I'm also thinking about applying to be a character attendant. I was just wondering what people thought about it. Did you enjoy it overall? Was it a difficult role? Was it difficult dealing with the guests and also the characters, specifically those in fur? What kind of things do you do? What's a typical day? Really, any information about what it would be like to be a character attendant and what one could expect would be great.
This is me personally, but I love doing character attendant (I've been doing it for over 3 years now). It is such a fun role. I love getting to interact with the characters and guests, and being able to work in all 4 parks. For the most part, the guests have been fine. I can count on 1 hand the amount of "difficult" guests I've encountered.
The type of day will depend on where you are working (meet location, dining, ect), and the kind of character you are working with. But usually you will get to work, check in, and find out the info you need. Sometimes you also are given a radio. Then it is off to the location. For dining, you rotate the restaurant making sure guests know they will see the characters at their table, and to have books open and cameras ready. You will let the characters know when they need to take 5 (ex- Pooh has to go get some honey, but will be right back). And just keep an eye on things, in case there is any trouble. There aren't that many dining locations, so there could be a chance of not doing any (I've only done dining about 10 times). If you are doing a meet-and-greet location, this is more common. You will either work with a character like Mickey (a "fuzzy") or a character like Peter Pan. If you are working with Mickey, you stay out the whole time and get breaks from a breaker attendant. Depending on the time of year, if the character meets outside they are either out for 20 or 30 minutes. Your job is to assist the character, keep the queue line orderly, answer questions for the guests, help take pictures (especially if there is no photopass), and so on. If the character is indoors, they are out for aprox 40 minutes (but the job is pretty much the same). Now, if you are with a character like Peter Pan, and you are outside, things are a little different. You usually break with the character (they are out for aprox 35-40 minutes, and then are off for about 20). Another type of location could be shows (like working the castle show). The attendants stand on the ramps during the show, to make sure guests don't go where they shouldn't. And stay out after shows, to answer questions.
I hope this helped. If you have any more questions, I can try to answer them.
