Famous People You have met While at WDW

[mx6driven]

This is cool, I met Method Man with his fam in front of Space Mountain, he actuall ywas waiting in line cuz he didnt want any special treatmeant, we spoke the whole time in a 20 minute line, hes so awesome

 

[jenny2]

DH and I met Hildi (the crazy decorator from Trading Spaces) in the Christmas Store in DTD. She was walking around talking on a cell phone, and when I heard her voice I told him it sounded like her... turned around and it was her, lol!

 

[lainie25]

I met Kelly Ripa in tomorrowland. the first year she was on regis and kelly. she was walking around pushing her daughter Lola in a stroller with a security guard and a CM and she was really nice. she stopped and i got to take a picture with her.
we also met Gilbert Godfrey at the land on the same trip. my sister in law and myself took a picture with him

 

[tubachick]

Michael Eisner at GF lobby and Drew Cary at Flying Fish---- Did not enjoy running into either one.

 

[tinkerbellmom31]

I would LOVE to meet Tom Hanks!
Anyways, how fun to have met him! That one definitely wins my vote on the thread.

ITA. I love Tom Hanks!

 

[MissTink]

In 1991 we saw but did not get to meet Michael Jackson over in Fantasy Land

Figures he'd be there......

 

[THEDISFANS]

My GF and I were waiting for the bus at POR. When a man came by on a golf cart. He stopped and the we noticed than it was none other than Michael Eisner. He talked to us and asked how our visit was going. It was so cool.

 

[Twinprincesses]

We were in a monorail once with Roseanne... At the Grand Floridian in the lobby was Danny Dovito and Rhea Pearlman.

 

[05ChristmasSurprise]

This May we saw some guy from Lord of the Rings. Well, I didn't - our dear friend did. He said it was the "blonde kid" and I freaked and said "ORLANDO BLOOM!"

"um - no - KID"

 

[disneyaggie]

Figures he'd be there......

Oh, so true!

 

[hauntedmansion]

2003 my Dh and I saw OJ Simpson in Downtown Disney. Oh course my husband asked him if he could get a picture with him! This is what I get to look at every day hanging on our fridge. In 1999 we saw Eric Estrada at Coronado Springs..

 

[goofysgirl]

At the soft opening of AK, we met Matt Lawerance, Tia, Tamera, and Tahj Mawry. We were coming off Its tough to be a bug and my dad says "You're the guy from the Drew Carey show". It was Drew Carey. From that point on he smiles every time we say him. :thewave:

 

[PocahontasLookALike]

We saw the guy who played 'Willow' in the movie! We couldn't believe it! He was there with his whole family.

 

[tinkertiff]

In May, we had just left the Speedway in MK. As we were walking slowly away, my husband noticed a woman and two small children being escorted by a CM dressed in the official group tour guide uniform -- approaching the exit of the Speedway. The escort was the only thing that tipped him off. He said to me "hey, that must be a celebrity". I stared for a second and she looked in my direction -- it was Kelly Ripa -- of Regis & Kelly. My crazy husband kept whispering "get a picture". I told him "no way" -- let the woman be -- she was with her kids. I wasn't going up to her either -- I'm not that celebrity crazy. It WAS neat to see one there, though. Actually, the way she was dressed, I almost didn't recognize her. She was very petite, hair pulled up, baseball cap on, large sunglasses, very casual clothes -- she could have easily blended in.......She went in the exit of the Speedway to ride. After a while, we saw her again - shopping outside of the Speedway at the small souvenir cart. No one was bothering her.......So far, my one and only celebrity sighting........

 

[RedNeckChik13]

I have seen Raven twice, got her autograph once. I also have seen the Lawerence brothers, Levar Berton, Mr. Rogers, Christy Carlson Romano, Wayne Brady, and some others that I have forgotten.

 

[rayelias]

I have seen Raven twice, got her autograph once. I also have seen the Lawerence brothers, Levar Berton, Mr. Rogers, Christy Carlson Romano, Wayne Brady, and some others that I have forgotten.

