Its cute. Some people get weirded out. Ymmv. It's not really prerecorded, so he can make comments specific to the person visiting. We take it in every time we go, but I wouldn't say it was not to be missed.
We (2 adults) used a 5th FP+ on a whim before leaving the park. It was great! The group ahead of us spoke Spanish, so Mickey spoke Spanish to them. He talked to DH about golf, did a magic trick, and told us we should head to Tony's for a romantic meal. We're two engineers and are pretty hard to impress, but we left wondering why we've never done it before!
There is FP available but it can't be guaranteed that Mickey will converse with you.
We were in MK recently on a crowd level 5 day and immediately after a downpour, there was a posted 35 minute wait for Mickey. FPs were gone by 5:30 that day - we were at the City Hall kiosk to see if we could pull a 4th for Mickey before heading to TST.
We saw him at MNSSHP. He told us a Halloween joke and asked if we would like a picture. My DD 14 wasn't that impressed (but, you know, teenager...) but my DD 7 liked him and talked about it several times after we got home. I wouldn't say it "not to be missed" but if you can make it there and it is less than 30 minutes wait, then go for it.
My DD15 and I thought it was so fun, Mickey was so fun to talk with. He asked us about the HM and if any hitch hiking ghosts followed us over from there. He had us take pictures like we were hitch hiking and when we left in a near perfect HM voice he said hurry back! We loved it and we went w/o a FP and only waited about 15 minutes in the morning in Early April this year.
We loved it and it created one of my best memories of WDW with my grandson. We try and go right when it opens- everyone is rushing to get to rides and the line is virtually non-existent. It is a must do every trip now. He's talked both times we saw him.
We loved it. I passed a note off before hand about proposing so he wasn't caught off guard. yes the timing is a bit off and it can be awkward but it was fun
I picked this up as a swapped FP+ on the day of when we found we didn't need the one we had booked for Splash. He sang happy birthday to my DD and it made her day. He really was pretty awesome to see.
The CMs will not confirm while you're waiting if he's talking or not. We got lucky in October and he talked. I got an awesome video of him saying "Oh look, a princess!" and them my daughter giving him a huge running hug. Totally made the trip worth it (among other things)!!!!
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