"Our family was at MGM on Valentines day this year and at 30 min past every hour all of the couples were at the hat. Milo and Kia Mary Poppins and Bert, all of the Princes and Princesses.  Every one you could think of.  It was a madhouse.  Our girls loved it." Theresa

"My boyfriend and I went to MGM in April of 2005.  We were waiting in line to meet Stitch (my favorite character).  Adam, my boyfriend, was eating popcorn.  When we got up to Stitch, Stitch took the popcorn and tried to eat some.  Adam then took it back and said no to Stitch, Stitch then 'Cried' on my shoulder.  We got our picture and autograph and said our good byes.  Later on in the afternoon we went to see the Stars and Motor Cars parade.  When the Lilo and Stitch car went by us Stitch noticed us, pointed to us and rubbed his hand around in a circle on his stomach as to say 'where's the popcorn?'  I yelled to him that we ate it all.  He then put his hands in a fist and rubbed his eyes as if to dry the tears.  I will never forget that day." Chrissie Brown Cedar Park, Tx

"We first saw Sleeping Beauty (Aurora) at the Akershus  Restaurant in Norway at Epcot. Unfortunately, she didn't have the chance to stop at our table. Which was a bit disappointing. But luckily we would meet her soon. In Dec. 2005 I noticed that Sleeping Beauty was in the French Pavilion in the garden. She had her beautiful pink gown on. You just couldn't miss her! So we all ran over to her.
We were all so excited! The children finally had the chance to meet the lovely princess. Gracefully, she kneeled down and allowed Tristan and Shea to sit on her lap for the picture, than she stood up and took them by the hand for the next picture. She was very friendly, and gracious with Tristan and Shea. This moment was definitely one of my favorites! Something that I will never forget."

"Ever since I was a little girl I liked Minnie Mouse and wanted to meet her at Disney World. That didn't happen until I was 11. It was our first day and we were in the Magic Kingdom and we went up to the castle and saw characters- and there was Minnie! I was so excited, and we got in line, and my sisters let me go before them and I got her autograph and a picture with her. I had a special time with a lot of other characters, but Minnie is the most special to me."

"I love tinkerbell and two years ago went on vacation with my relatives and immediate family.  we were getting autographs from Peter Pan, Wendy, Smee and Captain Hook when suddeny Smee began tapping furiously on Capt. Hook and pointing at me.  I had on a Tinkerbell tank top, and Hook realized he was using a Tink pen to sign autographs.  He grabbed me and Showed me his hook threateningly while Smee acted smug and proud.  Wendy and Pan laughed as well as everyone else in line, then Peter Pan threatened Hook and they sneered at each other while i got a picture.  It was awesome and incredible and only intensified my love for Disney, Peter Pan, and most importantly all things Tinkerbell."

"This was my second time at Disney World and I was looking for Jafar. He's my ultimate favorite Disney character! We went to Disney MGM Studios and we asked workers to find out when will he be appearing. They told us he'd be out at 3:30ish in Crossroads Of The World but the workers there said he never comes out for meet and greet often because most people didn't like bad guys. My mom told them we came all the way from Maine just to see him. They arranged a private greeting for us to meet Jafar at 5:00 after the parade! Then they went to get us and I saw Jafar come out! I had no fear! I just ran to him, called out his name and told him he's always been my favorite Disney character ever sence I was a little girl. I saved the first page of my autograph book just for him. After he signed it, I told him that I love him. He was being mean to me at first but when I gave him a hug, he started being nice to me and took me gently! My mom and the workers  were so happy, they took lots of pictures of me with Jafar! ^_^ Here's a suggestion, if you love the Disney Villains but they don't want to coroperate with you, try giving them a hug and see what happens!" S.D.

"I was at Disney in 2003 and I met so many characters. I was 24 at the time and I went for my 24th birthday with my mom. We went to Crystal Palace for breakfast where they have Winnie the Pooh characters, Tigger came up to me and put his hand on his heart like he was in love, and pretended to faint. Later when I was eating he came up to the table, and put his arms around my neck and purred in my ear. Then he continued to make kissing noises on my face, went down to sit beside my mom and point at me and whisper to her that he was in love. I had a boyfriend at the time, and my mom said, thats my little girl Tigger, and I dont know if tigers are her type, and Tigger pretended to cry. Then there was a little parade around the restaurant, and Tigger had his sign that said Hip, and the other characters had Hooray and other such words, anyway, he stopped the parade at my table and all the little kids bumped into him and he gave me the Hip sign after he pointed at it and then at me. It was pretty silly.
I also met Peter Pan by Pirates of Caribbean and he told me that I should become a princess and live in the castle. Tweedle Dee and Dum were by the teacups, and Dum started to walk with me to the teacup ride, and Dee got all mad, and put his hands on his hips everyone in the line was laughing. Alice and the Madhatter posed with me for a pic. Chip and Dale tugged me back and forth over who could pose in the pic with me. The Fairy Godmother complimented my necklace, Snow White asked me where I was from, Goofy pretended to blush when I met him. All in all it was a pretty fun and pretty enjoyable trip, the characters pay just as much attention to the grownups as they do the children." Kelly Toronto Ontario Canada

