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Disney World Character Locator app now available in the Google Play Store.
I’m excited to announce that our Disney World Character Locator app is now available for Android devices in the Google Play store!
It contains every full active character schedule in Walt Disney World, photos of each character, a map that expands when clicked upon to show you exactly where to find the character, meet and greet tips and trivia.
I believe it’s better than Mobile Magic and My Disney Experience (currently iPhone only) for locating and recording your character meets.
We’ve included:
Animal Kingdom
Epcot
Hollywood Studios
Magic Kingdom
Character Meals – see every character in alphabetical order.
Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween locations based on 2011. We will update as soon as new data is released for 2012. (Christmas Party and Star Wars Weekends coming soon)
Rare characters – we’ve included hundreds of characters who aren’t scheduled that you might come across in your character hunting.
Characters met – keep track of your data including character, date, time and location. The information is sortable too.
You can keep track of all your meets and even sort them in a variety of ways. You can share your great character finds with friends on social media including: Twitter, Facebook (Friendcaster works best for this), blogging, text messages, email and more.
It is available for free with pop ups and advertisements or you can click the menu button and purchase the ad free app for only $1.99 by clicking on your menu button. If you’re a fan of the blog, I appreciate your support!
The free version only takes a small amount of data once installed to offer the ads, but the ad free version doesn’t require in park data to use, so you can use your tablet in the park for schedules and you don’t have to worry about cell or wifi coverage.
I hope the app makes finding characters a little easier!
KtP
New character rumors for Magic Kingdom and Epcot
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(Rumors until officially confirmed by Disney of course)
It’s been a great, busy week in the character world. We’ve received confirmation and artwork for Pete’s Silly Sideshow and heard that Gaston will join the Enchanted Forest crew and reminded you that Ariel will move back to fin form as well.
Well, I have received more exciting news for the Magic Kingdom. Marie is said to be moving from Epcot to Magic Kingdom to take Daisy’s spot at the flag pole, Chip n Dale will relocate to Donald’s spot in Frontierland (reported previously) and Captain Hook and Mr. Smee will return to take over Goofy’s spot at the Pirate’s ride!
I have read on another character blog that Beast would leave Epcot to move to Magic Kingdom, but that rumor seems to have no credence for meet and greets.
The Princesses will receive a grand new makeover with new dresses, hairstyles and shoes when their new area opens in 2013. Could we hope for Aurora as Briar Rose???
Donald will leave the character spot in Epcot and Daisy will move into that spot. Donald will remain Mexico. Stitch is said to be relocating to a yet unknown location.
Enjoy your character hunting made easier!
Eeyore
Eeyore Epcot American Adventure Gate 2013
Eeyore Animal Kingdom Christmas 2012
Eeyore Animal Kingdom Christmas 2012
Eeyore Animal Kingdom Christmas 2012
Tigger, Eeyore, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet as they appeared at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party – September 2012
Eeyore and Tigger 2010
Eeyore and Tigger 2011
We met Yellow Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh back in 2010 at the old Tear Drop training location. Haven’t seen him since.
Eeyore Animal Kingdom November 2012
Eeyore – Magic Kingdom Crystal Palace 2012
Eeyore 2005
Eeyore Animal Kingdom 2004
Eeyore 2005
Eeyore 2005
Eeyore Crystal Palace 2006
Eeyore 2010
Eeyore Animal Kingdom 2010
Eeyore Animal Kingdom Christmas 2011
Eeyore Epcot Random meet 2012
Eeyore Epcot Random meet 2012
Eeyore Animal Kingdom 2012
Eeyore Epcot Random meet 2012
Eeyore Hollywood Studios 2012
Eeyore Hollywood Studios 2012
Eeyore Hollywood Studios 2012
Dug and Russell – Animal Kingdom
Dug and Russell currently meet only in Animal Kingdom. They can be seen in the Hollywood Studios daytime parade.
Dug at California Adventure 2012
Dug and Russell at Animal Kingdom 2012
Dug and Russell at Animal Kingdom 2012
Carl and Dug at Pixar Weekend 2011
Carl, Russell and Dug at Hollywood Studios in 2009
2009 – We met all the characters from UP! in one meet. Carl has only reappeared for meets at Pixar Weekend May 2011. Russell and Dug have returned to regular meets at Animal Kingdom.
Tuesday Tip: Take advantage of Character Palooza!
NOTE: The first two days after returning from hiatus have been held on the STREETS of AMERICA and ECHO LAKE, thanks to everyone for updating me!
