Grammy wants to wear her Minnie costume

[Grammy Mouse]

We are taking our children and my parents to Disney World soon. My mom has a Minnie Mouse costume that she enjoys using at the kid's school and for Halloween with her own students. We'd like a photo of "Grammy Mouse" with Minnie Mouse, but we don't want to create any problems with Grammy walking through Magic Kingdom in her Minnie outfit. Any thoughts?

 

[teachingmykids]

Go for it! WDW is the only place you can wear silly costumes and hats and blend right in...........well, in a family atmosphere, that is!
She can always change into it for the pic, but that would spoil her fun!!!!!!

 

[tommygirl79]

I know that Disney is a great place for all the kids to dress up i know that there are times when Disney discourages adults from doing it. For example, when we were at MGM in Feb. there was an older teenage girl (probably 17 or 18) dressed up in a great Jasmine costume just outside the gate. She was very pretty and very nice. While she was walking a bunch of people starting gathering around her and kids wanted their picture taken with her. After a few minutes we noticed some guys who were Disney security start to watch her very closely and as she entered the park they followed her very closely. Her friends noticed this as well and they didn't know what to do. We finally walked away but our guess by the security guards faces were that they had to watch her very closely since she wasn't their "real" Jasmine and didn't want other guests to believe that she was and get the wrong idea should she say or do anything wrong or something that could put them into any battles or suits. This said, my guess is that your Grammy (since that's her name) doesn't look exactly like Minnie Mouse and it probably wouldn't be a problem.

I understand why the guards had to watch her so closely. Paying guests could be believing that she was the real deal and their CMs have to go through rigorous personality tests to become these characters, they don't want the Disney magic copied poorly by anyone.

 

[MO Disney cruiser]

Go Grammy Go!!!!!!!

 

[EsmeraldaX]

I wouldn't because kids might think she is the Disney Minnie and start asking for pictures etc.

Maybe she could compromise and just wear Minnie Ears?

 

[WDSearcher]

While children are encouraged to wear costumes in the parks, adults are not. Unless it's during the Halloween Party, Disney will respectfully request that Grammy change out of her Minnie costume before she enters the park. If she insists on wearing it in the parks, she can be denied admission.

The official "Guest Appearance Guidelines for Walt Disney World Theme Parks" include the following policy:

The Walt Disney World Resort is a heavily themed environment whose world-renowned brand is woven into every element of the show. We reserve the right to exclude from all of our gated attractions Guests whose appearance could create a distraction to the show. Examples that might be considered as such include the following:

Adult costumes or clothing that could be viewed as a costume (unless worn by a child under the age of 10)

Disney, as I'm sure you know, is VERY proprietary when it comes to its characters, particularly the "Fab Five" (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pluto). What they will be most worried about is that children will see her and assume she's the "real" Minnie, thereby causing confusion for the kids and problems for the characters. And I'm sure Grammy wouldn't want to spoil the magic for other children.

It's a cute idea, but you may want to have Grammy wear her costume to a character breakfast at one of the resorts, and get a photo with Minnie there instead of in the parks. There seems to be a lot more latitude with that sort of thing once you're outside of the actual parks.

 

[lclark0621]

Sorry to say, but only kids can wear costumes in the parks (unless it is Halloween or the Halloween Party).

 

[WDSearcher]

Sorry to say, but only kids can wear costumes in the parks (unless it is Halloween or the Halloween Party).

Even on Halloween during the day, adults are not allowed to wear costumes in the parks. Only during MNSSHP are they allowed.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

Have dinner at Chef Mickey's and she can have her picture taken with Minnie. It's not in the parks, so that won't create a problem.

 

[lclark0621]

Oooopppsss My bad.

Only during the party.

The costume rule is why people who want to take pictures in their wedding clothes must have very early shots to do it & use a Disney photographer. We opted to sleep in on our honeymoon instead.

 

[webray]

I am guessing when she tries to go through the gate, especially since it is not halloween, she will be asked to change first, or given a great big ugly creme tshirt to put over the costume so that others don't think she is a disney employee.

This happened to both my hubby and daughter at MNSSHP, because their costumes were so great..they were asked to cover them up so they wouldn't be mistaken. They took the tshirts, but we said the heck with covering them up. The costumes came from the disney catalog for heavens sake. Every time a manager saw hubby..they kept asking him to put the tshirt on.