My daughter is special needs and people in costumes use to scare her. Other theme parks we had gone to, would keep coming up to her even when she was freaking out, until I would get angry. Disneyland was the first place we actually got a character picture with Mickey. He saw she was scared and stayed back waving. He took his time and got down to her level. She actually went up for a handshake. To some this isn't a big deal, but for us this was huge. And a photopass photographer caught the entire thing. Still my favorite memory at Disneyland, and my favorite pictures.
Chip once made my daughter go crazy and we couldn't figure out for the life of us what was going on. We were at Disneyland trying to get our picture for the Carnation Plaza Minnie Breakfast before going into eat. My daughter wasn't wanting to pose for the camera, so we were trying to get her to cooperate and then all of a sudden she'd start freaking out and pointing at something (she was about 18 months old). We'd look and there was nothing there...we thought it was a bird or another animal...this went on for a couple of minutes before Chip finally poked his head out of a hidden door while we were looking. Even the photo pass person had no clue what was going on until Chip came out and fessed up! It was SO funny!!! Love Chip and Dale!
My family is still out of power. We're sitting at McDonald's eating our one hot meal of the day. Watching this is a joy and a pleasure during a tough time here in Florida.
So sorry. I hope you're not with Duke Power. Seems like many of my friends who have them still don't have power. Praying for a speedy recovery and that the power comes back on soon.
SirWillow Naw, we're with Clay. They're working hard, but being iout of power for days is rough. We're spending lots of time in libraries and such c: . Thanks for the prayers and the lovely videos that help keep our spirits up!
I'm so sorry Alex. I'm so glad that you and your family are safe. We went through a wind storm here 2 winters ago and didn't have power for 3 days and that was miserable. I can't even imagine what you all are going through. Sending lots of good thoughts and prayers your way.
6:45 Actually, I respectfully dispute your claim. You recovered from cancer, which is something many people don't. The magic may have been getting ready for you. :)
SirWillow it was my struggle with Cystic Fibrosis that has strengthened my walk with Christ. I wouldn't be a Pastor today if it wasn't for my struggles... sometimes our struggles are hidden blessings!!! Praise the Lord Brother!
When I went to Disney for my first time I was 7 and I met Mushu and Mulan shortly after. My 2 brothers and my 1 sister were all afraid of Mushu thinking he was mean (I was the only one that actually saw the movie at the time). Then when mulan came out, my sister hid behind mulan and told her that Mushu was trying to burn them with fire! Mulan had to explain that Mushu was not mean. Then We all sat on the floor as Mulan told us all of her martial arts stories. And as Mushu was trying to interrupt Mulan. I can’t wait to go back this summer!!
Yes! I adore Chip and Dale. I always have to get at least one picture with them when I visit the parks. (I even had one day where I visited them at all four parks; that was a fun day!) There have been a few times where I've asked Dale if I could have a picture with just Chip (because he's my favorite Disney character), and Dale happily obliged. One time he used this "free time" to chase after a nearby bird. Another time Dale stepped aside only to photobomb us a moment later. I think the chipmunks are so underrated.
That explains all the photo pass people I saw with marks over their arms. . . THAT'S where Sorcerer Mickey is. I've always wanted to get a photo with him. And what a way to discover an illness. Mickey tried to help you! I have a Falfellow photo! He did try to steal my hat. XD *Captain Jack alert!!* I also found Captain Jack hiding behind a bush when I got off the Pirates ride. XD he's a super fun character to mess around with. He tried to sell me on being a pirate. I informed him I already was. (And showed him all my Pirate pins) XD I spent a good 5 minutes able to speak with him alone because he was so hidden, no one else knew he was there.
SirWillow I think I heard about that. I only manage to get to California, and I never heard we could find him there anymore. Definitely a rare appearance. I know he shows up for special events. DVC most often I've heard.
One of my favorite charector interactions was during the cp Hawaian luau. Stitch was meeting us for pictures. He walked off to the side, grabbed some streamers and got down on one knee proposing. Then he wrapped me in the streamers. I was laughing so hard. My other favorite interaction was when Goofy got ready in the Anadapur breakroom for a photoshoot with the Jonas Brothers. He was so fun to interact with.
One of my favorite interactions with my favorite character Stitch was at Hollywood studios. We went to go get his autograph and he saw on my pin lanyard a couple of stitch pins and he grabbed a lanyard and dragged me and pointed at the pin and to him and I said yes stitch you're my favorite character and he gave me the biggest hug.
My first time going to Disney World we were walking in the morning going to space mountain, and stitch was watching the giant bag full of smaller cotton candy bags. He picked up the whole bag and tried taking it and shaking no when the cast member asked for them back. It was a really great start to the trip!!!!! Stitch was also great in Hawaii, I was on the lazy river and all of a sudden the bushes around the bend gets pulled open and stitch is looking down and waving and laughing. It was great!!!
One of my favorite character interactions was when I took my nephew for his 2nd birthday. (He just turned 20) It was a hot day, he was tired and we got in line to meet Minnie and Mickey. When he saw Minnie he immediately went to her and she got down on her knees and gave him a hug. He climbed up in her lap and fell asleep and she held him for about 5 min. The person with her kept trying to get my sister to take my nephew because of Minnie's line, but Minnie would not let her take him. She just held him and rocked him. It was so sweet. ❤❤❤
Minnie was the one who got me to not be afraid of characters with masks during a breakfast when I was 7 (though I did hide from Gaston during the breakfast too) but the best interactions I had were Chip and Dale stealing my camera (Dale actually managed to get a picture of Chip) and Stitch trying to steal my shirt that had him on it.
I LOVED the Power Rangers as a kid and I remember I wasn't able to get a picture/autograph with them because of their short meet and greet sessions. I was upset I didn't get to meet them but it was still super cool to see them briefly from afar.
