Are Female Face Characters no longer allowed to?

[frisbeego]

DS5 got numerous kisses in January 2015, including Ariel, Mulan, Tiana, and Snow White. I'm not an expert on lipstick vs. lip stain. Here's a picture of the Mulan kiss, though.

 

[BebopBaloo]

It's just a matter of timing, I think. If your kiddo happens to be meeting them while the lipstick is fresh and they get a kiss, then they'll have the proof. Also, maybe some princesses are more comfortable with it than others.

 

[LLM]

My 15 month old was kissed by Anna in August!

Lisa

 

[UnderTheRialto]

Rapunzel kissed my kid's book (unprompted) in January.

 

[Funfire240]

Pocahontas got my DS4 last July because he was so bashful around here - it was so sweet! A few days later Snow White got him at CRT. his reaction was hilarious!
The year before it was Snow White again and then before that Alice surprised him one time and so did Rapunzel! His older sister gets mad because she's "the princess" and DS ends up stealing the show with the princesses

 

[cgattis]

DS turned 4 on our first trip, and got kisses from Snow, Aurora, and Belle at CRT. Wouldn't let me wash his face for the rest of the day . I know that doesn't add any info, but this is in my top ten fave pictures from all our Disney trips.

 

[prune1977]

This thread has made me feel better about the "magic" Disney still has. Thought a lot of it had disappeared though obviously since we still try to go at least once a year it's got some for us still yet . Glad to see and hear this still happens.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

I was there at the beginning of March and saw a kid with a huge lipstick mark on his head. Of course I don't know who actually put it there. I would bet it's just that the princesses do not kiss every single kid. they do it when the spirit moves them.

Characters don't roam anymore, it got too crazy with people trying to approach them.

 

[Crystal824]

turned 4 on our first trip, and got kisses from Snow, Aurora, and Belle at CRT. Wouldn't let me wash his face for the rest of the day . I know that doesn't add any info, but this is in my top ten fave pictures from all our Disney trips.

I love your picture. He is adorable.

 

[Crystal824]

So I've noticed on our last couple of trips that I've not seen any kids with lipstick on their cheeks or foreheads from getting kissed by the princesses or stepsisters etc. So are they no longer allowed to do so? On our very first trip my then 6 y/o DS got kissed by Snow White at epcot then on a MK day got kissed by both step sisters as they "fought" over him. Also my 11mo DS got kissed by Cinderella and my DD4 got kissed by Sleeping Beauty. Seems like if they're no longer allowed to do so its just a little more magic Disney has taken out of the experience. I know I'm being nostalgic but I remember our first day walking into DHS and they'r being characters all over the place as we walked in and it's still one of my favorite pics I have of my DD. It seems like now rather than characters being allowed to roam and be out and about you have to seek them out more.

I was there at the beginning of March and saw a kid with a huge lipstick mark on his head. Of course I don't know who actually put it there. I would bet it's just that the princesses do not kiss every single kid. they do it when the spirit moves them.

Characters don't roam anymore, it got too crazy with people trying to approach them.

I don't think the OP was really talking about roaming characters. It used to be that characters would be out with a greeter in the morning at the front of each park. It was scheduled meet and greets. They would stand in a particular location for a particular amount of time everyday. They would have a number of characters. It helped with traffic flow of those people coming into the park. Characters are still out in the morning (ie MK near Flag Pole and Town Square Theater), but not as many as in prior years.

 

[bumbershoot]

My son has never gotten such a kiss from a princess, and he met princesses from '06-'12 or so.

And thank goodness, as I would find it to be disgusting. No one needs to get random kisses. He sees pictures of kids with the big lipprints on them and thinks it's gross, too, thank goodness. I mean, he's 10 now so of course he feels that way, but even when little it wasn't something he wanted.



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Has anyone been kissed by a face character ever since the measles outbreak was traced to a citizen from a foreign country visiting Disneyland?

DL offered measles vaccinations free of charge to all CMs. I'm sure Disney also put mandatory safety precautions into place.

OH people are so irrational about it all.

"Measles is transmitted primarily from person to person by large respiratory droplets but can also spread by the airborne route as aerosolized droplet nuclei."

And while it's transmittable up to 4 days before the rash shows up, you are SICK before then. You have cold symptoms, with a fever, and just feeling like junk. People shouldn't be going to work or to themeparks when sick. If people would be rational about things when they are ill, there would be fewer problems.

Kissing doesn't make a difference with measles transmission. If you're breathing the same air as someone who is contageous, you have a 90% chance of contracting it if you're unvaccinated. A kiss on the cheek won't change that.

Given that Merck has 3 separate whistleblowing, federal, lawsuits against them because of them lying about the efficacy, dropping results that they didn't like, etc, about the MMR vaccine, I would guess it's about a 70% of getting it (best case scenario) even if you DID get the shot. Remember that in most outbreaks, the majority of those getting it have had the shots. (and the ones that haven't don't *mind* getting it, especially measles, since it means natural lifelong immunity AND for women the ability to transfer 15-18 months of natural immunity to babies they subsequently have and nurse.)

