WDW Character Interaction Ideas

Updated: 5/12/2013

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Many guests who visit with characters merely walk up, get their book signed, take a photo and walk away.  The average time a guest spends with a character is less than one minute.  They are missing out on some great fun, Disney Character Interaction and maybe even funny things to say to a Disney Character.  Characters are always ready to play with the guests and may need a simple prodding to do so.  My friend Tom Biglin contributed a great list of what to say to Disney characters.  I added a few things from my own experiences as well.  After reviewing the list, contribute things YOU say to a Disney Character!
What to say to Disney characters
The Toy Story Characters DO NOT fall down when someone says, “Woody is coming.” Just an internet myth. They would be lying on the ground all day with the number of people trying this.
Aladdin Refer to Aladdin as “street rat” and see how he will respond.
Aladdin Ask him if you can take a ride on the magic carpet with them.
Aladdin Ask him if you can see the magic lamp of the Genie.
Aladdin Ask Aladdin what his most precious jewel is.
Aladdin Ask Aladdin what the Cave of Wonders is like inside.
Alice Be sure to say “How do you do?” and shake hands.
Alice Ask Alice what color are her favorite flowers? White
Alice Tell Alice that today is your Unbirthday!
Alice Ask Alice what ingredients are in a sauce fit for Kings. (pepper, salt, vinegar, peppercorns, and mustard seeds)
Alice Ask her how many impossible things she has accomplished today.
Ariel Offer Ariel a new Dinglehopper fork
Ariel Ask Ariel if you can become a mermaid
Ariel When posing with Ariel, ask if she will make a “fishy face”
Army man Ask Green Army to march with you then pose with a great salute
Aurora Ask Aurora if she likes to takes naps
Aurora Ask Aurora what her favorite dress color is
Aurora Ask her if Philip is a good kisser
Aurora Impress her with your knowledge of her names. Aurora, Briar Rose and Sleeping Beauty
Baloo Ask Baloo to demonstrate how to use the claw to pick a pear so you do not prick yourself.
Baloo Bring a plastic pear to offer him as a gift.
Baloo Tell him you have been working hard and need him to demonstrate how to get the Bare Necessities.
Belle Ask Belle for a book recommendation
Belle Tell Belle that Beast is very big and scary
Belle Always greet Belle with a hearty “Bonjour.”
Belle Ask her what she thinks of Gaston.
Belle Ask her about her favorite invention by Maurice.
Buzz Tell Buzz he is a toy…a  T. O. Y. toy!
Buzz Ask Buzz if you can push his reset button
Buzz Ask Buzz to go into Latin mode
Buzz Ask Buzz what exactly is beyond infinity
Captain Hook Stand behind Captain Hook and go tick tock, tick tock or call him a codfish
Captain Hook If he is alone, ask him where Mr. Smee is
Chip/Dale Ask Chip/Dale if they are squirrels, gophers or rats
Chip/Dale Ask Chip/Dale which one are you
Chip/Dale Ask Chip/Dale who has the better dance moves
Chip/Dale Give Chip/Dale a bag of acorns
Chip/Dale Ask them which one is Alvin and which one is Simon.  Ask where Theodore is at.
Cinderella Offer her a shoelace to keep those shoes on her feet
Cinderella Offer to trade her one of your shoes for her glass slipper.
Daisy Propose marriage to Daisy or ask for a kiss
Daisy Tell her she does not need Donald, she can have you.
Donald Ask Donald where Mickey is
Donald Ask Donald why he doesn’t have as much stuff in the parks as Mickey
Donald Ask Donald why he doesn’t wear pants
Donald Tell  Donald he is #1 or even better #2
Donald Tell Donald he is handsome
Donald Tell Donald you like him better than Mickey
Donald Tell Donald you like his performance in the Aflac commercials
Dug Ask Russell where Kevin is.
Dug Point and shout Squirrel to Dug.
Dug Tell Dug that you do not like the Cone of Shame.
Eeyore Ask Eeyore where his tail is
Eeyore Show Eeyore your muscles
Eeyore Tell Eeyore “I’m sorry, I didn’t notice you there”
Eeyore Tell Eeyore it looks like a beautiful, or gloomy day.
Fairy Godmother Show her an object and ask her what she can turn it into.
Fairy Godmother Ask her if she has any spare glass slippers
Fairy Godmother Ask her how you can find your prince / princess
Flynn Rider Ask him to see what is in his bag
Frozone Tell Frozone it seems a bit warm in the room
Frozone Call Frozone “Lucius Best”
Gaston Gaston loves to compare muscles
Gaston Talk to him about all the really small animals that he has on his Tavern walls
Gaston Discuss your like or dislike for LeFous Brew
Gaston Ask him how often he goes hunting
Gaston Ask him who is the love of his life
Goofy Ask Goofy if he’s ever taken Pluto for a walk
Goofy Ask Goofy if he has ever taken Pluto for a walk.
Goofy Ask Goofy if he does his own stunts.
Goofy Tell Goofy you would like to learn to become a Musketeer, then he will show his swordplay. Correct yourself and say you would like to become a MOUSEketeer.
Handy Manny Manny loves spanish. Greet him with “Hola!” and leave with “Adios”
Handy Manny Show Manny that you can count to ten in Spanish
Handy Manny Bring along your favorite tools to get Manny to demonstrate.
Jake Pirates love to be greeted with a hearty “Ahoy!”
Jake Tell Jake that you just saw Capt. Hook
Jake Jake loves to meet kids dressed as pirates to help protect Neverland
Jake Show Jake your pin collection and refer to it as your treasure
Jasmine Ask Jasmine how Raja is doing.
King Louie Tell Louie that he is your favorite monkey. You know he is actually an ape.
King Louie Ask Louie if he was elected as King or if he was born into a royal monkey family.
King Louie Louie loves to dance, just ask.
King Louie Wear a fake crown and tell him that YOU are the king.
Lady Tremaine Ask Lady Tremaine how much hairspray it took to hold her hair up like that
Lady Tremaine Ask Step Mother which daughter is her favorite
Marie Tell her there is a dog right beside her!
Marie Ask her if she prefers water or milk
Mary Poppins Ask Mary how come your room doesn’t clean itself when you snap your fingers
Mary Poppins Ask Mary where Bert is
Mary Poppins Tell Mary Poppins that you heard only Mary Poppins can say   “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” backwards
Merida Ask her what her longest caber toss was.
Merida Ask her how she learned to be a great archer.
Merida Ask her how she learned to be a great archer.
Mickey Tell Mickey that Donald is 1 to you.
Mickey Tell Mickey that you are going to propose to Minnie since he has waited so long.
Mickey Talk to Mickey about your favorite flavor of cheese cake.
Mickey Ask Mickey how he feels about the destruction of his Toontown home.
Mike Wazowski Greet Mike with “Hello Googely Bear”
Mike Wazowski Tell Mike it is “Bring an obscure relative to work day”
Mike Wazowski Ask him if he would like a yellow snow cone
Mike Wazowski Bring along a sock and dangle it in front of his eye
Mike Wazowski Bring along a sock and dangle it in front of his eye
Minnie Ask Minnie if Mickey has given her a ring yet
Minnie Compliment Minnie on her outfit
Minnie Bring a Ring Pop and propose marriage to Minnie
Mr. Incredible Call Mr. Incredible “Bob Parr”
Mr. Incredible Challenge Mr. Incredible to a biggest muscles competition or arm wrestle.
Mulan Ask Mulan how to be an honorable child
Mulan Ask Mulan to demonstrate her martial arts ability
Mulan Ask Mulan if she ever appeared in her armor
Naveen Ask Naveen what it was like being a frog
Naveen Ask Naveen if Tiana is a good kisser
Naveen Warn him to avoid palm readers
Naveen Ask him what country he serves as a Prince
Peter Pan Tell Pan you are from Texas, the Lone Star state
Peter Pan Greet him with a loud “Cock a doodle doo”
Peter Pan Ask Pan how the lost boys are doing
Peter Pan Tell him you recently saw the Old Codfish
Phineas and Ferb Bring along a small lawn gnome and tell them the forecast for the day is “hot with a slight chance of lawn gnomes”
Phineas and Ferb Ask the guys if they have done any cattle herding lately
Phineas and Ferb Bring along a cupcake and ask the guys if they have a gorilla to help celebrate the birthday of your sister
Piglet Ask him if he would like a sausage biscuit or BLT
Pluto Ask Pluto where Mickey is
Pluto Give Pluto a dog biscuit
Pluto Tell Pluto he is a good boy for taking pictures with you and scratch him behind his ear
Pluto Tell Pluto he should get a never-ending supply of dog bones
Pluto Tell Pluto you can’t choose which is your favorite dog
Pocahontas Greet Pocahontas with a hearty Wingapo!
Pocahontas Tell her you think her necklace is beautiful
Pocahontas Offer her some sunsweet raisins – she loves the sunsweet berries of the earth
Pocahontas Offer her some sunsweet raisins – she loves the sunsweet berries of the earth
Pooh Ask Pooh how come they let him out with only half a shirt
Pooh Ask Pooh why he doesn’t wear pants
Pooh Ask Pooh where you can locate some honey because you have a rumbly in your tummy
Princesses Complement Princesses on their dresses
Rafiki Bring a Simba plush.  He’ll lift it up like in the movie
Rafiki Ask Rafiki if he is a baboon – he is a mandrill
Rafiki When leaving say “Asante Sana.” It means “Thank you”
Rapunzel Ask her what type of hair products she uses
Rapunzel Ask her if she has her frying pan nearby
Rapunzel Ask her where you can find Eugene.
Rosetta Ask her for some great gardening tips
Rosetta Ask her what her favorite flower is
Rosetta Bring her a beautiful flower
Russell Show Russell your Wilderness Explorer call. Caw, caw, Roar
Russell Ask Russell to tell you which is his favorite Wilderness Explorer badge.
Russell Ask Russell where Kevin is.
Snow White Ask Snow White who her favorite dwarf is
Snow White Give Snow White an apple
Snow White Ask her if she will whistle with you
Snow White Ask her if she can name all 7 Dwarves
Step Sister Ask one of Cinderella’s Step Sisters to sing
Step Sister Ask the Step Sisters which is the pretty one
Step Sister If they are at the side of the castle, ask the stepsisters when Cindy will be   arriving. Have your video camera ready
Step Sister Offer your son to marry one of them
Stitch Ask him what his badness level is
Stitch Greet him with “Aloha!”
Sulley Greet him with “Hello Kitty”
Sulley Pose for your photo is a scary pose
Sulley Offer Sulley some deodorant (put a fake label on it called Wet Dog)
Tiana Ask Tiana who is minding her restaurant
Tiana Ask her if she is willing to share her Jambalaya recipe
Tiana Tell her you prefer donuts over beignets (benyays)
Tiana Ask her what it was like to kiss a frog
Tiana Wear a Kermit shirt, she loves frogs!
Tiana Bring along a stuffed frog
Tigger Ask Tigger if he is a boy or girl
Tigger Bounce with Tigger
Tigger Tell Tigger he should have his own ride
Tigger Tell Tigger you can bounce higher than him
Tigger Instead of saying goodbye say TTFN “Ta Ta For Now”
Vanellope Tell Vanellope that she has your vote for President
Wreck-it Ralph Tell him, “I’m gonna Wreck-it”
Various Ask character to show you their muscles
Vidia Ask Vidia to take your daughter, if she is dressed like Tink
Woody Ask Woody if Andy’s name is on the bottom of his boot
Woody Tell Woody there is a snake in his boot
Woody Ask Woody for a showdown
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250 thoughts on “WDW Character Interaction Ideas”

