I met Peter Pan last year during my day trip at the magic kingdom. I met Peter earlier in the day and he loved my Disney bound , saying he hopes to meet me at his spot. He took my autograph book (my first one) and said that he loved signing his name on things. We even joked that hook was smelly. Best moment ever
one of my favorite experiences that i remember was in 2011 at disneyland for mickey's very merry christmas party! i was a HUGE nightmare before christmas fan at the time ( and also a very exciteable 12 year old ), and while my family and i were walking around towards the haunted mansion holiday we stumbled on jack skellington and sally! i had a tiny zero plush whose nose lit up, and jack asked me about it and asked to see him light up! i still have that zero btw, he's sitting on one of my shelves
🎶No one signs like Gaston, does his lines like Gaston. No one's pen points are nearly as fine as Gaston's! He's especially good at autographing! My, what a guy, that Gaston!🎶
I saw a youtube video about how ALL the disney characters have to practice their character's signature over at least 1,000 times a day before the park opens. Talk about hand cramps!!!😥👋💦
I was a kid who lost their autograph book and sobbed in the middle of Main street (on my birthday lol)! A staff member (a photographer I think) approached me and my family and said if we bought a new book they would go around before the parade that night and get all the characters to sign for me, and they completely filled up my book with characters I hadn't even met 🥺Truly the kindest gesture, my family and I were all so grateful!
As a kid I used to love to collect cast member autographs, I still have a couple little books filled with them. Some of my favorites are from cast members who cleaned bathrooms, especially one lady who I would always see cleaning the tiki room bathroom, she was so sweet and I remember her telling me to look for her when DCA opened because she would be working over there. It’s funny because this practice started when I went to DL and it was pouring rain so no character greets so I decided to ask a guy sweeping in toon town, he was so excited and happy that from that day on I only asked them for autographs.
My favourite autograph I collected was Snow White, she kissed the paper and left a red lipstick mark. Another favourite was Pluto, when I was little it amazed me to see him balance my autograph book on his nose and sign his name! I said “that was so cool!” To him and he kneeled down to give me a hug! I miss meeting characters so much
COOL!!!😆😁 Unfortunately, I was born AFTER the ride was remodeled... and I live in California... AND the only state I've ever been to OUTSIDE of California was Idaho so I could visit my G-ma . . . SO! The only Disney Park I've EVER visited was the Anahiem location...
That is priceless!!!! That was the best version of Figment. He wasn’t obnoxious. He was childlike and pure and filled with wonder.... *sob* and the Dreamfinder was so cool In all his Steampunk Glory. 💜
I think my favorite Disney autograph is Sadness's, because it's the way she should write it. She would start out and the it would get slower and slower and then at the end of it she would draw a tear drop at the end of it. She would follow up with dabbing it on her face to soak up the tears. I love Sadness
I'd love to know who gets to design all these signatures and the thought-processes behind how they get made - they're all so unique and yet they have to be fast and easy for the characters to do hundreds of times a day (with all those gloves, too!) while still talking and holding conversations with guests. Face-characters don't get enough credit for everything they have to go through just to make us all smile when we meet them :)
I don't know about all of them but my best friend is quite proud of the fact he invented one (for a super minor and silent character) he submitted it to his superiors in entertainment and they submitted it to the appropriate people at the IP's office and it was approved for official use.
Had a very disastrous family holiday to Disneyland Paris when I was 8, however one of the best memories I had from there was an autograph experience. There's rarely any staff accompanying the fur characters in Disneyland Paris, and kids tend to literally swarm them with no queuing system in place. I got shoved very hard by another kid trying to get Chips autograph and cried. Chip stopped to come over to me and flicked my tear away and sign my book before the other kids, which made a really cool experience, made me feel special haha.
I went there in 2007 and again a few years ago. Two completely different experiences. The first time, the characters were walking around and sometimes great (my sister dancing with Tweedledee and Tweedle Dum is still one of my favourite memories) but sometimes chaos. When I went back a few years back, there were orderly queues, and the lines were well staffed. I haven't been to any in America (😭😭😭) as I can't afford to but being in England, its cheaper to go across the channel 😁.