And I bet it's not anywhere near 90% chance of getting it without the shots. I had the born-in-1969 shots, which is nowhere NEAR what the schedule is today, haven't had anything since at least '87, and I've never had it. DS hasn't had any shots and he's never had it. And we are out and about all the time, we were even at Disney and on planes and traveling around during the time of this semi-annual outbreak (as has ALWAYS happened, as will ALWAYS happen, and this year was actually much lighter in the normal and natural and always will happen semi-annual outbreak)...you'd think at some point we would have been exposed to it! I know of ONE person who has had it, and it wasn't officially diagnosed since they didn't mind getting it and knew how to take care of it on their own, so they didn't go to the doctor. In my circles, if it's 90%, you'd think I would know far more people who had had it if it was that easy to get.

 

[frisbeego]

In an effort to return this thread to an innocent discussion of whether princesses might be inclined to kiss a young boy who doesn't object (or whose parents don't object), I offer you a picture of my son getting kissed by and kissing Cinderella. No princesses or young boys were harmed in creating these pictures.

 

[cgattis]

In an effort to return this thread to an innocent discussion of whether princesses might be inclined to kiss a young boy who doesn't object (or whose parents don't object), I offer you a picture of my son getting kissed by and kissing Cinderella. No princesses or young boys were harmed in creating these pictures.

Omigosh...he's adorable!!! She evidently thought so too

 

[Jfsag123]

They definitely still give kisses! We were just there last week and DS got kisses from Snow White, Anastasia, and Aurora. He was so proud of the lipstick on his face and in his autograph book.

 

[cgattis]

I love your picture. He is adorable.

Aw, thanks . He's a sweetheart too.

 

[Sarahbelle341]

Ds got a kiss from Mulan in February. I think it probably depends on the cast member and what kind of lipstick they are wearing.

 

[prune1977]

Im very glad this still happens, I do wish they still had as many characters with CMs out in the parks right when you walk in as they used to have. But its still magical to us anyhow.

 

[Gracie09]

My son has never gotten such a kiss from a princess, and he met princesses from '06-'12 or so.

And thank goodness, as I would find it to be disgusting. No one needs to get random kisses. He sees pictures of kids with the big lipprints on them and thinks it's gross, too, thank goodness. I mean, he's 10 now so of course he feels that way, but even when little it wasn't something he wanted.



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OH people are so irrational about it all.

"Measles is transmitted primarily from person to person by large respiratory droplets but can also spread by the airborne route as aerosolized droplet nuclei."

And while it's transmittable up to 4 days before the rash shows up, you are SICK before then. You have cold symptoms, with a fever, and just feeling like junk. People shouldn't be going to work or to themeparks when sick. If people would be rational about things when they are ill, there would be fewer problems.



Given that Merck has 3 separate whistleblowing, federal, lawsuits against them because of them lying about the efficacy, dropping results that they didn't like, etc, about the MMR vaccine, I would guess it's about a 70% of getting it (best case scenario) even if you DID get the shot. Remember that in most outbreaks, the majority of those getting it have had the shots. (and the ones that haven't don't *mind* getting it, especially measles, since it means natural lifelong immunity AND for women the ability to transfer 15-18 months of natural immunity to babies they subsequently have and nurse.)

And I bet it's not anywhere near 90% chance of getting it without the shots. I had the born-in-1969 shots, which is nowhere NEAR what the schedule is today, haven't had anything since at least '87, and I've never had it. DS hasn't had any shots and he's never had it. And we are out and about all the time, we were even at Disney and on planes and traveling around during the time of this semi-annual outbreak (as has ALWAYS happened, as will ALWAYS happen, and this year was actually much lighter in the normal and natural and always will happen semi-annual outbreak)...you'd think at some point we would have been exposed to it! I know of ONE person who has had it, and it wasn't officially diagnosed since they didn't mind getting it and knew how to take care of it on their own, so they didn't go to the doctor. In my circles, if it's 90%, you'd think I would know far more people who had had it if it was that easy to get.

The measles vaccine was introduced in 1963 so if you were born in 1969, you would have received the vaccine as part of the routine childhood vaccines. Even if you didn't you would have been protected by herd immunity, which is now breaking down due to people not getting the vaccination. The majority of people who have contracted measles in the US have not had the immunization. In the CA cases alone 57 were unvaccinated and 20 had at least one mmr (but it doesn't say how many have the recommended 2 doses). The rest dont' have records. If you look at the number of reported cases, it goes up each year. In 2000 there were less than 10 in the US and now there are several hundred reported cases each year. So not much lighter than the norm.

 

[StirlingSilver83]

My ds1 got kissed by drizella when he was only 8 months old last year. It was sooo cute he had this omg look on his face! Absolutely adorable! We are eating there again this April and if it's the same drizella we are gonna ask if she remembers him (highly doubt it but still fun topic conversation)!

 

[Bronxgirl]

When I had dinner at 1900 Park Faire Prince Charming made out with me in the middle of the dining room. True story.