June 2001 being my first trip to WDW I had no idea what to expect........our party of 9 consisted of my hubby, daughter, myself, mother and father in law, hubby's sister, her hubby, and their 2 kids.....
we stopped at the Disney welcome center in Ocala just to get our first hint of Disney and also to purchase a few items (one of them being the autograph book and pen).....well the very first day at in the parks we headed to MK......the minute we came thru the gate we saw Baloo and King Louie signing autographs.....my 2 1/2 daughter bolted for them with her book wide open.....its probably the thing that I'll remember and treasure the most........anyways.....later on when we were at Liberty Sq. waiting on the parade.......Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Chip & Dale, and Goofy snuck up behind us...we were probably the 2nd or 3rd people to realize they were back there twidling thier thumbs.......so we took off that way......when it was my 5 year old niece's turn to get her pic and autograph I actually had a GROWN WOMAN push her out of the way so she could get to Minnie first.......this infuriated me so much that I spouted off some comment about adults really finding the kid in themselves while at WDW.....and the stupid woman then grabbed a few children from behind her and started shoving them up beside Minnie for photos.........the kids were not happy.....the adults were not happy and apparently Minnie was not too happy.......the second the idiot woman left, Minnie motioned for me, my niece and my daughter to hurry and get to her.......she played with them a few minutes, signed their books, posed for one pic, then bounced off to her hideout.........she never did come back out.......one of the CM said something about Minnie doesn't care for bad behavior and it looked like things were about to get out of hand.......
oh well.........just my experience with the autographs thing.......
but overall......all the people were very good about getting to them, getting what they wanted, and getting gone......
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