"I was 8 years old when I visited  Disney in August of 97. This was the year that "Hercules" was released and I loved it. Ofcourse my favorite in the movie was Meg, and I was a little disappointed when I couldn't find Meg. However I did meet Herc himself. He told me to find Meg I would have to ask a CM. I did only to find out she wasn't coming out again that day. The CM asked me my name which i found strange and told to watch the Little Mermaid show. After the show I browsed the shop outside when somebody tapped my shoulder. I turn around to hear "Are you Nicole?" It was Meg!! That's probably the most magical character moment to date for me. But I'm only 16 maybe there's more to come!!" Nicole

"in july of this year  we went to tommorrowland to find some characters we found Buzz Lightyear and Stitch they were both very cool  i had on a new Buzz Lightyear locket!  (i had purchased it the night before) i showed it to Stitch first but Buzz was a different story! i showed it to him  he put his thumb up he was so excited he forgot to stamp my book (!) than he began admiring himself in a mirror  he was making muscles and all kinds of other poses." -Kaysee age 12

"once in tomorrowland when i was 10 me and my mum were looking for Buzz Lightyear i asked my mom where he was she said"i dont think he's over here sweetheart" than we finnaly found him! (by his ride) it was soooooooooooooo hot that he looked like he was about to keel over! when it was y turn i hugged him kissed him stamped my book and we took a picture but than Buzz got really close to me jammed his fists in his hips and shooks his head his head rattled a little it was so funny! he also blew me a kiss  when i was leaving."

"My favorite character experience was when I was in Animal Kingdom. We were just about to leave and I had to stop at the water fountain near the main gate.( It was really hot!)My family was leaving. And all of a sudden all of these characters piled out from behing this gate! My family turned around to see where I was and they saw me with chip N Dale and Minnie! It was a blast and I will never forget my experience!" Chelsey

"I was in the college program a while back and constantly went to MK on my days off. Being a 20 year old with a well-established reputation, I was at first hesitant to get my pictures taken with the characters, but after a while I figured 'why not?' and got my first picture with Chip and Dale, they didn't really do anything with me, but they were making fun of Minnie, because everybody was in her line, then Chip stole somebody's frito's. After that I got pictures with everybody I could find, but I was saving my last picture for Robin Hood (He's my favorite) so after about a week of calling the character hotline and getting denied my picture, I finally used it up at Fantasmic! (Best show by the way, EVERYBODY should see it). Two days later, I went back to MK, and after the parade, I got in line for the Space Ranger spin, when I look to my left and see a high chair with a balloon on it, and whose name is on the balloon but Robin Hood? So I got out of the line and went to see the Cinderella show again, waiting for my favorite character to come out when the show ended. When I got in line to see him, I remembered I didn't have a camera, needless to say I was ticked off to say the least, but I got to hug him and get his autograph. That is my favorite Character experience, the day that my Robin Hood picture got away."
-Jim A. - Wisconsin

"In August of 2003 I took my twin daughters to WDW for their 5th birthday.The whole trip was great. On the day of their birthday we had breakfast in the castle and Snow White and Belle sang Happy Birthday to them and helped blow out their candles! After breakfast we decided to go to Adventureland. There we saw Aladin and Genie. We were first in line. When it was the girls turn, Aladin saw that the girls had on a 'It's my Birthday" button, so he picked up both girls and turned towards the crowd of people waitng in line and said "Hey everyone, this is Erin and Georgia and today is their birthday, everyone say Happy Birthday" It was great. We had a great experience with all of the characters, but that just stands out in my mind."

"I have been to WDW 7 times so far and I am always surprised by how the characters go out of their way to make your visit very special, I was 30 years old at the time and just got out of a bad marriage and I decided one day to just go to WDW by myself. Well the day after I arrived, I went to Disney MGM and had breakfast at the Caffeteria, when Pluto came to my table and hugged me and gave me a lick on the face. It really made me laugh as well as feel good inside. I now tell my kids about it. I, my wife, and our 3 children are going to WDW in October and I can't wait to see the magic in thier eyes. Walt Disney World is truly a very magical place." Tommy L.-Louisiana

"Our family was spending a week at Disney at Port Orleans Riverside. We were over at MK and watching Wishes. When that got done we were exiting the park, there was Mickey at the train station. That night i vowed i was going to meet and greet Mickey. The next day we went to Animal Kingdom, i met Mickey, but i wasn't satisfied because Mickey din't put his arm around me. The next day we went to Epcot, and right when we got there, Mickey came out and i got my photo with him. He even put his arm around me. (If Mickey weren't married to Minnie I would marry him.) Our family is going back next year."

