What else to say to the characters???

[TLC371]

I just found this thread and I LOVED reading it! Both times we have been and met characters, I never know what to say or do with them, so I'm just boring and get pictures. The first time we went, we had my boyfriend then 6 year old with us, last year we had his 12 year old with us. The 6 year old had much more fun with it all, and the 12 year old looked completely mortified that she had to wait. I'm sorry, I paid for the tickets, I like getting pictures with the characters!

When we took the 6 year old, he did some cute things with the characters. He asked Rafikik where his stick was at, and he motioned that it was back in his tree house. He asked Goofy if he knew that he was his favorite, and Goofy nodded yes. When we left, Riley said "Remember, you're my favorite" and Goofy tapped his head like he would remember. The cutest thing was when he met Minnie. He walked up to her and said "So, uh, I hear Mickey is your boyfriend." and she nodded. Then he said "Ya know, he's, uh, right over there." Minnie turned and looked, then held her hands to her heart. It was so cute. Then he started singing Hakuna Matata to her, and she was dancing and loved it. After we took the picture with her, I started walking away towards my boyfriend. We turned to make sure that Riley was behind us and there we see him, just hugging Minnie and not wanting to let go. It was so cute.

When we went with the 12 year old, we got to meet a few of the princesses. That was my favorite part. I remember as we were getting ready to take our picture with Jasmine and Aladdin, Jasmine asked if my boyfriend was our royal photographer. I thought that was funny. Minnie had to work hard with Brittany, but she did manage to get a smile out of her when she kissed Brittany and then me on the cheeks.

I think the funniest encounters was one we watched. The people in front of us meeting Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum were trying to get the little girl to get a picture with them. She looked maybe 3 or 4 and she was scared out of her mind. One of the people with the little girl was trying and trying and Tweedle Dum wasn't helping any....when the little girl wasn't looking, he started lurking up, tip-toeing behind her. The other person in the family, the one taking the picture was just dying of laughter. They finally got the little girl up between them, with I'm guessing her mommy, holding her. Right as the other person (we're assuming it was grandma or an aunt or something) took the picture, Dum reached over and touched the little girl on the shoulder, and the look on the little girls face was priceless!

 

[MissMickee]

This is great stuff, can't wait to have my nephews try some of it out!

The last time we went in 2003, we were at Chef Mickey's for breakfast and my mother, apparently not thinking ahead about her outfit, was wearing an Universal Studios t-shirt. Ohhhhh, let me tell you, she got many "comments" about that! It got the the point where she just hung her napkin from her neck just to cover it, ever after she was DONE eating!! Very funny!

 

[chilihead]

While eating at LTT last May Meeko came to our table. My dad had no idea who or what he was (Pocahantas is waaaaay after his time). So my dad asked, "What are you? A badger?" Meeko flipped! He tried to kick my dad out of the restaurant while Chip and Dale laughed and laughed. It was hilarious. For the rest of the night the characters kept coming to the table and wanting to hear the story.

That same dinner we mentioned to Chip and Dale how my DS6 had lost his two front teeth and was the same as one (Chip or Dale, I can't remember which ones the teeth together) and opposite of one. They loved that and even drew a little picture in his atuograph book.

My friends who just got back from DL said they asked the bear from Kenai who would win in a fight between him and Turk. They went at it Matrix style right there in the restaurant. The bear actually pinned Turk down! Her family was laughing so hard; they couldn't believe it.

A few years ago my DS (then about 4) and I were walking after a parade. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum snuck up behind us and snatched my popcorn bucket and pretended to eat it all. They wouldn't give it back!

Last year Rafiki and Timone were signing autographs and the handler asked if anyone had seen Lion King 1 1/2 yet. My kids and I yelled that we had! Handler asked if it was any good...Rafiki was starting to shake his head and we said, "We loved it! Timone was HILARIOUS!" Well, that got Timone up and running. He was really animated and shaking our hands and giving lots of hugs.

 

[jennz]

Yeah - I love this thread! We (mostly DD, 7) asked a lot of character questions because of this and had a blast! Here are some:

Prince Charming: Do you take Cinderella on vacation? A: We don't have a lot of time because of our royal obligations but we do sometimes get to go to our castle in Tokyo. ( )

Princess Leia: How do you do your hair? A: Very carefully! Part it down the middle, roll up the side and use a lot of bobby pins.