One of my favorite interactions with a character was with Dale at Disneyland. As my family and I were waiting to get into Tomorrow land (they let us in a few minutes early, but no lands were open yet) next to the Plaza Inn and Dale was in there behind a small fence picking leaves off a bush and throwing them at me. It was totally random but it was one of my favorite moments from our trip!
I remember when my family went to Disney when I was 5/6 and my sister was 3/4, I loved to talk with all the characters but my sister hated them! The only characters she would go to were Minnie and daisy because she loved their shoes!
God bless you. I’m sorry that happened to you. You are such a nice person. But you are an inspiration and I am happy you won the fight against cancer. Also, the Peter Pan and Stitch stories were soooo funny!
Mary Poppins was a lot of fun, but Photopass wasn't allowed to shoot photos of her due to copyright/ ownership issues between Disney and the PL Travers estate.
Pretty sure i've mentioned my interaction with Chip and Dale last year that left me and my mother who was attempting to take photos, in hysterics 😀 they definitely took their shot at me when they saw my hair tied up in a shiny bobbon 😀. On that trip we also had a funny time with the queen of hearts, she shooed the kids in front of us in line away and went for a wander around wonderland, came back and carried on as if nothing happened. It was bizarre 😂 though i realise now she is the queen and can do what she likes 😛 still makes me laugh.
The sorcerer meet and green moved around to another soundstage are after the animation pavilion closed and turned into the Star Wars launch bay. I had a fun experience with him there. the area is all theme sorcerer apprentice theme. I had my notebook out that was also a sketchbook of mine for him to autograph. Some of my pages flip through on the drawings I made and he loved my sketches. I am an artist and had some concepts of mine for Disney one day and told him one of my characters was going on adventures with him. Mickey approved that idea! XD It made my moment of a meet and greet. Also another fun one and it was when I was at the garden grill with my family. I was in a middle of a drawing and I think Chip up and saw my drawing and waved Dale over to see. They were so fascinated at my drawing. I had to do show them the rest of my drawings.
I've watched the Mad Hatter and Alice interactions on youtube, did you get to work with them? Sir, you have a beautiful family whom I am glad share your love of theme parks. Keep up the great vids!!!
I'm pretty sure Alice is in the public domain as the book is over 100 years old. But it is "curious" you didn't get to shoot them. I think those characters have a much larger presence out in Disneyland
I think the books are as well. But if I remember right (and I could be muffing the details some here) when Disney made the movie it was with an agreement with either Lewis Carrol or the estate, and because that agreement still applies, we couldn't do it. it may have been something like that. What I remember is that we generally weren't allowed to shoot Alice. Even one time when the Mad Hatter made an appearance in Toontown for a day we weren't allowed to shoot him, even though we were shooting the other 2 characters in the rooms. Sometimes Disney's licensing deals can be complicated.
When I met my favorites,Lilo and Stitch, I gave them a drawing I made of Lilo kissing Stitch. They then grabbed my hands and 1 of my brothers held Lilos hand and the other held stitch’s.We went to the castle together and then lilo and stitch thought my parents were the aliens that tried to capture Stitch,so we all started running! After that, we got a picture and got a signature. Lilo wrote her name and Stitch wrote his.♥️
I always wondered what it was like to work at the Disney parks, and your stories provide great insight for me. Keep up the good work. Also, I love that you a have a figure of Willow in the background. When I was little, I had that same figure, along with Erik, and General Kael.
It was actually a gift from one of my viewers about a year/ year and a half ago. Many of the things on my shelves have been sent to me by viewers, and I've been very blessed by them.
I saw a video where a guy proposed to the green stepsister (I forgot her name) and Anastasia walked to the other side of Fantasyland and sat in a bench because she was mad. The Green One and the guest walked to the other side of the park and continued the interaction. It was great.
Another great time was with Aladdin, I was wearing those little fans that squirt water while I was at Epcot. He grabbed it and started screaming it was a genie squirter all the while it was around my neck so I’m all following him as he starts squirting the other people in line while jasmines laughing and telling him to knock it off
I remember when we were in Disney when I was like 5, that Tigger had a crush on my much older cousin, Beth. He played around with her so much, and teased her. She even has a picture with him where he was hugging her, but it almost looks like he was choking her! haha!
Ok Sir Willow a little constructive criticism: Peter Pan Crow, Well done. Super Hero Fighting pose... not so good. Guess we'll have to say your a lover not a fighter??
SirWillow my friend edie and chuck and chip and I went to Disney world we were at a place where chip and dale were fighting over me talk about good times 😂
Hi SirWillow, I want to say that I really like watching all of your videos, they are very heartwarming to say the least. I went on that disney trip like I said on your of your videos, my favorite part was seeing Fantastia with my dad. :-)
Love the character videos! You're definitely right about Chip and Dale liking to steal hats when you meet them. They stole mine the last time I met them at Animal Kingdom (luckily I got it back though) lol. As a guest, when I can sense that I'm gonna be in a "hug and shove" type situation for a meet and greet, I get a little miffed, because that means I'm not gonna get the quality interaction experience that I'm looking for. I understand that sometimes it's just unavoidable, but as a big character fan, it puts a bit of a damper on the experience for me...
When I was at Disney World in 2006, I was really young, so there weren’t a lot of characters I was familiar with. I was, however, lucky enough to meet characters that, to my knowledge, are no longer around: Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable. I wish I could remember specific details about the meeting, but it was forever ago.
I just got back from Walt Disney World! It was a birthday celebration, so I had my Birthday pin. In Princess Fairytale Hall, Rapunzel and Flynn were fighting over what we should do for my birthday :) That was on the night of the Very Merry Christmas Party, so it wasn't very crowded.