"Our family just returned from a week in WDW in May of 04. For dinner our last night there, we ate at Cinderella's Royal Table. After our meal, we were walking down the castle steps to the lower level, when Hannah (our 8 year old) started crying. She knew we were going back to the hotel room to pack to go home the next morning. When Hannah reached the bottom of the stairs, her face was red and tears were running down her cheeks. She looked up and there was Cinderella sitting in her big throne-chair. Cinderella noticed Hannah crying and aked:"What's wrong Princess?" Through her tears, Hannah told her that she had so much fun this week that she didn't want to leave! Cinderella asked her to sit with her in her royal chair for a while. She even remembered that Hannah had celebrated her birthday at Cinderella's breakfast 6 days earlier! She cheered Hannah up, gave her a kiss on the cheek, and told her she hoped to see her again next year! Hannah quit crying and gave her a big hug. This was truly a magical moment! (Rocky Top)"

"Well when i was last in WDW I met Wendell. I was just sitting down getting rest and eating an ice cream. Well Wendell wanted it. He took it out of my hand and tried to eat it. He also did that with my pen after he sigmed my book. it was so funny he didn't want to give me back my pen or ice cream. Yet i did get them both back."

"In the summer of 2003, my family went to Disney World, and on the first day which was in the Magic Kingdom, I was waiting in line for Aladdin, Jasmine, and the Genie. They saw me, and thought I was Peter Pan (I have red hair). When it was my turn, my picture pose was the Peter Pan pose, 'cause Aladdin and Genie asked me to make the pose, and Jasmine was all like, "Hey, you've grown, have'nt you." That was a cool experience."

"We were at Disneyworld for Thanksgiving 2002. This was my 3 year olds first trip. The first day she would have nothing to do with the characters. On the second day we went to Chef Mickey's for breakfast. Because of the time and patience of the characters, by the time we left she was no longer frightened. By the end of the the trip she was a pro at finding characters and jumping into line! "

"I was at WDW last January of 2004, and I was at Magic Kingdom.. You know spending my time and feeling like a kid again even though I am (16 years old) anyway I was in Adventure land when I saw Aladdin. I swear I just ran into the line to get an autograph. (He is my favorite character.) Then it was my turn, the lady behind me took my picture and I gave Aladdin a kiss and the he gave me a kiss. And that was my favorite part being at WDW."

"Stitch Is My ULTIMATE FAVORITE CHARACTER,So My Family Went To The MGM Studios.I Was Walking To Tower Of Terror And That Rascal Snuck Up On Me!
It Was A Great Photo Op!My Sister Had Worn A Blue Scrunchie,So Stitch Had Some Fun With Her!"

"When I was @ MK last, 2003 I had a funny meeting w/ Peter Pan and Wendy. You see i am 22 and i still love meeting the characters. You see I was waiting to meet Belle. Well Peter and Wendy came out to where I was. Peter took my autograph book and started to jump around. You see my book has Pooh on it and is fuzzy, Peter loved it so much he wanted to keep it, but Wendy made him give it back to me" Amy Frontera

"My family and I went to the most magical place on earth for the first time last year. I made reservations ahead of time to eat in Cinderella's Castle. Knowing it was my 5 year old daughters favorite character, I thought she would love it. Her eyes lit up when she saw Cinderella come down the staircase. She was shy at first to talk to her. Cinderella came over to her after talking to all of the other kids and asked her to sit on the thrown with her. She was so excited. My daughter came back to me and told me what Cinderella said and that her mice were watching over us. (Look up, you will see them!) I turned to my husband to tell him about their conversation when I noticed our daughter laying on the ground. She was looking at Cinderella's feet under her dress. She ran back to us screeming, "Mom she does have glass slippers!" It is a moment I will never forget. One I will never let her forget either!!!"

"I recently came back from my third WDW trip in Jan. The very first day I was there, proved to me that great things were bound to come. My friends and I were in AK and we were headed towards the exit when we noticed a sign that said there was a meet and greet with pooh. It seemed to us that everyone was passing the sign without noticing it, so we decided to take a look to see if the characters were still there. From far off we saw a big orange figure and we new it was Tigger! Pooh was there too and we all had our own little private session with them b4 the little kids came. Pooh and Tigger both got in the picture and gave us all high fives. It was very cool. That same trip, I met my favorite character Mulan. She was of course in China in the theatre. It ended a 4 year search for her. Unfortunaely I forgot my autograph book at home, but did manage to get a picture with her!"

"I went to The MK in February 2004. I'm 27 years old I've waited a looong time to go there, and I felt like a kid when I finally did! The first character I met was Alice, and she was very sweet. Upon hearing her English accent, I got all tongue-tied trying to talk, I must've turned red in the face! The last I met before leaving the park was Princess Jasmine. Although, a well-dressed man cut in front of me to say Hello to and give her a hug. After he left, I acted all 'sulky', pouted, and said to her "Is it my turn now?"
"Awww. Yes, it's your turn", she smiled. She signed my autograph book and my girlfriend took the nicest photo of Jasmine and I, with her arm wrapped around mine!"

"One of my favorite Disney characters is Captain Hook(he's my favorite villian). So imagine my surprise when we went to Disney World in March 2002. We were watching the "Share a Dream Come True" parade when all of a sudden Captain Hook pointed for me to come towards him for a picture when he came around. He must've known I was a fan of his! Hook rocks!"