I'm not particularly interested in "celebrities", because, as far as I'm concerned, they're no different from you or me.

However, out of all 17 pages, you saw the ONE person I would definitely go out of my way to meet. Fred Rogers. That man shaped my life more than anyone outside of my immediate family. I would've loved to shake his hand and thank him. What a great man.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

I'm just so amazed that everyone has seen so many celebrities! Honestly, I know I'm so engrossed with my own vacation that I don't even think to look around! Hahaha!

That's me! This next trip I need to attempt to look around more... be more observant in my surroundings. LOL

 

[melaniemiller2002]

I used to live in a VERY small town (pop. 300) on well traveled highway leading to Mammoth, CA and Yosemite. One cold winter day, I was sitting in the front of my folks' restaurant and saw this car come racing into the dirt parking lot. I turned to my boyfriend and said, "that guy drives like a jerk". The guy got out of the car and started walking towards the restaurant. As he took off his sunglasses, I gave him a hard look. I couldn't place the face, but it was familiar.

When he came through the door, I said to him, "Gosh, you look just like Anthony Kiedis (lead singer for Red Hot Chili Peppers)". He winked at me and said, "that's because I am". I lost the ability to really talk and started sputtering and stammering. See, I've been a HUGE Peppers fan since the mid-80's and was in love with Anthony as a teenager (hey, there's no accounting for a 14 year old's taste...LOL). To actually see and meet him in person...well, that was just beyond me. I had been to just about every concert of theirs and owned all their cd's. My boyfriend just stuck his hand out and said, "nice to meet you, dude. Great music".

I remember running to the phone and calling my little sister, who was 14 at the time and really liked their music. She didn't believe me and I told her to come up and look for herself. She still thought I was lying. When she came up there and saw for herself, she about fell over. He was very nice and hung for a while, having a cup of coffee.

What is so weird about it is that the town is SO darn small and the fact he even stopped there was weird. Turned out he was headed to a town called Bodie...it's a ghost town and Anthony is fascinated by haunted houses and ghost towns.

We've also had the Olympic Gold Medalist in freestyle skiing (Johnny something or other) eat at our restaurant. He was horrifed that nobody recognized him...he ate his meal in peace and after getting back to his motel, the owner called up my mom and said, "how does it feel to have an Olympic Gold Medalist love your food??". She was like, "what?". We laughed about the fact we didn't recognize him since he had just won the gold medal about 3 weeks prior and we watched the competition....and were rooting for him!! He was there with some professional snowmobilers to film an "extreme skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling" video up in Sonora, CA.

And the jerky guy from that show "Dear John". I think he also had a sitcom not too long ago as well. He has blonde hair and played the womanizing jerk on Dear John. He wasn't very nice in real life either. He was in the General Store in the same small town. And if you hang out on the slopes of Tahoe long enough, you begin to see celebrities everywhere. But they are usually disguised pretty good (goggles hide a LOT).

Melanie

 

[MOMOFMNM]

I'm not particularly interested in "celebrities", because, as far as I'm concerned, they're no different from you or me.

However, out of all 17 pages, you saw the ONE person I would definitely go out of my way to meet. Fred Rogers. That man shaped my life more than anyone outside of my immediate family. I would've loved to shake his hand and thank him. What a great man.

HI What is a tag fairy??

 

[sweet7696]

I'm not sure if I ever posted this or not, but I saw the Isley Brothers in front of Haunted Mansion in 1996. It was right around the time when Ronald Isley was in that R. Kelly video "Down Low".. I was awestruck.... I kept telling my mom, "That's Mr. Big!! That's Mr. Big!!!!!!!" Of course we had no camera (how is that on a Disney trip?) and no paper or pen.... I wasn't happy... I tell everyone that story.. LOL!!! Now my husband is a huge fan of the Isleys and wishes I would've gotten a picture or autograph... I blame it on mom! LOL!
Jess