Yes!!! So excited to see another one of these!! Also I have a question about working with characters, since people are not allowed to wear Disney costumes in the parks ( except for Mickey's not so scary Halloween party) do characters ever react to to Disney bound outfits?
if they recognize it or have it pointed out to them, yes, they do! They love it! It was something that was just barely beginning when I left Disney, but we would occasionally see something like it then. it's neat how it's caught on the last few years. You bet they'll react and enjoy things like that.
SirWillow, Thanks! I loved the last one of these videos you did! I'm super sad that the power rangers got turned into a hug n shove, I really like the power rangers. If you have any more stories of times with trouble maker characters, Stitch, Peter Pan, Chip and Dale, etc, I would love to see another video like that. (Also more details about Jack in the cafeteria, would love to hear more info about that)
I'm planning a trip to DisneyWorld but my kids will be teens by the time we go. I figured we shouldn't bother with meet and greets but now I'm definitely going to suggest doing them. By the way, I am so happy I came across your channel. It's been tough lately but your videos make me feel so happy. :)
Teens a lot of times could be some of the most fun at meet and greets, as long as they weren't stuck on being "cool". My kids had an absolute blast with them when they were teens.
I remembered that golden age of MGM where I met the power rangers in person. I was 6 @ the time, but I was just looking back at the photo of me with pink ranger.📸 I miss them. It's sad to c them go.😭🎻
I'd have to say, two of my favorite character memories are from Stitch and Goofy. Once, my Dad and I were waiting for the rest of my family (I think we were in Tomorrowland), I saw Stitch walk past and yelled out to him, just expecting him wave and keep going. Only to have Stitch wave, walk over and sit on my lap (I have to use a wheelchair in the parks, because I physically can't handle all the walking.) My other favorite memory, was in Animal Kingdom when Goofy accidentally bonked me on the head with his nose, and kissed my hand to say sorry!
My three favorite Disney characters are Peter Pan and Chip and Dale! But I still haven't gone to Disneyland and Disney World to meet them. Hoping to go soon though.
Can't wait for "Even More Favorite Disney Characters and Funny Moments". If you don't mind could you make a vid on your collapse as you called it. Not so much what happened to you (unless you want to) but more how Disney and people reacted?
thinking about it more, I didn't even have that on my list of ideas. That one may make it on video sooner rather than later. Thanks for the great suggestion!
You welcome! Since I have your attention (☺) awhile ago I suggested a vid idea and don't know if you saw it so am going to restate it here: You did a vid on hurricane prep at WDW. Could you also eventually do a vid on how parks (WDW and others) deal with more sudden emergencies such as rides breaking down and fires (Both have some vids on TH-cam) along with (basically as suggested above) major medical emergencies. Also in the same or a diff vid sudden natural disasters such as earthquake and tornado procedures. Sorry for that being a bit ramblely, hope you get the jist of it.
Thanks. I did see that. it's a hard video to do because things like that happen so rarely. In all honesty, I've never deal with anything like them at Disney or Busch, and only had one storm at SDC where we had to go to our emergency shelters. Only know of one time where there was a major medical emergency at any of the parks (again at SDC) and I told that story in one of my videos, and never had anything other than a minor mechanical malfunction. No fires. so it's very hard to do a video on something that I've never actually had happen. Basically the procedure for almost all of those is keep guests safe and calm, and out of the way and let the people trained for them deal with it. :-) (Also- Florida and Missouri don't have earthquake procedures since they don't happen in either state. Tornados it's simply knowing where the closest storm shelter is and if an alert is given then help direct guests to those locations)
The animation place is now the Star Wars launch bay there is still meet and greets but Star Wars characters. Still fun but I miss being able to draw with an actual animator. Definitely miss it but launch is good. Just wanted say that. Thanks for making fun videos!❤️🙂
Did you ever have children scream, cry, and/or run away when confronted by one of the Disney villains? Or didn't Disney villains interact with guests? I guess no one wanted their autographs ... or did they?
I saw kids do that with a variety of characters- didn't really matter if they were villains or not. lol Not that many of the villains come out and do meet and greets, but the ones that do are very popular. It's actually one of the things that makes the Not So Scary party for Halloween so popular, is that a number of villains come out for meets and greets that often aren't out otherwise.
I was at goofy kitchen like seven years ago and when we were leaving I was saying bye to Pluto and he put his large mouth over my head I was scared so hard I was crying and screaming
When I was in Florida in November I went on Pirates and he was out in the jail cell scaring people as they walked through the queue and I managed to get a photo of captain jack
Chip n' Dale were absolutely hilarious when I meet them at Hollywood Studios back in April! Dale even managed to take off my Chip'n'Dale MagicBand (which had the MagicBandits of Chip and Dale on it!)
Generally it doesn't. It might make the park hours shorter, but most of the character meet and greet locations are year round. Off the top of my head I can't recall any that were seasonal when I was there. Keep in mind, Walt Disney World really doesn't have a "slow" season anymore. The crowds are lighter certain times of the year, but there are ALWAYS crowds there. :-)
this video was awesome! i'm so happy ur okay from ur fall, and i hope u continue to feel better. just curious, but how was ur experience with mickeys not so scary halloween party? how was photography with the villains?
"If they (Chip & Dale) saw a pen or something with their picture on it, they would go nuts! They would jump up and down and laugh and be excited because it was them!" Because... ROYALTIES! :)
I heard that there’s an Oswald the lucky rabbit walk around character in Disney land is there anyway I can put in a walk around character recommendations
My favorite character to meet was Woody. Before I met him I watched him sign with a deaf guest so I was impressed Then when it was my turn to meet him he took my Mickey doll off my wrist (it was a permahug Mickey as i called it) and he tried to wear it on his wrist
Hey, I’ve got 2 questions with similar scenarios I’m going to Disney in the summer and I don’t know what park we will go most, we have a 13, 16, 11, 10, And a 8 year old. Next is the same we got a 11, 10, 9, 5, 1, and a week old.What park is best to go for each scenario?
