Originally Posted By sdlovesmickey Have to share another great character encounter. We saw Cruella De Ville on Main Street and she was acting her part to the max. The little girl in front of us gave her a flower (recently picked from a flower pot I believe) and Cruella was like "What do I do with this?" She then proceeded to toss it over her shoulder in typical Cruella fashion. She was rude to the point of funny and we all got a laugh out of her mannerisms. She was spot on!!
Originally Posted By lightfello I've posted this before but my favorite was when Prince Charming remembered my friend's three year old daughter from the day before. We had come be the day before and Cinderella was not there. She was "at the castle." He proceeded to tell Cinderella that Sasha had been waiting to see her and introduced the two. We were impressed he had remembered her and she was just thrilled.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I have a couple. One was when I was a kid at Disneyland. My family and I were eating at the Plaza Inn, and we were pretty much alone. Brer Fox came out and wandered over to our table, and started to cause trouble. He acted hungry and wanted to crash our breakfast. He also saw that I had a Mickey Mouse watch on, and he grabbed my arm and tried to make off with the watch. It was pretty funny and made our morning! Another one was when I was a teenager and Don Karnage from Tail Spin was out. I had a Mickey pretzel and he tried to steal that from me (what's with the hungry characters?). He proceeded to chase me down for it, and I stopped and said I would fight him for the pretzel, so we had a little shoving match and then he gave up. It was just a fun, spontaneous interaction that I still remember. I also had one at Magic Kingdom with Donald at Christmas. I was over in that street that's now covered over as part of the Emporium. I was watching the Dapper Dans when Donald came out. I guess nobody else noticed him. He came over to me and started to play around. We watched the Dapper Dans some more, and he got us involved in the show. It was very cute, and very fun. I basically had Donald to myself for a little while. Ok, one last one...speaking of alone time with characters. This last trip to Disneyland (December), I was walking by City Hall on my way to exit, and I saw Aladdin just hanging out. Nobody was around him and he was just leaning on one of the lampposts. I went over to him and we chatted for a while and he was very much in character. He asked where I was from, and he mentioned that being a long way from Agrabah. I said, yes, but so is Disneyland! It was a lot of fun.
Originally Posted By alisserae When I was 5, it was pretty traumatic, but looking back it's quite funny. When I was young I was very shy, and Disneyland was one of the few places that brought me out of my shell. As a special treat we had the character breakfast at Crystal Palace. Back then the Pooh character was unable to sign autographs, and I was devestated. My parents tried explaining it to me, but I just kept handing Pooh the book over and over again, until I was in tears. Finally, Tigger bounced over and said "I'll sign it for Pooh!" Now I treassure that I was lucky enough to have Tigger talk to me, but back then I was so confused and dissapointed that Pooh had rejected me. Suffice it to say, I'm glad that times (and character clothes) have changed and Pooh can now sign.
Originally Posted By BrerOtter Okay, not at DL, at MGM, but I never pass up the chance to tell this story. I'm in the locker area at the front of the park. The place (like most of the park that day) was practically deserted. I've put some stuff in my locker and I'm getting ready to leave when I hear a banging noise and "Hey! Come back here!" Suddenly, Chip and Dale run past me. Both of them are wearing the satin studio jackets that characters wear at MGM. They hurry down the aisle where I was, working quickly to remove the jackets. They had just managed to stuff them into one of the lockers when their handler rounds the corner and chases them into the park. Hilarious, perfectly in character, and enjoyed by just one guest - me. It still tickles me some 8 years on.
Originally Posted By ryanbalas I went to see Mickey and to get a picture with him at his house. I knew one of the castmembers and even knew where "he" would be. I walked in. Went through the motions of getting ready for the picture and everything when, Mickey heard my voice and turned to actually look at me. Mickey recognized me and was sooooo happy I came to see him that I got totally and completely embarrassed. Turned beet red - all the way to the ears - and that is how the picture came out!!! I have to tell the story to explain why I look so red! I love it.