"I shall always remember my first meeting with Cinderella. I was a single guy, 22 at the time and I always wanted to eat at (what was then) King Stefan's Banquet Hall--my parents had taken me to WDW twice before but we never ate there--these were the days where you waited for park opening and dashed to the castle for a reservation.
I had collected some autographs before--and all the characters were VERY nice, sweet, and funny. After finishing lunch, I headed downtairs and was informed Cinderella would soon be there.
I had stuck to the animal characters so far, no open-faced ones, so I thought, "Why not?" Down the spiral staircase glided Cinderella. Wow! She was so beautiful, that I actually got goosebumps
when she arrived. Hats off to Disney's costume makers!
This is silly, I thought. A grown guy getting goosebumps over some character. Well, I let the kids go first whilst debating if I should stay. Oh geez, I thought, I should be extra polite since I'm a grownup. Then my turn came. I took a deep breath and bowed low. "Good afternoon, Your Majesty." I said. "May I please have your autograph?"
Well, in character, folks, Cinderella looked flattered that a guy should bow. She took my autograph book and signed. My heart was pounding! I believed in this place and who Cinderella was here. It was like I was 5 years old again. After a litle bit, Cinderella handed back my book and I bowed again, thanking her. *sigh* I floated out of there, folks. That Prince Charming is one lucky guy!
So, try bowing to the princesses! Show some royal respect and see what happens! Good Luck!
And BTW, Thank you Cinderella! You made my week at Disney!"

"I just want to say that I am currently in my 2nd College Program and that for me, Characters make the difference at Walt Disney World. If it were not for the Characters, Walt Disney World would just be another amusement facility. Probably one of my greatest character memories is with Chip and Dale at Mickey's Toontown Fair when they foraged my backpack for some goodies but unfortunately, I had none. Another time, my short-term girlfriend Anne and I went to go see Cinderella (also at Mickey's Toontown Fair). Cinderella asked Anne if I was her prince and she said "For the time being". Cinderella looked puzzled but both Anne and I knew the real story.
Anyways, Characters, like I said, really do have the most important job at WDW because they both internally and externally represent the magic. I really want to audition for Characters at the end of my program. I just hope I have what it takes!"

"We were in the Animal Kingdom in 2002 when I had my best experience. It was our first trip and needless to say we were very excited. As Lilo and Stitch had just come out on video it was one of our favorites. Imagine my face when I saw both of them standing outside one of the shops. I waited in line for a while and the attendant said they'd only be around for another minute or so. I was the last one able to see them before they left. I ran up to get my picture taken. As Lilo signed my book Stitch began to examine the pin lanyard around my neck. Upon not seeing a pin of himself he threw the pins back at me in disgust. It made a great picture and still keeps me laughing."

" In the Spring of '03 my friend and I were in the Magic Kingdom waiting in line to meet Meeko from Pocahontas. We were taking in the atmosphere and talking and when it became our turn we noticed that Meeko wasn't there. We were quite confused until he jumped out from behind a trashcan startling everyone in line. Meeko then proceeded to play with my friend's hair and stole a candy apple from my bookbag (I didn't even know he had it until the person behind me in line said so). Although there was a long line Meeko made it a point to have fun with every guest and provide a magical experience." -Dan, PA

"My magical character moment was two years ago at Epcot. I'm no longer a little kid - I was 19 at the time. We were wandering around the Morrocco pavilion and all of a sudden I spotted Aladdin in the one room - all alone! So, naturally we went in, and I met with him for a good 5-10 minutes, got a picture, and he was almost "flirting" with me! I was in love - he looked just like Ricky Martin!!! From then on, I have had an Aladdin obsession - he's my boyfriend! I had to go out and buy all the Aladdin merchandise I could get my hands on." ~HyperChica2

"Back in sept 2000 just after 911 I had a chance to take my wife and son to Disney just before being activated in the military.It was my son's first Disney experience.We happened to be in at the Animal kingdom that day and my son being (5) was more than excited as we walked to great the characters at camp Minnie Mickey we stopped at a line to meet pluto and my son went up to get his autograph pluto then chased my son in a circle caught him and put a huge kiss on his head.That made me feel that my country is the greatest place on earth and I am proud to do my part to keep us safe."

"When visting AK, Chip 'frisked' my 6 foot little brother before he would allow us entry into the park. When we were leaving both Chip and Dale were wrapping each other up with the ropes from queue boundary poles. They must have recognised my brother and proceeded in tying him up and pulling him around the entrance area. All the kids were laughing and we got some great pictures.
Had a brilliant experience with Goofy in MK also. After watching the show at the Castle, we thought that it was too busy to meet the characters so we started to move on. As we were walking away, Goofy came running after us. You see my dad is in a wheelchair and I think Goofy jsut wanted to say hi. He was all over my dad and so were all these kids trying to get near Goofy. I didn't think characters would actively seek visitors but we were glad they do as it made my dad's day and it was all he could talk about! " Lynda (Scotland)

"My family and I visit Disney often, and we always leave feeling special, but on one of our trips this summer I saw Genie (from Aladdin) standing in Epcot. I approached him, and handed him my autograph book. He took it and signed it, but he also drew an awesome picture of Genie in it. I felt very special that he would take the time to draw that for me in my autograph book. :) "

"My aunt is deaf and we "sign" in our family often. When my daughter was a darling four year old, we were at a luau and Minnie was there, because she doesn't speak, Sarah told her that she could teach her to tell children that she loved them and then signed "I love you" to Minnie. Days later at a parade, Minnie recognized Sarah, signed, "I love you", took her by the hand into the parade and walked hand-in-hand with Sarah for blocks! What a thrill for all of us!"

