Has Anyone Ever Seen A Celebrity In Wdw

[TGaines107]

I'm a huge Star Wars fan and have managed to hit at least one Star Wars weekend over the past 5 yrs or so. To me, those folks are stars in their own right for an epic I love. May & June of course are great months to hit DisneyWorld for close encounters with these folks!

 

[livinthedisneydream]

Pro wrestlers come to the world all the time. it's just that most people don't recognize them because the common demographic doesn't watch their programing. But they are there.

We saw Nature Boy Rick Flair in the concierge lounge of the Grand Floridian on our honeymoon July 97 and saw another wrestler in the hallway of the Poly Hawaii concierge building a couple years ago. Somehow hubby has lots of obscure info---I never would've known who they were.

Also, early Dec 2004 walking around World Showcase and saw Joey Fatone (Nsync) and family by France and about 5 minutes later my then almost 3 yo son darted out in front of a group. When I looked up to apologize for cutting them off, much to my surprise it was John Stamos and a couple of VIP tour guides!

At Disneyland on the day of Pirates 2 premiere we saw director James Cameron walking around and a few other stars walking the red carpet before they kicked us "riff raff" out of the park for the premiere.

Oh, and once while in Cindy's castle for bfast we saw a large group w/VIP tour guides. Turns out it was one of the Boston hockey players (can't remember which one)

Nothing as good as Stamos though!

 

[Suzerella]

Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca (Survivor winners and a couple) outside Main St. Bakery this July...

That's so funny - we saw them that same week - we were standing next to them at rope drop for MGM, and then ran into them another 4 or 5 times throughout the day. They were really nice to everyone that kept asking for pictures.

 

[paintnolish]

Ethan is a doll. he seems like he would be nice.

 

[kswm30b]

Last March 2006 when I was there I saw Michelle Kwan at AK filming something.

She was there for ESPN the Weekend, and with EE just opening, they took video & pics of her on the ride (I know they showed the video on Baseball Tonight that weekend.) The pic in my avatar is from that same time.

 

[goofyjoe]

Saw Mile Lowell (Red Sox) at Rose & Crown last March.

 

[ChefBilly]

My friend saw Victor Wooten on the dock at the Swan/Dolphin the week before last.

Victor is the bass player for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, and is one of the most influential, skilled bass players to ever walk the earth. The guy is mind blowing.

Yet he can still walk around WDW virtually unnoticed.

 

[smylie1]

Try not to get excited, okay? I know this will blow you away.

Back in the Eighties, I saw the lead singer from Simply Red getting VIP'ed around the rides. Yup. Try to contain your excitement. The one with the curly red hair. That one.

LoL. Makes me laugh to think about now.

OMGosh!! Now I'm singing..."never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna turn around and desert you"! As if it weren't bad enough, that's all I remember of that song so it's looping in my head!

I don't think I would ever recognize a celeb. without paparazzi unless it was like Brad and Angelina. I was shopping with some friends in Ashville when while standing outside a restroom, a tall dark haired "intense" woman asked me if it was full (naaa, we just like to stand in a line of about 10 people outside public restrooms). I said yes. As she walked away, my friend told me that it was Andie Mcdowell. I've loved most of her movies, but didn't recognize her from Adam.

 

[DisneyLover75]

LOL I think that was Rick Astley who sang "Never gonna give you up" LOL

 

[SuzieN]

Yep - Rick Astley sang Never Gonna Give You Up. Simply Red did Holding Back The Years - remember that one! I love my '80's music!

 

[Carolina Mouse]

We are a WDW family, but last T'Giving we went to DL. DW ran into John Voight in Downtown Disney while shopping. Another day we took the kids to see a taping of Disney's Corey In The House (before it had ever premiered) and they thought that was great.

In Fla, have run into Arnold Palmer a few times at his club.

 

[smylie1]

LOL I think that was Rick Astley who sang "Never gonna give you up" LOL

Oh yeah! My bad!!

 

[Chrisypoo]

Yep - Rick Astley sang Never Gonna Give You Up. Simply Red did Holding Back The Years - remember that one! I love my '80's music!

Me too...and I get so mad when my niece refers to it as "oldies music"

 

[Maggi May]

My friend saw Victor Wooten on the dock at the Swan/Dolphin the week before last.

Victor is the bass player for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, and is one of the most influential, skilled bass players to ever walk the earth. The guy is mind blowing.

Yet he can still walk around WDW virtually unnoticed.

Very cool! I'm sure my DH would have recognized him. We have seen Bela Fleck and the Flecktones several times and Victor is amazing.
We have tix to see Bela and Chick Corea in February.

 

[Pat329]

I love telling this story. About 10 yrs ago DH & I were in a very long, hot line at the Haunted Mansion. The little girl in front of us started to get scared the closer to the door we got. She wanted to leave but 'dad' didn't want to get out of line after waiting all that time knowing that she would love the ride. I thought I'd help out and started to tell her that they were friendly ghosts like Casper (showing my age) and that it was really a fun ride. She calmed down and decided to stay. 'Dad' turned around thanking me like I'd saved his life.....it turned out to be rocker Eddie Money. Some of you will be too young to know who that is but for my age group....it was a thrill!! He thanked me again as we were walking away from the ride. I still smile just thinking about it!

 

[Badgerfan]

A couple of years ago we saw Justin Timberlake with Cameron Diaz and some kid getting on Dumbo. As they were waiting by the exit to "enter" the ride, Justin noticed the family next to me video recording him and Cameron and came over and scolded them. He was literally 5 feet away from me........ he's kind of a little guy.

On a different trip we also saw John Stamos, Regis and Kelly and a couple of others roaming around mainstreet before getting ready to shoot the Christmas special a few years back.

 

[mickeymyfavorite]

Just got back and saw no one!

 

[Mischa]

Last weekend was the Soap weekend at MGM, and on Sunday night my friends & I were at the Grand Floridian and I saw David Canary of All My Children (with a CM and I think his wife). ANd I also saw Brandon Buddy who plays Cole on One Life to Live. I didn't speak to either of them because for one they both looked tired and I figured they'd had all day of screaming fans they probably just wanted to be left alone.

 

[banks37]

Just got back the 16th from a great, albeit crowded trip and have a celebrity encounter to report. It was 12:30 in the morning at MK. The park was practically empty when my wife and I decided to stop in at the watch store on Main St U.S.A. (the kids were at the hotel with gramma and grampa. My wife and I were the only guests in the store other than a mother and her child being shown some stuff behind the counter. The daughter saw a locket she liked and told her mom she wanted it, to which her mother replied that she could ask for it for Christmas. My wife and I thought nothing of it until the husband stuck his head in the door and said, "Kelly, we're gonna take off now". The husband I immediately recognized at John Travolta making the wife Kelly Preston. After she left the CM's were all abuzz about there celebrity encounter, I asked the one CM who was helping us if she sees celebrities all the time and she told me that was her first.
This encounter brought about a ton of questions, mostly from me about how a celebrity makes a trip to WDW. Do the make a regular reservation? Have their people call Disney people? Do they take the monorail back to the Polynesian if they are staying there or do the get their own 'Special' bus?

 

[Dawn68PA]

How neat! I can't answer any of your questions, but your encounter sounds very pleasant. It's so nice when celebs get that quality family time in too.