Aurora: Does Prince Philip give you roses? A: Yes, and he removes the thorns.

Jedi Mickey: Is Minnie Princess Leia? A: no, and he was all sad.

Minnie: Have you been outside to play with Pluto and Mickey in your yard? Yes, and she made a heart with her hands. I asked her if Mickey was going to marry her soon (got that from the boards!) and she shrugged and shook her head and we had some fun with that.

Queen of Hearts: Have you played any croquet recently? Do you still use flamingoes? A: Yes still play croquet, then shook her head sadly about no flamingoes and pulled at her head and neck,which I took to mean it would be "off with her head!" if she did.

Donald: I think you're #1! A: He jumped up and down and nodded and kissed her.

Genie: Do you still live in a bottle? A: Yes, but it's a lamp. It took a lot to get the word "lamp", and at one point I thought he was telling us he lived in the lamp with the CM who was him. She was mortified at that thought! It was pretty funny.

Snow White: How are the dwarfs doing? A: They're doing great, I baked them a gooseberry pie today and Grumpy's in a better mood.

Darth Vader: I think there's still some good left in you! Then she went to hug him and he ran away from her. It was hilarious! She looked at me and says "Mom help!" So we group hugged him and he did his breathing bit and raised his fists to the sky.

I can't remember the rest of them, I hope it comes back to me! DD will probably remember. We had a blast figuring out what to say to them while we were waiting in line. I'm glad I found this thread!

 

[donnab2005]

This is a great thread. I am taking notes for July trip

 

[greenyskp]

Just last week we ran into Woody from Toy Story twice. The first time, when it was my turn to see him, I ran him to him and yelled

"Woody!!! There's a snake in your boot!!!"

He freaked out and started running around shaking his boots around and then stop and motioned for me to look in his boot to make sure he was clear. And I told him he got rid of it. And he hugged me.

Then, the second time I ran to him at full speed, grabbed his hand and said "Woody! Somebodies poisened the water hole!!!" And he got all heroic looking and asked 'where?' and I motioned the other way and he shook my hand and started went off in that direction. Leaving all of the people in line. I was like OMG. These people are gonna be mad. Then he came back, gave me a Woody Pin (!) Patted me on the head, took a picture and went back to greet the rest of his guests.

I love Disney. Thanks to this thread!!! Me and the characters interact much better then we did before.

 

[Daisy'sMom]

I asked Tigger for a bouncing lesson on two different occasions and got two different versions
I scratched Pluto behind the ear on two different encountors. The first time he tapped his foot. The second time he fell over into my husband as though I had put him to sleep.

I asked Minnie is Mickey has proposed yet and she shook her head no and pointed to her left hand to show that she had no ring. I asked if she had thought about maybe looking at Goofy or Donald since Mickey was dragging his feet and she put her hands to her head and shook her head no.

Donald "beat up" our Pal Mickey and seemed to agree with my husband when he wondered why there was no Pal Donald available instead.

Dale gave me a hug and kiss and I told him that he was my new favorite character so he took my arm and began to lead me away from the table. I then asked who was smarter him or Chip and he stared at me and very diliberately pointed at himself. I asked if Chip knew this and he shook his head no. Both agreed that their acorns were safe from Donald. Chip really appreciated that he got to have a whole page in my autograph book to sign. I told him that he did not have to share with Dale since he has to do a lot of that already.

I asked Eyeore if he was sure he had not lost his tail and he shook his head yes and turned around so I could see it.

I asked Piglet if he had been cleaning his house.

On one occasion I told Pooh that I had a rumbly in my tumbly. Another time I asked if he had a rumbly in his tumbly and if the kitchen had him any honey. When he shook his head no I said that I would have a talk with the chef and see to it that he got some honey.

I asked Cinderella how she gets her hair to stay up in the humidity and she said that her Fairy Godmother can do wonderful things.

When asked about Flounder, Ariel said that he plays hide and seek with his new best friend Nemo.

Mary Poppins said that Bert was currently feeding pigeons and was going to teaching them how to tap dance soon and Uncle Albert was doing very well and was not currently on the ceiling.

I keep thinking and will post anything else that I've forgotten.