Originally Posted By ryanbalas Another was while by The Opera House, we were watching Mickey greet some children. An Asian Family waited patiently for their turn for their little one. Giving everyone their time and space. When it was their turn and Mickey was alone, Mickey turned to the little girl and waved her over. She hesitated for a moment and then ran over to him and gave him the biggest hug! It was a perfect moment. We all had tears in our eyes! Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Another goofy one was while I was working Small World. The Christmas Parade was going from Small World to Main Street and a float got a wheel caught in the train track way down the line. The Ballerina on the music box stayed in character the whole time the floats sat in one place and continued to dance. Every once in a while she would glance down and give me a wave or a wink. Cutey! The three princesses on the parade-that-would-never-end never liked it when we would as a group at Small World did their "Wave" routine with them as they passed. We had it memorized!
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Originally Posted By PlainoLJoe I would have to say it was for my birthday in 2002. I was at the character breakfast and it was a weekday. There was almost noone in the park and the breakfast was nearly empty. The theme must have been 100 Acre woods cause tigger, eeyore, and pooh were the main ones there. My fiance and I were sitting there having breakfast and tigger (her favorite) came over and sat down. He pretended to be eating and drinking from her soda. Than Eeyore came over and starting tapping his wrist like there was a watch there and they played around. Than they both sat down and "ate" breakfast with us. Than pooh came over and got them both working again. LOL. We had a great time this morning. Here is tigger drinking. <a href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/View?u=4036284&a=30402064&p=61892977&Sequence=0&res=high" target="_blank">http://albums.photo.epson.com/ j/View?u=4036284&a=30402064&p=61892977&Sequence=0&res=high</a>
Originally Posted By alexbook PlainoLJoe: Thanks for the great photo! I've just put it up as my Windows desktop.
Originally Posted By PlainoLJoe no problem. If you go to the album for that day you will also see that he ran into a plethera(sp?) of characters on the big thunder trail. <a href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=4036284&a=30402064&f=0" target="_blank">http://albums.photo.epson.com/ j/AlbumIndex?u=4036284&a=30402064&f=0</a>
Originally Posted By Kuzcochik All right so though I've had many great character encounters this is the easiest one to explain Cause I come bearing video: <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=949ZGMCJ" target="_blank">http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9 49ZGMCJ</a> This was last weekend near Small World. It started with trying to chase down and get a pic w/ the Mad Hatter for about 10 minutes. he kept runnign around or ignoring guests (not in a bad way just in the Mad way). We finally got his attention an asked for a pic, so he posed for me to take a pic of him. Then we said, "No we want to take a pic w/ you". So he helped me take a pic of my friend. Then we explained we wanted a pic of me standing next to him so he stood backwards... I got frustrated (fun frustrated mind you) and he finalyl turned the right way and my batteries in my camera died. So I said I'd sit and cry, so he sat on my lap and cried w/ me. Then took my batteries and gave them a funeral. It was absolutely hilarious and made my vacation That and my friend Alicia getting to meet Peter Pan (her fave character) for the first time. Peter knew and played it up really well. I love characters!!! ^_^
Originally Posted By MtGiraffe Thanks for starting this topic; these are really fun to read! Here are 3 of mine: One time this past fall, my friends and I were in the Starcade when we saw Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Wendy, Alice, and the Mad Hatter walking around inside. Captain Hook was playing air hockey against a guest, which cracked us up. When they finished, Peter started asking for quarters so he could play air hockey, and someone gave him a couple. He started playing against the Mad Hatter, but the machine didn't give Peter a point every time he got a goal. He acted increasingly frustrated, and though he would have won, the machine ended up giving the Mad Hatter the winning score, and Peter started sulking, with the Mad Hatter teasing him and saying he lost because he's just a boy. It was a great moment. Also, right after Toontown opened, we made our first visit, and I was with my mom when we went to Mickey's house for the first time (I think I was about 10). We were the last people in our group to see Mickey, and he gave me extra attention, putting his sorceror's hat on me and having my mom take pictures of us. I felt really special, and I still remember it well. Oh, and on our West Coast Disney Cruise this past summer, my sister and I were in the Cove Cafe, which is the 18-and-over coffee bar and internet cafe, when Chip and Dale walked in wearing their hilariously old-fashioned bathing suits. First, Chip went over to one of the computers and tried to get it to work, but he couldn't type in a working password so he couldn't get on the internet and acted all frustrated. Then he went over to the large glass pastry case and tried to open it but had trouble with that, too. He was banging his fists on the glass slowly and sadly and rested his head against the case in defeat. It was hysterical.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee Our favorite has been the Evil Queen. My DH just loves her. She played her part so well. The man that went up to her just in front of us put his arm around her and she said to him you do not touch the Queen. I felt bad for him then it was our turn and I was video tapeing my DH & DS with her and she came up and turned the camera around so she could see herself and said I am beautiful arent I. She was so much fun. My husband was so happy that he got to put his arm around her. LOL We usually find the Evil Queen by the castle every now and then. We always keep our eyes out for her well at least the DH does.