  2. Anonymous says:

    At character dinners, especially ones where all of the characters are from the same story like at 1900 Park Fare, I like to ask all of the characters how old they are or how old Cinderella and Prince Charming are. It’s funny to see the huge array of answers they will give. Obviously the age of the characters is not something that they go over in the character training ;-)

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  3. Lisa says:

    You have now give Hubby a mission for this trip – ask the craziest questions possible to embarass the daughter and her BFF! Thank you! It may beat my idea of having the characters spell out her name for pictures on the wall.

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    • nicolette says:

      I love your idea! Our little one is still a bun in the oven so it will be a few years before we go again, but I will definitely be having them spell their name out.

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  4. Meech Loves Mickey says:

    Last year I had my son go up to Lady Tramaine and the Step-Sisters and tell them they needed to be nicer to Cinderella. It was too cute! They were in shock that he would ask such a thing and kept saying that they were ALWAYS nice to her. The sister in blue said that Cinderella was the one who wasn’t nice and that Cindy had put a mouse in her tea. My son thought that was hysterical!

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  6. Laura King says:

    Whatare you tips for interacting with the Villians at the MNSSHP? We are attending our 1st one this year.

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    • Lindsay Contreras says:

      Always bow or curtesy to the queens and say your highness. They love it and usually intreact better. Ask Jefar where diago is? When you see Malificent tell her she is always welcome to your parties anytime she can pop in. When you see king Louie you will need to people for this pic. He does see no evil hear no evil speak no evil photos so his hand usually go on his choose then you do the other too it’s
      A great photo memory. Ask Tarzan to teach you to pound your chest and chant ahahahah. Let him inspect your bugs for hair. Tell him it was a jungle to get into to see him tonight. When you see anyone toy store characters yell out loud every watch out Andy is coming. They should Lay down on the ground. You lay with they take a pic and then someone yells all clear false alram! It’s a great fun!

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      • funn! says:

        I tried the toy story, “Andy’s coming!” With Jesse last week in California adventure park, and the assistent nearby said Andy doesn’t own them anymore, so I think what every the girls name that he give them to at the end of the 3rd movie would work

      • Brittney says:

        They are not allowed to do that anymore..I guess too many people got hurt or started messing up the costumes but no matter what name you yell Andy or the little girls they will not fall. There will be no reaction with any of the characters

    • Laura the best way to interact with the villains is to get cheeky!! We went to the party at DL last year. They love it when you’re brave and stand your ground! If they try to scare you sniff in sustain and tell them ‘it will take more than that!’ They then up the anti and that’s when it becomes REALLY fun!! I won’t give anymore away. But still curtsy and bow at the beginning :)

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    • We went to the Halloween party at DL last year!
      The best way to interact with the villains is to get cheeky!! They LOVE it!If they try to scare you, sniff in distain and tell them ‘you’ll have to do better than that to scare me!’ After that they up the anti and that’s when the fun REALLY begins!! I won’t give anymore away! But still show respect when you first approach. Enjoy!!

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  7. Lexi says:

    I have a cute story regarding Jessie. When I met her I gave her two options to what page she could sign in my autograph book. I said she can get her own page or she can sign on the page Buzz signed on. She was so cute debating between the pages. Finally she picked the page that had Buzz’s autograph. She covered the page with hearts!! Later that day I showed the page to Buzz and he loved it!!
    Another thing you can do with Peter Pan is ask if you can be a lost boy or if you’re a girl you can ask if you can be his mother. Then you get to audition to be his mother!! Make sure you have a good short story to tell him!!

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  8. Jenn says:

    Great suggestions!! We are going on our first trip to WDW and we will have to use some of these!! Thanks a bunch

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  9. Karen B says:

    I was thinking of bringing a slice of bread with me and whenever I see Aladdin I would tell him ‘Today you will not get in trouble’

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  10. jadavis says:

    Have you heard if anyone has ever asked one of the characters to sing with them?? We’re going for the first time in Sept and I would love to sing with Mary Poppins the lullaby song from the movie that I sing to my girls (Stay Awake…) , but don’t know if she’d do it…

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  11. Anonymous says:

    When we met Chip and Dale last year, my son (not yet two) was carrying a snack trap with crackers or something in it and the handler told him to be sure not to let Chip and Dale try to get his snacks, so being the mischief maker he is, he would hold a cracker out and then pull it back when they went for it. :-)
    And when we were next in line to see Donald (at AK) and he had to take a break, we were told he was taking a call from his lawyer because Daisy had run up the bill on his credit card again by buying too many shoes.

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  13. Mariah says:

    This interaction wasn’t vounltary, but it’s definitly the most memorable:
    Picture this; An 18 year old girl walks up Tigger and Eeyore outside the hat at DHS. She tells Tigger “You’re my favorite!” Eeyore then proceeds to run away to the corner “crying”. It takes the 18 year old literally two minutes of apologising and several hugs to get Eeyore to come back and take the picture. As she leaves, Tigger is showing off for the next guest. A cast member says to her, “We think you may have given Tigger a complex!”
    That is my story. I was that girl.

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  16. Kristin says:

    We have way too many to count. My daughter is bigtime into characters! She is also autistic and her lack of filter often provides for great entertainment!

    She met Ariel in mermaid form in her old grotto when she was 5 1/2….ran right up to her and with much delight and all seriousness said…..”nice shells”. Ariel and the CMs got quite the kick out of it….

    She loves Minnie so for many greets, she will unintentionally ignore the other character. Mickey played it up and started to cry. My daughter ended up hugging and dancing with him. It was such a great interaction….

    But our best is Prince Naveen last summer when my daughter was 8.By far he has been the most magical for us. Last August, my daughter ran into him after the first night, she was hooked (and so was I!). He remembered her every night, greeted her by name and said how he missed her. She is not a kid who goes up, poses, asks for an autograph and walks away. She talked to him about making gumbo, the swamp, what it was like to be a frog and dancing. Our last night he asked her to stay and in between other guests, my daughter and Naveen danced and talked and waved to the parade….pure Disney magic!

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  17. Julie says:

    If you’re at Crystal Palace, you can ask Pooh why they serve pork on the buffet line. Usually he giggles. Then you can tell Piglet that Pooh thinks it’s funny that there’s pork on the buffet.

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  18. Rebekah Mc says:

    One of our favorite character interactions was with Flik. My six year old daughter asked him, if he was an ant, why he didn’t have 6 legs. He motioned that a child plucked off two of them.

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  19. Amanda says:

    Great list! My 4-year-old asked every princess in the park about their favorite color. Just an easy icebreaker for a little kid. On another trip, my son was wearing a Pirates of the Caribbean shirt so Tink was afraid of him and asked him if he was a pirate. Soon after, we saw Captain Hook. He saw Tink’s name in the autograph book and stomped and turned his back on us. Very funny guy for a silent character. He offered his hand for a high-five and then pulled it away. Repeatedly. Older 2 kids thought it was funny but it made my 2-year-old cry. Upon seeing her cry, he got dismayed and jumped over a rope into a garden and picked her a flower. She still wasn’t sure about him but the rest of us will always remember him as our favorite. There should be a lot more bad guys in the parks. We can’t wait to meet the Tremains this time. Not sure if I want to hear their singing though.

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  20. Anonymous says:

    I have a friend whose 6yr old son was posing with Tiana. She went to kiss him on the cheek and the boy started squirming and pulling away from Tiana. He put his hand up in a stop motion and with the most serious look on his face said, “there is no way you are kissing me, I dont want to be turned into a frog!” Prince Nivian doubled over laughing.

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  21. Anonymous says:

    Just back from our first family holiday to disney and my 3 year old son loved meeting on the characters. He offered chip n dale nuts and they accepted each time he loved it. He really wanted to meet caption hook and mr smee and we were fortunate to meet them at DHS at the character palooza. He tried to hug captain hook, who stood shaking his head the cast member said he didnt do cuddles so my little one then asked is that because of the crocodile. Captain Hook then got very animated cause Lucas had mentioned it, he then said said ‘dont worry captain hook I have killed the crocodile’ to which he then got a hand shake and high five from captain hook made my sons holiday. My embarressment came from Jessie and Woody, I didnt want ine picture with them at MK but they insisted, jessie came and put her arm around me and made woody chaseme round in a circle till i got in the photo very funny and slightly embaressing

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    • Mariah says:

      My youngest sister had got the end of her hair died a bright vibrant purple, and Dug tried to eat her hair because he thought it was grape juice XD

      My guess would be many of the Pluto suggestions would work with Dug.

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    • Lindsay Contreras says:

      Ask doug if he got his AARP card yet? And ask Pocahontas about colors in wind and rivers etc anything nature as her about mekko. She loves it! Ask John smith about guns!

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    • Heather says:

      I wore origami earrings when I met Pocahontas. She came right up to me and asked about the strange items I had dangling from my ears.

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    • Elizabeth says:

      Last year I took my 2 yr old son to animal kingdom, unfortunately he was asleep when we ran into Pocahontas, so she kneeled beside him kissed his head and took a shushing picture with him. She was very sweet.

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  25. Nicole says:

    I can’t believe I didn’t find your site until two days before my trip. All of this is wonderful. Thank you for the time you put into this!

