Meeting Marie in France?

[livibug]

My dd7 would LOVE to meet Marie from Aristocats. We have been 2 times before but have never been able to get a picture with her. My dd has been Marie for Halloween and sleeps with a Marie stuffed animal every night!

Does anyone know if she has scheduled times to come out or do you have to just get lucky and wait around for her? I hope I don't have to camp out in France all day while we are at Epcot.

Has anyone else met her and know about her schedule?

 

[Best Aunt]

If this is Marie, last March she was at EPCOT. I think it was near France. It seemed like she was there all the time, but I wasn't trying to meet her so I didn't really pay attention.

 

[disneycrazy2004]

We met Marie last December - she was in France! We were really surprised to see her! My DD loves her. The line up was really small and she took her time with the kids. I am not sure if it was on the character schedule, can't remember...but I am sure if you ask someone would know.....

 

[tegdig]

We saw her in France also, in a little gated area just in front and to the side of the big fountain. She was really wonderful. So pretty and so animated with the kids. Loved her.

 

[Mrsdennison]

We saw her in Aug. of 2010. I was getting a crepe and she was walking by with a handler. I don't know if she had been out for a while or what. It took a few moments for it to sink in who she was.

She was nice enough to give dd her hug as she walked by.

Mrsdennison

 

[ocean134]

Yes! She is there. She is posing for pictures in France @ EPCOT. She was rather popular and I noted that she went in for a break and immediately she came back out. There was no lag in between.

I was just in WDW as of Jan. '11. The time frame we were in France was around noon on a Sat. Hope this helps!

 

[dopeynme]

You can go to Guest Services and they will tell you where and when you can find any character that day. Then you can be the first one in line if you arrive early! But sometimes, a certain character may not be appearing that day.....they do give you a story about it.....One time, Dopey wasn't appearing because he put the key to the mine in his pocket and then he forgot where it was so he was locked in....

 

[Nadjalu]

We got a picture with Marie on Wed 2/2/11 in front of the France portion of Epcot. It was around 2-3pm and no one was there, we walked right up and got our pic.

She is very cute!!!

 

[m-tinkerbelle]

You can go to Guest Services and they will tell you where and when you can find any character that day. Then you can be the first one in line if you arrive early! But sometimes, a certain character may not be appearing that day.....they do give you a story about it.....One time, Dopey wasn't appearing because he put the key to the mine in his pocket and then he forgot where it was so he was locked in....

hahaha AWESOME!!!! I didn't know they did that

 

[Megkel]

We saw Marie by Club Cool. We walked out and there she was! The line was pretty quick but we weren't looking for her specifically just happened upon her.

I think the park print out with the parade times and such also has when characters will be out and about.

 

[*TheWigs*]

We saw her in December in France...it was late afternoon. She surprised my DD 8 as she is one of her favorites! We had never met her before and let her know that...she spent some extra time fawning over both my DD. Sooo sweet!

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Last week she was out in France & out very often.

The schedule has her times listed.

 

[Tanzanite]

My daughter and i did a 9 day mummy and me trip 2 yrs ago my daughter had a dress with marie on it we could not find her last year we went back i spoke to Guest services at Epcot as my daughter had a new dress marie handmade they told me to meet cast member outside the library at 3 they arranged for me to have special meet with her we got so many pictures dont know how to post they told me they were going to have her out every day so if shes not by the teardrop i think its called ask because she will come out.

 

[>Ash<]

they dont tell you every character...

they want you to stumble accross them whilst in the parks...

on your daily times it gives you the more popular ones but if you go to guest relations they will give you a printed version of the shedule which has more characters.

not sure if the CM should have given me it but hey-ho lol

 

[Tanzanite]

So many people were looking for her they bring her out more shes so cute my daughter was so thrilled to see her.

 

[heldon]

We just got back yesterday and she is in France, she does not have a scheduled time like the other characters in Epcot. We saw her in the afternoon and evening and she is only out for about 20 minutes at a time. If you ask a cast member if she will be back they won't give you a "for sure" answer.....Good Luck!

 

[Disney999]

She's one of my favorites. I saw her in France too.

 

[ocean134]

I had no idea she was so popular! But, like I said in my previous post, one Marie went in and immediately a new Marie came out. She must be very popular to have her schedule back-to-back like that.

 

[dmoore718]

We just saw her beg. of Feb... the times he is outside of France are listed on the parade/showtimes sheet that you pick up when you enter the Park. Have fun!

 

[liemge]

My DD9 Loooooves Marie. We saw her in EPCOT in both March and Dec last year! She seems to be mostly in France outdoors, but have seen her after the "exit" at the character greeting area in bad weather.
Good luck, because there is nothing better than seeing your child interact woth their favorite character!