Originally Posted By Fowley Mine is with the Mad Hatter during a Character breakfast. While waiting for my sister to take our photo (she was off with my nephew at the time) he invited me to have some tea with him and pretended to pull out a teapot and cups. We had a lovely spot of tea together My 2nd is my nephew's. We had him (he's 8) in a Peter Pan costume and had just got to Main Street when Wendy saw us, rushed over grabbed my nephew's hand and said "Peter, there you are, where have you been?" then dragged him off down main street scolding him and saying they had to go find the Lost Boys. My nephew was SO happy and it made for a great memory.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling These are so fun! Thanks for sharing everyone. I've had some really fun encounters and the ones I'm thinking of right now are the total surprise encounters. Like yesterday I was in the gift shop at Mission Space at Epcot just checking out the merchandise and I hear a little kid shout "SPACE GOOFY" so I look over my shoulder toward the voice and sure enough Space Goofy is like 2 foot in front of me walking toward me with his arms wide open to hug me which of course I was more than happy to oblige! It was so fun and so unexpected. I have had that same sort of thing happen a bunch of times with Chip, and Dale. I've been just running around Tom Sawyer Island with my kids and then all of a sudden someone will lock their arm into mine and just start strolling along with me and it'll be Chip. I LOVE THAT!
Originally Posted By gloveal Eating at Goofy's kitchen and my daughter was 3 and Max came over to our table and we mentioned that she loved him in the Goofy Movie, he took her hand and marched her outdoors and they came back with a my daughter carrying a flower he had picked for her.
Originally Posted By tooele13 After coming off gadget's go coaster in Toontown, we saw Pluto by the circle in front of Mickey's House. Since Pluto was just finishing up siging autographs and pictures with a family, we decided to wait and do the same. It was already quite warm(it was w/in 10 minutes of ToonTown opening), Pluto wanted to move to the Park for some shade. He held hands with my daughter in one hand and my son's in the other. They skipped from that end of ToonTown all the way to the Park (next to then new playground). When we got there. He let go of my daughter's hand and started spinning my son around in circles. Pluto was wonderfully entertaining and it was great to see so much one on one time with my kids.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck These are so much fun to read! I have two that really stand out. The first one is from the first time I went to DL with DH. I had been to DL one time before that but it was only for about a half a day. We were in Toontown for the first time and just kinda looking around at where everything was and deciding what to do. DH was sitting at one of the tables and I was standing in front of him. All of a sudden, someone with HUGE white gloves was covering my eyes. I started laughing & turned around and it was GOOFY! I immediately went from laughing to crying! Poor Goofy thought he had scared me so bad that I cried! I was like that little kid on the WDW commercial - I just looked at him and said "I've been waiting to meet you my whole life" and started laughing again. He spent a good 5-10 minutes with me and DH - no one else was around. It was fantastic! The other one just happened this past March. LVBelle & I were sitting at the exit to Tower of Terror waiting for DH and Casey to get off the ride (we're both pregnant so we couldn't ride) when Cruella came up to the exit as well. She was wandering around very impatient like she was waiting for someone too. We asked if she would like to sit down next to us - which she did much to her dislike. About 30 seconds later JoJo came out and saw Cruella and started teasing her. The teasing turned into a round of Charades in which Cruella thought JoJo was charading something about smacking puppies on the head. Poor JoJo! We have a photo of all 4 of us, JoJo, Cruella, LVBelle, and me on the bench outside the exit of ToT! It was a blast.