It all depends on the people and what they do and don't like to do and what their interests are. Some kids love Animal Kingdom, some don't. Some love Magic Kingdom, some don't. Some love meeting characters, others don't. Best thing to do is look over a list of what rides, shows, and attractions are at each park and decide from there.
Hey Sir Willow, I've met with Mike and Sully and I know Mike was more of the awkward one. I saw some kids try to hold his hand or touch him and he would move away. Was Mike an animatronic or was it an actual costume? Thanks :)
Beautiful Disney by the looks a costume but the gloves they should fix that. ...maybe make them like a furries gloves where you can freely move your hands in the gloves ralther than these bulky things
When we used to have Toontown and there were 3 characters in one room you would occasionally get someone that would skip one or two of the characters. It was rare, but it did happen. it wasn't so much that the didn't exist, it just wasn't who they wanted to meet.
I know this may be a painful memory or something difficult for you to talk about, but I know you've mentioned it a few times in your videos and I'm kind of curious to find out more about you... How did you find out you had cancer and how did you recover?
+Italo's Music Studio - Music Theory, Piano and more! After a couple of suggestions along those lines that video will be coming soon. I'm guessing in the next 2 yo 3 weeks at this point. There seems to be enough interest in it.
@@SirWillow I hope they do. Even the modified meets aren't the same. I get why they're doing it though, and my next trip down, probably next year, I have an ever-growing list of recommended books for Belle. I definately want to meet her she seems so nice
Would the characters remember their shorts and cartoon they were in??? For example I want to ask Donald Duck if he really served in the army or worked as a bellyboy in the short Bellboy Donald.
Excellent video keep up the good work. I've been working on my 1/8 scale railroad lately. Working on my equipment Walt Disney himself had a 1/8 scale railroad at his home in California called the Carolina and Pacific. He had a steam locomotive just one but he had a few of them but did not have any gasoline powered locomotives just Steam. If I ever come across any train items I might send you one or two maybe someday down the road. Check out the channel I'm going to be posting an update video maybe tonight maybe
People have tried to get into the utilidors over the years, most have been caught. if you're caught you get thrown out of the parks, and can get banned. For your other question, your answer/ non-answer is at th-cam.com/video/6m3n1lW44Gs/w-d-xo.html :-)
My daughter is special needs and people in costumes use to scare her. Other theme parks we had gone to, would keep coming up to her even when she was freaking out, until I would get angry. Disneyland was the first place we actually got a character picture with Mickey. He saw she was scared and stayed back waving. He took his time and got down to her level. She actually went up for a handshake. To some this isn't a big deal, but for us this was huge. And a photopass photographer caught the entire thing. Still my favorite memory at Disneyland, and my favorite pictures.
Chip once made my daughter go crazy and we couldn't figure out for the life of us what was going on. We were at Disneyland trying to get our picture for the Carnation Plaza Minnie Breakfast before going into eat. My daughter wasn't wanting to pose for the camera, so we were trying to get her to cooperate and then all of a sudden she'd start freaking out and pointing at something (she was about 18 months old). We'd look and there was nothing there...we thought it was a bird or another animal...this went on for a couple of minutes before Chip finally poked his head out of a hidden door while we were looking. Even the photo pass person had no clue what was going on until Chip came out and fessed up! It was SO funny!!!
Love Chip and Dale!
My family is still out of power. We're sitting at McDonald's eating our one hot meal of the day. Watching this is a joy and a pleasure during a tough time here in Florida.
P.s. Tigger is my 6 year old's favorite. She loves him soooo much.
So sorry. I hope you're not with Duke Power. Seems like many of my friends who have them still don't have power. Praying for a speedy recovery and that the power comes back on soon.
SirWillow Naw, we're with Clay. They're working hard, but being iout of power for days is rough. We're spending lots of time in libraries and such c: . Thanks for the prayers and the lovely videos that help keep our spirits up!
I'm so sorry Alex. I'm so glad that you and your family are safe. We went through a wind storm here 2 winters ago and didn't have power for 3 days and that was miserable. I can't even imagine what you all are going through. Sending lots of good thoughts and prayers your way.
Alex Andrews clay electric?
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Actually, I respectfully dispute your claim. You recovered from cancer, which is something many people don't. The magic may have been getting ready for you. :)
I'll accept that. :-) Though in my case I'd say it was a strengthening of my faith walk as opposed to magic. :-)
SirWillow it was my struggle with Cystic Fibrosis that has strengthened my walk with Christ. I wouldn't be a Pastor today if it wasn't for my struggles... sometimes our struggles are hidden blessings!!! Praise the Lord Brother!
When I went to Disney for my first time I was 7 and I met Mushu and Mulan shortly after. My 2 brothers and my 1 sister were all afraid of Mushu thinking he was mean (I was the only one that actually saw the movie at the time). Then when mulan came out, my sister hid behind mulan and told her that Mushu was trying to burn them with fire! Mulan had to explain that Mushu was not mean. Then We all sat on the floor as Mulan told us all of her martial arts stories. And as Mushu was trying to interrupt Mulan. I can’t wait to go back this summer!!
I think your Peter Pan crow was very good!
Yes! I adore Chip and Dale. I always have to get at least one picture with them when I visit the parks. (I even had one day where I visited them at all four parks; that was a fun day!) There have been a few times where I've asked Dale if I could have a picture with just Chip (because he's my favorite Disney character), and Dale happily obliged. One time he used this "free time" to chase after a nearby bird. Another time Dale stepped aside only to photobomb us a moment later. I think the chipmunks are so underrated.