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  26. audra williams says:

    In 2009 my family went the first week in December. We were meeting Goofy in Santa outfit and I said to my son “Elijah I bet Goofy is hot in that suit”. Goofy stepped out, waved at the line waiting, pointed at me, then pointed at himself and fanned himself like saying “Hey this lady thinks Goofy is HOT!” My son still remembers and laughs about that one.

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  27. Allyson says:

    When I was a lot younger my family and I went to Disney world and my mom went to take a picture and all of a sudden my stroller started moving and when I looked back Chip and Dale had stollen me.

    Another fun story is when I went to meet Alice she asked for my name and told her it was Allyson and she said oh just like mine “Alice in” Wonderland that made my day so much better.

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    • Heather says:

      Chip and dale did the same to me when I was little. My parents have pictures of them taking me away and skipping down the sidewalk to the playground that was in toon town and playing with me there.

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  28. Mariah says:

    This past December at 1900 Park Fare, my brunette sister wore green and blue, and I (a red head) wore pink and curled my hair. The stepsisters took notice. It was a lot of fun.

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  29. Krisann says:

    While getting my picture made with Donald Duck, my dad said “Smile and say I like Peking Duck.” Donald reacted instantly, by marching up to my dad and indicating that he was “watching him.” It was extremely entertaining.

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  31. jennifer says:

    my family went to Disney California adventure a few years ago. while walking through the park we saw goofy posing for pictures. we were going to wait but my aunt said it was too long of a line we would come back later. goofy heard and didn’t like it, he proceeded to chase us down grabbed my aunts arm and dragged her back and made her stand in line. then when it was our turn he came over and herded us all over but when my dad and uncle stayed behind to take the pictures he made them join us by spanking their bums in a way to say move it. it was hysterical.

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  34. Melissa says:

    This past December – alot of the characters would wear my boys Mickey ears. :) But my favorite was with Chip and Dale. We waited for them to take a quick bathroom break. They were playing with my 2 boys and then Chip sat in my son’s stroller and my oldest boy pushed him around alittle. They thought it was so funny. Everyone in line got a kick out of it. Sully had alot of fun with my boys too – he took my son’s Mickey hat and held it up so they couldn’t reach it – so we have photos of payton trying to jump up and grab it. :) Then he put it on Mike. :) They were both laughting so hard at those two silly monsters. :)

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  35. Corbs says:

    We went for the first time with our 7 year old daughter last fall. I have a few tips that made our character interactions AWESOME!

    -Frozone/Mr. Incredible – ask them who is the better bowler… they pointed to each other, and when Mr. Incredible turned around to sign my daughter’s autograph book, Frozone came over, tapped my husband on the shoulder… pointed at himself, and put his finger to his mouth as if to say “Shhhh!”

    -Mickey Mouse – ask him to wiggle his nose – and he will do it! (I have NO idea how!)

    -Naveen/Tiana – ask them where Ray is – this was one of our daughters favorite things – they told her that at night, if you look at the top of the castle – you will see a light …. on the “steeple”… and that is where Ray hangs out because he doesn’t like to be around too many people, but likes to see what is going on. She looked for “Ray” every single night that we were there!

    -Jake From the neverland pirates – ask him if he has any Gold Deblumes… and as your kid is giving him a hug (and can’t see what’s going on)… his “helper” pulls one out and he gives it to Jake who then gives it to your kiddo

    I created an autograph book that has each characters picture and name on it. The characters thought it was AWESOME to have their OWN page. (Possibly able to share)

    That’s all I can think of for the moment, but let me say … this website helped us TREMENDOUSLY…
    Thanks Kenny!

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  36. Kirsten says:

    Wicked Witch – Ask her if she knows Snow White, or tell her how much you like Snow White. We were going to a Princess Lunch when we ran into her, she was very unhappy we were going to eat lunch with Snow White. :)

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  37. Amanda says:

    We had a great interaction at Disneyland this year at the Plaza Inn Minnie and friends breakfast. Captain Hook was one of the characters walking around and my 3yo daughter was really scared of him. We kept telling her he wouldn’t come to our table and just as we were about to leave he started coming our way. It just happened that Dale was right beside our table and over heard us telling our daughter that it would be ok… Well Dale started to protect us from Captain Hook and acted very tough to scare him away… When that didn’t “work”, Dale then made crocodile motions with his arms and Captain Hook went running in the other direction until we could make it “safely” away! Haha. It was soooo cute and fun to have that special time and attention from the characters!

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  38. Nichole says:

    My son is 4, and we just had our first trip to Disney World. He has a Toy Story hat that has a large Buzz Lightyear on it. He’s worn it so much, that it’s nearly worn out. When we met Buzz, my husband showed his “helper” the hat. Now, Buzz has fat, stuffed gloves so he uses a stamp in the book. Well, when they saw how worn and loved that hat was, he went off to the side and used a Sharpie in those fat hands and signed under the brim for my son. It was so awesome, and now my son has a unique souvenir from his first trip. It really meant a lot to him, and I was seriously impressed at how neatly Buzz wrote his name with those giant gloves on!

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  39. Omg, we had so many completely unintentional personal interactions with the characters! :-) . Some of the most memorable were…

    Duffy – my daughter had a Duffy bear that she was carrying when she met him. Of course Duffy made a huge deal out of it, playing with it and then posing for a pic with my daughter with it.

    Chip and Dale – my daughter had her Duffy bear with her here also and chip and dale kept putting it on her head and being silly with her.

    Prince Phillip – my daughter was wearing her sleeping beauty T-shirt and prince Phillip pointed at her shirt and said, you’re wearing my princess!

    Alice in Wonderland – my daughter had a Hello Kitty doll we had bought in Japan while in Epcot. We had also bought a very Alice looking outfit and put it on the doll. When Alice saw that, she had a long conversation with my daughter about her cat Dinah and what pets my daughter has, etc.

    Doug and Russell – we were the last in line before they had to leave, so after spending a lot of time with Doug trying to lick my daughter’s Belle doll and my daughter’s head, when they left, Doug offered his hand to my 4 yr old nephew and the two of them walked off together hand in hand until Doug reached his door to the cast member only area. Made for some very sweet and touching pictures!

    Merida! – my daughter had dressed as Merida in a handmade dress my mother had made, with the bow and arrow set and the Merida shoes from the Disney store. When we came up to the garden where her meet and greet is in the magic kingdom, we found out that she would be returning in 30 minutes. Since we had waited in that line for over an hour the year before for Rapunzel, we asked to wait. When Merida returned, we were first in line when they opened the doors. Merida saw my daughter, ran down the ramp to meet her, and walked hand in hand back to the top. She showed my daughter her bow, had a little session where she showed my daughter how to hold her bow, let my daughter wake up the bears, had a long chat with her, then signed her autograph book with ‘Emily, be brave lassie! Merida’. Such a magical experience for my little girl!

    And there were so many more in addition to these. Remember, the characters and cast members know how to (and want to!) make everyone’s trip magical! Just give them the opportunity and watch the magic! :-)

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  40. coastinganon says:

    As someone who spent four years of her life knowing several of the characters “inside out”, I can tell you that most of these suggestions are really great and the characters really appreciate the guests who go that extra mile.

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  41. Barbie says:

    My two sons and my nephew were in our group that meet up with Chip & Dale. They all started playing pranks on each other and doing funny poses? It was a good 20 min that the characters played with us! They were great!!! Love that world!

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  44. Toni says:

    I took pics with Chip and Dale and had them sign a picture for me. The pen had Donald on it. They didn’t like it too much. They pretended to punch the pen.

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  45. Sara says:

    My sister and I (both in our 30s) met up with the 2 ugly stepsisters and their mother early in the morning and had a talk with them and posed for pictures. Later in the day we saw them on one of the floats during the parade and they remembered us!! They loved my sister’s pink jacket.

    We were in line to get Turks autograph and he saw my stepdads birthday button..stopped everyone and sang Happy Birthday to him.

    Also I was just about mauled by Goofy on the parade route…I had my hand out thinking that he would just slap it on his way by. Boy was I surprised..he pretty much grabbed me in a huge bear hug and smacked me with his hard nose in the face…ha ha.

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  46. carol says:

    I work for and orthopedic surgeon and while trying to ease a four years olds fears getting her cast off she told me her favorite princess was Rapunzel. Two weeks lateri was at Disney world and asked Rapunzel to help me out. She half a sign saying merry Christmas Kendall
    Made her day at her next office visit. Thanks Rapunzel

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  47. Kelly riley says:

    Flynn Rider- call him Eugene! He will either act really embarrassed (as in hiding behind a nearby curtain) or “discreetly” ask you to “keep it a secret”.

    Rapunzel/Ariel- if it’s a holiday, ask them how they are going to be celebrating (these two are the least knowledgeable of our customs)

    Any/all- ask them about other chars!!! (Flynn and naveen have especially funny opinions of each other).

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  48. Jennifer E. says:

    When I was 6 my family went to Disneyland. Well about 4 days prior to our trip I was in a kids folding chair when it collapsed and almost severed 2 of my finger tips. Not being able to cancel the trip, due to my parents saving for a long time for it, I put on my brave face and wore a bandage on my hand after my surgery and put my arm in a sling. My hand hurt and the sling was huge and covered my hand. My parents convinced me I wanted good memories and not to mope. I tried to not mope but was failing miserably. So we wound up waiting for photos with Chip and Dale. They made it worth while! My mom kept trying to get me to smile and when I wouldn’t. They both started poking me. In defiance I waved my bandaged and holstered arm at them. At which point they acted very shocked and kept looking in the sling trying to find my hand! When I finally started relaxing they started acting out what they though happened. It was fun. And even though they were grabbing what I am sure they knew was an injury they did it very gently and in a way that turned a rather bummed child into one who began to enjoy her stay.

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  49. Micah says:

    We went to dinner with the princesses in Epcot, and Belle suggested to my cousin Claire a book about “how to teach fish”. Also, after we talked with Ariel and took pictures, she told us to “Have fun on our feet today!” Being a Disney princess must be the best job in the world.

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  52. Lisa says:

    We took my daughter to Disney when she was learning to walk. We were in AK and Pluto was waiting for the rope drop at Camp Minnie and Mickey. He saw me walking her holding both of her hands and motioned for me to give him her hands. I asked him if he was taking her for a walk and he nodded :-) . A great picture and a great day!