During my March 2019 trip in Florida, I went to meet Doc McStuffins (a character I've previously met several times) at Hollywood Studios. When she signed my book, the first thing she wrote was, "To Zeke." That was cool because I didn't say what my name was and I wasn't wearing a button or anything with my name on it. So, she remembered me!
I went to Disney with my mom brother and baby cousin for my sixteenth birthday, and we had a dining experience at the grand floridian. Well we got to meet Minnie, Donald and Goofy, but Mickey wasn’t there. My baby cousin was very upset, so a worker decided to run to the kitchen to ask Mickey to sign it. It made that birthday breakfast just that much sweeter
My great-grandmother was a Disney World cast member. At one point she got an autograph book and had fellow cast members and many characters sign it for me. Most characters put a small message, too, not just a signature. Mickey even put a small charm on his page! The book is 20 something years old, battered, and the charm long gone, but I still have it. It's one of my favorite things.
I honestly didn't expected for Sora of all characters to have a signature in parks, since he was so short lived. Let alone for them to bother even designing a themetic apropiated crown on it. Creativity and detaling that almost no one is gonna see.
I met Loki and asked him to sign my Norse mythology book. Then he went to Thor's page, crossed out his name, and resigned his name in it's place. When I showed Thor and got HIS autograph, he signed it even bigger than Loki's.
When I took my brother for his birthday back in January, I took a birthday card to have the characters sign, and he now has it framed in his room. Easy birthday souvenir, and it actually impressed some of the cast members who hadn't seen someone do that before
Napkin autographs are fine if you're out in some random restaurant and happen to see some random celebrity there and you have nothing else for them to sign, but I will never understand why you would do that with a Disney character.
I have a signature from Belle where she drew a rose with a single line-- it was kind of a spiral center that bulbed beneath and then the line came around to make the edge of the petal and turn into the stem. I spent forever figuring out how to copy it as a kid.
I still remember getting Cinderella's autography i went up to her and said "Can I please have your autograph ma'am" and she said "yes" I responded with "thank you" she then proceeded to tell me "Why don't you come by my castle you have real nice manners maybe you could teach my step sisters"
My favorite autograph that I collected is Tinker Bell’s. It was while I was a cast member and before she was a walk around character. I was in the tunnels after my shift and Tink had just finished her flight after Wishes. I pulled out the only paper I had which was my work schedule and got her autograph. I was amazed that she even had her own green sharpies at the ready. I now have that autograph framed on my desk. It was so magical
Last year, as I'm a quirky kid, I didn't get an official character book... Instead, as I was wearing a Mabel cosplay, I carried around the Journal 3 of Gravity Falls. It was the most interesting thing to see all the characters guessing at what it was, and it worked pretty well as it had plenty of blank pages. Now I have a GF journal signed by Disney characters.
charactercentral.net/ is a pretty good resource for character autographs! not sure if they have every single one that's ever been created, but they have A LOT of rare ones
This is a video I never knew I needed. Thank you Disney Dan for making this video. I still have my first autograph book when I went to Disney world in December 2004. My first autograph was from Pinocchio. It’s one of the reasons Pinocchio is one of my personal favorite Disney characters. Sometimes, I got some of the Disney characters autographs twice in the same book. I also have another autograph book that has the rarest ones I got that were from Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino from Bolt(2008), and Kenai and Koda from Brother Bear. Funny thing is I even used the first book I got to get autographs from characters in Universal Studios like Crash Bandicoot, and the Looney Tunes and Justice League at Six Flags New England. Ahh the memories.
I am disabled and I went to Disney as a young adult and every character wanted to give me their autograph and my sister gave me the name of Character Magnet
I have like 4 of the exact autograph books you put in the thumbnail lol. My mom always loves to tell the story of when I was at the Parks with a church group at like 6 years old, they had an autograph competition and I was so into it that I would see a character and just bolt off to go get theirs autographs, even leaving a restaurant to chase down Goofy. Needless to say, I won that competition lol. My favorite autographs were Kenai and Koda because Brother Bear was my shit as a child. I was beyond thrilled to be able to meet them and to this day, they are honestly one of the few character interactions I remember from that trip since I was so young
I remember when I was little (maybe 5 or 6) I really wanted Sully's autograph and when we went up and asked him to sign he gestured to the giant paw pads that prevented him from holding a pen and I started crying because I couldnt get that autograph. I think there was a cast member near him that signed it for us but either way I was devastated that it wasn't Sully doing it.
