Megalodumb
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Interacting with the Disney Characters
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Sped2424
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So I have a legitimate question have the face characters always been so detailed when it comes to portraying their character? Or was that something that happened later. Like in the 90's you would just say hi and talk a picture (At least the way I remember it as kid) , but today they act as if they stepped out of that world, ariel will ask you about being on land and visiting her in the ocean she will even go crazy if you bring in a dingle hopper etc etc. So has this always been this way?
Me too
IWantMyMagicBand
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Whhhhaaaattt? So glad my kids can't see this
My then 5 year old asked last time at WDW, "Who's in the suit?". My reply to her "Who's in your suit?"
We had some good interactions:
We had Mickey mime-sing Happy Birthday to my dad
My boy asked OSO if it was "all part of the plan" and he mimed back "more or less"
I told Mary Poppins how bad the boys were and she said she'd be in on the next wind if she heard from me again.
My girl was dressed as Rapunzel and Alice said how Rapunzel was her friend and to say Hi if we saw her. We said Rapunzel couldn't be that good of a friend if she let Alice fall down a hole and didn't rescue her with her hair.
My girl and friend were meeting Cruella at Disneyland Paris and she was being a , totally in character, telling the girls that had no idea how to pose and she couldn't wait all day. We took the picture and I said we needed to go to get the photo's of her airbrushed before displaying. For a split second she broke character and smirked/winked.
Rapunzel played hide and seek with my little Rapunzel and her toy Pascal.
We've put things on pluto's nose and made him "stay"
When we go back to Paris in a few weeks I want to ask the ShadowMan if he has friends on THIS side. (DLP's ShadowMan is fab!)
Golden Rule though: ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU AFTER MEETING THEM!
ferbtones
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We had a smash last year with rapunzel. My dd was wearing a princess in training top and the handler noticed and pointed out to rapunzel that maybe she should teach my dd to curtesy as part of her training.
Rapunzel was only too pleased to take a good two or three minutes sorting this even though her line was massive. We have the whole thing on video, it was magical.
My ds managed to fluster Mary poppins in Epcot. We saw her in the uk pavilion, then had lunch in Norway at akershus. Mary came to our table and my ds said you never said you were coming in here to work as well, do you ever get a break. She quickly realised that he must have just met the one in the uk and said I find it much cooler in here, and I just came to check you were enjoying lunch.
Our dd loves meeting Alice dressed in her Alice dress so we normally get good interaction then.
Aladdin and jasmine were a great tag team in adventure land with both the kids.
The wicked queen was accidentally scaring kids in the studios, but my dd walked up to her aged 4 and said hello will you sign my book please queen. She said it in such a bossy voice the queen had to turn away to chuckle so that she didn't break character.
Rapunzel was only too pleased to take a good two or three minutes sorting this even though her line was massive. We have the whole thing on video, it was magical.
My ds managed to fluster Mary poppins in Epcot. We saw her in the uk pavilion, then had lunch in Norway at akershus. Mary came to our table and my ds said you never said you were coming in here to work as well, do you ever get a break. She quickly realised that he must have just met the one in the uk and said I find it much cooler in here, and I just came to check you were enjoying lunch.
Our dd loves meeting Alice dressed in her Alice dress so we normally get good interaction then.
Aladdin and jasmine were a great tag team in adventure land with both the kids.
The wicked queen was accidentally scaring kids in the studios, but my dd walked up to her aged 4 and said hello will you sign my book please queen. She said it in such a bossy voice the queen had to turn away to chuckle so that she didn't break character.
jw24
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I find that sometimes, you need to be one the one that starts the interaction. This particularly holds true for the furs. I mean, if you don't really know what to say, then it can feel like talking a to a brick wall! Face characters tend to initiate the interaction first in most of my experiences on a different note. One thing that really helps the interaction is if you're wearing clothing with a character on it. It's more noticeable to the character. Kinda sets you apart from everyone else in a way. Now if you're meeting the exact same character as the one on your clothing, match made in heaven right there with endless possibilities! For the most part, I find that if you really express your appreciation like saying you're their favorite or in some cases, really love their movies or animated shorts, that also helps, as well.
EOD K9
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I had a great interaction with Captain Jack Sparrow on Castaway Cay. We were there for the photo op and I asked him what it was like being a passenger and not at the helm. It took him a little by surprise. He said wait and see what happens tonight (Pirates IN the Caribbean Party) with the bangidy and the boomidy (Fireworks) on deck. I was wearing my black bandana and as the next kid came up, he pointed at me, and told that kid to watch out as I was a pirate too. Good times.