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  53. brightblondie23 says:

    Here are some things I’ve never tried, but would love to hear the outcomes:
    -What would happen if you called buzz lightyear Mrs. Nesbit?
    -How would any character from, “Bug’s Life” react to somebody carrying bug spray?
    -What would happen if somebody gave Ariel a tutorial on how to use a fork?
    -How would Pluto (or Goofy) react while in the middle of a conversation, the person yelled, “Squirrel!!”
    -See what happens if you bring a roman candle to rapunzel.
    -Tell a character from “Finding Nemo” that you either had seafood for lunch, or fish (describe with great detail)
    -Ask Mr. Potato Head (from Toy Story, but I’m not sure they have one in the Parks) if he likes french fries, or ask him if he would like fries with that
    -Ask one of the army men to “drop and give me twenty!!” see what they do
    -Ask one of the evil stepsisters what size shoes they wear
    -Ask Sleeping Beauty for mattress recommendations
    -(before entering the parks) go online and order M & M’s that say things like: eat me, give me away, give to a friend, get happy. Give Alice (from Alice in Wonderland) the whole bowl, and see what she does
    -Ask Alladin or Flinn Rider what they think of the other person
    -Give Alladin a piece of bread
    -Ask Tiana for her Gumbo recipe
    and finally…..
    If you ever see a group of villains together (maybe at the halloween parade?) Ask them which is the most evil, or horrendous, and try to see if they get into an argument

    *Sorry if this list was very long, but if you read it, you’ll enjoy the imaginary outcomes*

    If you completed any of the ideas shown above, please write about them here…..Thanks:)

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  54. Dashakrazny says:

    Last year, I was with my big family at Disney land. It was me, my four younger sisters and my little brother was three at the time in line to see the princesses. We saw Tiana, and Ariel who all loved my little brother. But Belle was flirting up a storm with him. She made him a promise to wait for him till he was old enough to marry her. It’s been a year but he still talks about how Belle is his girlfriend. :)

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    • Dahrache says:

      When my daughter was 9, she was obsessed with Tinker Bell. Tinker Bell asked her what her favorite ride was and she told her it was the Peter Pan ride. Tinker Bell said that every morning she pours fairy dust on the ride so we could fly on it. My daughter loved it! Totally made the trip for her.

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  55. Hannah says:

    When I was four my parents and I went to Disney World and one morning at breakfast Goofy was wondering through the tables and my mom asked if I could get a picture with him. Apparently I pulled his ear and when my mom went to take the picture he lifted up one of my braids. It made for an interesting picture.

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  56. Kate M. says:

    Flynn Rider & Rapunzle- Ask Rapunzle if she likes Eugene or Flynn better. Rapunzle asked my cousin and I to settle an ‘arguement’ they were having over his name. =D It was very funny

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  57. missjuly86 says:

    I was taking a picture of my two sons with the Mad Hatter, but I couldn’t fit his hat in the frame. When I told him his hat was too big, he got very offended and said, “Did you ever think your head is too small?!” My boys couldn’t stop giggling.

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  58. Kelley says:

    I’m in my early 30′s and my husband and I visited Epcot for a one-day cruise excursion while on ourhoneymoon. I LOVED playing with the characters!
    I asked Mulan if I could call her Ping. She replied that no one called her that since her days in the army. Ha!
    Aurora and I posed with “princess arms” on which she complimented me. I answered, “Girl, I’ve been working too damn long on that!”
    Belle and Beast posed with my husband and I. Belle actually asked Beast’s PERMISSION to take my husband’s arm!
    Stich gave us ‘hang ten’ poses and then left us and proceeded to rifle through a woman’s purse, trying things out. Typical Stichery! :)
    So much fun to carry on with these characters– at ANY age!

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  59. Sandy says:

    We sawa Mr. Incredible at the Animation Studio and asked him to arm-wrestle my daughter – he didn’t want to but they did thumb wrestle!

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  60. Laurissa says:

    Is there a Gaston character? The week after my high school performs “Beauty and the Beast,” I will be going to Disneyland. My role in the play was one of the Silly Girls and I think it would be funny to flirt with Gaston.

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  61. Braedyn says:

    My friend and I went to Disneyworld mk and sat on the curb I decided to take my shoes of because I had been walking all day well multiple characters noticed Alice and Pete from puff the magic Dragon, I think that’s his name, asked me if I was looking for a prince but the best interaction of all was when on the parade float with prince charming and the resisters came by prince charming winked at my friend and me well Anastasia noticed and stood mouth gaping and looked right at us it made the whole trip

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  62. jmj says:

    When we went in 09 I made a point to seek out Goofy. I got my pic taken with him and told him that he was my most favorite character, and he hugged me and started to jumping up and down, and he even picked me up! I loved it, and I was 28 at the time.

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  63. Ashley Withers says:

    I’ve seen a funny video on YouTube where the girl asked various characters if they had a Twitter. She got some hilarious responses in the characters’ efforts to not break character.

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  64. Ashley says:

    The first time I went to Disneyland I was in 6th grade I am now 23 and still remember asking goofy if he dances suddenly music came on and he grabbed me spinning me around and around dancing in the middle of a giant circle that had formed! Best day of my life as a child! :)

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  65. Kelsey says:

    Last year my family went to the magic kingdom, about a year earlier by little brother was diagnosed with leukemia, while at the park he had to wear a snow beanie to protect his head and a face mask, he and my sister went to visit rapunzle and he was not a huge fan, however upon meeting her she asked if he was a good prince or a bad prince because of his face mask, he replied with a “good prince” response and she had a really cute conversation with my 6 year old brother and 4 year old sister, after their meeting they were both raving about how awesome she was. I was incredibly impressed with how engaging she was with them. At the magic kingdom they have recently built rapunzel’s tower and are creating a permanent meet and greet spot that should be done this year.

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  66. Aly says:

    We had gone to EuroDisney a couple years ago, and just got back from DisneyWorld. While at EuroDisney the Eeyore and Tigger characters weren’t able to sign their names at the character breakfast, but at the breakfast in Disneyworld they did. I mentioned how cool it was that Tigger learned how to write his name since the last time we saw him in EuroDisney and Tigger LOVED it! He started bobbing up and down, gave me a high five and a thumbs up. It was really cute.

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  67. Tiffers says:

    I just wanted to add one for the green army men! =D my husband went up to one when we were at Disneyland and said to him “Navy is better!” the green army guy responded with “well, that’s great. I’m a TOY!”
    It’s one of the best stories we’ve come home with.

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  68. Emmy says:

    My family and I choose a ridiculous lyric or saying and see who can get a character to sign that phase…this last trip it was “Drop it like it’s hot”

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  69. Tash Solangi says:

    My son, when he was 6, told Snow White she was his favorite princess… she gave him a big kiss on his cheek… he was so proud and embarrassed of the bright red lips on his face! I made him keep it all day… I told him that getting a kiss from a princess is the best thing that can happen to you in Disney!

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  70. Kat says:

    Last year, my friends and I were at Epcot and found Aladdin & Jasmine. Aladdin is my absolute favorite Disney movie, so I was like a little kid on too much sugar (I am 33). When it was our turn, Aladdin saw my Stars Wars shirt and asked what a Stormtrooper was…that sent my friend off on a long winded lesson on the Jedi, Stormtroopers and Darth Vader. Aladdin & Jasmine were enthralled and even asked questions. Aladdin asked if Darth Vader was anything like Jafar and offered my friend tips on getting rid of Vader. I was floored with how well they stayed in character! It was the highlight of my day getting to have my picture taken with the two of them.

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  71. Becca says:

    During our honeymoon, DH and I had dinner at 1900 Park Fare.
    Anastasia came over and asked me how I met my prince (she wanted tips).
    Well, DH and I met during a tornado watch in Kansas, when we both went out to watch for it. So I said something to that effect, and she immediately screeched “IN A TORNADO!!!!!” and went on about how she didn’t want to meet a prince that way.
    The whole room went silent from her outburst.

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  73. Tami Dean says:

    When my husband and I went for our honeymoon in Sept. 2012, we were watching a parade in MK and were very close. When Capt. Hook walked by I wanted him to look at my camera so I started chanting “tick tock, tick tock”. He turned and shook his hook at me and I got the perfect picture! Will never forget that.

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  74. jessica says:

    I really loved reading all of the stories on here and I hope and pray that someday my family and myself can afford to go to Disney world that would be a dream come true, for all four of us. maybe one day ya’ll will get to hear my story.

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  75. mistykinz says:

    The summer after graduation my husband (my boyfriend at the time) and I went to WDW for the first time. The very first characters we met were Chip and Dale. I wanted my picture with Dale so I told my husband, “You go get the picture and autograph with Chip, Dale’s all mine!”
    After we walked away I felt a tug on my backpack…it was Chip! He had chased me down main street, grabbed my backpack and literally hauled me back to the handlers and made me get my picture with him! he gave me a big ole kiss, too! My best Disney memory EVER!
    Another great one was Prince John from Robin Hood…I made fun of him and sucked my thumb and pulled on my ear and he got offended, but joined me in the pose for the picture!
    Next spring (16 years later) We’re bringing our kids for the first time!

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  77. Mindy says:

    I loved reading all of these interactions. I’d never thought to do this but I have a share too. We were last there when my son was almost 5. We waited for-ev-er to see Chip and Dale. When my son finally got his turn they pounced on him and tore off his little Lightening McQueen backpack and went through it looking for a snack! It took him a second to realize what was going on. He was furious until he got the joke. It is a great memory we still laugh about 2 years later. I’m so glad I wasn’t laughing too hard to get pictures. We show them to guests any time Disney comes up at our house.

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  78. In May 2012 my 5 year old son, who is a magician, met Mickey for the first time at MK. The set up is something like backstage at Mickey’s Magic Show. My son was so excited when he saw all the magic references and did a magic trick for Mickey and Minnie! They had him do it a few times and then some of the other cast members that were watching gave him high fives and one even did a few magic tricks for my son. It was great!

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  79. Melly says:

    We took our son last November, he was 13 months old. We happened across Pluto with a short line so we waited. Our little guys couldn’t quite walk on his own yet, so I held his hands while he staggered over to Pluto. Pluto immediately got down on all fours and wagged his tail. We spent almost 10 minutes with him, scratching his ears, rubbing his belly when he rolled on his back, laughing at him wanting to chase Marie who was nearby. It was great.
    When we met Mickey and Minnie my little one was wearing socks with Mickey on them. Mickey acted all bashful. Mickey made a big production of wiggling his nose and kissing the kiddo. We have wonderful photos of the interaction.
    Probably the best character interaction was with Ariel at Cinderella’s Royal Table. She played “Peek-a-fin” and told him not to ever eat fish, and good luck learning to walk, she knows how hard that is!
    During one of the parades Cruella DeVille stopped and asked my husband “Are you flirting with me???!!!” Taken aback, he replied No! Her response: “Well, why not???!!” His jaw dropped.

