I love them as well. If there is a short wait we will get pictures with the characters. If there is a long wait then there is no way I am standing around for 30 min to get a picture with a person in a costume.
That reminds me of a story in which Pooh and Tigger were out from their usual spot at AK and standing between Bugs Life and Dinoland on that path there. This was maybe a month or two after the last Tigger punching incident. Tigger saw us from around the corner and motioned for us to come to him. We ran and turn the corner and saw Pooh had a line of 15 or so kids. Everyone was afraid of Tigger I guess, which is sad, but maybe some of those kids heard it and were afraid of Tigger, that or their parents are morons and don't know that the Tigger in question was on leave.