Have you ever spotted anyone famous at WDW?

[Brian_WDW74]

Since you can't plan to "bump" into a celebrity at WDW, we generally keep these types of threads on the Theme Parks Community board.

 

[pg0314]

Years ago, I saw Ed McMahon at Disney MGM (as it was called at the time). He was there to put his handprints in cement and do a meet and greet. We yelled "Hi Ed!" and waved but didn't approach him otherwise. We also saw Hulk Hogan during the studio tour ... he was way off in the distance recording dialogue in a sound booth but it was definitely him.

The biggest celebrity I ever saw was at Universal Studios, though. Jerry Lewis was getting off the Earthquake ride just as we were headed there to get on. Needless to say, we did a quick about face and followed him (discreetly and from a distance) just to be sure we weren't seeing things. He had family members with him and was taking a guided tour, so we didn't bother him. Just elbowed each other and giggled and said, "It's Jerry Lewis!!"

 

[CJBaby]

Of 30 or so visits, I've only randomly seen Joey Fatone in WDW (NSync to me, Dancing with the Stars to my mother-in-law). He was walking in front of us in Fantasyland with his wife 2 or 3 years ago.

I have to say I have never and will NEVER approach a celebrity that is out and about. It like asking a doctor you don't know to examine you at a party or asking a lawyer you don't know to give you advice at dinner. Give them a break!

 

[cyre]

Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister waiting to get on Everest...had a kid with him and a very pretty trophywifelooking woman with him. This was Oct 2010 i think. Another time, I saw a couple of the Osmonds at magic kingdom, there for a taping of some kind.

 

[karpy111]

Last year (June 2011) we saw Kobe Bryant with his wife and two daughters at Epcot. The girls were getting pictures with Belle and the Beast in one of the countries. The Bryant family looked so happy. Then they got a divorce about a month later.

 

[FancyNancy]

I saw Davy Jones from The Monkees at Epcot in 1998 or 1999 ( cant remembers which year). He played three concerts and signed autographs and posed for pictures after each show. I was with a friend who was a rabid Davy Jones fan so yes I saw all three shows

 

[Eljay]

I saw Davy Jones from The Monkees at Epcot in 1998 or 1999 ( cant remembers which year). He played three concerts and signed autographs and posed for pictures after each show. I was with a friend who was a rabid Davy Jones fan so yes I saw all three shows

Looking back now, you must consider yourself fortunate to have experienced that. Poor Davy.

 

[Glennie5]

That didn't happen to be either right before or right after the 10:30 Nemo show on December 13th, did it? We went to WDW that week specifically so my lovesick 14 year old daughter might get a chance to see NPH in person (yes, she knows she's not his type). We had great seats for the CP, and apparently had some near misses during our stay, but finally on our last day we saw him and his group slip into the Nemo theater right before the show. He was about 40 feet away and my daughter stared at him the whole time, and when he was walking out he was about one foot away from her. She couldn't speak without breaking into tears for two hours afterwards. He and his group went off towards the bathrooms after the show, but I wouldn't let my husband follow him. Now that I think about it, there was probably an escape door near there...

No it was Dec. 10th and it was at the Sea's with Nemo and Friends. He was doing the CP that night but we didn't go to it. We walked by and the crowds were crazy!

 

[skoobydoo]

Dam...It seems as though its not that easy to spot a celebrity after all!! For those that have been lucky enough to spot one, it must have been a very exciting experience!!!

Whether it be in WDW or not, I just hope we will bump into at least one famous person on our trip to the U.S.*fingers crossed*

Also thinking that we should go see a David Letterman show in NYC just to be sure....either way, we can't wait for this trip to begin!

Only 21 days to go now...woohoo

 

[sadossey]

I don't know about Disney celebrity sightings as we will soon be going for the first time. But if you really want to see some movie star types you need to plan a trip to L.A. One way to see a bunch of them is to be in town the day of the Oscars and go early that afternoon to the bar at the Beverly Hills Hotel(did this one year and sat about 3 feet from Jerry Seinfeld). You can't talk to them or bother them for pics and such but you will be rubbing elbows with them. Next best way is to be there the day of a movie premiere at the Chinese theater on Hollywood Blvd and just walk down there and watch them come down the red carpet for interviews(Did this with my daughter last year for Kung fu Panda and got pics of Brad/Angelina, Dustin Hoffman, many more). Or you can just be lucky, saw Courtney Cox and David Arquette at Capt. Andersons restaurant in Panama City, FL.

 

[CuteAsMinnie]

We were having lunch at GF Cafe. It was not crowded. Quite a few tables away there was a guy with bad 70's hair (most likely not all his own) wearing huge sunglasses, a woman also wearing huge sunglasses and a guy with a briefcase by his side. Just a LITTLE obvious they were trying NOT to be noticed. Finally we got our waitress to find out who they were.

It was Bobby Goldsboro. Anyone remember him? My kids said "who is Bobby Goldsberg?" OMGosh it was soooo funny!