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  80. Breanna says:

    My boyfriend and I met Aladdin and Jasmine on our trip two years ago and while I talked to Jasmine about her being my favorite princess growing up Aladdin asked my boyfriend if he and I were dating to which my boyfriend quickly replied “Yep, not sure how this street rat got the princess, but it happened.” Aladdin loved it and Jasmine told me he was a keeper.

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  81. Heather says:

    This was an accidental interaction, but while we were waiting for Aladdin and Jasmine to come out for their greet in MK, my DD (who was almost 4 at the time) discovered the fake gems and coins in the cement around the area. She’s never one to pass up “money” she finds on the ground, so she was crawling all over the place (in her Cinderella dress and full BBB princess makeover glory!) trying to wrestle the coins out of the cement. Imagine her surprise when she looked over to see Aladdin on his hands and knees next to her trying to help her get a coin loose! They had quite a long conversation on their hands and knees trying to pick up spare change :)

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  82. Shannon says:

    these are fun! i will always remember my first trip, i was three and obsessed with tigger. I had tigger shorts, tshirt and hat on walking around the park. went to take a picture with tigger and he stole my hat! still have the cutest picture with him!

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  83. Darah Moshier says:

    I brought my daughter to Disney World when she was 3 1/2. She wore her Disney Cinderella gown, glass slippers, gloves, and crown. During the parade, Gapetto, took her out of her carriage and danced with her through the streets, she became part of the parade, he returned her to me and told me she was the most beautiful “real girl” he had ever seen, kissed her gently on the head, and autographed her book.
    Later, when she met Cinderella, she said, “Oh my! It is a good thing my Prince is away on a hunt this morning! He would be so confused!!!”
    Stitch drooled on my daughter’s head and licked her hand.
    Rafiki held her up like the scene in the Lion King…
    She got to be part of the Lion King show at Animal Kingdom.
    Tink took her flitting through the garden where we met.
    Alladin held her hand and asked if she trusted him! It was wonderful, and even if she doesnt remember all of the events, I do, and have the pictures that are worth a thousand words. Perfection is the Disney World Experience.

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  84. I have a story about an involuntary character interaction, my family and I were at the United Kingdom part of Epcot and I was getting a picture taken with Pooh and Tigger, I was about 13 or 14 years old, and after the pictures Pooh grabbed one of my arms and Tigger grabbed the other and started walking me away from the area to the cast member area, attempting to “steal me”, It was a hilairious moment that my family and I will never forget

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  86. Beth says:

    My daughter asked Alice where the Cheshire Cat is. Alice pointed to the roof of a nearby building and said, “Oh, I thought he was up there, but he has disappeared!”

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  87. Stephanie Ryan says:

    My husband and I went on our honeymoon the week after Thanksgiving in 2010 – the parks were so quiet which was amazing and the Christmas decorations were amazing!

    We got to see several characters because the lines were so short – and they took notice of our “Just Married” buttons:

    Flick: He did a ceremonial ring blessing of our wedding rings!
    Chip and Dale: After several high fives and hugs – they did a ring blessing too!
    Minnie: Took my hand and had a fit over my rings! She pointed at Mickey and then the rings and back at Mickey – her handler told me that Minnie wanted me to show them to Mickey and “give him a hint”!
    Goofy: Gave me a huge hug and an exaggerated kiss on my cheek to try an make my husband jealous… and then he saw the picture from Expedition Everest in my hand (I was screaming like a baby!) and he started making fun of my face in the photo and showing it off to others in line!

    Another interaction aside from Newlywed ones:
    Green Army Man: My husband saluted him before walking up and he did the same! They then did various military poses for the pictures.

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  88. Aday7777 says:

    When I was 14, my family went and at the MK we met Alladin and the Genie. Alladin commented that my brother must be a prince and that my dad and I must be his servants (my brother is disabled and he was in a wheel chair). This annoyed me and I told him outright that I was NOT his servant. So we posed for pictures and as we were leaving he said bye prince to my brother and with my back turned, he’d gotten right up into my ear and whispered bye princess. I about died of happiness! I still squee over it to this day (I’m 22)

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  89. Kat says:

    I went with my family a few years ago for the Star Wars weekends since we’re all crazy about it. They have the basic Disney characters plus the Studios park is full of Star Wars characters. I went to get Darth Maul’s signature and he spent a good minute just stalking around and staring at me. Finally, I said “would you please just sign my book?” He slapped it out of my hand.

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    • Darth Maul gives me the creeps! He did the same thing to me a few years ago. Haha…I actually made friends with Darth Vader because I told him I was going to sing for him at the American Idol thing and I loved a man in black. He was like shaking his head approvingly.

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  90. Kirsten says:

    Ask the queen of hearts how many heads she’s had cut off lately. My mom made me ask this at a character dinner when I was ten. The queen of hearts pointed and me and then did the head chop off motion… I spent the rest of the dinner running away from her as she chased me around with a butter knife… she cornered my younger sister who escaped out from under her skirts…. and my mom had to call her off by shaking her finger at her… all of this was caught on tape, and I’m still terrified of the queen of hearts (i’m 23)… but it’s definitely a good reaction

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  91. We had my little girl (18 months at the time) in Disneyland and she was all dressed up in a tutu looking like a little princess. When we met the evil queen she asked if our daughter was a princess and we assured her that no she wasn’t and the evil queen was pleased and said that had she been a princess she would of had to feed her some applesauce! Can’t way to go to Disneyworld in May as our daughter will be just about 4 and is dying to ask Cinderella to dance with her.

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  92. Melissa says:

    My grandma bought me two tickets to Disneyland and Cali Adventure and a night at the Resort for my birthday back in 2008. It was during the week and not very crowded. On our way out of the Tower of Terror (there was no one else really around) we ran into Goofy and his handler headed back for a rest. I grabbed the boyfriend’s hand and said. “Oh my goodness! It’s goofy!” Goofy heard me and ran towards me and gave me a big hug and then kissed my hand and looked back at the bf and gave him a thumbs up. Unfortunately, we didnt have the camera out, but its still an awesome memory!

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  94. Kris Mason says:

    My cousin sent me the kink to this page. We tried a bunch and they all worked. It made it OoOoO much more fun. Oh, and Ariel and I are going snorkelling together…lol. Even got a step sister to accept my son’s hand during the electrical parade! Thanks for the ideas. Here are some we made up: Ask Woody & Jessie where Bullseye is. They point yonder and gallop! Also, we asked Tink to help us fly, and we had a flexing contest with Tigger, Eeyore, and Pooh in the Crystal Palace at lunch!

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  95. savannah says:

    My parents have this on video, when I was three maybe? We were sitting watching a parade at disneyland, captain hook came up to me with a teddy bear and stuck it out like he was going to give it to me, I was hesitant but he kept it out like “take it, take it”. When I went to go get it, he snatched it from me and skipped away. At the time, disneyland was NOT the happiest place on earth for me. 20+ years later, I have yet to run into captain hook again.

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  96. I LOVE Peter Pan, so a few years ago, I decided to let him know how I felt (yes I know he’s like 12…) I went and met him with a friend and told him “I love you, Peter”. He promptly responded, “what’s not to love about me?!” He went on to list the reasons he was loveable, word for word, “I’m charming, green, I can fly, I’m strong, funny, handsome, I have nice calves, these comfy shoes,…” At this time a father in line chimed in saying Peter was very modest! Which he replied “I’m modest, yes. I’m a 12-year-old boy who can talk!” It was all in good fun. He finally took a picture with us and as I was walking away, Peter calls out to me, “oh! And I love you too!” The whole experience warmed my heart. And because of it, I never go up to a character without having something to discuss with them. I love this list, provides me with a whole world of new ideas to utilize next time I’m at the park.

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      • Mariah says:

        I made a longer post about this earlier. They USED to do it, but it caused security risks for the performers. They could hurt themselves, they could dirty the costumes, and their heads could fall off. Imagine Buzz, with his hard plastic head, falling down anytime anyone yelled it. See where I’m coming from here? There’s a video online explaining all of this. I could provide a link if you like?

      • asiangrace86 says:

        I think because of safety/liability issues, they had to stop that. Apparently, too many people were getting hurt (tripping over them?) that’s what I read anyway.

  98. Stacey says:

    Over the years my kids and I have experienced some amazing interactions with the characters. On my daughters first trip at 7 months, a bunch of characters just loved her. Cinderella’s mice both got down on the floor and had me put her in their arms so they could rock and cuddle her, it was precious. Minnie Mouse also got on the floor and held her and then when I sat her on the floor off to the side to put my camera back in my bag, I turned and there was chip, dale and minnie all sitting on the floor playing with her…. On her 5th birthday at WDW she was dressed as Snow White and we were at MNSSHP and she had her pic done with the Evil Queen, it was priceless as the Queen was telling her to stay away from those 7 little men, 2 years back my daughter and niece had a wonderful time with Rapunzel as they both carried bags and Rapunzel was asking them if they carried frying pans in them and how useful they are! So many more I could mention but those are the ones that really stick out!

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  99. sarah says:

    My husband and I met lilo and stich one year and i walked up and gave stich a hug and told him i loved him. He grabbed my arm and walked me away from the line as if to say lets run away together. Was hilarious and so memorable.

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  100. Angela says:

    When I met Chip and Dale the first time, I had a backpack on… They went through my backpack, examining the items in it, until they found a deck of cards I had inside…. They played with them for a couple minutes (I still don’t know how, with those costumed hands, they were able to mess with the cards!) and then they made me do a 52 card pickup on the spot… just threw them EVERYWHERE!

    The last time I went, we had my daughter (who was, like, 4?) and my 70-some odd year old grandmother, who was in a wheelchair, with us. My daughter was so excited to meet Goofy, but he ran straight to my Grandmother and started giving her bunny ears and playing around with her sun hat, and being all around Goofy with her. (ha!) My daughter thought that was hilarious.

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    • Shaylee says:

      I remember meeting chip and dale they all most choked me trying to put the hood of my poncho on. My brothers had the most fun with them we were with them forever it seemed cause we were the only ones in the room with them.
      I can’t wait to take my son I’m on a mission to meet all the princesses. And interact with them.