That explains all the photo pass people I saw with marks over their arms. . .
THAT'S where Sorcerer Mickey is. I've always wanted to get a photo with him.
And what a way to discover an illness. Mickey tried to help you!
I have a Falfellow photo! He did try to steal my hat. XD
*Captain Jack alert!!*
I also found Captain Jack hiding behind a bush when I got off the Pirates ride. XD he's a super fun character to mess around with. He tried to sell me on being a pirate. I informed him I already was. (And showed him all my Pirate pins) XD
I spent a good 5 minutes able to speak with him alone because he was so hidden, no one else knew he was there.
Someone else mentioned that the area is now the Star Wars launch bay. If so, then it's likely that Mickey isn't there anymore. :-(
SirWillow maybe we'll wind up with a Jedi Mickey :-)
SirWillow
I think I heard about that. I only manage to get to California, and I never heard we could find him there anymore.
Definitely a rare appearance. I know he shows up for special events. DVC most often I've heard.
Artisan Noteworthy jack hiding in bushes 😂 not a suprise it's a game of find jack sparrow.
While I was on a Disney cruise, I saw Peter Pan across the balcony and cawed at him, and against what I thought, he did it back and waved!
One of my favorite charector interactions was during the cp Hawaian luau. Stitch was meeting us for pictures. He walked off to the side, grabbed some streamers and got down on one knee proposing. Then he wrapped me in the streamers. I was laughing so hard.
My other favorite interaction was when Goofy got ready in the Anadapur breakroom for a photoshoot with the Jonas Brothers. He was so fun to interact with.
One of my favorite interactions with my favorite character Stitch was at Hollywood studios. We went to go get his autograph and he saw on my pin lanyard a couple of stitch pins and he grabbed a lanyard and dragged me and pointed at the pin and to him and I said yes stitch you're my favorite character and he gave me the biggest hug.
stitch picked his nose and wiped it on me, and boy, my mom screamed to the top of her lungs
My first time going to Disney World we were walking in the morning going to space mountain, and stitch was watching the giant bag full of smaller cotton candy bags. He picked up the whole bag and tried taking it and shaking no when the cast member asked for them back. It was a really great start to the trip!!!!! Stitch was also great in Hawaii, I was on the lazy river and all of a sudden the bushes around the bend gets pulled open and stitch is looking down and waving and laughing. It was great!!!
One of my favorite character interactions was when I took my nephew for his 2nd birthday. (He just turned 20) It was a hot day, he was tired and we got in line to meet Minnie and Mickey. When he saw Minnie he immediately went to her and she got down on her knees and gave him a hug. He climbed up in her lap and fell asleep and she held him for about 5 min. The person with her kept trying to get my sister to take my nephew because of Minnie's line, but Minnie would not let her take him. She just held him and rocked him. It was so sweet. ❤❤❤
Love the shirt. I never realized until recently how much fun meeting the characters can be
Minnie was the one who got me to not be afraid of characters with masks during a breakfast when I was 7 (though I did hide from Gaston during the breakfast too) but the best interactions I had were Chip and Dale stealing my camera (Dale actually managed to get a picture of Chip) and Stitch trying to steal my shirt that had him on it.
I LOVED the Power Rangers as a kid and I remember I wasn't able to get a picture/autograph with them because of their short meet and greet sessions. I was upset I didn't get to meet them but it was still super cool to see them briefly from afar.
The Tremaines are my ALL TIME FAVORITES
One of my favorite interactions with a character was with Dale at Disneyland. As my family and I were waiting to get into Tomorrow land (they let us in a few minutes early, but no lands were open yet) next to the Plaza Inn and Dale was in there behind a small fence picking leaves off a bush and throwing them at me. It was totally random but it was one of my favorite moments from our trip!
I remember when my family went to Disney when I was 5/6 and my sister was 3/4, I loved to talk with all the characters but my sister hated them! The only characters she would go to were Minnie and daisy because she loved their shoes!
God bless you. I’m sorry that happened to you. You are such a nice person. But you are an inspiration and I am happy you won the fight against cancer. Also, the Peter Pan and Stitch stories were soooo funny!
My personal favorite is Mary Poppins at Disneyland. She would walk around it's a small world plaza and walk and sign and take photos at the same time.
Mary Poppins was a lot of fun, but Photopass wasn't allowed to shoot photos of her due to copyright/ ownership issues between Disney and the PL Travers estate.
Pretty sure i've mentioned my interaction with Chip and Dale last year that left me and my mother who was attempting to take photos, in hysterics 😀 they definitely took their shot at me when they saw my hair tied up in a shiny bobbon 😀. On that trip we also had a funny time with the queen of hearts, she shooed the kids in front of us in line away and went for a wander around wonderland, came back and carried on as if nothing happened. It was bizarre 😂 though i realise now she is the queen and can do what she likes 😛 still makes me laugh.
Now I wonder what would happen if Peter Pan met Captain Jack. I mean Pan fights pirates, right?
The sorcerer meet and green moved around to another soundstage are after the animation pavilion closed and turned into the Star Wars launch bay. I had a fun experience with him there. the area is all theme sorcerer apprentice theme. I had my notebook out that was also a sketchbook of mine for him to autograph. Some of my pages flip through on the drawings I made and he loved my sketches. I am an artist and had some concepts of mine for Disney one day and told him one of my characters was going on adventures with him. Mickey approved that idea! XD It made my moment of a meet and greet.
Also another fun one and it was when I was at the garden grill with my family. I was in a middle of a drawing and I think Chip up and saw my drawing and waved Dale over to see. They were so fascinated at my drawing. I had to do show them the rest of my drawings.
