Character Updates

[WeatherbySwann]

I promise I wasn't ignoring these questions, I just wanted to confirm my information before posting it on-line... good thing I did! I had heard that Captain Barbossa and Lord Beckett would be out meeting people on Sunday and was super excited. I know Barbossa is in the parade and knew he could do meet and greets so I even got what I thought were their set times.

As it turns out (as rumors always turn out), the two men will just be visiting the parks as guests and dressing up for the party that night. I hear the costumes are amazing and easily look like the real thing, but alas, not quite as exciting as I had "heard."

That would be unbelievable cool if the Beckett and Barbossa appearances were true!

 

[matt&jakesmom]

Great character information. I wish I was there now to get Thumper.

 

[squirrel]

I was at Camp Minnie-Micky at AK and Goofy had his zipper down! Is this normal? I noticed but my niece didn't. Goofy turned around and fixed his pants and then posed for more photos.

 

[stitch34]

Any certain time to find Marie in France? What time does she first seem to come out, how early?
We sooooo want to see her!

and as for the animation building in DHS....
do I have this right.. first group is out at 4:50... second group at 5:20 and then the first group comes back out?

We're at Mama Melrose for 4:00 on our DHS day - hoping to make it do the animation building by 5:30.... and this is a fantasmic night - are they out on those nights? Planned on also going on a nonfantasmic night, too.


Really our must sees are mainly MARIE
and Pocohantas we've never met.... Mary Poppins penguins we'd love to see again...

and Thumper and Miss Bunny - a huge must! - are they there all day off and on? We'll be in AK only for about an hour and a half (main reason heading over there is to find them hopefully!) Looking at late morning into early afternoon.

 

[disneyfan2]

Any certain time to find Marie in France? What time does she first seem to come out, how early?
We sooooo want to see her!

and as for the animation building in DHS....
do I have this right.. first group is out at 4:50... second group at 5:20 and then the first group comes back out?

We're at Mama Melrose for 4:00 on our DHS day - hoping to make it do the animation building by 5:30.... and this is a fantasmic night - are they out on those nights? Planned on also going on a nonfantasmic night, too.


Really our must sees are mainly MARIE
and Pocohantas we've never met.... Mary Poppins penguins we'd love to see again...

and Thumper and Miss Bunny - a huge must! - are they there all day off and on? We'll be in AK only for about an hour and a half (main reason heading over there is to find them hopefully!) Looking at late morning into early afternoon.

hey you are copying me

Marie is must see for the kids, and we have a MM reservation for 4, and hope to get to Animiation study at 5:30 too... But because you are going before me,maybe you can report back to me on your success with this.

 

[Disney Wanderer]

I met Marie at the DHS Hat a Couple years a go . ive been looking for her ever since. Where Exactly is she in France? And Does that mean france has 3 Meet and greets now? Belle, Aurora And Marie? Also Whos Meeting at the Hat Now?

 

[disneydiva0729]

Wow!!! I'm sooo exciting to meet Thumper and Miss Bunny.... I'm heading back in March and hope that they will still be out!! It will make me feel better about leaving my two bunnies at home to go, knowing I'll have a picture they will enjoy

 

[Berlioz70]

I was at Camp Minnie-Micky at AK and Goofy had his zipper down! Is this normal? I noticed but my niece didn't. Goofy turned around and fixed his pants and then posed for more photos.

Even though Goofy is technically a dog, he does act more like a human... and everyone has to pee sometimes!

Any certain time to find Marie in France? What time does she first seem to come out, how early?
We sooooo want to see her!

I do not know her exact schedule, my assumption is that she would come out at 11 (when world showcase opens) and then she probably goes home at 6 or 7ish. Don't forget, the kitty will have to take a nap and eat lunch so she'll be gone for about an hour sometime in there.

I found her at the front area of france by that big sculpture covered in images.

and as for the animation building in DHS....
do I have this right.. first group is out at 4:50... second group at 5:20 and then the first group comes back out?

The first group comes out again on NON-fantasmic days. Since your MM ADR is on a Fant night you will probably miss the first group. Also, sometimes they break it up into 3 groups of 20 minutes each... in that case you'd miss the first two groups.

Thumper and Miss Bunny - a huge must! - are they there all day off and on? We'll be in AK only for about an hour and a half (main reason heading over there is to find them hopefully!) Looking at late morning into early afternoon.

I was there on the first day and they were meeting together. Someone reported more recently that they are meeting back to back. If they meet together then they'll be out for 30, gone for 30. If they meet back to back then they will be there most of the day (with park closings at 5), but don't forget about their bunny naps and lunch time in there at some time.

Does that mean france has 3 Meet and greets now? Belle, Aurora And Marie? Also Whos Meeting at the Hat Now?

Correct - there are 3 meet and greets in France.