 

[SorcererDonald16]

Consenus seems to show wear your Pal Mickey and go meet Donald because I did it too (without really thinking about it), and left with one of the funniest memories of my trip.

I walked over to Donald at MK during EMH last week, and was excited because I'd never met him before and he's my all-time favorite. He goes to put his arm around me for the picture, but immediately sees Pal Mickey. He then gets in front of me, holds Mickey up to his beak/mouth and starts making sounds like the cartoon version of Donald does when he's mad. Then he takes him and puts him behind my back before he'll pose for the picture. It was hilarious, and I'll never forget it.

 

[meeko_33785]

Great thread. I've enjoyed reading what everybody says to the characters.

When I met Snow White and her Prince, I told them how I played The Prince in a high school production of the story, and we had a nice conversation about that. The Prince was very glad to hear that everyone called me "The Prince" during the production and not "Prince Charming" (Cinderella's Prince's name).

Cruella absolutly loves compliments! One time, she told me that she would not have her picture taken because the wind was blowing her hair. I told her she looked fabulous and she was more than happy to pose.

You could also ask Pocahontas how she says "hello". I know she taught me how to say "win-gap-o" (complete with hand movements) the first time I met her.

 

[TaraBoss]

Our last trip to WDW, my DS4 decided that he wanted to meet all the princesses(not sure why, but that was his plan). So while DH and DS6 were riding rides, we were introducing ourselves to the princesses. Anyway, they really fawn over little boys-probably because they don't normally have much of an interest in uckie girls. Parker would introduce himself and ask if he could have a kiss. When we met Ariel, he leaned over to kiss her and lost his balance and the photographer got a picture with him touching Ariel in a place little boys shouldn't touch-you should see the look on her face!

Here's the MAGICAL part of this story-the next day we were in MK again and Parker spotted Aurora on a hill. He ran right up to her and she bent down to him and asked him his name. When he answered Parker, she said "Oh, Parker Ariel told me she met you yesterday!" She then plastered a big pink kiss on his cheek and winked at DH and I, who had our jaws on the floor trying to figure out how she knew him. Turns out Ariel and Aurora were played by the same gal that week-I can't tell you how special that experience was, we will never forget it!

 

[rabyoga]

This recent trip in May we finally got to see Donald Duck(My hubby's favorite-he was wearing his Donald Polo Shirt and we got a Donald as a Devil pin). My hubby, daughter and I say to Donald, "You're better than Mickey!" Donald proceeds to sign my daughter's autograph book, "Donald Duck #1". We did the same thing to the Donald at AK, who does the same thing.
With Tigger, my daughter and I bounced in our picture. We gave him a "TTNF"..
I told Minnie that Mickey needs to give her a ring soon. Then I told Mickey that a gal like Minnie won't wait forever.
At MGM, I sang.. "Oh, Mickey you're so fine. You blow my mind Mickey.." Mickey danced a bit for that. A few hours later, I saw his handler in a gift shop who replied she loved my " 80's" tribute to Mickey.
Last May, Princess Leia asks my daughter if she is a Jedi. My daughter replies that she was(My daughter got to be in the parade that day). Leia tells her that she is so glad to see a Girl Jedi. My daughter loved that. Kept saying Princess Leia talked to her.
My daughter and I take Karate together.. Our sensei(teacher) loves Buzz Lightyear and uses Buzz stance when he shots his ray as an example for us to get a particular stance (Seisan Dachi). When My daughter and I saw Buzz when had to get him in Seisan Dachi.. It's a great picture.
*** Speaking of characters, adults sure can get crazy... Standing in line to see Mike and Sulley , the lady in front of us with her young daughter(5 or 6yr) actually pushes her daughter out of the way and runs to Mike shouting .. 'I love you Mike W." (The daughter was fine. The mom didn't push hard or anything like that. IT was just so funny seeing an adult do that-which I mention to my hubby.) I then proceed to do the same thing to my 8yr old daughter cause I couldn't wait to hug Sulley. My hubby says to me, "Couldn't wait to see Sulley, huh?" and just starts laughing...

 

[babar41]

bumping

Enjoying this thread so much, wanted to keep it going!