"I had been a big Disney fan ever since I was little girl. Unfortunately my parents are not the type that like the heat so we never went to Disney World before. I finally made plans to go with my three best friends in the summer of 2001. I was so excited that Disney was all I talked about for an entire year. Now I love Mickey, every time I see his face on any kind of merchandise, I come up with a big smile, so you can imagine how excited I was when I was about to meet Mickey for the very first time. We had all gone to Chef Mickey's Character Breakfast. I had a plate full of food, but I was just too nervous (if you can believe that) to touch any of it. I noticed all of the characters were starting to go around. When Minnie got to my table, one of my friends said to her while pointing at me "she's in love with your boyfriend Minnie." I was so embarassed merely because both characters are fictional and that sounded stupid. All Minnie could do was stare and me and point at me gesturing that I was to leave him alone! Finally she went to another table and I started to yell at my friend when all of a sudden I hear a BIG kissing noise and feel some"one" on my cheek. Low and behold it was Mickey!! I was so excited that my voice became higher and I started talking like a little child! My friends caught my reaction on tape and I look at it every so often to remind myself of the day I met Mickey!"

"It was great. We were in line for Timon and Rakifi in adventure land while my mom was in the restroom. When the person in front of us got done with there picture, it was me and my brothers turn. My brother was hanging on my leg real tight. Timon and Rakifi were teasing my brother, before we got our picture. While there doing this my uncle is taping it and talking to the attnedent. As we walked away we saw my mom, she had been watchin. Then suddnely Rakifi and Timon comes up behind her and starts dancing wtih her. She will never forget it." Corey Ramey

"I had a special experience with characters, but it was a behind the scenes experience. I worked at WDW in 2001 doing the college program. One day I was having a horrible day. It was raining, I had gotten in trouble with my manager, and my best friend/roommate and I had had a fight. So I was backstage near the character bungalows just feeling sorry for myself almost on the verge of tears when Mickey came out. When he saw how sad I looked he stopped to see what was wrong. Donald Duck soon showed up and I told them every thing that happened and they gave me a big hug and we joked around until they had to go out. It made me feel alot better. Backstage interaction with the characters in the parks is even more fun. I once even saw Pinnochio and Mickey dancing the Macarena in the tunnels under the Magic Kingdom!"

"My family just got back from WDW and we met 48 different characters. We were in Animal Kingdom when all of a sudden Baloo came running up behind us and started playing with my kids(13, 9, 5). He took my 13 year old's backpack off and started going through it throwing everything out hunting something to eat we told the kids. Amber (my 13 year old) did not know what to do or how to take it, but my 9 year old Caleb, got the pen and hid it from Baloo playing with him, turning the tables so to speak. They are memories that will last a lifetime!!!!" The Tipton's from Alabama.

"Visited MGM Studios on 12/11/02. No times posted for the Monsters Inc. characters. While my kids were on Star Tours with my husband, I wandered over and found the characters were out. I asked when they would be out again and was told 4:40 and 5:40. Went back at 5:40 and no characters to be found. Donna, the coordinator for the event, saw us and explained that normally they are out at 5:40, but today they would not be returning. I expressed our disappointment since I was told earlier to return at that time. Donna invited us to return the following morning before the scheduled appearance and our family got to enjoy a private character greeting with Mike and Sully! No other people, closed doors, just us! Talk about special!"

"The Characters are all so great at understanding the needs of a sibling!! My youngest son has heart and lung disease and thus a lot of Disney time is spent on what he wants to do and the characters just make him smile and smile. We met with Goofy and Donald in Toontown in a back room and Zakki smiled for the first time in 6 months after extended and repeated hospital ICU stays but even with that phenomenal memory there is one i have when Minnie kissed my older one (16) on the head and i got a picture of it that was really special!!" stephanie blatt

"We went to WDW in December of 2001. Went to MGM right when it opened and did Minnie's character Breakfast. My daughter was scared of the characters, so only had her picture taken with Minnie because I held her. On the way to the Great Movie Ride we went by Mickey's theater. It was 10:30 and supposedly didn't open until 10:45. Well he was there, and no lines. My son went in, had his picture taken and talked with him. My daughter didn't want to go on so just waved from the sidewalk. That wasn't good enough for Mickey so he came out to the street to great her. We explained about her being scared, and he worked until she held his hand and took a picture. We got it on tape and it was the best moment of the trip. Every cast member couldn't believe it since Mickey NEVER leaves his area. Also the whole trip she would go up the mickey and minnie, but not any of the other characters."