Britt
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Captain Jack Sparrow is the only one I'd wait in line for! Hahaha
EOD K9
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He was actually one of the better ones I have seen.
Britt
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I love it when they nail it like that. There's a guy here at the Renissance Festival who is a dead ringer for Johnny Depps Capt Jack Sparrow. I always want to ask if I can get a pic with him! Haha
Raven66
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I think Chip and Dale are the best. My daughter was about 6 or 7 and she was in line to meet them. They just grabbed a hold of her and just started dancing and twirling her around. Passing her back and forth. She laughed so hard. They made her experience just wonderful. Another time with them we were waiting for FOLK and they were back there. She was the only kid there at the time. And they started playing hide and seek with her and when other kids showed up they played the hokey pokey with them all. They are really great with kids,
Sketch105
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Me and my friends are an older crowd, and we still enjoy meeting and greeting the characters. I am friends with friends with a few characters and I love stopping by to see them. That being said, I've had a variety of interactions and its fun to come up with new ways to interact.
I've had some awesome interactions with the Princesses- Bringing up the fact that they have new dresses helps. I've asked to see their shoes (because they're beautiful and rarely seen).
I stop into Pixie Hollow to see who's there, and on several occasions I've had Tink tell me "You've flown in here several times before!" The great thing is to bring items to show them- "Lost Things" as they call them. Vidia was astonished when I showed up with a Vidia pin (she had never seen one before because they are very rare).
I love giving attention to the rare characters that show up- Friar Tuck did a double take when I called for him since, well, he's Friar Tuck!
I've had some awesome interactions with the Princesses- Bringing up the fact that they have new dresses helps. I've asked to see their shoes (because they're beautiful and rarely seen).
I stop into Pixie Hollow to see who's there, and on several occasions I've had Tink tell me "You've flown in here several times before!" The great thing is to bring items to show them- "Lost Things" as they call them. Vidia was astonished when I showed up with a Vidia pin (she had never seen one before because they are very rare).
I love giving attention to the rare characters that show up- Friar Tuck did a double take when I called for him since, well, he's Friar Tuck!
laynalee07
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We were eating breakfast at Cape May when Minnie came up to us... She pointed at my wedding ring, and looked at my husband as if saying "NICE job!!"
I pointed to her finger and said "now it's time for Mickey to put a ring on it!"
She busted out with the Single Ladies dance moves that Beyonce dances to in the video for a good 20 seconds or more!
She was good!!!! It cracked us up!
I pointed to her finger and said "now it's time for Mickey to put a ring on it!"
She busted out with the Single Ladies dance moves that Beyonce dances to in the video for a good 20 seconds or more!
She was good!!!! It cracked us up!
bebert
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LondonGopher
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I am cheap thrifty and didn't want to shell out for the Disney autograph book (I wasn't sure if my son would enjoy collecting autographs) - so I found a blank book with Mickey Mouse on the cover at a charity shop (thrift store) for 30 pence and decorated the pages with stickers (leftovers from scrapbooking supplies) that said things like beautiful, funny, favourite...My kid LOVED telling the characters why he was having them sign the particular pages he picked out just for them. I especially enjoyed his little chat with Jasmine and Aladdin. He asked Jasmine to sign the page that said "beautiful" (she was a stunner) but was quick to point out that Aladdin was definitely NOT to sign there as he was a chap! He and Aladdin paged through the book together (sorry, people behind us!) to pick out just the right page. I think they settled on "Boys will be boys" or something like that. It turned out to be a great icebreaker for the little fellow and lots of fun. Thirty pence!
Other families who had taken the trouble to "costume" their kids seemed to have great interactions as well - esp. the ones who had the villain t-shirt/outfit for that particular hero/heroine (Ursula/Ariel...).
Our only struggle (coming as we do from Merrie Olde) was the DREADFUL English/Scottish accents that some of the face characters had. I think that may be why our Alice was so quiet. She had mastered her one phrase...and that was it? Perhaps better to let them do it sans accent, like Aladdin, or Kevin Costner in Robin Hood. And poor Merida - we heard three different kids tell her she wasn't really Scottish! Come on, Disney - there must be a goodly few girls who'd love to leave rainy old Blighty behind for Florida...
Other families who had taken the trouble to "costume" their kids seemed to have great interactions as well - esp. the ones who had the villain t-shirt/outfit for that particular hero/heroine (Ursula/Ariel...).
