Those darn rare characters

[marconat]

I've seen Pain and Panic in the Mgm parade... and they came over to say hi! to my son... but not really a meet and greet one... Still have it on film ha!

 

[marconat]

HugsForEeyore, I love your site, very helpful. Continue the great work

 

[HugsForEeyore]

HugsForEeyore, I love your site, very helpful. Continue the great work

Thanks!!! It took 6 months of scanning, database work, and computer code to get it running!! But looking for characters is a fun hobby to have, as it gives me many excuses to get back to Disney over and over! And I got to update a bunch of characters still, as things are always changing!!

 

[Corryn]

Here's a few photos of characters I never see at the parks, but here they were at MNSSHP:
Queen of Hearts (who my youngest is very afraid of!)

Captain Hook:

Here's Scrooge McDuck admiring my DH jewelry

DD's with Snow White's Evil Queen

DD's with Maleficent

Not a good photo, but DD's with Ratcliff (is that his name?)

THere are SOOOOOOO Many characters out at MNSSHP!! We went and visited them in front of the castle later in the evening....They were all just standing around just waiting for people to come up to them! It was awesome!
This year I will not use the Night Shot mode on my camera...It really ruined the photos...

 

[Corryn]

I second the "visit guest services" they can call the character hotline for you each morning and give you times/parks/locations where those characters will be appearing (if they are out that day).

Good luck
Sandy

Oooohhh....I didn't know that!
There is a DIS'er who frequently visits because she lives locally. She has a photo in her signature of her daughter with Jimney Cricket!!! I love it!
Now that is a rare one......
What a great idea. I'm going to do that on our next visit. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Fly me with Balloons]

Ask every day at the customer service areas in the parks, ask multiple times. Also ask the character handlers. They ofetn know what is going on back stage. You might get lucky. good luck

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

lovinpoohbear, that is a great site! I had never seen that before, thanks for posting! I guess that they'd never have Tinkerbell at any of the parks for pictures, would they?

we went on the KTTK tour a few years ago and i asked about why Tinkerbell never does any meet and greets. so the CM informed us that "Tinkerbell is too small of a character and that little kids would constantly be asking why she's so big in the parks, but so small on tv".........so i ignore it even tho my initial reaction was "what about all of the characters from Toy Story? what about Lilo and Stitch? what about the fairies from Sleeping Beauty? etc"

there's rumors about maybe bringing Tinkerbell out for meet and greets sometime soon.

i know i saw footage of a parade at Disney Sea in Hong Kong and she was on one of the floats.

 

[Ms Emily]

You guys have been really helpful, thanks a bunch. Now could somebody tell me how I can break it to my son that he most probably will only meet a few characters that he wants? He still believes in the magic(I wish I still did) and I don't want his time to be ruined....

 

[Ltl Mermaid]

Wow, this is great. I am going to MVMCP, are there a lot of special "rarer" characters there or just MNSSHP???

 

[HugsForEeyore]

Wow, this is great. I am going to MVMCP, are there a lot of special "rarer" characters there or just MNSSHP???

This is just my opinion, but I thought MVMCP was terrible on the characters! I didn't find one single new one, unless you count Santa Claus (but he was at Magic Kingdom and Downtown Disney during normal park hours, anyways). I went last year and the rare ones were the Snow White Prince, Abu, Bullseye, Bert from Mary Poppins, and Scrooge. Maybe some other rares, too, that I am overlooking!

But MNSSHP rules where it comes to characters! Over the last three years, we found rare ones like Pain, Panic, Scrooge, Big Bad Wolf, Maleficent, Rolie Polie Olie, Zowie, Stromboli, Quasimodo, Clopin, Esmeralda, Phoebus, The Snow White Witch, Frollo, Walrus, Thumper, Sora, Prince Phillip, Darkwing Duck, Jane Porter, Tarzan, Bullseyes, and Abu. Probably some other rare one I can't think of, too! But that is over three years of parties, and I feel the number of rare characters at MNSSHP has declined in 2005, but usually there are enough for a character lover to find!

But if you are just going to MVMCP and have not spent all your time in recent years character hunting (like me and my fellow character hunters ), then MVMCP may be just right!

 

[123SA]

Has anyone seen Pocahontas lately -- other than her show at AK

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

But MNSSHP rules where it comes to characters! Over the last three years, we found rare ones like Pain, Panic, Scrooge, Big Bad Wolf, Maleficent, Rolie Polie Olie, Zowie, Stromboli, Quasimodo, Clopin, Esmeralda, Phoebus, The Snow White Witch, Frollo, Walrus, Thumper, Sora, Prince Phillip, Darkwing Duck, Jane Porter, Tarzan, Bullseyes, and Abu. Probably some other rare one I can't think of, too!

*dies* i first read that and thought it said FRODO!! i was thinking "omg Frodo is at MNSSHP?! i'm so there!" lol!

 

[Joanna71985]

Has anyone seen Pocahontas lately -- other than her show at AK

I have seen Pocahontas at the Ferry boat dock in Liberty Square and also at Rafiki's Planet Watch in AK.

 

[makinorlando]

I have seen Pocahontas at the Ferry boat dock in Liberty Square and also at Rafiki's Planet Watch in AK.

That is where we have seen her too. I had not seen her at the Ferry boat dock until a couple weeks ago - she was with Meeko that day!

 

[brivers222]

I have heard rumors there is supposed to be a Captain Jack face character... Any truth or sightings yet?

IF you got pics please post!

 

[The Sweetness]

Jack Skellington & Violet aren't meet & greet characters.

Darn! my 14y old is a dead ringer for Violet, I would have loved to get a pic of them together. Just to prove that my DD wasnt realley a superhero

 

[queenarmadillo]

You guys have been really helpful, thanks a bunch. Now could somebody tell me how I can break it to my son that he most probably will only meet a few characters that he wants? He still believes in the magic(I wish I still did) and I don't want his time to be ruined....

Theyre on vacation in EuroDisney or Disneyland.

 

[Joanna71985]

I have heard rumors there is supposed to be a Captain Jack face character... Any truth or sightings yet?

IF you got pics please post!

There is. He just doesn't do meets. I have a picture that I will upload later.

 

[Corryn]

I have heard rumors there is supposed to be a Captain Jack face character... Any truth or sightings yet?

IF you got pics please post!

Someone posted a photo of Jack Sparrow doing a little show in front of POC, but I can't remember which thread....But He's There!

 

[ChrisnKim913]

Saturday we saw Capt. Jack outside of POTC. He is EXACTLY like Johnny Depp, kinda creepy. But sounds, looks, and acts just like him. Also on Sat. we found Brer Fox at the exit of Splash Mountain.