When meeting characters with two children

[Hezzy04]

when you meet characters and have 2 or more kids, so your children take turns meeting the characters, or do they go together?

There are some characters where I would love to have a pic with my girls individually (for their individual favorites) but I also like the idea of photos of them together with the characters. Just wondering how everyone else does it.

 

[Gracie09]

when you meet characters and have 2 or more kids, so your children take turns meeting the characters, or do they go together?

There are some characters where I would love to have a pic with my girls individually (for their individual favorites) but I also like the idea of photos of them together with the characters. Just wondering how everyone else does it.

We've done it a variety of ways. Some of both with the character, some just with each girl. It really depends on how long the line is, if one is feeling shy, if one is super excited about meeting her favorite etc

 

[MUtiger98]

Mine go up together. Sometimes I will ask the older one (10) to hug the character then step away so her little sister can have a little more one on one time with her favorite. It's never been a problem for her to do so. Also, if you have MM, I found that sometimes the photographer has managed to get a shot of one kid hugging the character while the other is waiting.

 

[Shmily01]

We usually do them together. That is only so the people behind us don't have to wait for both of them to have their picture. That being said, I personally don't have a problem waiting for a family in front of us to have each child's pic taken. We just choose not to do them separate.

 

[mom2rtk]

We have visited Disney with friends a couple times and my daughter would meet characters with another girl her age. We would alternate who would go first and remind them in line who was first this time. One would go up, quick photo, the other would join, quick photo, the first knew to step out, then quick photo with the second girl. As long as you have a plan, it doesn't really slow things down.

 

[clambert1273]

We did it both.... we usually did one pic with all of us together, one with just the kids, then one each individual kid (if they wanted)... took MAYBE 5 min tops lol

 

[goofy4tink]

I've been behind families with many kids...each child had their own shot taken, then a group shot of all the kids, then a shot with just mom and dad, then one of the entire family. It was actually kind of funny! But, there are always those who will grumble about larger groups taking so much time...why can't they just do one shot and move on. BUT.....that complainer will take their time getting the shots they want with little concern for those behind them!!!
So, moral of the story? You paid admission for each one of those kids.....they can each get a photo with the character!!! And a group shot as well!!!

 

[ModernArtist]

My girls always go up together. But they're twins and do everything together. I honestly don't think I have any pics of only one of them with a character. Never really thought about it until now. I think I will ask them on our upcoming trip if they want seperate pictures with any characters. I have a feeling they won't. It's just who they are.

 

[Ceryssa]

My girls did a mix of both. Sometimes they asked to go separately, sometimes they went together. I left it up to them

 

[angierae]

We have visited Disney with friends a couple times and my daughter would meet characters with another girl her age. We would alternate who would go first and remind them in line who was first this time. One would go up, quick photo, the other would join, quick photo, the first knew to step out, then quick photo with the second girl. As long as you have a plan, it doesn't really slow things down.

This is what I would do. (And I have no problem with people taking time with characters to do multiple photos. It's exciting to meet characters, and you should get the photos and the interaction you want. I'll wait. )

 

[OurLaughingPlace]

We have visited Disney with friends a couple times and my daughter would meet characters with another girl her age. We would alternate who would go first and remind them in line who was first this time. One would go up, quick photo, the other would join, quick photo, the first knew to step out, then quick photo with the second girl. As long as you have a plan, it doesn't really slow things down.

This is what we've always done with our girls. That way you get individual pictures and the two of them together. IMO, if they've both stood in line for the M&G then they should both be allowed individual pictures. And if it's done in this manner, you are right that it's not slowed down the process at all.

 

[ttintagel]

I've seen families do individual pictures with each kid. Since you;ve only got two, I can't imagine anyone objecting unless you took your time over it, having multiple poses with each child and stuff. When I o with another adult, we usually each get a picture and then sometimes a group one, but we always make sure to be quick about it so we're not monopolizing the character's time.

Another idea is to decide ahead of time which characters you'd really like to have individual shots with and which ones where it doesn;t matter. Then , you could get just indies and no group with the former, and just a group and no indies with the latter.

 

[elaine amj]

We mostly did family pics although occasionally it was one by one - it depended on the character. Of course, the kids had their individual autograph books and that always took a little time. It takes less time when we just let the Photopass staff do their thing vs handing our camera to them for a family shot.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

My kids typically meet each character together at the same time and don't get their own pictures. But I also have a husband who is psycho about not holding the line up so he's always rushing them through character M&Gs. I personally think there is a happy medium between what he enforces and what would be acceptable. Belle also completely ignored him (AND the grumbles of the others waiting) one time during Characterpalooza and kept a conversation going with my kids for well over 5 minutes. I did kinda feel bad that time, but she was definitely calling the shots.

 

[mom2rtk]

My kids typically meet each character together at the same time and don't get their own pictures. But I also have a husband who is psycho about not holding the line up so he's always rushing them through character M&Gs. I personally think there is a happy medium between what he enforces and what would be acceptable. Belle also completely ignored him (AND the grumbles of the others waiting) one time during Characterpalooza and kept a conversation going with my kids for well over 5 minutes. I did kinda feel bad that time, but she was definitely calling the shots.

Yep, sometimes the character calls the shots! We told our 2 sons when we went to Akershus that they didn't have to be in any photos. Well, Mulan had other ideas and insisted on a photo with our "princess and her 2 bodyguards".

I suppose a nice mother would have deleted the photo later......

 

[tobikaye]

Here is the thing, sometimes the characters themselves will add in additional time as the pp indicated. I usually take my sister to visit characters, so normally we should only be a minute, two tops. There have been many times where she has had up with 5 minutes of character interaction before they even get to posed pictures. Since it is the character guiding the interaction, there really is nothing for anyone else to do.

The only times I have been aggravated by people in front of me was when they have been unorganized. This is usually the family that wants autographs and photos, but does not have their book/pen or camera out and waits until it is their turn to dig it out even though they have been in line for 5 minutes. Or the large extended group, that all rush up to the character at once and talk over each other trying to figure out how they want pictures with that character.

 

[mom2rtk]

The only times I have been aggravated by people in front of me was when they have been unorganized. This is usually the family that wants autographs and photos, but does not have their book/pen or camera out and waits until it is their turn to dig it out even though they have been in line for 5 minutes. Or the large extended group, that all rush up to the character at once and talk over each other trying to figure out how they want pictures with that character.

Agreed. That really makes the difference.

 

[Dash7]

This never occurred to me until my daughter mentioned that she wished she had a picture of her with a princess without her sister in it. (sisters, amirite?) And that in all of our pictures with a prince and a princess, she had always ended up next to the prince. When I looked at the pictures, she was right. I hadn't even thought of it. So after that I make sure to get a picture of them individually and then together. And if we are meeting a prince and a princess together we get one and then switch sides.

 

[ruthies12]

Agree with previous posters, as long as you have a plan and are organized it really doesn't matter how many pictures you want, you won't slow things down that much. Just make your decisions ahead of time and make sure your kids are on in the plan.

 

[Silvermist999]

We always had both kids take the pic with the characters at the same time. I think DH & I only got in a couple of pics with Sorcerer Mickey at DHS and Pooh et al at AK.