I saw sully (and mike) for the first time a few years ago and he was MASSIVE. Like,holy hell i was a little intimidated (and i do NOT intimidate easily) by how much of a titan he was. No wonder he's such a good scarer.XD
Even though I know these are character actors and actresses signing it, I still have my autograph books. Its just fun! I think my favorite autograph memory was when Cruella De Vil signed it because she saw a Minnie Mouse pin i had on and said "Trade that rodent for a pin more worthwhile, like one of me!"
It cracked me up when you talked about the Impossible Autograph and immediately cut to Mrs. Potts and Chip dancing onstage because all I could picture was someone asking Mrs. Potts for an autograph, causing a strange pair of hands to emerge from her spout, signing the autograph book, and waving goodbye, with the weird pair of hands then disappearing back down into the spout. Anyway, great video, Dan.
I have an old red book from the 90s. I love it. I don't have any rare ones... maybe Cinderella's mice? But two I really want are Giselle and Eilonwy! I have a picture with Dreamfinder, but no autograph. :( My favorite moment though is either, Rapunzel signing a Tangled book, or Aladdin and Jasmine being fans of my vintage autograph book. They were the coolest.
This is a great and in-depth video of the topic. It’s also worth mentioning that the autographs crossed over into Universal Parks too, though they’re a lot less organized with it and often character attendants or face characters have to give the autographs of characters who aren’t able to give them out.
I was a character attendant at WDW in 2005 and I have a signature from every character I worked with and a few extra. Holidays like Valentine day is great because I got couples together like Poca and John Smith, Prince Philip and Aurora, and Milo and Kida from Atlantis. I.also have some of those 'hard to get ones' like King Louis because he was a friend of my roommate's and signed it when he wasn't working one day. 😉
on one of my first trips to the parks, my parents had decked out a notebook with stickers of disney characters for me to use as an autograph book. when i met tigger, he flipped through the whole book but didn’t see a sticker of himself, so he drew a little tigger next to his autograph! the experience was really special, and tigger is still one of my favorites to meet.
Don't think all the French are rude personally, HOWEVER I do remember the lines to meet characters were absolute chaos in Paris, there's 100% not as many staff (if any) accompanying the characters as in the US parks.
One of my favorite autograph stories is when I met Spider-Man during a Marvel after-hours event. I was able to dress in a Spidey suit (without my mask), and when it was my turn, I ask Spidey for his Autograph then he asked for mine. I signed my own autograph book, I regret nothing!
The first autographs I ever got in Disney World were Robin Hood and Friar Tuck. I was so excited because Robin Hood is my favorite character, and there he was on Main Street USA> I was so excited I could hardly hand over my book or give him my pen. I was in 2nd grade, and not as a graduate student it is still one of my prized possessions.
The character signature that I had the most fun getting Capt. Hook because he gave me some trouble for having a Tinkerbell lanyard and pins. My mom still has the pictures. I still have the book and pen from when we went in 2006. The pen still works and I even used it in my classes for my mortuary science degree ten years later. My classmates rolled their eyes but my professors loved seeing my giant mickey topped pen. Considering what we were studying, it was a nice way to brighten things a little. Now the pen helps me keep notes for sewing projects and the book chills out next to Pinhead in my craft room.
I only have Pooh and Tigger, but I got some from people who work at Disney. I remember one of them asking why I wanted there autograph and I said because your making my day here better and your part of the experience. They laugh and said never thought of that.
Just a short, cute story, I was getting Rabbit's autograph, and he would rapidly tap his foot with each line he drew! It was so adorable I almost cried.
It’s an affordable souvenir that is more personalized to your trip! I also love it when characters add something to their autograph. Like the queen from Snow White writing that it was lovely meeting me, after we had a nice chat interaction. Or after taking me for a stroll in Main Street and knowing it was my last day, Goofy adding “see you soon.”
