Originally Posted By miceland This Monday I was in the park. I decided to stop by City Hall and ask if there was any way we could see Piglet for a photo. So The CM at City Hall calls up the Toonfinder and they chat. The message relayed to her is that - no, Piglet had been scared by the Heffalumps and would not be out to play. They were very nice and got some mug shots for me signed in the manner of their charcter. Here are those pictures. <a href="http://www.miceland.com/index.php/weblog/signed_by_our_favorites_2/" target="_blank">http://www.miceland.com/index. php/weblog/signed_by_our_favorites_2/</a> I know its a lot to ask, but does anyone know any of these mysterious toonfinders? I would love to find out when and how they book the characters. -mice
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, we don't know exactly how they go about booking the characters these days. But one thing's for sure. You'll find more characters out and about at Walt Disney World these days than you will at Disneyland. Years ago it was the other way around. And you'd think that--for Disneyland's 50th Birthday--they would have more of our friends and family out at the original park. For some reason it's just not working that way.
Originally Posted By DrShrinker Any old-timers remember back in the 60s and 70s how rare it was to see any of the real top-shelf characters? I don't think I EVER saw Mickey during my childhood, just Chip & Dale, dwarfs, etc. Since I moved back to CA 10 years ago and started going again, I've seen the "stars" (Mickey, Goofy, etc.) virtually every trip. So even if WDW out-does DL, DL is WAY better than it was in the past!
Originally Posted By miceland I do appreciate how it is easy to see Mickey and Minnie, the princesses, Pooh, Tigger and the top shelf characters as you call them. They have made it very simple for someone is showing up for the first time. My problem is that I have all of those characters already. I am now on to more difficult to get characters. The trouble is there is no way to know if a character is not used at Disneyland, or only in a parade, or they just cannot get anyone who is the right height to play them. Or maybe the character is only dragged out for Halloween or something. If you knew this info you could plan around it. But secrecy and magic keep you from this info. That and maybe there is only a single actor who plays them and they may get sick or something and then where would you be?
