors, hostess, pizza, cupcakes and entertainment. We always bring out the Cupcakes not long before your performer exits the party so that they may lead the Happy Birthday Song at the end before they make their exit. You are welcome to take as many photographs as you like throughout the party but we will make time for posed photography towards the end as well. Please call our castle switchboard to confirm your party 7 days prior to the schedule party. We confirm all parties as we receive the resevation and deposit. If you do not receive your confirmation please call our castle at 845-218-0003. You are not officially scheduled on our party calendar until we confirm availability and we have received the non-refundable deposit at the time of booking via our booking department and have received the signed agreement that will be sent to you at the time of booking.

The package price is between 4-12 little royals, depending on the package choice, including the birthday child. If less than number attending your party, you will still be charged for the amount in the package. Attendance over the allotted guest count will be charged an additional rate per person. Additional charge per child varies depending on the package chosen, see package details. Please consult a royal party advisor for a maximum number of guests, as we always try to accommodate your needs. IMPORTANT: A service charge/extra Lady in waiting hostess of $45 is applied to parties with 5+ children ATTENDING and participating. This is in addition to the price per extra guest and a possible extra hour fee to accomodate the amount of guest attending. Certain packages may have to add additonal time to accomodate the children and all activites are performed. Please read each package carefully. Maximum guest for children is 18 Maximum for adults who are staying is 10-15

The Princess Manor Parties are based on a tight schedule, the parties work best when all guest arrive on time. Please advise your guests to arrive promptly. Guests coming late may join the party at whatever point it has progressed to. This is necessary in order to provide the least amount of disruption to the party. ​

If a guest should have severe food allergies, we recommend that either you or the child’s parents provide an alternate menu for that child. We can provide for basic food allergies/requests, but only if we are aware of them. Please contact your Royal Party Advisor to advise us of any special requirements your guests may have. ​ We are a Nut & Peanut FREE establishment.

Yes absolutely! Our performers and party hostesses truly appriciate a tip for the work they do,to make your child’s birthday special! Gratuities range from 18% to 30% of total package price and are not required. Yet, greatly appreciated!