Oswald doesn't have a costume. The character design/development group would need to create one for him, which I really hope they do. We need him and Pete STAT (especially in Florida - who builds a character greet and doesn't include the title character? I'm looking at you Pete's Silly Sideshow!). The only things I know that are coming right now are some new monsters from Monsters U and the Frozen characters.
I kinda figured that they didn't have a costume for him already made, but it's been years now since he's been back with Disney. My potential anger really emanates from a few different facts orbiting around each other:
1. Oswald is back with the Disney company.
2. There is Oswald's Filling Station on BVS.
3. Oswald fits the time period of BVS.
4. There is a Limited Time Magic promo called "Long Lost Friends Week" all about meeting "forgotten" characters.
Oswald is the longest-lost friend the Disney company has! It sounds like the event was tailor-made just for our lucky rabbit friend! The APs in CA would
eat this up. Kids would eat this up because of the Epic Mickey games. Madness (the good kind... probably) would ensue. It is sooo painfully obvious that this is a perfect time to introduce a walkaround Oswald; it makes me cringe to see Disneyland miss such a golden opportunity.
[tangent]This is not required reading. It will not be on the test. There's an episode of
Frasier where Frasier and Niles are at a spa getting pampered. They're doing great until they see some quasi-famous people they know going into the Gold Room or something like that. Now they're not happy until they can get into the Gold Room. The Gold Room is heaven... until they see a door leading to the Platinum Room. And then the Diamond Room. And then when they are enjoying the absolute peak of luxury, they see
another door. At this point, every fiber of my being is yelling at them to just be happy with what they have. It is almost physically painful to see these characters done in by hubris like this. They can't help themselves. They sneak through the door, and they end up... in the alleyway. They get locked out in the alley in their spa towels with their mud masks and cucumbers in their eyes and everything. That's what this Oswald thing is like. I see it all happening almost like slow motion... Disney churning out another nice but unremarkable event when there is
such an easy opportunity right there in front of them to do something epic (not sure if pun intended).[/tangent]
I'm sure something will be going on during your trip!
You're a DLR AP now, so you're one of us! No need to feel out of place.
You'll be thinking like us crazy Disneylanders real soon, haha. I hope something really good will be offered during the time you're here in August. Maybe they'll keep the parks open just for APs. Those are a lot of fun because there are so few people in the park and you have specific parts of Disneyland or California Adventure all to yourself. Whatever it is, let's hope it's interesting!
