Character Heights: Measuring up/down?

[kayotik]

I am planning to apply for the Spring 2013 CP and am hoping to be able to audition for an Entertainment role. I recently visited some CP friends at WDW and throughout the trip, we spent some time speculating which characters fall into the height range I would be in (I'm 5'3/5'4-ish, so that would be Chipmunk height, I believe).

Anyway, a couple of my friends mentioned how their "Disney height" did not necessarily match their actual height. For example, my friend who is 5'3" was measured down to 5'1.5". She didn't end up working in Entertainment, anyway, so it didn't matter, but got me wondering. How common is it for your Disney height to differ from your actual height? What is the typical and/or maximum difference? Is it more common to be measured up or down, or equally likely either way?

If anyone has any insight into this, it would be appreciated. If not, no big deal, I'm mostly just curious.

 

[ladypage]

I am planning to apply for the Spring 2013 CP and am hoping to be able to audition for an Entertainment role. I recently visited some CP friends at WDW and throughout the trip, we spent some time speculating which characters fall into the height range I would be in (I'm 5'3/5'4-ish, so that would be Chipmunk height, I believe).

Anyway, a couple of my friends mentioned how their "Disney height" did not necessarily match their actual height. For example, my friend who is 5'3" was measured down to 5'1.5". She didn't end up working in Entertainment, anyway, so it didn't matter, but got me wondering. How common is it for your Disney height to differ from your actual height? What is the typical and/or maximum difference? Is it more common to be measured up or down, or equally likely either way?

If anyone has any insight into this, it would be appreciated. If not, no big deal, I'm mostly just curious.

It does differ significantly, I've found. I had a lot of friends in entertainment. Two of them were friends with Goofy, and one was fitted for it, which basically means that according to their measurements, he didn't fit the guidelines, but he did fit when it came on to trying clothes. They said he was too tall. Our other friend was a good inch taller slouching, and they never even second guessed him.

 

[Berlioz70]

Depends on so many different things. Casting tries to be as exact as possible, but they also have "needs" they are looking to fill; 5' and shorter is a big one, as is select face roles.

A big factor is the time of day you audition - people who audition in the AM may measure a little taller where as at the end of the day they're a little shorter (spines compress during the day).

I personally was measured taller (AM audition).