" i recently took a plane trip to disney world with my father and his family about 3 years ago, and i had a ball. the first park we went to was the magic kingdom. when we got there, i dashed right to the toontown hall of fame at mickey's toontown fair. i met my favorite female character, minnie mouse. when i came face to face with her my eyes twinkled like 2 bright stars in the midnight sky. she was so beautiful. i think i was in love. my father got about three pictures of me with her. his wife took 2 pictures of me with chip and dale. they were really funny guys. i hope on my next trip, i get to meet my homeboys, the three little pigs."

"We are from the UK and visited WDW in August 2002. Our 10 year old son is disabled and loved meeting as many characters as possible. One day we were at MK and our 14 year old son took his brother to see Merlin's show whilst we were looking in the castle shops. When we met up with then our sons were soooo excited, after Merlin's show Merlin had come up to both boys and asked them to go on Snow Whites Ride with him. This was really magical for both of them! and something that no-one else had done. Thanks Merlin!"

"The best ever character experiences I've ever had always involved Chip and Dale, mostly because they're my favorites but also because they have such great personalities. When I was little I used to always bring my stuffed Chip and Dale into the park with me and carry them around all day. Whenever I'd meet the "real" chipmunks they always had so much fun playing with my stuffed animals. When I got older I still did it, much to my older sisters chagrin! When I was in middle school I went on a trip to WDW with the school choir, with out my family. My mom almost cried when she put me on the bus, we were both so upset. I didn't take my chipmunks because I was afraid of losing them or being laughed at by my friends. When I saw Chip and Dale in the parks I ran to them to have my picture taken with them to show my mom. I actually explained to the actors that this was my first trip with out my mom and family and how sad I was she wasn't there. They made a big fuss over me and even "cried" over it. The escort took tons of pictures. It was great."

"One of the best places to meet characters in in a Disney resort. This March we stayed at the polynesian and our three children had quite a good visit with Captain Hook and his crew. This was perfect for my 5 & 6 year old boys who just love Peter Pan. One of the benifits of staying in the park and quite a treat."

"The best thing that happened to me was at Cinderella's Royal Table, at the Magic Kingdom. At the breakfast I met Cidnerella, Snow White, Prince Charming, Princess Aroura, and Belle. When we were waiting for our table I had the opportunity of meeting the Fairy Godmother. She asked me what my plans were for the day and I told her that we were planning to watch the Share A Dream Come True parade at 3:00. She said that if she saw me that she would try to wave to me. I didn't think there would be much of a chance of that happening. About 3:30 I was standing on Main Street U.S.A., in front of Uptown Jewlwers, and the Fairy Godmother waved at me. There was nobody in froln of me so I knew it was me. She said ''I know you, I walked with you once a upon a dream.'' And she blew me a kiss. I am 19 years old. Everytime I think of the Magic Kingdom I think of her."

"My ''Magical Memory'' happened in June 2002. I was at the Magic Kingdom with a friend and we were suppose to meet up witht the rest of the group in front of the Partners Statue in front of the Castle. At the end of Cinderella's Surprise Celebration (the Castle show) all the characters come out and sign autographs. I happened to be sitting where Gipetto was going to stand. After the twenty minutes of watching Gipetto and Pinochio sign autographs I was ready to go ride Splash. As soon as I got up Gipetto came after me and gave me a hug. When then took a great picture. What a great Magical Moment."

"During a visit to WDW in July 2001 we were able to get a priority seating for the impossible Cinderella's Royal Table. (yes, you must call at 7am exactly 60 days prior). This was the first character breakfast for my 10 year daughter and 5 year old son.We were all looking forward to it. Downstairs we met the Prince and Fairy Godmother. The Prince had my daughter blushing as he gave a message to my daughter to deliver to Cinderella. She absolutely loved the special attention. Upstairs w e met Cinderella herself, Belle, Smow White, and my sons favorite Jasmine. He was quite taken with her and even let her kiss his cheek. She then invited us to be part of the afternoon parade. Later, while visiting Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride, we ran into Aladdin himself. After a few minutes, he realized who we were and chatted with us a while,and posed for pictures. He also invitied us to be part of the parade. During the parade Jasmine and my son were throwing kisses to each other and Aladdin kept elbowing her and teasing my son about taking his princess. What a day! My son still talks about it!"

"My daughter was just 2 when we visited last New Year. I was worried she would be frightened of the characters but she loved every minute! When you are two, it is Mickey, no question! She ran to the front of the queue, pushing others out of the way to get to him and put her arms around him. I had to swallow hard!"

" GREAT place to meet more of the basic characters (Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and some others) is at Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary Resort. It's a very fun way to do breakfast, and the Contemporary has monorail service to the nearby Magic Kingdom and the rest of the main parks. If you don't want to hunt for the characters, want to ride the monorail but wouldn't have a chance otherwise, or would just like a nice breakfast, Chef Mickey's is great."

