Character Heights/CP Auditions

[bellaDisneydncr]

With the new fin, she can waddle till she's backstage. There's some way to move the tail bottom so she can walk off.
With the old rock design, the back of the rock opened up for her to sit down, with a foot pedal to move her fin. And "sea weed" was placed around her waist/thighs to cover up the differences. It totally wierded me out to see her with sweats and shells on.

That's really awesome- and makes a lot of sense looking back at the two different fins... Thanks for filling us all in!

 

[ZeroToHero]

So I have a question... say you do make it through auditions, etc. and you get to work as a face character....

Do you put on your own makeup every day, or are there cosmetologists who do wigs and makeup for you?

 

[r1009t]

Just throwing this out there... I was a photopass photographer when they made the changes to Ariel's Grotto.

The rocks are curved so you can't see her standing in line. There's been several occasions of people walking up the exit and ruining the magic. But the entrance attendant is usually supposed to pay attention to this.

With the new fin, she can waddle till she's backstage. There's some way to move the tail bottom so she can walk off.
With the old rock design, the back of the rock opened up for her to sit down, with a foot pedal to move her fin. And "sea weed" was placed around her waist/thighs to cover up the differences. It totally wierded me out to see her with sweats and shells on.


I've seen some really short princesses before. But you've got the fairies now too for the "too short for a regular princess". I knew a Belle that got to be a fairy. She really was way too petite for Belle. But with the dresses, and some of the shorter ones tend to sit more, guests never notice the difference.

That's so interesting, thanks for answering my question. Any idea why they changed it? Have you ever seen any girls who look too tall to be princesses?

 

[r1009t]

So I have a question... say you do make it through auditions, etc. and you get to work as a face character....

Do you put on your own makeup every day, or are there cosmetologists who do wigs and makeup for you?

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure you're trained in how to do it yourself, at least at DLR you are. I would imagine that to have that many cosmetologists would be very expensive and unpractical.

 

[SandrA9810]

Wigs are done for you, but you do your own make up.

I've never noticed a tall princess per se. But the dresses are in different sizes, so you don't always realize it.
Now you can tell the difference between a skinny and not so skinny princess.


I don't know if it's been mentioned before or not, you have to be able to do fur before they approve you for face. That way you can do any role they need you for. But generally you don't get pulled to fur too often.

 

[QueenofPrideRock]

So I have a question... say you do make it through auditions, etc. and you get to work as a face character....

Do you put on your own makeup every day, or are there cosmetologists who do wigs and makeup for you?

Reiterating a previous post but yes, you are trained to do your own makeup.

 

[ZeroToHero]

I don't know if it's been mentioned before or not, you have to be able to do fur before they approve you for face. That way you can do any role they need you for. But generally you don't get pulled to fur too often.

How does that work? You get trained for both? Or you start out as fur and then go into face? If they pull you in advance, I guess I just don't get when you would learn about how to do fur and when they would approve you if they already pulled you...

It's a very complicated process, I know.


Also - thank you to everyone for your answers about makeup and hair...

 

[SandrA9810]

When you audition, you're fitted for fur characters in your height. It's more about getting approved for the look, rather than doing anything more than face.

There's days that you can be scheduled as a back up, then you pretty much go where ever some one has called out. So it can be fur or face.

You're also taught all the autographs for characters you can do. But a lot of them share the same penmanship, that it's easy to learn several of them, even if they're not in your height.

 

[Macca1111]

Reiterating a previous post but yes, you are trained to do your own makeup.

Question about makeup if you're not pulled for face...I got several tattoos that are semi visible in normal clothes because I thought I was never going to get to work for Disney. I realize they can't be visible, and my first roommate was a theater major who taught me how to cover them up, but I was wondering if that's something Disney can train me to do better so they look their best (and by best I mean most hidden). Thanks!

 

[ZeroToHero]

Question about makeup if you're not pulled for face...I got several tattoos that are semi visible in normal clothes because I thought I was never going to get to work for Disney. I realize they can't be visible, and my first roommate was a theater major who taught me how to cover them up, but I was wondering if that's something Disney can train me to do better so they look their best (and by best I mean most hidden). Thanks!

....Have I realized you're over here yet? If not - woah, you're over here too!

That's very exciting - I didn't know you were trying out for the College Program too. Did you already set up your interview?

 

[ipodluvr287]

I found this cool website with a bunch of pics of face charcaters on it, if you guys want to look.

http://facecharactersgalore.tumblr.com/

 

[QueenofPrideRock]

I found this cool website with a bunch of pics of face charcaters on it, if you guys want to look.

http://facecharactersgalore.tumblr.com/

Love it! Because fyfc seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. Thanks for posting!

 

[heyhowdyhey]

iduno if anybody can answer it since it might be like a disney secret if you cant answer it on here you can pm me or something. but after you make the audition what do you do for like the training and all of that. and is learning the autographs hard...

 

[ipodluvr287]

Love it! Because fyfc seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. Thanks for posting!

I was looking at fyfc this morning. It hasn't been updated in like a week, but I'm sure some more pics will be posted soon.

 

[QueenofPrideRock]

I was looking at fyfc this morning. It hasn't been updated in like a week, but I'm sure some more pics will be posted soon.

she's back, actually!

 

[dancinchika0411]

Hey,
I've read through a bunch of the pages in this discussion, but I may have missed the info i'm looking for. I'm being a dork and compiling a list of princess/fairy/all girls heights.
So if anyone knows the height ranges for these characters i'd be very grateful.

Tiana
Stepsisters/Tremaine Family
Mulan

Thanks!

 

[SandrA9810]

autographs are easy to learn. And there's a great big book of all of them. Heck, i wasn't in entertainment but i can do almost any of the furs you can meet in the parks. And in all the breakroom's there's a profile of each character, with autograph so you can practice between sets.

Mickey's handwriting is the only one that has a full alphabet to it. Maybe minnie's.
There's some chatacters that share the same penmanship... Pooh's is a popular style. Goofy, baloo, and tigger all seem to share some of the same styles (and they're all similar heights). Not many are cursive, so it's easy... Donald's has a hard one if you do it right. Most just chicken scratch it which looks awful.

 

[bellaDisneydncr]

iduno if anybody can answer it since it might be like a disney secret if you cant answer it on here you can pm me or something. but after you make the audition what do you do for like the training and all of that. and is learning the autographs hard...

I think Sandra above me answered your autograph question- but most of us here haven't gone through the whole process of training. We're here talking because we haven't gotten jobs and still don't know everything lol So it may take a while for your question to be answered- Sorry!

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btw everyone- if you've looked at fyfc, did you see the heights entry? pretty interesting and I believe pretty accurate.- the link in it is interesting, too.

 

[Berlioz70]

Too be honest, do not worry to much about heights for face. If your short you obviously can't be a villain and visa versa but I know of a girl who gets to hang out with Alice and Aurora who are obviously in different height ranges. If you look enough like the character they'll pull you.

 

[r1009t]

Too be honest, do not worry to much about heights for face. If your short you obviously can't be a villain and visa versa but I know of a girl who gets to hang out with Alice and Aurora who are obviously in different height ranges. If you look enough like the character they'll pull you.

Thanks, this very helpful and especially because it's coming from an expert