Originally Posted By ncnike7 When my daughter was about six months old I was sitting in Toon Town feeding her some cheese when minnie walked up and sat down at our table. She pointed to the cheese and rubbed her tummy. She spent about the next fifteen minutes playing peek a boo and other little games with my daughter. I thought it was adorable but the group of people gathering to get Minnie's autograph didn't think it was too cute.
Originally Posted By Rivkah86 These are all so entertaining! One of my most memorable experiences was at Ariel's grotto, back when it was the cpt. Mickey theme. Pluto and Max came by our table and did a dance off for us. Pluto performed more classical moves (i.e. ballet) whereas Max did some more contemporary moves (i.e. the moonwalk, and some basic break dancing moves). It was hilarious! And I'm so glad I got some of it on tape
Originally Posted By LPFan22 ~~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!~~ That just put a lump in my throat! =)
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I have an older one and a newer one. When I was 6, I was terrified of the Big Bad Wolf. He loved that fact and kept chasing after me for the entire 3 days we were there! I had a hat that looked like Daisy Duck's head and he wanted to eat it. As soon as I saw the 3 little pigs coming I'd scream and run because I knew the BBW would be after them - and me! We got a great photo of my then 15-year-old sister posing with him, with the Wolf's mouth over her head. The more recent one was about 5 years ago. We came out of the Lincoln show and there was a Tigger statue standing there, completely still. Everyone started staring and questioning whether it was a real statue or a character, then began sitting down on the chair in front of him and getting photos - until Tigger came to life and grabbed a girl's hat! Then he started pointing frantically to the curtains in the corner, and you could just see big yellow feet poking out. Someone went and opened the curtain and there hid Winnie the Pooh! Everyone started laughing.
Originally Posted By kennedyjane My husband and I had dinner at Ariel's Grotto. The foods always good and I love the characters. While I was in the bathroom Pluto steals my backpack purse. I looked at my husband wondering if Pluto is coming back. We laughed so I walked over and dragged Pluto back to our table. I just didnt want him to forget he was wearing it. He was so cute wearing it too. Another time at Ariel's Grotto Chip and Dale dropped by to say hi. After autograping my book he autographed our table in sharpie marker. Our server was upset, but maybe Chip didnt know it was a sharpie.
Originally Posted By LVBelle Klucky stole mine! Here's the picture that goes with that story: <a href="http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=4163452&a=32056511&p=73870119" target="_blank">http://albums.photo.epson.com/ j/ViewPhoto?u=4163452&a=32056511&p=73870119</a>
Originally Posted By Californiadznygrl I have three favorite experiences with the Characters. The first being when my husband and I were walking the back path to Big Thunder. Goofy and Donald came up beside me and one took one arm and the other took the other arm and they began pulling me in each direction until they managed to pull me back stage. My husband rushed through the door and rescued me! I was laughing so hard, I almost wet my pants! The next was when Peter, Wendy, Smee and Cpt. Hook all got on the Cloumbia as it was pulling out of the dock. Wendy grabbed me and took me down stairs with her to find Peter's treasure before Hook could find it and when we came up, Hook was having a sword fight with my son. They were awesome and played with everyone on board and posed for pictures. They never got out of character. The last but not least memory was when I was having a character breakfast alone one morning and Eeyore came over and sat at my table with me for the entire meal and just sighed and held my hand and listened to my tales of woe (grin..). I felt so loved! Those are my stories, hope you like them!
Originally Posted By MadMadameMim I really do love these stories! I went to disneyland with all of my girl cousins and we decided to dress up like pirates for the day. We wore our captain hook hats and were decked out in matching POTC shirts. We were hoping to see Captain Hook and take pictures with him but we never found him... Until we were already borded onto the Train on mainstreet. I turned around and there he was- by the enterance- With Wendy and Peter Pan! I was so bummed but decided to have all of my cousins yell and say hi to him as our train left. So we did, and at first he didn't hear us- but when he did he turned around and ran towards the train, jumped on the fence and started waving then pointed at Peter Pan (who was not happy) and started laughing. It was great- then he blew kisses towards us as our train left. Aww...That pretty much made our trip.
Originally Posted By DreamFairy I have a couple that really stand out for my family. When we planned our very first trip to DL, my son wanted to make sure he got to *meet* stitch. For the next 5 days we searched and searched for Sitch. We waited around the area he was supposed to be in, nothing. We had asked the CM's when he might be out and he never was. Finally a CM took pity on my son and showed us where DS could *talk* to Stitch on the phone. He was thrilled. On our very last day, DS was feeling low as he still hadn't gotten to *meet* his favorite character. So we headed over to DCA for one last look around and THERE HE WAS! DS took off running. Now mind you, his lanyard is FULL of stich pins, he has a stitch baseball cap and t-shirt on. He slowed down as he approached Stitch and stood there and just watched him. Stitch noticed my son and walked over to him, grabbed the hat off DS's head and tried to eat it. (his cap is made to look like Stitch took a bite out of it) My son was just laughing so hard. Stitch then looked at every pin on the lanyard and then signed his autograph book and took several pictures with DS. About an hour later, Stitch was out walking around again and saw my son. He came right over to him and gave him the biggest hug! My son was so thrilled and his first disneyland trip was very memorable. The next one, is we decided to go to DL for christmas. While we were there we were standing over in front of the Rafts to get on to Tom Sawyers island. All of a sudden the kids spotted Tom and Huck. Now the only one of them that was *brave* enough to approch them was my son. DS, asked for thier autographs and they did, pretending to *spit* in his book and they actually took dirt from the flower bed and rubbed it in his book. he was laughing so hard. BUT.. they noticed he was wearing a birthday button. Sooo, the grabbed his hand and told my 2 daughters, my DH and I to follow them. We did. We walked up into the middle of the street, got into a circle they showed us a song and dance and would not let us leave until everyone participated. It was the most hilarious sight. My daughters were so embarrassed. Now they will avoid Tom and Huck at every expense. They actually went the long way around them the next time they seen them.
Originally Posted By Disneys Lady Since I've been going to Disneyland since 1956, I have quite (ALOT) of very fun and wonderful encounters with the characters... but the one I'll tell you about now is when my son was only about 2 or 3 years old... I had him on a harness because he loved the characters so much, he would just take off without us knowing, so I used a harness once in a while in BIG crowds... anyways, my mother was in the front of Disneyland, where the flag pole is with my son while he had his harness on while I went into the store for something... I missed it, but my Mom was really excited to tell me that Pluto came by and when he saw that my son was on a harness, he took the "leash" and started walking the "kid"... everyone gathered around and had a very fun time, including my son...