Crazy Hannah Creations where exactly is he located I sometimes see Mickey is somewhere but not sorcerer apprentice Mickey
I love that Grumpy shirt. That’s hilarious. 😂
I've watched the Mad Hatter and Alice interactions on youtube, did you get to work with them? Sir, you have a beautiful family whom I am glad share your love of theme parks. Keep up the great vids!!!
We rarely got to shoot Alice or any of the other Wonderland characters, probably due to copyright/ ownership issues with the original books.
I'm pretty sure Alice is in the public domain as the book is over 100 years old. But it is "curious" you didn't get to shoot them. I think those characters have a much larger presence out in Disneyland
I think the books are as well. But if I remember right (and I could be muffing the details some here) when Disney made the movie it was with an agreement with either Lewis Carrol or the estate, and because that agreement still applies, we couldn't do it. it may have been something like that. What I remember is that we generally weren't allowed to shoot Alice. Even one time when the Mad Hatter made an appearance in Toontown for a day we weren't allowed to shoot him, even though we were shooting the other 2 characters in the rooms. Sometimes Disney's licensing deals can be complicated.
When I met my favorites,Lilo and Stitch, I gave them a drawing I made of Lilo kissing Stitch. They then grabbed my hands and 1 of my brothers held Lilos hand and the other held stitch’s.We went to the castle together and then lilo and stitch thought my parents were the aliens that tried to capture Stitch,so we all started running! After that, we got a picture and got a signature. Lilo wrote her name and Stitch wrote his.♥️
I always wondered what it was like to work at the Disney parks, and your stories provide great insight for me. Keep up the good work.
Also, I love that you a have a figure of Willow in the background. When I was little, I had that same figure, along with Erik, and General Kael.
It was actually a gift from one of my viewers about a year/ year and a half ago. Many of the things on my shelves have been sent to me by viewers, and I've been very blessed by them.
I saw a video where a guy proposed to the green stepsister (I forgot her name) and Anastasia walked to the other side of Fantasyland and sat in a bench because she was mad. The Green One and the guest walked to the other side of the park and continued the interaction. It was great.
I have to admit my favorite character is Gaston..I have to find him before anyone else. But I do love that Chip and Dip!!!!
I love tiger now but my 1st time at Disney was at the parade and tigger came up to me and scared the absolute crap out of me lmao love the vids
Another great time was with Aladdin, I was wearing those little fans that squirt water while I was at Epcot. He grabbed it and started screaming it was a genie squirter all the while it was around my neck so I’m all following him as he starts squirting the other people in line while jasmines laughing and telling him to knock it off
Silly Aladdin 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦🏻♀️
I remember when we were in Disney when I was like 5, that Tigger had a crush on my much older cousin, Beth. He played around with her so much, and teased her. She even has a picture with him where he was hugging her, but it almost looks like he was choking her! haha!
Ok Sir Willow a little constructive criticism: Peter Pan Crow, Well done. Super Hero Fighting pose... not so good. Guess we'll have to say your a lover not a fighter??
LOL like I said, I was messing that up bad. :-P
SirWillow my friend edie and chuck and chip and I went to Disney world we were at a place where chip and dale were fighting over me talk about good times 😂
Richard Meredith Or we could also say he's not a poser?....okay, that was bad, I'll just show myself out now.
Richard Meredith you just made my day
Thanks Sven, I try....
Hi SirWillow, I want to say that I really like watching all of your videos, they are very heartwarming to say the least. I went on that disney trip like I said on your of your videos, my favorite part was seeing Fantastia with my dad. :-)
Love the character videos! You're definitely right about Chip and Dale liking to steal hats when you meet them. They stole mine the last time I met them at Animal Kingdom (luckily I got it back though) lol. As a guest, when I can sense that I'm gonna be in a "hug and shove" type situation for a meet and greet, I get a little miffed, because that means I'm not gonna get the quality interaction experience that I'm looking for. I understand that sometimes it's just unavoidable, but as a big character fan, it puts a bit of a damper on the experience for me...
I guess I'll have to forget my chip and dale Mickey ears on my next visit.
When I was at Disney World in 2006, I was really young, so there weren’t a lot of characters I was familiar with. I was, however, lucky enough to meet characters that, to my knowledge, are no longer around: Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable. I wish I could remember specific details about the meeting, but it was forever ago.
I just got back from Walt Disney World! It was a birthday celebration, so I had my Birthday pin. In Princess Fairytale Hall, Rapunzel and Flynn were fighting over what we should do for my birthday :)
That was on the night of the Very Merry Christmas Party, so it wasn't very crowded.
My favorite character is Goofy. He always made me laugh when I met with him.
STITCH IS MY FAVORITE!!!! I GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH YAY!!!
I love that shirt! 😂
Thanks for another fun video, hair looks good by the way nice haircut ~
Also great video the character story's are always fun to hear. Also your old hair looks better.
I love Belle, both she and Captain Hook are my favorite Disney characters to met. Hope one day I can character host them.
Yes!!! So excited to see another one of these!! Also I have a question about working with characters, since people are not allowed to wear Disney costumes in the parks ( except for Mickey's not so scary Halloween party) do characters ever react to to Disney bound outfits?
if they recognize it or have it pointed out to them, yes, they do! They love it! It was something that was just barely beginning when I left Disney, but we would occasionally see something like it then. it's neat how it's caught on the last few years. You bet they'll react and enjoy things like that.
SirWillow, Thanks! I loved the last one of these videos you did! I'm super sad that the power rangers got turned into a hug n shove, I really like the power rangers. If you have any more stories of times with trouble maker characters, Stitch, Peter Pan, Chip and Dale, etc, I would love to see another video like that. (Also more details about Jack in the cafeteria, would love to hear more info about that)
I'm planning a trip to DisneyWorld but my kids will be teens by the time we go. I figured we shouldn't bother with meet and greets but now I'm definitely going to suggest doing them.