"despite what some people say. the breakfast at cinderella's royal table is worth the trouble. we have just come back from the breakfast from june 1 through the tenth. I tried for 2 months and finally got a reservation by calling early in the morning. If you do not get a reservation for breakfast get one for dinner. They do not tell you this, but cinderella does a show in front of the castle and she appears in between times in her royal chair in the lobby of the castle to sign autogra p h's and take pictures. she is also in toon town during the day with her girl mice friends. if your little girl loves princess's like my little girl does, you may find aeriol at her grotto in magic kingdom, jasmine is at her ride the magic carpets of aladdin. sleeping beauty is very hard to find, we even called the character hotline at disney resort we stayed in and she was nowhere to be found. belle has a place to read to the kids in magic and she will sign the book. we got snow white's autogr a ph but it was only at the breakfast. personally it is the best way to get them all at once, but if all else fails, try the latter. we also found that the more popular characters were harder and sometimes nowhere to be found. why i do not know. characters like timon, captain hook , queen of hearts , minnie , pluto, mickey, goofy, robin hood, governor radcliff, meeko, baloo, pinocchio, gephetto, chip , dale, rabbit from alice and alice in wonderland, briar rabbit, sailor smeade, monkey from the l ion king, are everywhere. the most popular perform shows, like belle, cinderella, show white, but will not come out and sign autograph's, donald is the most hard one to get of these character's."

"On our families first visit to WDW in '97 our daughter was 3 1/2 years old and got a major blast out of all of the characters. Once in Epcot we came across Donald in Mexico just before his handler told him it's time to go in. As my daughter was coming up Donald turned and started to go in (I don't think he had seen her). Katie started crying and when Donald heard her he turned around and made a big deal out of seeing her and stayed with her until she calmed down. Very nicely done and it left a lasting impression. Another trip we were in the World Showcase at Epcot where they bring in the busload of characters. Katie had on a set of Eeyore ears and Eeyore had such a reaction we had to return each time the bus was scheduled to return. It must have been the same Eeyore each time cause he would go straight for Katie and really make over her - blowing kisses and waving while leaving and everything. Always special - we're looking forward to our 2yr old son's trip this summer."

"I would like to say how wonderful the employees are at toon town. My daughter wanted to see Daisy Duck and it was our third trip to Disney over a six year period and we had never seen Daisy before. On our last day we heard Daisy was in toon town and rushed there and got in line. She was so exited but when we got there Daisy had left for a break. When the employee found out how disappointed my daughter was and we were leaving later that day to come home he told us to wait outside the d oor. In about 10 minutes he came back to get us and let us in the room. Inside was Daisy and Donald. We took pictures and got autographs and have never forgot that day. So don't be afraid to ask you never know what will happen."

"When I was nine my family and I went to the magic kingdom. My favourite characters were Chip and Dale and I had to see them. The day went by and I saw tons of characters but no chip and dale. After lunch we stopped by a water fountain to get a drink and chip and dale came through a gate just behind us. We were the only ones there and my mom started screaming "it's chip and dale!" I got my autographs and pictures, a totally awesome day."

"Me, my husband, and my then 2 year old son, went on vacation to Walt Disney World in October, 2001. This was my son's first trip to Disney, so we were a little bit worried about him meeting the characters. I mean, when you are only 3 feet tall, and you are looking up at a 6 foot Tigger, who wouldn't be frightened? So, our first morning there, we had reservations for breakfast at the Garden Grill in Epcot. Here, you get to meet & greet Mickey, Chip & Dale, and Pluto. When Chip and Dale came to the table, Jakob was a little apprehensive, but seemed to warm up to them after he saw mom and dad weren't scared. Things changed when he saw a 6-foot dog show up at the table. But, Pluto was very kind and playful with Jake, and that helped put his fears to rest...somewhat. When Pluto finished signing Jake's autograph book, he tried to put the lid back on the permanent maker...but it didn't quite work out. He missed and the lid went flying across the breakfast table straight i n to my son's forehead. No, Jake wasn't hurt, and the startled look on his face was priceless. Pluto, however, was mortified. I kept telling him that Jake was fine and that everything was all right. Pluto interacted with my son for a quite a few minutes before going to the next table. Jake warmed up quickly after that, and every time we saw Pluto in the parks, we HAD to go see him. I guess you had to be there. But I am glad I was. We had a fabulous time, it was worth every penny..."

"My daughter was just 20-months old but loved the characters. I took her back to MK later one evening while it was drizzling, but wasn't about to stay at the resort. The park was quiet and it was closer to closing time. We went to Mickey's toon town fair. We were practically the only ones there. Groofy greeted us and snuggled my daughter so much. He then picked her up and took her into the next room where chip and dale and donald and minnie all were and passed her around. I was the one in heaven. Then Donald took her by the hand, and we walked out with him. Our next trip, we happened upon Belle and Snow White on there way to the character greeting spot at the MK. They took her by the hand and escorted her through the park, to the wishing well. It was just great. She was 2 1/2 at that time. We are going again soon. I have been so fortunate. It is hard imagine what we might experience the next time!"