Our only struggle (coming as we do from Merrie Olde) was the DREADFUL English/Scottish accents that some of the face characters had. I think that may be why our Alice was so quiet. She had mastered her one phrase...and that was it? Perhaps better to let them do it sans accent, like Aladdin, or Kevin Costner in Robin Hood
. And poor Merida - we heard three different kids tell her she wasn't really Scottish! Come on, Disney - there must be a goodly few girls who'd love to leave rainy old Blighty behind for Florida...
6laurac
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We had a Pluto stuffed dog when we saw Marie and Pluto and my then 2 1/2 year old DD had an absolute blast watching the cat/dog struggle with Marie Kitty throwing the dog around and Pluto trying to rescue his likeness. She still tells me that Marie pantomimed "Pheww stinky dog". That made standing in line for 20 minutes to see each in the sun a lot more bearable.
joanna71985
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I love meeting the characters, and have gotten some good interactions over the years. My favorite characters have to be Chip and Dale
jw24
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Since we're all talking about great character interactions we'd experienced, I'd thought I'd share some of mine.
For the most part, I'd had great interactions with characters who, let's just say, have more personality to them. So from personal experiences, I've had great interactions with Ariel, Peter Pan, Rapunzel and Aladdin and Jasmine. I recall visiting Ariel one time and had to explain what an airplane was and believe me, I got tongue tied trying to explain it! On my most recent trip, I met Rapunzel for the first time in my life and she complimented the draw string bag that I bought and asked if I kept a frying pan inside. When I said it was too big to fit, she went on about how nowadays, they're coming up with foldable frying pans.
I've also had plenty of good experiences with Goofy. He always gets a kick every time I tell him how much I love the Art of Skiing! (That's my all time favorite Goofy cartoon, btw.) and I also complimented the fact that he had a nice home theater on my trip last March. (Reference to How To Hook Up Your Home Theater short.) Also, I remember my first meeting with Mickey and Minnie (At least the first time I can remember.) at the age of 18 back when they were both meeting at the old Toontown Fair and getting a kiss from Minnie and just being speechless.
But there's always one that stands out among all of my experiences. I posted this on earlier thread months back:
"Anyway, I have many favorite memories but there is one that always stands out. It was in 2009 during my HS class trip, the first time I've ever got to meet the characters at Disney World. The one character I wanted to meet more than anyone else but Belle because she was my favorite Disney heroine of all time.
I was in Epcot that day and my eyes lit up when I saw the meet and greet area. First time tried to get in the line, I was told by the greeter that the line was full . Second time around, same thing. I was getting frustrated and worried at the same time thinking well, all sorts of things. Fears that I would miss out meeting Belle. Stress of trying to figure how to plan around the next available meet and greet time. The third time, however, I finally got a spot in line by showing up early only for the anxiety to grow. I was definitely the only male in line and I would be lying if I said I wasn't uncomfortable. I was so nervous beyond belief that words can't describe it.
Now this was the time where Belle and Beast in France met together but for some reason, the Beast hadn't showed up and while some people waited to the side until the Beast showed up, I went forward to meet Belle.
She greeted me with a friendly “Bonjour” and then asked me if I had any adventures so far and I responded, “Yes”. I gave her my autograph book and then told her she was my all-time favorite Disney heroine. She thanked me and called me prince. Believe me, I was so bashful when I heard that! She then asked my favorite part of the movie and I told her my favorite part with Be Our Guest. Finally, we took a picture and after it was all said and done, I think my heart melted afterwards."
For the most part, I'd had great interactions with characters who, let's just say, have more personality to them. So from personal experiences, I've had great interactions with Ariel, Peter Pan, Rapunzel and Aladdin and Jasmine. I recall visiting Ariel one time and had to explain what an airplane was and believe me, I got tongue tied trying to explain it! On my most recent trip, I met Rapunzel for the first time in my life and she complimented the draw string bag that I bought and asked if I kept a frying pan inside. When I said it was too big to fit, she went on about how nowadays, they're coming up with foldable frying pans.
I've also had plenty of good experiences with Goofy. He always gets a kick every time I tell him how much I love the Art of Skiing! (That's my all time favorite Goofy cartoon, btw.) and I also complimented the fact that he had a nice home theater on my trip last March. (Reference to How To Hook Up Your Home Theater short.) Also, I remember my first meeting with Mickey and Minnie (At least the first time I can remember.) at the age of 18 back when they were both meeting at the old Toontown Fair and getting a kiss from Minnie and just being speechless.
But there's always one that stands out among all of my experiences. I posted this on earlier thread months back:
"Anyway, I have many favorite memories but there is one that always stands out. It was in 2009 during my HS class trip, the first time I've ever got to meet the characters at Disney World. The one character I wanted to meet more than anyone else but Belle because she was my favorite Disney heroine of all time.