By the way, I am so happy I came across your channel. It's been tough lately but your videos make me feel so happy. :)
Teens a lot of times could be some of the most fun at meet and greets, as long as they weren't stuck on being "cool". My kids had an absolute blast with them when they were teens.
I love your shirt!!!
Great vlog, going to Disney in two weeks, can't wait 👍
I remembered that golden age of MGM where I met the power rangers in person. I was 6 @ the time, but I was just looking back at the photo of me with pink ranger.📸 I miss them. It's sad to c them go.😭🎻
I'd have to say, two of my favorite character memories are from Stitch and Goofy. Once, my Dad and I were waiting for the rest of my family (I think we were in Tomorrowland), I saw Stitch walk past and yelled out to him, just expecting him wave and keep going. Only to have Stitch wave, walk over and sit on my lap (I have to use a wheelchair in the parks, because I physically can't handle all the walking.) My other favorite memory, was in Animal Kingdom when Goofy accidentally bonked me on the head with his nose, and kissed my hand to say sorry!
Love your shirt n this one!
it's one of my favorite shirts.
My three favorite Disney characters are Peter Pan and Chip and Dale! But I still haven't gone to Disneyland and Disney World to meet them. Hoping to go soon though.
Every time I hear the video ending I'm saying to myself "is it over already? Oh just one more story first!"
Sent my letter to you out on Tuesday or Monday ( forgot which lol). Should be there by now! ( it has a Christmas stamp since I don't have any others.
Watch for it this weekend. :-)
Stitch will always be awesome
Can't wait for "Even More Favorite Disney Characters and Funny Moments".
If you don't mind could you make a vid on your collapse as you called it. Not so much what happened to you (unless you want to) but more how Disney and people reacted?
I probably will at some point in the not to distant future. I think the whole thing might make a good story.
Cool can't wait! Wasn't sure how much of your personal situation you would want to go into so left the request very open!
thinking about it more, I didn't even have that on my list of ideas. That one may make it on video sooner rather than later. Thanks for the great suggestion!
You welcome!
Since I have your attention (☺) awhile ago I suggested a vid idea and don't know if you saw it so am going to restate it here:
You did a vid on hurricane prep at WDW. Could you also eventually do a vid on how parks (WDW and others) deal with more sudden emergencies such as rides breaking down and fires (Both have some vids on TH-cam) along with (basically as suggested above) major medical emergencies. Also in the same or a diff vid sudden natural disasters such as earthquake and tornado procedures.
Sorry for that being a bit ramblely, hope you get the jist of it.
Thanks. I did see that. it's a hard video to do because things like that happen so rarely. In all honesty, I've never deal with anything like them at Disney or Busch, and only had one storm at SDC where we had to go to our emergency shelters. Only know of one time where there was a major medical emergency at any of the parks (again at SDC) and I told that story in one of my videos, and never had anything other than a minor mechanical malfunction. No fires. so it's very hard to do a video on something that I've never actually had happen.
Basically the procedure for almost all of those is keep guests safe and calm, and out of the way and let the people trained for them deal with it. :-)
(Also- Florida and Missouri don't have earthquake procedures since they don't happen in either state. Tornados it's simply knowing where the closest storm shelter is and if an alert is given then help direct guests to those locations)
Stitch thought it would be fun for him to stick his finger in my ear and then wipe it on my shirt but he's a good a hugger
great video
The animation place is now the Star Wars launch bay there is still meet and greets but Star Wars characters. Still fun but I miss being able to draw with an actual animator. Definitely miss it but launch is good. Just wanted say that. Thanks for making fun videos!❤️🙂
Eli The Catcher I know that the Art of Animation resort has started doing classes on weekdays for free.
ProtoEon thanks! That was my favorite thing to do when we went to Hollywood studios. We will definitely do it next time! Thanks
Eli The Catcher No problemo. Though, if I remember right they are during the weekdays most of the time and have a fluctuating schedule.
ProtoEon well I'll definitely keep an eye open.🙂
Did you ever have children scream, cry, and/or run away when confronted by one of the Disney villains? Or didn't Disney villains interact with guests? I guess no one wanted their autographs ... or did they?
I saw kids do that with a variety of characters- didn't really matter if they were villains or not. lol Not that many of the villains come out and do meet and greets, but the ones that do are very popular. It's actually one of the things that makes the Not So Scary party for Halloween so popular, is that a number of villains come out for meets and greets that often aren't out otherwise.
Please do a video on some of the funniest GP statements you have heard!
I've got several of them already! Just look through the list on my channel for silly/ dumb/ and annoying guests. :-)
Ive met just about all of the original power ranger actors. RIP Thui Trang
I was at goofy kitchen like seven years ago and when we were leaving I was saying bye to Pluto and he put his large mouth over my head I was scared so hard I was crying and screaming
When I was in Florida in November I went on Pirates and he was out in the jail cell scaring people as they walked through the queue and I managed to get a photo of captain jack
Chip and Dale are my favorite characters to meet
Chip n' Dale were absolutely hilarious when I meet them at Hollywood Studios back in April! Dale even managed to take off my Chip'n'Dale MagicBand (which had the MagicBandits of Chip and Dale on it!)
😀😀😀😀😀😀 thanks for the info
does the time of year dictate what characters are available? for example the "slow" season have less characters around? (am I making sense?)
Generally it doesn't. It might make the park hours shorter, but most of the character meet and greet locations are year round. Off the top of my head I can't recall any that were seasonal when I was there.
