Is WDW not a place where we can go and get away from reality? Dress up as characters? They sell the merchandise in the parks! Even at BBB, dresses for adults who get there hair done. And where are these rules even stated? Never seen it on my ticket. They were just going to have fun and enjoy a day at the parks dressed as characters. So now, you are telling me that my wife and i are not allowed to buy Captain Jack hats and shirts, or go to BBB and spend money. Whats wrong with you people? My daughter of 14 was Tinkerbell last year. Not a problem. All the outfits my kids and I wore last year were purchased at WDW resorts or their stores. Buy it, but dont wear it here? BS! Then dont sell any character merchandise for any one over the age of 8. I wont bother spending my money there any more. I will just where a marvel costume, not Disney owned in the parks?:brick:
Oy.
What Disney is worried about is when people come to the parks dressed in a character costume and that person could "pass" for an employee playing that character. They don't want to be held liable for that guest's safety if they're approached by fans who don't know any better and no one is around to protect them if said fans are nut jobs. They don't want to deal with someone dressed like Tinkerbell who might not be acting like Tinkerbell, thus ruining the "magic" for the little ones. And as others have pointed out, they don't want this guest walking around a corner and running into the "real" Tinkerbell, which could REALLY ruin the magic for young kids wondering why there are two Tinkerbells in one place.
Same thing happened a few years ago around Christmastime with someone who came to the parks dressed in a "Santa's Workshop" outfit - not the big fuzzy red suit, but red pants and suspenders and a pullover shirt. He was older, white beard and wore glasses, he looked like a Santa, and Disney had a Santa in the park, and this guest was doing nothing to convince people he wasn't "Santa," drawing crowds, so Disney put the kibosh on it. Which they can do, since they own this property and people who want to visit it must abide by their rules, regardless of how hard it may be for you to find it.
The fact that, in this instance, Disney bent over backwards to accommodate this teen and her party, offering her clothes and fastpasses to make up for the time she lost changing outfits, makes it a non-story, but for the fact that the girl wants to make it a story.
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest your daughter of 14 looked less like a Disney CM playing Tinkerbell than this girl.
You can dress up. Go nuts. Just don't look so much like a DIsney character that you draw attention from Disney. If you don't think you're mentally capable of doing that...well, that explains your post, actually. Just because you either don't get it or don't WANT TO get it doesn't mean you should shoot whatever credibility a stranger on the internet has by pitching such a snit fit, but whatever makes your day, I guess.