One of the best character surprises is often referrred to as Character Palooza (Characterpalooza) or the Fantasmic! meet. It takes place in the Animation area where Sorcerer Mickey and the Incredibles are located Echo Lake for the first set at 4:30 and often the second set has been on the Streets of America at 5:30 The set times may be a bit off, so arrive early! It’s the same area that one draws characters as well. Because it is an unpublished meet, there is usually a short wait for some great and often rare characters. Here’s some of the characters that we’ve met over the years with a ranking of 1 to 5 on how often they have appeared that was provided by a good friend:
| Aladdin – 1 |
| Belle (Blue Dress) – 3 |
| Bolt – 2 |
| Capt. Hook – 4 |
| Chip n Dale – 5 |
| Genie – 2 |
| Gepetto – 4 |
| Goofy – 5 |
| Green Army Man – 2 |
| Jafar – 1 |
| Jasmine – 1 |
| Little Einsteins – 1 |
| Mary Poppins – 4 |
| Max – 4 |
| Meeko – 4 |
| Minnie – 5 |
| Mr. Smee – 4 |
| Mulan – 3 |
| Penguins – 4 |
| Pinocchio – 4 |
| Pluto – 5 |
| Pocahontas – 4 |
| Queen Grimhilde (Snow Queen) – 3 |
| Queen of Hearts – 2 |
| Rafiki – 2 |
| Snow White – 1 |
| Stitch – 3 |
What characters have you met at Character Palooza?
Buzz Lightyear in Hollywood Studios
Buzz and Woody’s Hollywood Studios schedule can be found HERE
August 2004 was the only time we’ve been able to meet Buzz, Woody and Jessie in one location. It was taken in Hollywood Studios. This location was later transformed in Phineas and Ferb meet area.
April 2012 during our first ever Ultimate Four Park Character Tour.
The Sunday Squeeze #2 – The Ariel Fiasco
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| The year was 2006. My son was 7 years old and not very interested in girls at the time. Okay, almost any female not named “Momma” was yuckie at the time. My daughter wanted badly to complete her collection of princess autographs on her hat, so we talked him into meeting with her. It started out innocently enough. Ariel asked where we had swum in from and the kids laughed and joked with her. Ariel offered my son a hug. Then it went wrong, very, very wrong! |
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| Ariel, in her typical gentile demeanor leaned over to give him a kiss on the cheek. He attempted to lean away and she planted a good one on him! |
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| He was not a happy camper! I had to promise him a Dole Whip to allow me to take the first photo. He still hates the photo and isn’t too fond of the memory, but it’s pretty special to us. He wiped the lipstick off his cheek as quickly as possible. I bought the Dole Whip as soon as we could reach Adventureland and we were off to ride Pirates of the Caribbean together!
Share your great character moments with us in the comments below or email me your photo and story! |
| Every Sunday I’ll post a new photo of a great hug moment with a character and a description of what was taking place at that time. |
The Sunday Squeeze #1 – Ahhh Stitch!
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| My youngest daughter, who was 2 at the time, was on her first trip to Walt Disney World with us. I’ve always been a bit of a commando style tourist, trying to take in every moment possible, so I had probably exhausted my daughter by mid-afternoon. My daughter was excited to meet Stitch in the old Timekeeper building. The line took about 10 minutes because the Incredibles were at the end of the same line. With my wife holding her in her arms, my daughter fell asleep in the line. When it was time to meet Stitch he didn’t want to wake her. He instructed us to pose as though we all were sleeping on the floor. When we stood up to say goodbye; she awoke and reached her arms toward Stich. My wife lifted her up to meet him and with the softest, sweetest voice she said, “Ahhhh Stitch!” and proceeded to kiss him on the nose. It was a very endearing moment for us all. Too bad she only knows of it from the photo.
Share your great character moments with us in the comments below or email me your photo and story! |
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| Every Sunday I’ll post a new photo of a great hug moment with a character and a description of what was taking place at that time. |
Tuesday’s Tip
Clarice with Chip n Dale August 2006
Tip #1: You may never see them again!
I took my first trip to Walt Disney World in May of 1990 as a part of our honeymoon. I had always wanted to visit, but our family chose other vacation locales. In 2004 my oldest daughter was 7 years old and my son was now 5, so we thought it would be a great time to take them for their first trip. Since 2004 we’ve been a couple dozen times as a family. In 2006 we had our first grandparent reunion at WDW. By this time my children had become avid character hunters having collected over 40 signatures on this August trip.
On a Sunny day in Hollywood Studios my oldest daughter noticed Clarice making her way toward the Sorcerer’s Hat with Chip n Dale. She was excited to meet her for the first time, but we had a lunch reservation and I naively thought we must be exactly on time, so I snapped a quick photo of her passing and told her we would return to meet Clarice after lunch. Well, we didn’t know that Clarice wouldn’t return. There were no character schedules, we didn’t know we could ask the person in the yellow shirt when and where they would meet and we didn’t know of the CHIP hotline. We didn’t meet Clarice that day. We still haven’t met Clarice. It’s been more than 5 years and my daughter reminds me regularly of the one that got away. If we see a rare or unusual character, we stop to meet them now.
(Each Tuesday I will offer another tip for touring or character meeting)