Keep in mind, Walt Disney World really doesn't have a "slow" season anymore. The crowds are lighter certain times of the year, but there are ALWAYS crowds there. :-)
this video was awesome! i'm so happy ur okay from ur fall, and i hope u continue to feel better. just curious, but how was ur experience with mickeys not so scary halloween party? how was photography with the villains?
"If they (Chip & Dale) saw a pen or something with their picture on it, they would go nuts! They would jump up and down and laugh and be excited because it was them!"
Because... ROYALTIES! :)
LOL!! I love that reason!
I didn't know the power rangers was at Disney but yeah, that sounds chaotic
I heard that there’s an Oswald the lucky rabbit walk around character in Disney land is there anyway I can put in a walk around character recommendations
My favorite character to meet was Woody. Before I met him I watched him sign with a deaf guest so I was impressed
Then when it was my turn to meet him he took my Mickey doll off my wrist (it was a permahug Mickey as i called it) and he tried to wear it on his wrist
Did you ever get a chance to watch Mary Poppins meet the guests? As always, I loved the video.
Saw her all of the time, but she was another character we weren't allowed to photograph with Photopass due to copyright and royalty issues. :-)
SirWillow Thanks for replying!
Hey, I’ve got 2 questions with similar scenarios I’m going to Disney in the summer and I don’t know what park we will go most, we have a 13, 16, 11, 10, And a 8 year old. Next is the same we got a 11, 10, 9, 5, 1, and a week old.What park is best to go for each scenario?
*few weeks old
It all depends on the people and what they do and don't like to do and what their interests are. Some kids love Animal Kingdom, some don't. Some love Magic Kingdom, some don't. Some love meeting characters, others don't. Best thing to do is look over a list of what rides, shows, and attractions are at each park and decide from there.
any Gaston stories? I missed the "youtube famous" Gaston on my trips . wondering if he was as much fun to work with as he was to watch.
Gaston didn't start making appearances until well after I had left the company and moved to Missouri back in 2011
I cannot help myself. First! LOL!!!
Hey Sir Willow, I've met with Mike and Sully and I know Mike was more of the awkward one. I saw some kids try to hold his hand or touch him and he would move away. Was Mike an animatronic or was it an actual costume? Thanks :)
neither one. Mike is a real monster. Though I think after the experience with Boo he's still a bit nervous about contact with humans.
Beautiful Disney by the looks a costume but the gloves they should fix that. ...maybe make them like a furries gloves where you can freely move your hands in the gloves ralther than these bulky things
I wish they would make more of the human characters like the Incredibles face characters instead of fur characters :3
it could be interesting to see how that would work. Gaston has done well. :-)
Just curious but with the princesses, especially the meet and greets with more than one, have kids go to one and skip the other like they don't exist?
When we used to have Toontown and there were 3 characters in one room you would occasionally get someone that would skip one or two of the characters. It was rare, but it did happen. it wasn't so much that the didn't exist, it just wasn't who they wanted to meet.
SirWillow oh thanks for letting me know, that was something that has been burning through my mind since first meeting the characters
I want to meet all the winnie the pooh characters when I go to disney
Greetings SirWillow
you were concerned that we stayed in the Florida Keys. we made it. all is well. key west lost a lot of trees. but we are coming back
+carpetguy123 good to hear you are safe. I was definitely concerned
The fact that the power rangers were there fascinates me were they speaking characters?
no, not enough time. :-)
I wonder why Disney did a bunch of Rangers from different eras at once.
I know this may be a painful memory or something difficult for you to talk about, but I know you've mentioned it a few times in your videos and I'm kind of curious to find out more about you... How did you find out you had cancer and how did you recover?
+Italo's Music Studio - Music Theory, Piano and more! After a couple of suggestions along those lines that video will be coming soon. I'm guessing in the next 2 yo 3 weeks at this point. There seems to be enough interest in it.
I've yet to meet Cinderella, Belle, Mulan and a few others. Sadly, I dont think they're coming back due to covid
They are all out doing g modified meets right now. We will see if they go back to the old ways or not
@@SirWillow I hope they do. Even the modified meets aren't the same. I get why they're doing it though, and my next trip down, probably next year, I have an ever-growing list of recommended books for Belle. I definately want to meet her she seems so nice
Would the characters remember their shorts and cartoon they were in??? For example I want to ask Donald Duck if he really served in the army or worked as a bellyboy in the short Bellboy Donald.
sorry I meant to say bellboy
Yes, they would. unless they were having a senior moment. They are old enough for those. lol
SirWillow What’s a senior moment??
Excellent video keep up the good work. I've been working on my 1/8 scale railroad lately. Working on my equipment Walt Disney himself had a 1/8 scale railroad at his home in California called the Carolina and Pacific. He had a steam locomotive just one but he had a few of them but did not have any gasoline powered locomotives just Steam. If I ever come across any train items I might send you one or two maybe someday down the road. Check out the channel I'm going to be posting an update video maybe tonight maybe
That would be cool. I'll be sure to check out your channel when I get a chance
Has it ever happened when a kid try to take of the mask of the characters or try to go into the utilidors
People have tried to get into the utilidors over the years, most have been caught. if you're caught you get thrown out of the parks, and can get banned. For your other question, your answer/ non-answer is at th-cam.com/video/6m3n1lW44Gs/w-d-xo.html :-)
Oh my gosh sorry man
What's up with the white noise?
Where are you hearing it? I'm not picking any up on my end- whether with headphones or speakers, even if I've got them turned up a lot.
...Did you get a haircut recently?
Wait did ypi just say you had cancer?!!?
yep. Look for a video soon (maybe next week) about it. It was a mild form easily treatable.
SirWillow ok thats gpod :)
My baby sister kicked piglet