Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Families with several small children, and parents who are busy fooling around
with cameras, can lose track of a youngster in a heartbeat. Our recommendation for
parents of preschoolers is to stay with the kids when they meet the characters, step-
ping back only long enough to take a picture, if necessary.
MEETING CHARACTERS
You can
see
the Disney characters in live shows and in
parades. For times, consult your
Times Guide.
If you have the time and money, you
can share a meal with the characters (more about this later). But if you want to
meet
the characters, get autographs, and take photos, it's helpful to know where the charac-
ters hang out.
Responding to guest requests, Disneyland Resort has added a lot of information
about characters to its handout park maps and entertainment
Times Guide.
A listing
specifies where and when certain characters will be available and also provides in-
formation on character dining. On the maps of the parks themselves, Mickey's gloved
hand is used to denote locations where characters can be found.
At DCA, look for characters in Hollywood Land near the Animation Building, in
parades, and in shows at the Hyperion Theater. Elsewhere around the park, characters
will be less in evidence than at Disneyland Park, but they will make periodic appear-
ances at Flik's Fun Fair and Buena Vista Street (the central hub).
The last few years have seen a number of Disney initiatives aimed at satisfying
guests' inexhaustible desire to meet the characters. At Disneyland Park, Disney re-
legated four (Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, and Donald) of the “fab five” to all-day tours of
duty in Mickey's Toontown. The fifth “fab,” Goofy, works a similar schedule most
days in Frontierland but also spends plenty of time in Toontown. Likewise, Pooh
and Tigger can usually be found in Critter Country, Princess Tiana in New Orleans
Square's Court of Angels, Merida from
Brave
in Fantasyland near Pinocchio's ride,
and Aladdin and Jasmine in Adventureland. The new Fantasy Faire plaza adjacent to
Sleeping Beauty Castle is the prime place to meet Aurora, Ariel, Cinderella, Belle,
and Rapunzel. Tinker Bell and her fairy friends draw long lines at their Pixie Hollow
area off the central hub between Tomorrowland and the Matterhorn. Characters less
in demand roam the “lands” consistent with their image (Br'er Bear and Br'er Fox in
Critter Country, for example).
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Characters make appearances in all the “lands” but are especially thick in Fantasy-
land, Mickey's Toontown, and Town Square on Main Street.