I was in Epcot that day and my eyes lit up when I saw the meet and greet area. First time tried to get in the line, I was told by the greeter that the line was full . Second time around, same thing. I was getting frustrated and worried at the same time thinking well, all sorts of things. Fears that I would miss out meeting Belle. Stress of trying to figure how to plan around the next available meet and greet time. The third time, however, I finally got a spot in line by showing up early only for the anxiety to grow. I was definitely the only male in line and I would be lying if I said I wasn't uncomfortable. I was so nervous beyond belief that words can't describe it.
Now this was the time where Belle and Beast in France met together but for some reason, the Beast hadn't showed up and while some people waited to the side until the Beast showed up, I went forward to meet Belle.
She greeted me with a friendly “Bonjour” and then asked me if I had any adventures so far and I responded, “Yes”. I gave her my autograph book and then told her she was my all-time favorite Disney heroine. She thanked me and called me prince. Believe me, I was so bashful when I heard that! She then asked my favorite part of the movie and I told her my favorite part with Be Our Guest. Finally, we took a picture and after it was all said and done, I think my heart melted afterwards."
skellitterixx
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My last few character interactions have been wonderful!!!! During Star Wars Weekend, I had wandered off from my friends and ran up to a stormtrooper-I asked him if troopers take "Facebook selfies" since I was without my boys. He nodded, took a pic with me and even threw up a peace sign. I can only imagine the duck face behind the mask
Daisy and Minnie were both adorable, twirli ng with me and posing too!
The best one was Tiana and Naveen.They were both so talkative, Naveen telling us not to eat frog legs (his "other family") or gator tail. I said oops, and Tiana was "girl, where you from?" I answered Florida, and that I was a southern gem myself and she chatted with me forever!!! my boyfriend then pointed at me and turned to Naveen and said "that girl, she is my Evangeline" which got awwwws and a big "FAMILY PHOTO" from Naveen <3 honestly it was the best character interaction I've ever had! !! ♡♥
Daisy and Minnie were both adorable, twirli ng with me and posing too!
The best one was Tiana and Naveen.They were both so talkative, Naveen telling us not to eat frog legs (his "other family") or gator tail. I said oops, and Tiana was "girl, where you from?" I answered Florida, and that I was a southern gem myself and she chatted with me forever!!!
my boyfriend then pointed at me and turned to Naveen and said "that girl, she is my Evangeline" which got awwwws and a big "FAMILY PHOTO" from Naveen <3 honestly it was the best character interaction I've ever had! !! ♡♥
DJMoore2011
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Here are some of the interactions that my Darling Daughter had,
Bounced with Tigger and danced with Pooh in the Toy Store in The World Showcase
Peter Pan saw a pin of Captain Hook and asked where his pin was, she told Peter that she has it at home and she wanted to trade Captain Hook. Peter then said it served the mean old pirate right for taking Tinkerbell.
Mulan also asked about my Daughters pins and how she got them, telling her she must be a most honorable warrior with so many medals. Darling Daughter asked Mulan what she did with her medal and Mulan replied that she gave it to her honorable Father so that the her Father and ancestors would be please. Though Moshu did try to take it away to the temple.
While visiting Jasmine and Aladdin, Darling Daughter was wearing a shirt from her Speical Needs Camp on it that showed Monkeys. Aladdin asked if Darling Daughter had the address so he could send Abu to camp to learn some manners. Jasmine chimed in that Abu like to play tricks on Raja and Raja didn't like the tricks at all.
Aurora and Darling Daughter talked over what was a better dress color Pink or Blue, ending with Pink becasue that was both of their Fave colors.
Cinderella answered Darling Daughter's questions of "Where is the Fairy Godmother" answer "Off making others dreams come true" and "Does Prince Charming was the dishes?" answer "Why yes he does help the staff in the Castle when needed and washes the dishes" and the last question "Does Gus Gus ever get enough to eat?" The answer "yes now that Lucifer no longer chases him"
Mary Poppins asked Darling Daughter if she was being a polite young lady, DD's answer was "I try" and when DD said some day she wanted to grow up to be like Mary Poppins "Practiacllyy perfect in every way and jump into a chalk drawing and go on a horse ride with a carrousel pony" Mary Poppins then gave DD tips on how to correctly ride and to make sure to mind her manners.
With Alice DD asked what the "Drink me" tasted like, and we were told "Very much like cherries and the eat me was a bit of a sweet cake" Then they talked about Tweedle De and Dum and how you really can't tell one from the other. Later during the MSEP Alice pointed to my DD and waved at her so I am guessing it was the same friend of Alice that she had her picture with.