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  101. When my 4 year old granddaughter met King Louie and Baloo the Bear, she walked in singing,”I’m the king of the jungle…a jungle VIP. King Louie threw himself at her feet. He started bowing and making the I’m not worthy gesture to her. Baloo grabbed her and taught her how to scratch her back on a tree, only after he got her to sing, the Bear Necessities! So much fun!

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  102. Bri says:

    I would like to add that the Mad Hatter asked my sister: “What’s your name?” and she said “Kailee.” He said “Are you positive?” and she said “Yes.” He said “Well hello, Positive!”

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  104. Emily says:

    I have been to Disney 20 plus times and have never done any of these. We are taking my son for his third birthday in April, I can not wait to try these! Thanks

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  105. Wes says:

    I know for a fact that Chip n Dale aren’t fond of being asked who is who or being legit called Alvin or the others. It shows you don’t know who they are and that you’re probably just there cause you see big rodents walking around and want their autograph. But the nutz idea is adorable and if you want to get a rise out of them you can either tell one that the other is more handsome or stronger, or you can ask who Clarice likes better.

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    • Erin says:

      I agree, I have been around them hundreds of times and especially the Alvin thing gets a bit overly much sometimes. Although the “who is who” one is overly done, it can be fun. Not everyone remembers “Chip & Dale’s Rescue Rangers” especially an older adult or a small child. Especially for the little ones Chip and Dale can make the identity game special. But if you REALLY want to make their day: do your homework before and tell them who is who. They LOVE those who really know who they are! :)

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  107. Melanie says:

    My fiance and I are planning on going to Disney world for our Honeymoon, and I can say,with out any shame, that I am so going to do all of these! I think we are both more excited about the honeymoon than we are about the wedding. We are kids at heart :)

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  109. denise savrick says:

    While waiting to be seated at the castle for dinner Cinderella unexpectedly showed up. My daughter who was a little shy walked up to her and said hello, Cinderella sat down to be more on her level and her shoes were showing. My daughter said “oh, l like your shoes”. Cinderella proceeds to tell her how her grandmother sewed on the straps so her shoes wouldn’t fall off – so sweet – My daughter talked about that the rest of the trip!

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  110. Kristin Linnae says:

    When I was little I had just gotten a makeover at bibbiti bobbiti boutique and I had a huge Cinderella dress. We went to go see the evil stepmother and she refused to take a picture with me! I then said “well you’re just grumpy cuz Cinderella got rich when you just got old!” ( because I was a sassy little girl) and the stepsisters where just dying of laughter.

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  111. jessica says:

    im going this week for my first time and i am so excited… im gonna do all of these things :) thank you so much for the list :D

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  112. We did character dining and the hubs asked my daughter to show goofy the hot dog dance from Mickey Mouse clubhouse. Since she was too shy goofy went into an all out animated rendition of the exact dance he does on the show! We cracked up.

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  113. Stephanie M says:

    This actually happens! Around the Toy Story characters, yell “ANDY’S COMING!” they will fall down like in the movies!!!

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  114. at the not-so-scary-halloween partyin 2012 my husband and I were dressed as Flynn and Rapunzel. When we met them there was some debate between us on who the “real” ones were. So we asked Flynn if he had the crown in his bag-and he told us to come close and he opened his satchel and he showed us the crown!! THEN he let me try it on. It was amazing! Not sure if that’s something you can do all the time (especially because Flynn isn’t often greeting guests) but it’d be worth a try if you see him!

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  115. Ashley says:

    We took my baby sister for her 2nd birthday last year. Upon meeting goofy my mom mentioned that Katie loves the hot dog dance from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, he totally did the dance with her. Priceless.

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  116. Amy says:

    When going in to meet tink and the other fairies where youre supposed to have “shrunk” to be able to hang out with them, if youre tall ask why you didnt shrink enough or if youre short or a kid can ask why you shrank so much.

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  117. Michelac9 says:

    My favorite character interaction by far was at California Adventure. A man that was in line in front of us waiting to see the Toy Story Characters (Jessie, Woody and Buzz) yelled “Andy’s coming!” And all the characters dropped to the ground and laid there for a minute. Really cute and my 3 year was so ammused by it.

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  118. Caroline says:

    In 2000, when I was eight, I went to a Hundres Acre Wood breakfast at the Wilderness Lodge at Disney World and got to meet all the characters throughout the meal. They’re so much fun to interact with there because it’s more relaxed and you can have more time. Eeyore kept trying to see what I was eating over my shoulder. I was so excited to meet Tigger that I about cried. He was so excited because I was! He even tried to swing dance with me and steal me away from my brother and parents! Everyone from the other tables was watching.

    Last year when I was 20, Pluto kept giving me kisses and Goofy tried to steal my film camera. Donald got excited when my best friend told him her fiancé is in the Navy and gave her extra hugs!!!

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  119. espeed1000 says:

    Also, if you tell any of the Toy Story characters “Andy’s coming!” They’ll stop what they’re doing and collapse on the ground

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  120. Jess says:

    When we went to Disney this past summer, we were fortunate to be able to meet Merida from Brave. My daughter was ecstatic to meet her because she is her favorite princess by far. My daughter had a pen for autographs that had different colors to choose from and every character we met would always choose a color that matched them or their favorite color. But when Merida saw the pen she told my daughter, “What a strange thing? Is it full of magic?” They had the triplets as bears there as well and she mentioned that they like strange things and showed the bears the pen. The reaction from the bears was awesome too since they are animatronic style bears and they went wide-eyed at the pen. Then Merida couldn’t get the pen to work so my daughter showed her how too. I mean, this was worth the wait in line we did for Merida because it was one of the memories my daughter still talks about. She even was able to shoot an arrow from Merida’s bow afterward. Can’t wait to go back in the future and try some of these things out.

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  121. Kelly says:

    Captain Hook threw my kids autograph books on the floor after signing them, my kids loved that, tinker bell just about showed my kids inside her house but closed the door quick and said it was a mess in there :) , the evil queen heard my daughter day she looked evil and glared at my daughter , Alice and the mad hatter waved and waved to my kids while waiting in the castle for the parade to start, tigger jumped with my kids and max showed them how to break dance, chip and sale covered my kids eyes , it was an amazing trip!!!

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  123. Melanie says:

    This post has given me so many ideas for my next trip!

    My favorite interaction by far took place a couple years ago, with friends we dressed up in the fashion of characters we liked (mine being Winnie the Pooh) and I was carrying around a lightsaber, because lightsabers are cool. When it came to taking a picture with Pooh, he motioned to my lightsaber, and spent a good 3 minutes playing with it and showing off his moves before taking a picture with me. It is my most favorite memory and the reason I always carry my lightsaber with me.

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  124. Jackie says:

    When we met Capt. Hook, my daughter was wearing a shirt with skulls on it. He loved it and put her book on her head to sign it. She’s never forgotten that. :)

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  125. SG says:

    Ariel asked my four year old son his name. When he replied “Sebastian” she totally flipped out saying “i have a FRIEND NAMED SEBASTIAN!” A hilarious conversation ensued about how they were different/alike.

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  126. Alexandria says:

    If you yell, “Andy is Coming!” around the Toy Story characters, they will stop what they are doing and fall on the ground.

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  127. Holly says:

    My husband and I went to Disney World a couple years ago and stopped in MK to watch the Pirate Lesson show they do in Adventureland. My husband felt someone tugging on his backpack and when we turned around, Capt Jack Sparrow was going through the pockets! When we caught him, he turned away quickly and acted like he was doing something else. We also took our 2 year old in Feb, and he got an ear infection the first day and felt horrible the whole time. At our character dinner at the Garden Grill, Chip scooped up our son and rocked and kissed him. It was so sweet! We love Disney, and can’t wait to go again.

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  128. Kim says:

    My 3year old daughter loved asking the MickeyMouse Clubhouse gang to do the “hotdog dance”. Also, when we ate at 1900fare, every time the step sisters would come over, she covered her necklace. I asked her why, she said she didn’t want them to rip it off her like they did to Cinderella. (She came up with that all on her own). The sisters played It up and started blaming each other

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  129. Lisa says:

    If you have a baby, take the bottle for your pic with Stitch. (In the movie he steals a bottle from a baby in a shopping cart.) He will take it and pretend to drink it.

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  131. hdavidson93 says:

    I was in toon town one time and Goofy had this long line of kids and parents waiting to take pictures with him. Now Goofy is my favorite and I couldn’t let the moment go by. At the top of my lungs I yelled “Hi Goofy!!” and waved like a maniac. He totally stopped what he was doing looked at me and waved back. Made my year!

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  132. Brenda says:

    Sully is missing and my 3 year old did the best of things he ran up to him and scared him, then sully shook and hugged him, everyone around was clapping, it really Made his day

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  134. Amanda says:

    If you tell Woody and Jesse that “Andy is coming” they will fall on the ground and lay still like they’re toys.

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  135. mema450 says:

    A friend of mine says that if you go up to Woody or Buzz and yell, “Andy is coming!” They drop to the ground. I am trying that and many of these things on my next trip!! :D

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  136. Aubrey says:

    When I was almost 8 I asked Smee where captain hook was, a and he said “I I I …I don’t know” in the exact right voice. I was a very logical child, so I pondered for a long time trying to come up with a question that that answer wouldn’t have fit.

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  137. Erin says:

    This pastChristmas while at MK my 3 year old had a blast with Donald and goofy! With Donald he would kiss the tip of her nose and she would giggle out of control! Then she would kiss him and he would fall to the ground like he was in love! Then beside him was goofy and he was waiting patiently on her so they started playing peek a boo! This picture taking episode went on for 30 minutes between the 3 of them and before I knew it the cast members pulled their managers out and we wer surrounded by cast members laughing! They has their phones out taking pictures of her and the people patiently waiting in line were even taking pictures of her! They said she was the cutest, funniest most interactive 3 year old they ever seen and they were disappointed the couldn’t capture the sound of her laughter in the pictures! God I love disney!

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  138. ann says:

    My daughter was wearing a belle dresse when she went to see belle. Belle asked her if she had been visiting her closet. On the same trip Aurora pretended to give a little kiss on the cheek to a little boy (about 8) He rubbed off the kiss. She told him, you can never rub off a kiss from a princess when you rub it it just goes deeper and deeper straight to your heart where it stays forever. lol.. his look was priceles

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    • Kelz1270 says:

      Snow White ALWAYS gets my son… cheeck or forehead w/ her big, bright, red lipstick. same thing.. “it doesn’t rub off.. it only rubs in”. …how fun would it be to play a character?!

