Welcome to the first stop aboard Magical Blogorail Green. Enjoy the ride as we share with you our Best Character Interaction Ever.
I was lucky enough to pick this month’s loop topic, and fresh off a recent visit to Disney World, I knew there was one thing I really wanted to talk about: character interactions!!
This past weekend, I met several of my favorite Disney faces, but my best character interaction isn’t from this most recent visit to WDW. In fact, it happened during my honeymoon in December 2010 with Buzz and Woody in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
A truly great meet in Hollywood Studios
It didn’t start great. I don’t know if you’ve ever gone through that meet queue on Pixar Place, but it is deceptively long. There are a few switchbacks and lots of “photo spots” spread throughout the line. Unfortunately, people push their way in, so there’s not enough room for anyone to actually take photos, and other people’s kids are going in and out of each other’s photos. It was a mad house the day we visited.
And as the wait stretched on … 15 … 30 … 45 minutes, I started to get monstrously cranky. People were jammed in all around me. Kids were screaming. It was really, really hot. We contemplated jumping out of line and giving up. But we persevered.
And when we finally got to the front of the line, the interaction with Buzz and Woody totally made up for the nightmare wait. They were fresh off of a break and extremely peppy. Either they noticed our “Just Married” buttons or the handler tipped them off, because they immediately went into an adorable skit.
When we walked up to them, Woody hugged me for a looooong time.
An epic hug from Woody
After he let me go, Buzz walked over and pointed out my shiny new wedding ring. They gestured back and forth a bit … and then Woody walked over to Rob and actually stared him down!
And Rob blushed!
Woody’s Stare Down
It was easily the funniest interaction we’ve ever had in a Disney Park. It’s a fabulous memory of our first trip as husband and wife. (And if things don’t work out with Rob, I suppose I can always go back and get Woody’s number, right?)
What was your best character interaction? Tell us in the comments below!
I love those special interactions with the characters! We’ve had a lot of them over the years! In fact, I recently posted about a few.
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I’m going to go check it out! Thanks, Heidi!
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What great memories! Glad they made it for the terrible wait.
Totally worth the wait! (But I will probably never do it again … ha!)
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One trip, I had 3 great experiences with characters. The first evening we headed to MK, but didn’t take the camera. It was just a short evening jaunt. Sure enough Mary Poppins was riding the carousel! Later in the trip we were lucky enough to be riding the tea cups the same time as Alice and Mad Hatter. Finally, we were at Epcot to meet Alice at UK and this branch broke off and fell. Everyone was a bit startled. In perfect character, Alice says to me, “Did you see that! It was that Cheshire Cat!” AiW is my favorite Disney movie, so that was the best moment ever
OMG! What a great, quick-thinking reaction from Alice!!! That is why we keep returning to Disney World.
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That’s awesome! I love when you get a great interaction like that!!
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It was totally amazing. I’ll never forget it.
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Great memories caught on camera!
Thank goodness for PhotoPass!
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The Best Character interaction for me was with my daughter at Epcot. We were sitting outside the Duffy store and I just bought my daughter a Duffy in the Woody outfit. Duffy came out of his area and saw my daughter knelt down and played with her for about 4 minutes He was Holding a Duffy Buzz so they interacted. . Then we had to get in line for meet and Greet, It was a short wait. Duffy remembered her they played again and ever si ce I am a Fan of Duffy and Love him in the parks!
That is just so sweet! I love it when the characters are on top of their game and create truly magical experiences!
During one trip, I met the same Belle (once in MK, once in Epcot) twice in one week, and she remembered me. And I was just SO HAPPY.
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