Tinkerbell & DD talked about lost things, where was the best place to find them and then keep them.
At Chef Mickey DD was walking back from the buffet with Mickey and Cheese and Goofy tried to take of with her place, which brought Minnie over to point and scold Goofy who then walked DD back to our table and sat with her for a little bit till it was time to move on.
And Stitch at Ohana breakfast oh boy, Darling Daughter told Stitch that his badness level was very high again and that he really should not spit at people and burp. Stitch played along and then pointed to DD's lanyard of pins, he wanted the duplicate pin of him that was on her lanyard she happily gave it to him. A little bit later Stitch came back and gave DD a pin that said Poly''s name on it. Yes to you and me all Stitch did was trade pins but to my Darling Daughter "Stitch gave me a pin!"
As you can tell we had some wonderful interactions with Meet & Greets and my Darling Daughter talks about all the meetings she had and how she can't wait to see her friends again
Edit to Add: And I can't forget that Chip & Dale tried to get DD in trouble, they had come back from a break all fired up and when they were up there waiting for Dear Hubby to get the camera right they started hip checking each other. I yell out "Don't do that you don't want to hurt Chip or Dale" Dale then points to Chip and does the naughty finger point as my DD says
"But MOOOOM Chip started it"
Bounced with Tigger and danced with Pooh in the Toy Store in The World Showcase
Peter Pan saw a pin of Captain Hook and asked where his pin was, she told Peter that she has it at home and she wanted to trade Captain Hook. Peter then said it served the mean old pirate right for taking Tinkerbell.
Mulan also asked about my Daughters pins and how she got them, telling her she must be a most honorable warrior with so many medals. Darling Daughter asked Mulan what she did with her medal and Mulan replied that she gave it to her honorable Father so that the her Father and ancestors would be please. Though Moshu did try to take it away to the temple.
While visiting Jasmine and Aladdin, Darling Daughter was wearing a shirt from her Speical Needs Camp on it that showed Monkeys. Aladdin asked if Darling Daughter had the address so he could send Abu to camp to learn some manners. Jasmine chimed in that Abu like to play tricks on Raja and Raja didn't like the tricks at all.
Aurora and Darling Daughter talked over what was a better dress color Pink or Blue, ending with Pink becasue that was both of their Fave colors.
Cinderella answered Darling Daughter's questions of "Where is the Fairy Godmother" answer "Off making others dreams come true" and "Does Prince Charming was the dishes?" answer "Why yes he does help the staff in the Castle when needed and washes the dishes" and the last question "Does Gus Gus ever get enough to eat?" The answer "yes now that Lucifer no longer chases him"
Mary Poppins asked Darling Daughter if she was being a polite young lady, DD's answer was "I try" and when DD said some day she wanted to grow up to be like Mary Poppins "Practiacllyy perfect in every way and jump into a chalk drawing and go on a horse ride with a carrousel pony" Mary Poppins then gave DD tips on how to correctly ride and to make sure to mind her manners.
With Alice DD asked what the "Drink me" tasted like, and we were told "Very much like cherries and the eat me was a bit of a sweet cake" Then they talked about Tweedle De and Dum and how you really can't tell one from the other. Later during the MSEP Alice pointed to my DD and waved at her so I am guessing it was the same friend of Alice that she had her picture with.
Tinkerbell & DD talked about lost things, where was the best place to find them and then keep them.
At Chef Mickey DD was walking back from the buffet with Mickey and Cheese and Goofy tried to take of with her place, which brought Minnie over to point and scold Goofy who then walked DD back to our table and sat with her for a little bit till it was time to move on.
And Stitch at Ohana breakfast oh boy, Darling Daughter told Stitch that his badness level was very high again and that he really should not spit at people and burp. Stitch played along and then pointed to DD's lanyard of pins, he wanted the duplicate pin of him that was on her lanyard she happily gave it to him. A little bit later Stitch came back and gave DD a pin that said Poly''s name on it. Yes to you and me all Stitch did was trade pins but to my Darling Daughter "Stitch gave me a pin!"
As you can tell we had some wonderful interactions with Meet & Greets and my Darling Daughter talks about all the meetings she had and how she can't wait to see her friends again
Edit to Add: And I can't forget that Chip & Dale tried to get DD in trouble, they had come back from a break all fired up and when they were up there waiting for Dear Hubby to get the camera right they started hip checking each other. I yell out "Don't do that you don't want to hurt Chip or Dale" Dale then points to Chip and does the naughty finger point as my DD says
"But MOOOOM Chip started it"