The Hat is typically Daisy/Minnie, Pluto/Goofy, Chip/Dale, Donald and maybe Stitch. The random hat sets that used to be there (how you probably saw Marie the first time) have been moved to the animation building. I have not seen Marie yet in the Animation Building.

 

[kkbeats]

I always wanted to see thumper! i could neve find him though

 

[courtneylauren]

Yep - they still are there, but I'd show up at 4:45. They come out everyday, regardless of whether or not it's a F! night.

What kind of random characters?

 

[WeatherbySwann]

Thought I would share this from Orlando Attractions Magazine's blog: http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/19/photo-update-a-visit-to-disneys-animal-kingdom/

Looks like there were a ton of characters out at Camp Minnie-Mickey! Daisy, Terk, Lilo, Stitch, and Pocahontas (in addition to Thumper & Miss Bunny and Mickey & friends). Is this new or have that many of them been there for a while?

 

[disneyfan2]

Thought I would share this from Orlando Attractions Magazine's blog: http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/19/photo-update-a-visit-to-disneys-animal-kingdom/

Looks like there were a ton of characters out at Camp Minnie-Mickey! Daisy, Terk, Lilo, Stitch, and Pocahontas (in addition to Thumper & Miss Bunny and Mickey & friends). Is this new or have that many of them been there for a while?

When we were there 2 yrs backi it was M &M, Donald, goofy, and Daisy was suppose to be there but she wasnt that day, and i don;t remember if they had someone in her place. Now the only change i read was thumper and Ms bunny.

Can anyone confirm who the regulars are there now?

 

[PrincessAndie]

Haha - thanks! They're a couple years old, but I got them from a Famous Footware and they are sketchers.

I'm pretty sure I have the same ones in black but I haven't worn them much....are they comefortable enough to wear all day at the parks?

Where in/around the animation building do the characters come out? and who is normally there?
And Tarence, is he going to be in Pixie Hollow?

 

[bjakmom]

Just got home from Mon - Fri trip last week and saw lots of characters (DGrD6) was in a character meeting mood all week! At DHS on Weds a little before 5 we saw all the Up characters (Dug, Russell and Carl), Evil Snow Queen, Minnie w/Pluto, Genie, Mary Poppins w/Mr. Penguin, Geppetto w/Pinnochio, Mr & Mrs Incredible - the next rotation included Chip & Dale, Pocohantas w/Meeko, Capt Hook, Frozone and a few others I can't remember because we had already seen them elsewhere. Lines were pretty short and the characters were all awesome - lots of great interaction!!
And of course I can't forget the great pic always there with Sorcerer Mickey
We also saw Thumper and Miss Bunny at Camp M/M - the only other characters there were the usuals - Minnie, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Chip & Dale.
We also met Tink, Irridessa and the new Terrance at Pixie Hollow during MNSSHP. Silvermist was also there that night - she stuck her head out while we were next in line and DGrD almost had a heart attack because she is one of the fairies she has yet to meet and she is her favorite. Then the CM comes out and says five minutes while the fairies take a break and I warn DGrD that Silvermist might not be there anymore - she insists that she will because she just saw her!! Thank God for Terrance because meeting him totally (well, almost) took away her disappointment in missing Silvermist! It was a great character week for us - and the characters were all very engaging and interactive
Lady Tremaine and the step-sisters at MNSSHP were in truly RARE form!! The line is slow because they take so much time with each guest - but it's like it's own little show - hysterical and very entertaining!

 

[T16GEM]

Thanks for the info, I hope that Woody and Jessie are still there in January!

 

[PrincessAndie]

Was Terence showing up for the party? Because we're going to MVMCP on the 20th and I would really love to see him. On the last MNSSHP the only fairie there was Tink....I think the MVMCP night is the only time we're going to be at the MK onour trip...we have park hopper passes so we might have to use them to head back over to MK for an hour or so to meet him and ride the new space mountain.

 

[disneyfan2]

Just got home from Mon - Fri trip last week and saw lots of characters (DGrD6) was in a character meeting mood all week! At DHS on Weds a little before 5 !

did you seem them on a Fantasmic night or regular non f. night? I am reading conflicting info about when they are there after 5

 

[bjakmom]

did you seem them on a Fantasmic night or regular non f. night? I am reading conflicting info about when they are there after 5

Last Weds was a non F night. We arrived about 4:45 and the first group of characters was already out.

 

[claytonj20]

Wish I would have seen this thread prior to our trip over the last 2 weeks. The only complaint I had for the whole time is that characters were pretty tough to find outside of the fab 5 or 6 with a few exceptions.

 

[dawnbu40]

When we were at Epcot last month we saw a character we'd never seen before and I don't think she's in this thread either. My husband really enjoyed meeting Megara from Hercules in Future World.