On another thread, mktiggerman spoke of CM abuse and he was correct. I don't know all the ins and outs of Disney protocol but I do know that being a costumed character is no picnic. Years ago I had to "rescue" the Big Bad Wolf in the MK when a bunch of little kids started to kick, hit him and pull his whiskers out! I saw some parents that thought this whole incident was "funny". Well, to the person inside that hot costume it was no joke. I don't know where his "bodyguards" were at the time but he was being kicked very hard. I yelled at the kids to get away and I then grasp the BBW by the arm and asked him, "Are you ok?" He didn't respond (I suppose because I was just a regular guest) but I knew he was in trouble because he was very weak in the knees. I didn't know where to take him. I asked him, "Which way do we go?" and he pointed with his other arm to what looked like a dead end. I walked him over to the dead end when all of a sudden 2 CM's came out of nowhere and grabbed the BBW away from me. At that point the BBW said to the other CM's, "Be cool, he helped me *** ******!!". (The *** are deleted swear words). One CM turned to me, shook my hand and said, "Thanks for your help, wait here for a minute" while the other CM took control of the BBW. Before I could say anything, all of them were gone! I don't know where they went. I didn't see a door or any other way to exit. I had to get back to my family so I left. Anyway, I'm sure that the "good" characters such as mktiggerman get a good share of abuse too! Take care of yourself.