 

[Eljay]

We were having lunch at GF Cafe. It was not crowded. Quite a few tables away there was a guy with bad 70's hair (most likely not all his own) wearing huge sunglasses, a woman also wearing huge sunglasses and a guy with a briefcase by his side. Just a LITTLE obvious they were trying NOT to be noticed. Finally we got our waitress to find out who they were.

It was Bobby Goldsboro. Anyone remember him? My kids said "who is Bobby Goldsberg?" OMGosh it was soooo funny!

He had some hits in the 60's and his own TV show in the 70's, but I haven't heard anything about him for years.
Tell you the truth, I didn't know he was still alive.

 

[DueyDooDah]

Vincent D'Onofrio, (Robert Goren Law & Order:Criminal Intent) spotted my wife and I in Epcot on a previous trip but for some reason he didn't recognize us . He was with his kids and he looked like a real Disney fan. He seemed like a very happy man.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_&_Order:_Criminal_Intent#cite_note-cireturns-1

 

[skoobydoo]

Vincent D'Onofrio, (Robert Goren Law & Order:Criminal Intent) spotted my wife and I in Epcot on a previous trip but for some reason he didn't recognize us . He was with his kids and he looked like a real Disney fan. He seemed like a very happy man.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_&_Order:_Criminal_Intent#cite_note-cireturns-1

Haha I like your humour

 

[skoobydoo]

I don't know about Disney celebrity sightings as we will soon be going for the first time. But if you really want to see some movie star types you need to plan a trip to L.A. One way to see a bunch of them is to be in town the day of the Oscars and go early that afternoon to the bar at the Beverly Hills Hotel(did this one year and sat about 3 feet from Jerry Seinfeld). You can't talk to them or bother them for pics and such but you will be rubbing elbows with them. Next best way is to be there the day of a movie premiere at the Chinese theater on Hollywood Blvd and just walk down there and watch them come down the red carpet for interviews(Did this with my daughter last year for Kung fu Panda and got pics of Brad/Angelina, Dustin Hoffman, many more). Or you can just be lucky, saw Courtney Cox and David Arquette at Capt. Andersons restaurant in Panama City, FL.

Wow..some awesome names here!! I would love to go to the Oscars (or LA for that matter) but this will be our first and only trip to North America, hence the reason why I am so eager to see someone famous on this trip!!! I would love to meet someone like Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory or Alan from 2 and a half men

 

[heaven2dc]

Wow..some awesome names here!! I would love to go to the Oscars (or LA for that matter) but this will be our first and only trip to North America, hence the reason why I am so eager to see someone famous on this trip!!! I would love to meet someone like Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory or Alan from 2 and a half men

I would definitely recommend visiting LA for star spotting! I visited in January and we had VIP seating for the Jimmy Kimmel Live show so we got to see Madeiline Stowe and Will Arnett (it was fun having them wave to us and look over at us during the taping of the show). We were walking along Hollywood Blvd near the Grauman Chinese Theatre and there was a movie premiere event for the Awakening: Underworld movie and saw several stars (we hid behind a pillar where security didn't spot us and got several pics of the stars as they arrived in limos).

Oh....one sighting was when we were eating lunch at The Farm restaurant in Beverly Hills right before I had to leave for the airport. My son's gf spotted a guy walking from the back of the restaurant to the front with sun glasses on and she whispered "Isn't that Joe Biden?". My son turned around as he was walking past our table and said "Yes!" I asked who it was because I couldn't quite hear them, my son said "the Vice President" and I said "the Vice President of what?". My son cracked up and said "the VP of the United States!" (my son's gf works for Sony Pictures so I thought it was another VP from one of the studios lol) I jumped up, went to follow Biden out to see if I could shake his hand and take pics (he was by this time in front of the restaurant taking a pic with a family). By the time I got out there he was walking away and so I followed him walking next to Secret Service security guy and asked if I could shake the VP's hand, the security guy didn't say anything but VP Biden heard me, turned around and waved SO that was one of my celeb sightings lol oh and I saw Dan Marino in WDW at Indiana Jones sitting in front of us, plus have have met Sally Field, Bob Hope (when I was little, I actually kicked him in the shins because he kept rubbing the top of my head and messing up my hair when my dad & I went to a book signing lol I was only 5 but very rude of me!)

 

[PHLtoMCO]

I really hope you don't. Unless they're doing a meet and greet, they're there on a vacation, just like you, probably with their kids. Would you enjoy being stopped every time you turned around for someone to take a picture of you or ask for your autograph while trying to get your kid a Dole Whip? Or get on a ride? If you do see a celebrity out in public, leave them alone. Even if it's in Hollywood or LA on the street. To interrupt their day is just tacky.

Eh- if their kids are around maybe it's a different story, but really, it comes with the territory and anyway some celebrities that I've seen like Will Smith and Paris Hilton thrive off of that stuff.