"My dad is a bit claustrophobic, so theme parks can be a little nerve wracking for him- especially with all those rides. On our second day, Goofy came up to him and he had a lot of fun playing with Goofy and getting his picture taken. For the rest of the trip my dad sought out all the characters he could. I think we had out picture taken with about twenty-five characters. It was so much fun for all of us. It was something he could do without having to get on a ten minute ride (although he did get on quite a few rides). He had so much fun and still talks about it fondly. I was so happy to see my dad have that much fun and really enjoy himself." Gabriella

"My daughters Girl Scout troop went to Disneyworld in May. My daughter loves Eeore, when we went to the lunch at Crystal Palace he paid special attention to her. It was so great we are going back this Christmas." t. zolman

"I went to disney may 2001 and we went to Animal Kingdom first. we saw only 3 characters and everyone was a little upset. we were waiting for my mom and sister to get back from the bathroom. We all waited by the exit when Baloo,Rafiki,andTerk came walking down the street,we got to see them but then we waited and waited and my mom and sister didnt come. we waited about 10 minuites when my sister came down with mickey! They had there arms around each other. We got great pictures in the end when i went to go see mickey minnie appeared out of no were I got a pictue with minnie and mickey together it was really nice."

"while in epcot,my wife, I and the kids stopped in morocco. The characters were really no big deal to me but i started video taping my kids and out of nowhere came Jafar. He came right up to me and put his big hand over my camera lens and shook his head as if to say "no you cant tape me" he made everyone laugh especially my wife.needless to say i wanted to watch Aladdin as soon as we got home from vacation!!! i even bought a Jafar doll the last day there if you can believe that!" Lefty31671@aol.com

"One of my favorite moments occurred while passing through the countries in Epcot, we came across a little grotto in France. Hiding in the grotto was "Suzy" the little mouse from Cinderella. There were benches and shade; best of all no crowds. So we decided to take a little break there. My husband got coffee and the kids ran around for a little while, and I just relaxed. A short while after Suzy went in, Quasimodo came out. About 5 minutes later, Esmeralda and Phoebus came out. And we had a memorable time with them; Esmeralda let my 2 year old daugher play her tamborine; While Phoebus eased my very shy 5 year old son out of his shell by letting him hold his sword. Just then Belle (my now favorite; she said I reminded her of her friend "Snow White")and the Beast came out. There were very few people there, so you actually got to spend time with the characters.

Another memorable moment was late in the evening in Mickey's toontown fair. My husband had struck up a friendship with a couple of the cast members who worked in the store there. They were talking for a while so I decided just to pop in the hall of fame to see who was there. It was amazing. Minnie Mouse, Tigger, Eeyore, Pooh, Goofy, and my son's favorite Donald Duck were there. There were almost no people there and the characters were just fooling around. Minnie throw a cup of water at Eeyore, Goofy stole Donald's tie, Goofy was chaseing Minnie; it was just a great time. Donald even danced with my son. From that point on, he called Donald Duck his friend."

"Suprisingly you can see a lot of characters at Animal Kingdom. Right when the park opens at eight, many Disney characters including Chip and Dale, Goofy, Timon Rafiki and King Louie are on the street just like in the old days when the characters ran free. Also in Animal Kingdom at the conservation station several characters are available for photo ops. We go to Disney about 8 times a year. We live in Florida about 1.5 hours from the park." adelline@category5.net

"At 1900 Park Faire, I actually got a picture of my son with Mickey AND Minne together!! Also, a tip: the best places to meet characters for us was World Showcase. Every country seemed to have a character there (although we had to wait a few minutes once or twice), and the lines were always very short. Plus, looking for characters kept my son from being bored wandering through the coutries... it worked out great!"

"Special Treat ... April'99 my sister and family visited Toon Town Hall of Fame. There were 2-3 lines ... one for the villians: Cruella, Queen from Snow White, etc. My niece was wearing a Snow White outfit Grandma made. The Queen had quite a bit of fun with her ... but here's the special story! The next line had Snow White and other princesses ... she was so nice and complimented her on her dress. Mom reminded the little one a wish she asked for ... and she whispered to Snow White "will you go on a ride with me?" Snow White gestured to mom and said I'll meet you back here at noon. You guessed it ... Snow White came out from one of those secret entrances, took her hand and her sister's and they skipped over to the Snow White Ride ... the whole family got to join Snow White for her special ride! Wow! We have a video .. it brings a tear to your eyes ! Try it with YOUR favorite character !! Who knows ???"

"A Character Greeting tip of my own sometimes, the best Character Moments happen when you don't plan it out. I have had most Moments backfire on me because I plan them. The Characters can provide their own material for a good Character Moment. :-)"

"We visited the Magic Kingdom very recently and we would like everyone to know that the Characters were great with our son. Our son has autism, so he doesn't talk or make eye contact. None of the characters questioned his behavior or apparent lack of interest in the them. Jasmine and Aladdin were especially nice. "

"I was in WDW in September of this year, and saw first had what was talked about here..about characters leaving suddenly. I was waiting "in line" ( I kindly and politely let the people...especially childern that had already been there ahead of me go first) to take a picture with Chubacca from Star Wars (He happens to be my favorite character)when it was "my turn" he started to walk towards me..and as my boyfriend get ready to take the picture....Chewy patted my head and walked off. I have to admit at first I was a little upset having stood there and waited all that time, but I have been in one of those costumes and know...even though I was in an air conditioned building...how hot and uncomfortable they can be. The ONLY character that DID NOT walk away from me was then Genie from Alladin.....HE grabbed ahold of ME and I ended up with a great photo! :-)"

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