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  139. Kelz1270 says:

    My son’s first trip to WDW was at age 2 and a 1/2. He waited in line patiently to meet Cruella. When he got up there. He shook his finger at her and said in his little 2 yr old voice, “Woo weave dose puppies awone!”. I think he caught her off guard to some degree. She ‘reprimanded’ him for shaking his finger.

    And he loved the Aladdin .movie and wanted to meet Jafar. When it was his turn to see Jafar, he walked up, leaned in and roared, “RRRAAAAARRRRR!!!!” then simply walked away. lol!

    But my favorite was at MNSSHP, he dressed as Peter Pan and had the styrofoam dagger hanging off his belt, and he met Smee and Hook. Smee “captured” Pan, put his hands behind his back, gave Pan to Hook, then Smee took his dagger. My son laughted thru the entire thing. Smee and Hook danced and were all excited that they had “finally caught Pan”.

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  140. Ellie says:

    When my husband and I went to WDW for our Honeymoon in August of 2009, we got a great picture with Captain Hook and Smee (we were wearing buttons that said “Just Married”, btw and they saw the pins). Captain Hook placed my husband next to Mr. Smee, then he linked arms with me, and guided me up to them. Then the photographer took a picture of Mr. Smee acting as the minister using our autograph book as the “bible” and pretended to marry us. We enjoyed it. THey were great!

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  141. justice says:

    ohmigosh I love these!!!! i’m going to Disneyland for the first time in july!! im soo excited,, im 16 but I don’t care I am soo trying some of these!! anybody have any other good ideas??? Mickey and Goofy are my favs but I love them all!!

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  142. Caitlyn says:

    Always be very polite to the characters. My family was at WDW in January and I decided you are never too old to get autographs, so I took my young cousins around to meet all the characters. After we got Buzz Lightyears autograph, I said “thank you so much!” He took my autograph book back from me and made a big show of kissing the page he had just signed. He handed it back to me and then kissed my hand. It embarrassed my 8 year old male cousin but it made my day. Most of the other characters will do something a little extra for you too if you have really good manners.

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  143. Pwood says:

    One year for MNSSH I dressed as Minnie Mouse. When I met her she threw her arms up offended we had on the same dress. I told her I can’t believe you stole my outfit! She bucked up to me, got in a boxing stance and we got in a slap fight. Sooo hilarious! No one had a video camera to catch it. The photographers were laughing so much they didn’t get many pictures. And Micky stepped back…when it was over he rubbed her shoulders.

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  146. Stephanie says:

    When I went to Disneyland in 08 my best friend and I stood in line to meet the princesses. They all noticed my engagement ring and asked how I met my prince, but Ariel was the funniest. She kept telling me how beautiful I am, and that she liked my glasses, and I asked if she wanted to try them on. She did and said it was like getting your land legs (I have terrible vision) then we all posed and did fish faces for the camera. It totally made the trip.

    Also when my husband and I went to Disney World for our anniversary they had the mice from Cinderella out, and I had never met them before, Cinderella is my favorite movie, anyway we waited for them to come back and when they and a bunch of other characters came back from their break they were so happy that I only wanted to meet them, we were the first people there and they danced with me over to the spot where we took our pictures.

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  148. Dee says:

    When we were eating at the Castle, Belle (my granddaughter’s fav) came to our table. My 3 year old granddaughter started singing ‘Little town, it’s a quiet village’ and Belle joined in! They sang a few more lines and my granddaughter clapped her hand over her mouth in excitement. Best. Disney. Picture. Ever! Also many years ago, my daughter mentioned to Aladdin that she was from Minnesota and while we were visiting Florida it was snowing at home. Aladdin proceeded to tell her about Jafar sending him to a snowy place and how cold he thought it was. It was great!

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  150. Jacqulynn Balsano says:

    I have spent several weeks online trying to find a list like this. Thank you! I have been to WDW several times, but never knew to do any of this. I have a trip planned with my daughter & her HS band for March 2014 & we can’t wait to try your suggestions.

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  151. Erica says:

    The most memorable moments of our Disney trip were meeting the characters, something we thought at first about skipping. We asked Mr Incredible and Elastigirl to show us their best “hero” pose and did ours as well, Goofy danced with my daughter & was a hoot every time we saw him, & the princesses were just magic; chatting with her and commenting on my Tiffany necklace (“It looks like you already have the key to the kingdom” Cinderella told me and I squealed like a child). I could go on and on & i urge everyone to seek them out. It makes for grin inducing memories, I promise;)

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  152. Erin says:

    Ask Flinn Ryder to show you the smolder. It’s really entertaining. Also my husband and I had a really great interaction with Mike and Sulley. They made my husband get down in one knee and propose. Also if you can meet the princess with her Prince it’s fun to take couples photos.

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  153. Katie says:

    We’ve been to Disney many times, and seen or done many of these! Interacting with the characters is one of the best things!
    The Qyeen of Hearts prefers if you curtsy while you talk, it saves time.
    Captain Hook has chased and ‘threatened’ me for ticktocking at him.
    I once asked the Mad Hatter, ‘how is a raven like a writing desk?’ After he stopped hollering at me for being stark raving mad, he actually knew the answer!
    My sister and I have red hair. Obviously, Ariel had a field day with us.
    I let King Looie eat bugs out of my hair.
    Alice in Wonderland named me Katie Flowers (I had them on my dress?) and remembered me at the parade.
    I hope everyone on their way to the happiest place on earth has the best time of your lives!!

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  154. Christina says:

    I don’t know if anyone stated it already, but if you tell any of the ones from Toy Story that Andy is coming, they drop and pretend to be toys.

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  155. Angie says:

    I have heard that if you say “Andy’s coming” all of the Toy Story characters will fall to the ground and pretend to be a toy.

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  156. Gwen says:

    I have only been to Disney world once, and that was when I was 7 (I’m 16 now). I don’t remember very many things about the trip, but there are two thing I will always remember.

    1) When I was taking a picture with cruella de vil my grandpa started telling her about our dogs at home. well, she became VERY interested in my dogs and started asking questions about their breed, what kind of coat they had, and if I thought they would make good coats. well, little 7 year old be became upset and started crying and she said not to worry, i dont want your dogs, I only care about dalmations…..do you know where i could find some dalmations?

    2) I remember I was wearing overalls the day I went to see captain hook. When I was taking my picture with captain hook, my grandpa decided to ask captin hook what happened to his hand. well, he became very upset at this and picked me up with his hook by my overalls.

    Those are the two things that I remember most about my trip to Disney world.

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  157. Victoria says:

    Characters interactions are so much fun. Back in the 90′s (yes I’m old) I was 8ish and my parents decided we needed a ditch day so we stayed home from school an work and went to DL. We got there when it opened and because it was really early and the middle of the week it was quiet so when we went in a bunch of the characters were right inside well I had a hat on and I went up to capt hook and asked for is autograph and he shoved my hat over my eyes so I went to the next character who I think was the bear from the big County jamboree and he hugged me and fixed my hat. This went on for I swear 5 min then tigger rescued me. The best time to go is real early or do the breakfast or separate interactions to get one on one time. It’s totally worth it.

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  159. If you see Flynn Rider (not in Disney World but maybe DisneyLand), ask to see what’s in his satchel. It’s a replica of the crown from Tangled. He was quite eager to point out all of the expensive details.

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  160. Shelley says:

    Ask the princesses what their horses names are. They will all tell you although Snow White I think doesn’t have one so she tells you the name of prince Phillips horse.

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  161. Maddy says:

    When I was about 5-ish, I went to Disneyland in the FULL Snow White costume. At the time, there was a snow white and the seven dwarf show. It was extremely crowded, too. I remember there being lots of other little girls with princess costumes on, yet I was the only Snow White. All of the characters and workers called my family and I up to the front ofthrlle crowd, and gave us all expensive front row seats for free. They kept calling me “princess” and being all nice. After the show was over, and we had already left the place, a worker along with a dwarf came running up to me yelling “Princess! You forgot something!” They then gave me a balloon apple with a worm drawn on it. That is my favorite DL experience.

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  162. Nichole says:

    When I was eight years old, Hercules had just come out. I was so excited I colored pictures of the characters, and took them in with me. I was exstatic when I ran into Megra and gave her the drawings. She signed my autograph book, and later when I ran into Cinderella, she told me that Megra had been showing off all of my pictures, and they were very beautiful. My life was made at that point, and I can’t wait to meet Belle next time. She is my favorite. :)

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  163. Shannon says:

    My children’s first trip to Disneyworld in 2011, my daughter was 18 and my son was 11. We had lots of interesting character experiences.

    At Cinderella’s Royal table Ariel was the best, she wanted to know what my daughter’s celebration was and when my daughter explained we were there because she graduated high school, Ariel said “I don’t know what that is but Congratulations anyway”
    Aurora flirted with my son and he was so embarrassed.
    I noticed that each and every little girl that was dressed as a princess received extra attention from that particular princess…it was so sweet.

    When we met Stitch, all us girls kissed him on the cheek and he threw his hands over his eyes…he was so embarrassed…lol

    At the Animal Kingdom, Donald almost knocked my daughter over trying to get to her…he lost his sombrero along the way.

    Dinner at Chef Mickey’s is awesome too….the fab 5 come to each and every table….just be patient.

    Chip and Dale were true to form and picked with the kids a lot. My daughter’s autograph book had stopped making noise when it opened so they opened and closed it a dozen times trying to make it work, then when my son’s worked right they were like “see this is what it’s supposed to do”

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  164. Singer says:

    My nephew, upon meeting Captain Hook and Mr. Smee, told them that he had just met Peter Pan and Wendy. Hook and Smee wanted to know which direction they were and were pointing in all different directions. My nephew didn’t want Hook to capture Peter so he kept pointing in the opposite direction of Hook. With all the finger pointing, Captain Hook and Smee broke out and did the YMCA. It was hysterical!

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  165. Olivia says:

    We went to Disney for our honeymoon in September 2011 and when we met Mary Poppins she asked us if we needed a nanny!! And when we met Alice I was wearing a key necklace and she said that it would have been handy when she was three inches tall, and several princesses commented on it and asked if my Prince gave me the key to his heart. It was a wonderful trip.

