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his eponymous attraction in Tomorrowland. (See the
chart
on the following pages for
details.)
A Brooklyn dad complains that character collecting has gotten out of hand:
This year, when we took our youngest child (who is now 8 years old), he had already
seen his siblings' collection and was determined to outdo them. However, rather than
random meetings, the characters are now available practically all day long at differ-
ent locations, according to a printed schedule, which our son was old enough to read.
We spent more time standing in line for autographs than we did for the most popular
rides!
A family from Birmingham, Alabama, found some benefit in their children's pur-
suit of characters:
We had no idea we'd be caught up in this madness, but after my daughters grabbed
your guidebook to get Pocahontas to sign it (we had no blank paper), we quickly
bought a Disney autograph book and gave in. It was actually the highlight of their
trip, and my son even got into the act by helping get places in line for his sisters. They
LOVED looking for characters. It was an amazing, totally unexpected part of our vis-
it.
BOB
Our advice for parents with preschoolers is to stay with the kids when
they meet characters, stepping back only to take a quick picture.
“THEN SOME CONFUSION HAPPENED”
Children sometimes become lost at character
encounters. Usually, there's a lot of activity around a character, with both adults and
children touching it or posing for pictures. Most commonly, Mom and Dad stay in the
crowd while Junior approaches the character. In the excitement and with the character
moving around, Junior heads in the wrong direction to look for Mom and Dad. In the
