Character Heights/CP Auditions

[Lost_1n_oz]

Hi guys!!!!


Sooooooooooooooo... im getting butterflys in my stomache just thinking about my audition, which is this coming Sunday the 29th in Chicago... eep!


Anyone else going to that one?

I also just wanted to thank Goofster18 and Brenna for all their advice... im a little less nervous cause of that, but STILL... this is my dream and I have no clue how im gonna make it thru the week... lol


TTFN!

I'll be in Chicago also!

 

[traacii]

Hello all!

I'm auditioning for character performer soon and I was wondering if my "actual" height will be different than my "disney" height????

I'm 5'2 so I'm hoping that it's the same!

 

[bellaDisneydncr]

Hello all!

I'm auditioning for character performer soon and I was wondering if my "actual" height will be different than my "disney" height????

I'm 5'2 so I'm hoping that it's the same!

For some people it is different - for others it's not.

 

[rachaelfig]

Is anyone going to the Nov 4 Atlanta audition?

 

[QueenofPrideRock]

I am seriously, seriously considering going to the Chicago audition, even though I'm planning to do a Fall program... it would give me an excuse to visit home for a weekend and see what the audition is like. I'd have to skip my Friday classes but that wouldn't be a huge deal.

Also they're DEFINITELY going to have face stuff there, and I'm so so so curious! One of my goals in life is to be friends with Ariel. Though I do currently have braces... they'll be off in December but I wouldn't be surprised if they were like... um, you have braces, so no face for you!

I'm also probably going to a campus presentation tomorrow at 6, so part of me wants to just go ahead and apply for Spring, but another part knows I really can't do it then and so if I were to be accepted, I'd just be taking someone else's spot...

 

[rachaelfig]

Where do you live in Chicagoland? I used to live in Wheaton before we moved down south.

And I think you should go to the audition. That way you'll be an old pro when you're going for real.

 

[QueenofPrideRock]

Where do you live in Chicagoland? I used to live in Wheaton before we moved down south.

And I think you should go to the audition. That way you'll be an old pro when you're going for real.

I've moved 12 times, all within Illinois except once. We lived in Naperville for awhile actually, but now I live in Geneva. I go to school in Michigan now though, so I'd take a train back for the audition.

Yeah. I have to talk to my parents about me coming home that weekend... I'm just so curious about it. Plus, like I said, given my braces and average height I probably won't pass so maybe it'd be okay? Haha.

 

[QueenofPrideRock]

So... who will be in Chicago on Nov 6 for the audition? Looks like I'm going! But going alone does seem a bit scary.

 

[impsythealmighty]

So... who will be in Chicago on Nov 6 for the audition? Looks like I'm going! But going alone does seem a bit scary.

I'll be there! It's a blast, you'll do fine. Just have fun with it! And don't worry about the braces, yeah it might take you out of the running for Face but Fur is the best (but I am totally biased, haha).

 

[Melinda22]

I was at the gym the other day and I noticed the scale in the locker room also measured height. So I decided to take a look. It measured me at 65 inches... 5'5, the dead height

If I stood as straight as I possibly could, I could get up to 5'5 and 3/4 (I was really straining though). So now I'm debating whether I should stand really tall and hope they measure me up to 5'6 or kinda slump and hope they measure me down to 5'4. *sigh*

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

For the question about is your height the same as Disney height:

Most of the time there is at least a bit of a difference. My first audition, they measured me at 4'11.5". I am somewhere between 4'10" and 4'10.5". They were putting me in 5' costumes that were obviously way too big. I had to be remeasured and they measured me at 4'10.5". One thing you will hear people in entertainment say a lot when asked their height is "real height or Disney height?"

We did have little tricks for measuring how we wanted to. if you wanted to be measured shorter, measure at the end of the day after being on set with those heavy costumes. Obviously you don't have that option, but if you have a later audition, wear a heavy backpack or something beforehand.

If you want to measure taller, measure in the morning. You are actually about a quarter inch to a half an inch taller in the morning than after you've walked around all day because the fluid in your spine compresses. This is what we always tell parents at my rollercoaster when we are height checking and tell them they shoudl look into getting an official wristband. And it's very true.

So don't be surprised if how they measure you si not how your doctor measures you. Hope this helps!

 

[Princess Ash]

I'm miraculously going to grow 1.25"

It's going to be a Disney miracle

 

[rachaelfig]

Haha good luck with that! How tall are you now?

 

[Joanna71985]

I would love to get measured shorter (but I seriously doubt that will happen).

 

[Princess Ash]

Haha good luck with that! How tall are you now?

I'm 5'2.75"...I want to be princess height!

 

[rachaelfig]

But I bet being a child (instead of a princess) would be fun too! One of my friends was a performer at Disney the summer before last and she was measured at 5'2.75" exactly. She was told originally that she would be hanging out with Snow White, then told her she was too short and she got to hang out with Wendy instead. Still fun!

 

[Princess Ash]

But I bet being a child (instead of a princess) would be fun too! One of my friends was a performer at Disney the summer before last and she was measured at 5'2.75" exactly. She was told originally that she would be hanging out with Snow White, then told her she was too short and she got to hang out with Wendy instead. Still fun!

O really??? That is so neat! I know as of "official" measurements I am BETWEEN the two heights...hope they at least go up or down!

 

[QueenofPrideRock]

Question: If I'm auditioning with braces that will be OFF by the time I arrive in Florida, is there any way I can ask to be considered for face at the audition? Or like, mention that the braces are very temporary and will be off soon? (This is what I get for NEVER wearing my retainer from 6th grade-senior year, boo.)

 

[wannabefreeee]

Hey guys,

I was accepted in to merchandise for spring 2010. But my interest has sparked on being a character, I figure why not try out? No harm in it! But what are the steps to adding that on and being able to audition? I would think it's not too late to sign. I'd be doing the Ann Arbor audition nov 8.

 

[PixieJessie7]

Hey everyone!! so I'm new to the forums and I know people might have already asked these questions but I'm about 5'3-5'4 and I was wondering which characters fall into that area of height??!
I really love Alice but she might need to be taller or shorter than that..not sure! also does anyone know anything about auditioning for the parts of the pixies that will be in the new Pixie Hollow??
thanks!