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  167. samantha says:

    I am obsessed with faeries. One day we went to Magic Kingdom and i had dressed in a faerie shirt and had about 20 tinkerbell pins on. When i met Wendy, she said i must really love tinkerbell and i agreed. She stared taking about how tink was always so mean to her and we had this long conversation about weither tink was really mean or just misunderstood. It was awesome.

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  168. My girls were 22, 16, and 15 They were in the chartarer pavillion when a storm started not many people were there so for about 45 minutes they had all the characters to themselves. They video taped the whole thing they still talk about how much fun they had because all of the characters were trying to get their attention. One of they funniest parts to me was when Aladin strutted across the room and said to them “I saw you looking at me from across the room”. Then when they were trying to get a picture with Pocahontas— Goofy, Chip, and Dale took turns jumping in front of them. This video is priceless to me because I can still see the little girls in them when I watch it.

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  169. Jessica says:

    I told Mrs. Incredible that I liked her boots and she did super hero poses with me for a few minutes! It was so much fun! Her character helpers told me that she must have really liked me because she doesn’t usually do that. :)

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  170. Kristopher Stephenson says:

    I am a huge disney fanatic and have so many stories but my personal favorite was when I was on the Disney Cruise. The year before the cruise my high school band went to Disneyland and my parents bought me some Goofy ears because I love him. So when we went on our cruise (which was my high school graduation present) I wore my Goofy ears and went up to him for an autograph. Goofy then proceeded to take my autograph book and run away, turn around and run back and ask me for an autograph. It was great. Then he leaned on top of me and took a picture completely ignoring my older sister. She acted offended and he made up for it.

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  171. leosroar says:

    My sister and I posed for a picture with Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dumb, my sister and I next to each other and them on the sides of us like a sandwich, and my parents where taking way to long to take it and they ended up squeezing us out of the picture. It was pretty fun :)

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  172. Jaycee Johnson says:

    My favorite Disney experience was with Tinkerbell. My littlest sister was on her Make-a-Wish trip and she had made a wish to see Tinkerbell who is her favorite character. Tink flirted with my younger brothers while my sisters were talking to Rosetta. They were so red in the face!!! It was HILARIOUS!!! But my absolute favorite part was when Tink knelt down beside my sister’s wheelchair and my sister told her that her wish was to see her. She signed the autograph book and gave my sister a big kiss on her cheek. Then Tink told her how glad she was to be able to make my sister’s wish come true. Best Disney moment EVER!!!

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  173. sam prosceno says:

    I remember going to Disneyworld when I was 7 and getting my picture taken with Chip and Dale. I had my hair in pigtails, and as my parents were trying to take the picture, one of them would pull on it. As I turned around they’d both be pointing to each other, this continued a few times. It’s one of my favorite memories. I can’t wait to do these suggestions when I go next year!

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  174. Kathy R says:

    My daughter and her friend were getting Princess Tiana’s and Prince Naveen’s autographs. My daughter’s friend had on a necklace that had a volleyball on it. Prince Naveen kept calling her “Volleyball”. As we were leaving he called out “Bye Volleyball”. Princess Tiana scolded him-”Naveen, her name IS NOT VOLLEYBALL!” Every so often we still say to her “Naveen her name is not volleyball”!

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  175. Kathy says:

    Okay, I’m a little older so some of you might not remember the Big Bad Wolf at Disneyland. I was about 5 yrs old and we spotted BBW in the middle of a circle of kids. He went around the circle shaking hands and he almost got to me when someone on the other side called his name so he turned his back to me and interacted with them. I was so mad he ignored me I picked up his big tale and pulled. I was laughing to my parents about what I did and suddenly found myself suspended over BBW’s mouth as he was about to eat me for pulling his tail. I have hidden from him ever since!!

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  176. Missy says:

    We took,my niece to DW three years ago. It was our first time and she was only 5-yo at the time. She was getting her picture taken with Eeyore in AK. As I clicked the picture, Tigger jumped right in front of both them like “Tada!” My mom is off to the side with a look of shock on her face. When my niece met Tigger a minute later, I took a picture of her scolding him for jumping in the picture. They both have their hands on their hips.

    My niece had a pen that lit up for the character’s to sign autographs. Goofy tried to steal it by hiding it under his hat. Stitch licked it (and her autograph book). When she met the fairies, Terrence said “Tink is going to love this!” And when Tinkerbelle saw it, she asked my niece in all seriousness “Are you a Light Fairy??”

    We can’t wait to go back this fall with my niece and two other nieces and a nephew. My youngest niece (who will be 4 at the time) loves Tinkerbelle as much as I do and made me buy her wings for Christmas so Tink could teach her how to fly. And my other niece (who will be 7 at the time) and I have a plan to steal Flynn. (I am 39 and have a crush on him. haha). She is currently in seriously search-mode for a suitcase to fit him in. LOL.

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  178. Brooke says:

    My 5 year old daughter loves Merida. She drew a picture of herself with Merida before leaving for Disney World. When we finally got to meet her, my daughter excitedly gave her the drawing. Merida told her what a “lovely tapestry it was,” and asked her to tell her all about it. She spent a good 5-10 minutes just talking to her. It was fabulous!!

    Also, if you get a chance to go to “enchanted tales with Bell” in the new fantasy land section, DO IT! Have your daughter practice her growl before going because they will pick someone to be the Beast. My daughter was picked and got to dance with belle! I still tear up when I watch the video and look at the pictures!! I love Disney!

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  179. Hey everyone! Thanks so much for sharing your stories. Some have made me laugh and some brought a tear to my eye, or was it the onions in the chili? Well, anyway, I’ve updated the list with all the character interaction tips that I list all over the site. There’s 177 now! I’ll dig through some of you ideas and add them to the list later. Keep on sharing!

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  180. Karla says:

    Wow it’s 2:17 am and I finally finished reading all of your stories! Pure awesomeness!!! My story is when my husband and I went to the Long Lost Friends event at Disneyland. We met the Robin Hood gang and they were so much fun! Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham saw my husband lanyard full of pins and stole it from him! Prince John hid it under his robes! After we took the picture Friar Tuck scolded them and made them give it back. It was so funny!

    Also, when we met Peter Pan and Wendy, Peter noticed my Big Baby pin on my lanyard and said that Wendy wanted a baby like that. But he said her baby was going to be just as ugly as big baby. HAHAHAHA. Wendy was so mad!

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  181. when we met Tinkerbell my niece who was 4 at the time was wearing a red dress with white polka dots. Tinkerbell asked if she was a ladybug and that she must be new because she didn’t remember seeing her before. When my niece said that she was from Pennsylvania Tink asked if that was where all the pens and pencils were from.

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  182. Michele says:

    I wore my Ohio State shirt one day and when we posed with Donald he automatically put up an “O” so the other 3 of us did “H” “I” “O”. Picture turned out awesome! Guess he was a Buckeye fan :)

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  183. Abohach says:

    When my son was 3 and met Pluto, he asked “Do you want to sniff me?” Pluto and the Disney guide started laughing….

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  184. selena says:

    When I went to Disneyland with my Highschool last year (during my birthday week) I had a birthday pin on. Me and my friend where getting off the train at tomorrowland and we ran into pluto! and he had no line! I was so excited. He saw my birthday pin and he danced with me! It made me so happy

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  185. Angie M says:

    Most of my family’s isn’t terribly specific. We have some great pictures of Pluto playing with my son and nephew (ages 4 and 7 at the time) on the floor at Ohana. More of Pinocchio playing “follow the leader” with them.

    When we went to Pirate lesson once they picked my nephew, but not my son for volunteers and my son looked truly devastated and began to cry so Jack Sparrow pulled him up on stage.

    My youngest nephew was about 7 months old on this trip, but already LOVED Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. As soon as he was close to Mickey to have his picture taken with him, he proceeded to give Mickey great big sloppy kisses on his nose. I’m fairly sure this was at Tusker House.

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  186. Dana says:

    I love these! When my daughter was 4, she was decked out in a really good Snow White costume, and when Goofy saw her at the entrance, he bowed and walked her all the way back to meet Mickey and put her at the front of the line. All day the characters kept bowing to her, and she would touch the top of their heads with her sceptor as if she had approved of them. All the characters stopped in the parade to bow to her, and several people stopped us for her picture–by the end of the day, she truly believed she was a real princess. Priceless. We’ve done Disneyland 3 times and the characters are by far the highlight. Taking the kids to WDW for the first time next week for our 20th anniversary–we honeymooned at WDW 20 years ago so it’s perfect to go back with our kids (12 & 9) now. The characters are absolutely what makes Disneyland or WDW magical.

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  187. Diane L. says:

    Our favorite interactions were when my kids have dressed as the characters. When Alice saw my daughter (dressed as Alice) she said, “It’s almost as if I’m looking at a looking glass! What’s your name?… Oh, I would’ve thought it was Alice.” When she dressed as Jasmine, Aladdin mistook her for the real Jasmine and tried to take her away to find Abu. When Belle saw her in the Belle dress, she gave her a dancing lesson for her to dance with Beast. Meeting Lady Tremaine and the stepsisters was fun in the Cindy dress. My daughter was nervous to meet them. They said WHO made your dress? And she whispered “my mommy”. They said “well, I’m sure she is a much better sewer than our stepsister’s. She got RATS to help her and we simply touched it and it fell into pieces” Woody made a big deal of her Jessie outfit (even though he couldn’t talk). He kept pointing to my daughter and then to Jessie and motioning for everyone to see the bobsy twins. Similarly, Goofy was tickled to see my son dressed as Goofy. I really like these special interactions.

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  191. Tiffiney says:

    On my first trip to WDW when I was 12, I saw Goofy at Epcot. He kept pointing to my Zoo Crew pin on my jacket as if he wanted it. I took it off and gave it to him. He then grabbed me in a bear hug and wouldn’t let go. For the rest of our trip, my 2-yr-old brother kept repeating that “Goofy taked it!”

    Then one trip I had my daughter, 2 at the time, in line to see Turk at AK. She loved the other characters, but as soon as she was next to meet Turk, she ran off and hid under a nearby table. I chased her, but Turk reached her first. Turk dropped down partially under the table to get my daughter. I will never forget that!

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  193. Sariah says:

    I forget when this was. It was a couple years ago. I am really shy and don’t like dancing in front of people. We went to this dance party with goofy chip and dale in tommorow land. Chip and sale came up to me and tried to get me to dance and naturally me being me I began refusing. They took my Mickey Santa hat and ran off and the only way I could get it back was to dance with them. My mom got it on video. It made my week.

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