Originally Posted By ssWEDguy A good friend CM tells me they saw Ron Howard at WDW a couple of weeks back. He was visiting with his wife and family. (Some project in the works?) She says she was walking nearby and simply spotted him. Got a picture with him too. Anyhow, can you guess where this all took place? Magic Kingdom? City Hall with a Guest Relations person in tow? Backstage near Small World? Nope. At Quizno's. Just off property at the Crossroads Center just north of Downtown Disney hotel row. So, foolish mortals, keep your eyes open. You too can spot celebrity, even at a Quizno's. Yes, I saw the picture. I'm trying to get a copy to post.
Originally Posted By Mouskateer That's so cool... I can't wait to see the pics... Over the years we have been very fortunate to run into quite a few celebrities.. Woopi Goldberg at MGM, Robert Klein at the GF having lunch at the table next to us.. David Copperfield at The Adventures Club... He was here to promote, what we found out later was a chain of David Copperfield Magic Restaurants.. For a short time there was sign erected on the hill to the right of the MGM entrance way... John Stamos and Candace Cameron at Epcot buying popcorn. The Sultan of Brunei at MK after the Spectromagic Parade with all of his wives.. LOL... The best one I think is when we stayed at Wilderness Lodge and got to meet the cast of Family Matters and sit with them durung the filming of one of their episodes.. I have pix that I can hopefully find of Erkel and the rest of the cast that we took that I will post.. We got to see Nancy Kerrigan in the parade at MK after she got beat with a stick from Tonya Harding in the Olympics.. It's so much fun when you get to see someone famous, you always take a double take cause your never sure.. My two cents for what it's worth..
Originally Posted By Kimrue I saw the guy that played 'Uncle Phil' on fresh prince a few years back. It was at Animal Kingdom.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Back in the early 80's, we spotted Michael Jackson being taken thru the MK tunnels in one of his legendary MK visits... Many CM's screaming as they spotted him being led away by VIP Guest Relations CMs... That was fun!
Originally Posted By virk4 Some years ago I rode Space Mt. with Christy Brinkley. Billy Joel would not ride and waited with their child at the top of the exit. That same day we ate lunch at the table next to theirs at Prime Time. Their table guest was Lisa Minelli.
Originally Posted By maniac_disney I´ve heard from a friend that George Lucas was visiting Epcot in the past weeks. He was riding Soarin.
Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire Last month when I was at MK, I was in the pirate gift shop talking about johnny depp to a CM while I was buying a shirt. She told me Johnny was there a couple months ago and her husband waited on him in that shop. She said heis one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. WOW! I wish i was there to see Johnny Depp! But i wouldnt know what to do. Theyre on vacation, so it might be rude to go up and ask for a pic> I dont know - with Johnny Depp, i probably wouldve given it a try!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo At DLP - seen/met Michael Eisner, Roy Disney Jr, Michael J Fox, George Lucas, Johhny Depp, Robert Smith (the Cure), Michael Jackson, and Rownan Keeting. WDW - rode Test Track with John Secada. Big star moment, meeting John Hench - I was speechless. DL - Eric Estrada, David Hasslehoff, Donna Summer, Oak Ridge Boys, Julian Lennon, Michael Jackson, the kids from Facts of Life, Drew Barrymore and Whoopi Goldberg.
Originally Posted By movieguy We sat in the same booth that Harrison Ford had sat in the day before at the Donald character breakfast.
Originally Posted By Labuda On May 5th last year, when hanging out with ssWEDguy, TDLFAN, Stevenp, and Otown, we saw Patrick Warburton near to us in the hub. He was chatting with one of the Disney suits there that day. Other than that, the closest I've come to seeing a celebrity would be George Reiger (<a href="http://www.disneytattooguy.com" target="_blank">http://www.disneytattooguy.com</a> IIRC). LOL Heck, I didn't even see anyone famous out & about at DL during the 50th except for the Disney family members, Mouseketeers, governor, Eisner, and Eiger up on stage on the 17th. Was hoping for a celeb spotting during my Club 33 visit that day, but no luck - well, not entirely true. We ran into Terry Hardin (the super scool imaginner who'd done a short speech & puppet show at the big LP meet the night before). Ohhhhhh, and having Dickie Jones (Pinnocchio) at my table for dinner on the 16th of July last year ROCKED! Who knows? Maybe we'll see someone famous on the upcoming trip to WDW this holiday season - surely famous folks go to WDW for Thanksgiving, too!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs <<davewasbaloo: DL - Eric Estrada, David Hasslehoff, Donna Summer, Oak Ridge Boys, Julian Lennon, Michael Jackson, the kids from Facts of Life, Drew Barrymore and Whoopi Goldberg.>> What, were you at DL's 30th Anniversary or something? <<Labuda: Ohhhhhh, and having Dickie Jones (Pinnocchio) at my table for dinner on the 16th of July last year ROCKED!>> Oh yeah? Well, I, um...sat next to a red-bearded guy and Terri Hardin at my table, so, um, there! I want to get this out of the way, and wish I had seen Dick Jones after the awards ceremony. During the sign-in, I complimented him on his tie (pure Disney simplicity, btw), and I guess he had thought I had said "What's with the tie?" (I had said I like your tie), so he kind of got upset. I guess it was because there were so many people in the area that there was that unfortunate miscommunication. As for celeb sitings, during our trip to DL in '87, we ran into Jeff "Grease/Taxi/Pete's Dragon" Conaway at the airport (departing for DL). A few days later when my mom and grandma went to the park at night, they ran into Tony Orlando.
Originally Posted By kennect Okay, We caught Eisner, Roy Disney and Gov. Bush walking through the studio park one day...Weird experience...Better yet on the same trip we were walking out of the AKL and I almost knocked Bruce Jenner down...I was looking down while walking and saw some feet in front of me...I looked up before a collision to see Bruce with his official park escort...He looked really bad....All of these things happened during the press event after 9/11...The whole place was crawling with celebs and celeb want to be's....
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo "What, were you at DL's 30th Anniversary or something? " Yep - and I'll never forget it. Eric Estrada and Michael Jackson were other visits though.
Originally Posted By GalDisney <<We sat in the same booth that Harrison Ford had sat in the day before at the Donald character breakfast.>> he he..i can beat that.. I have been inside Mr Ford's home
Originally Posted By ahecht I saw John Travolta in EPCOT on Soarin' on Sunday. We had requested to sit in B1, but right before being led to the row, we were told that we would have to wait one cycle. No one else was loaded into B1 until just before the safety video started, and then a group of three people and a kid in a wheelchair were escorted from backstage into the row by a Disney tour guide and a security guard. One of the people next to me noticed that one of the guys who was wearing a black suit and a black baseball cap, which sort of stood out, looked a bit like Travolta. After the group went into the ride, he said to the CM "Was it just me, or did that guy look like John Travolta?" The CM didn't answer, but gave us a wierd look. Then the second CM came over and said to us "Listen, you can't tell anyone that he is at the park today" They were going to load us in for the next cycle, but the group wanted to ride again, so they offered to seat us in B2 and let us ride once, and then move us up to B1 when the Travolta group left. In the end, we ended up riding 3 times right behind Travolta and his party. My guess is that it was a Make a Wish Foundation type thing, in which case good for him.
Originally Posted By Lewis Goofy <<Last month when I was at MK, I was in the pirate gift shop talking about johnny depp to a CM while I was buying a shirt. She told me Johnny was there a couple months ago and her husband waited on him in that shop. She said heis one of the nicest guys you could ever meet.<< Johnny Depp stayed at the AKL the week of 2/12. I took my wife there for valetines day and meet him a couple of times.