 

[cascarlet]

My dh does this EVERYTIME

Seems like everytime we go to Goofy's Kitchen at Disneyland Goofy's son Max is there and my dh ALWAYS asks him, so Max who's your Mom?

AND everytime he just shruggs his shoulders to say I don't know!

It's pretty funny.

Marianne

10 more days until our first trip from California to WDW!!!

Pop,Mom, Brandon & Maggie Kate

 

[undertheseas]

Great thread!

Last summer we were watching the Cars and Stars parade when Cruella walked by. DD yelled out "DON'T STEAL THE PUPPIES!" Cruella came by with her hands on her hips so DD did too and Cruella said "You are THIS small compared to me and I can squish you like a bug!" I got the cutest picture, one of my favorites.

Then at Epcot we ran into Aladdin and Jasmine. Just as we got up to them, they started to walk off and I got upset but I didn't need to worry. Aladdin picked up DS and said "I want you to meet my friends" just as the vacation bus came by and all of the characters waved. Priceless! Now DS is dying to meet Capt Hook, he wants to challenge him to a duel

 

[cascarlet]

The BEST, BEST, BEST time we've had with a character was The Mad Hatter at a character breakfast. It wasn't crowded at all, there was just a handful of people dining. Mad Hatter came to our table and greeted us and asked how we are and my dh said grabbing his (own) stomach I'm hungry!! Well my dh is not easily embarrased, but I think this may have been the one time in his life that he was. The Mad Hatter said, no problem..I can fix that and he ran around like the lovable loon that he is and went from table to table taking other diners plates with their food on it and brought it to my dh until the whole table was covered with other people's plates!!!!! We just sat there in shock! Some little girl came to our table and said..hey, that's my plate!! Jasmine was sitting at the table with my dd and she was just shaking her head and saying to my dd "oh that Mad Hatter". We were laughing so hard we couldn't believe it. Luckily everyone else had a good sense of humor about it too.

After we ate, we were the only ones left and the Mad Hatter had a "private" tea party on the floor with my dd and her friend. He had the girls in stiches when he was asking if they wanted sugar and he open the sugar packets and was waving his arms all around while sugar was flying all over the place. He had this teapot & cup playset and luckily I got some really great photos of the whole thing.

Marianne

 

[hucifer]

DH and I went to Chef Mickey's. Goofy was making the rounds and stopped at the table next to ours. The little girl at the table begged Goofy to pick her up, and he obliged.

Next thing I know, my 6'5", 250-pound husband jumps up from eating and yells, "Me too! Pick me up too!"

Goofy sizes him up, takes a deep breath, and...

...picks him up.

 

[Ishy]

My 11 year old plans on asking and keeping track of answers to the following question asked to all the characters he encounters:

Q: What is your favorite ride at Universal?

 

[shalinao]

A few years back (BC - before children) my family and I were at AK in Camp Minnie Mickey on the character trails. At the time I was a total TIgger fan, decked out from ears to socks in Tigger so when we met him I of course told him he was my absolute favorite. He started bouncing around and I asked if I could give him a kiss. He said yes of course then turned to my DH and asked if he could take me away, my loving DH said yes so Tigger tried to take be back to the Hundred Acre Woods I guess... . I eventually had to tell Tigger that I was spoken for and I couldn't run away with him. He was sad but gave me a big hug.

This isn't really what to say to characters but more as a great character interaction. On a more recent trip, my dd then 1 1/2 was reaching her limit and was getting quite cranky we were getting ready for our PS for the Ice Cream Social at Garden Grill and was REFUSING to sit in her high chair. Well, Mickey came up and asked me if he could pick her up. I of course said sure. After a few minutes Mickey told my dd that she needed to sit in her high chair, he got her sitting and strapped in with no fuss. We had so much character interaction there, it was great.

 

[imagineerhopefull]

This is a great thread! Some of them have really made me laugh. Will deffinitly have to ask some of these the next time I go

 

[experiment626mom]

This last trip my stepdaughter got to meet Lilo and Stitch. The two of them are priceless. Stitch licks my dsd and while taking a picture I yell you "tastes like chicken." Stitch's head snapped up and comes up to me and grabs my hand and bends down as if to kiss my hand I start to laugh and say "tastes like pizza." Stitch laughs gives me another lick rubs his tummy and runs back for pictures.