Has Anyone Ever Seen A Celebrity In Wdw

[Robo]

Im going to be in Disney starting Friday until the 20th of Dec. I hope to see some celebs. I wonder how we can find out if there will be any at the same time as my visit?

Many celebrities count on the fact that there is no easy way to find out such things.

 

[mickey&minnie04]

We were there 11/25-12/1 and we saw....Neil Patrick Harris, Helio Castraveras ( the Indy car driver/Dancing with the stars ),and Jessica Simpson. I know that Jessica was scheduled to perform in front of the castle for the Christmas taping. Patti Labelle was also supposed to be there. I too, didn't think that I would recognize a celebrity while there and was surprised to pick Helio out considering I don't watch Indy car racing or Dancing with the Stars...lol!

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

subbing in i want to see how many stars are around when I get there for my trip not that i would probably reconize them but hey !!!!!!! you NEVER KNOW

 

[SkyGirl]

My DD and I just got back and saw Gloria Estephan (sp) and her family on November 28th at Animal Kingdom. DD was riding Dinosaur and I was waiting where the pictures come up. Gloria walked off the ride and right past me. She is a tiny little thing and had on a bandana and her hair in pig tails. She did have two plaid vested guides with her, but her group was huge. We saw her again about an hour later and rode on Everest at the same time. She seemed like she was having a great time, but I had to giggle at the plaid vested guys riding a few seats behind her on Everest.

 

[danielle782001]

Kurt Cameron and his family were there for the Christmas reading at Epcot. His wife and ALL OF HIS KIDS (there are a lot of them) were in the Boardwalk Hotel's gift shop buying things for the room.

 

[alyssa810]

I met Derek Lowe (formerly of the Red Sox) in AK in 2003, just before spring training. It was very exciting for me, and his (then) wife was nice enough to take a picture of us! He's really tall!

 

[michelewdw]

We saw Cuba Gooding in Pleasure Island

Michele

 

[Mousenut8]

I saw Kelly Ripa at the GF on 11/29/07 . We had a 9:40am ADR for 1900PF and she was standing in the lobby with her entourage. I tried to discreetly point her out to my family but only a few of them saw her.

 

[mom2taylorandemily]

Back in 1995 when DH and I were on our honeymoon, we saw KC from KC and the Sunshine Band. He is very tall.

 

[BrianD]

September of '06, I almost actually ran into Kobe Bryant when walking through the World Showcase in Epcot one night. The funny thing was that earlier that week when we were in the MK, we wanted to ride POTC but it was closed at the time, and the rumor was that Kobe Bryant was in there riding it. Wasn't totally sure if that was true at the time, but it turns out that it was.

 

[angey77]

I have the ultimate WDW/celebrity story.
My DH and I were in WDW for Mardi Gras of 2006. Our last day there, we went to Epcot. We went to Soaring and were sick of being stuck on the last row on the end (every freaking time that trip). So when I saw how many were in front of me and our number was up AGAIN, I asked the CM nicely "Is there any way we can sit in the middle ... towards the front." He motioned for us to go forward and to my dismay, I saw three people already waiting for the prime seats. DANG! So we went to row 2 and leaned on the rail towards them.
Then I heard the voice ...
then I looked up ...
then I saw Roy Disney himself ... three inches from me!!!! EEK!!
So, it was just myself, my DH, Roy and his wife and a Disney Ambassador for the longest time. Should I talk to him? Should I bug him? Should I attempt to take a pic of myself with him in the background? OMG, he is the closest being I have ever seen to Walt himself!
I decided not to bug him ... mostly at the influence of my husband. I mean, Roy was trying to be somewhat low-key, obviously. So there I stood ... next to Roy Disney for the entire pre-show then had his shoes hanging in my face the entire ride. As we all left the ride, he went the opposite direction and ran into me, face to face, as people who were too excited snapped pics and blinded the man with flashes.
The pre-show was funny though. As soon as it started, he said "That's Elaine's boyfriend!" Roy is a Seinfeld fan!

 

[IrishBulldog]

On 11/30/07 DW and I walked into EPCOT next to Dave Matthews. I heard him talking and knew his voice right away. He was like 6 feet away from us, very cool.

 

[tink4ever]

Twice we saw Hulk Hogan and his family and another time we saw Tia and Tamara from "Sister-Sister." Pretty exciting.

 

[Disney MAINEiac]

I could literally run into Johnny Depp and not know it, I am too busy trying to have fun in the world to care who else is there. Of course if Cpt Jack himself ran into me, I might notice a bit, but otherwise I am just too Disney high to notice anyone else!

yep! same here I just don'tnotice "celebrities" at WDW, they're just other folks having a good time same as me.

 

[2angelsinheaven]

Love the Roy Disney story. I saw Mr. Disney once and I can't tell you how excited I was, way more excited than any celeb I've ever run into before.

 

[tracir]

A long time ago- in 1987- I was in 10th grade- they stopped the line for Space Mountain and let Motley Crue ride.
That was pretty exciting considering how big they were in the late 80s!

 

[TheLostRescueRanger]

the Roy Disney story is amazing! i dont think i would have been able to hold back, i would have asked for a picture

 

[LoveMyDisneyCats]

We saw Roy and his wife in the Animations building in MGM. We were walking through to get to the character greeting and a couple CMs ran past whispering (quite loudly) that Roy was headed over. When we got in line, we asked the CM there and he said yeah, they were told Roy was "in the building."
When we got home, I told everyone that I saw Roy. A real live "Disney" afterall- who wouldn't be impressed!!!!

 

[BigMickeyFan]

Gloria Estefan and her family were in the boat ahead of us on Splash Mountain last Saturday. I didn't realize it until after we got off and saw her in the waiting area where they show your picture. I guess I could have bought hers if I'd wanted to! I think she was there for taping the Christmas parade.

 

[angey77]

Yeah, another thing with Roy Disney, the CM in our loading area, I caught her eye and mouthed while pointing slightly "Is that Roy Disney?" Her eyes darted back and forth and with a big smile she mouthed "no" and then kept smiling. I caught her eye again and we both had big grins. I'm guessing she was thinking "OMG, if I confirm it is him and this woman causes a scene, I'll be fired!"