Imagine being a fur character and barely being able to see through your mesh eyes, barely being able to hold the pen, and having to sign an autograph on highly exaggerated handwriting
been there, done that- it's not as easy as it looks n the outside of the costume...your senses and dexterity in a costume are 1/3 of what they are out of it :)
Long since lost my old autograph book, but I def had Dreamfinder use my back as a table to write a signature. Figment stole my hat too, so seeing both in your video was a huge hit of nostalgia.
My two biggest autograph memories were getting all the Winnie the Pooh characters, this must have been in that Star era you talked about because they were all standing outside of trailers that you would see on a movie lot. My other memory was when my older sister sweet talked us into a character dinner, we got the autographs and one of those happened to be from an Alice who got pretty internet famous because of her relationship to Andrew Ducote aka Speiling Peter.
My most memorable autograph is by Mary Poppins. I was about 5 and my sister and I had been watching Mary Poppins on the long drive to the park and I told my grandma that I really wanted to see Mary Poppins and get her autograph. My grandma knew that she wasn't a regular character and let us know that she may not be there while we are. Little did she know that since it was around Valentine's Day, Mary and Bert were exclusive characters that were wandering at the time! We got her autograph and rather than just signing, she drew part of a picture for me and wrote part of a story for my sister that we could fill in the rest of ourselves.
Nostalgia levels on ALL TIME HIGH! I used to have an autograph book on my very first disney trip in my closet but I'm not sure if that's where it really is.
My father once “went backstage” at the Festival of the Lion King and got Simba’s and a dancer’s autograph. Young me was so amazed. Adult me was very betrayed when I found out he just ran into the bathroom, signed the book himself, and came back.
Hey dan and i remember that trash can barely lol. I enjoy you on the charity show with the parades. And i don't do the autographs myself..when i did the disney princesses breakfast at Napa Rosa restaurant. The autographs book came with the meal..but i would had loved walt Disney signature..enjoy your work. I totally enjoy your laughter..
I am a Lilo and Stitch fanatic, and so on my recent trip I knew I had to meet Stitch. So after we got off its a small world me and a family friend booked it to Stitches meet and greet. We just made it and the doors closed behind us. I realized that I had nothing for him to sign, so I used the only white, flat thing I had. The tip of my converse shoe. And in true Disney fashion he signed it and i thought it was the coolest thing on earth. I still have the shoe and it is one of my strangest souvenirs I have.
i remember having trading cards as a kid that had disney characters with their autographs on them and one of them was simba who obviously you can't meet in the parks but he had an official autograph!
I've only been to Disney World once and I was not into character autographs at the time. Epcot is my favorite park, I love the immersive culture of each country. I was about 10 when I went and my parents and I thought it would be cool to do the Passport adventure, so in a way, I have rare autographs because I not only got the stickers and stamps from each country but I actually asked the study abroad interns/students to sign my passport book.
I did the Disney College Program in 2011 and when it was over a few of us working at Pirates would get an autograph book and use it like a yearbook to get everyone we worked with to sign. Growing up I would get signatures from the characters but as an adult def. not. Some of the characters can't sign so they have a stamp or a card with their signature on it. King Louie is the first one that comes to mind.
I once was dinseybounding as Lilo and got an autograph from Winnie the Pooh where they signed it like normal but then in parenthesis wrote (Amazing disneybound!) And like... for my first time trying it, it made little me REALLY happy
"...They went on back and found all those characters once again and got their signatures!!" D'aww That really warms my heart. The way you said it sounds like you still believe in that disney magic.
Shout out to my super old like really early 2000s autograph book that has some old unseen characters and has chip and dale on two different pages with fun designs before they redid them. Good ol memories
This video touched my heart so much! My first trip to Disney was when I was 8 years old and we got AUTHOGRAPHS! Some of the characters would even write "To Jessica from Ariel" which was y favorite, but it was such a wonderful experience. I sure hope that experience comes back to Disney when this covid crap ends
I remember getting autographs at Disneyland when I was young (I don’t remember how old I was). I think my rarest autograph is from one of the cast members at a Princess story time (the Royal book keepers, I think)
I’ve gone to Disney many times and every time I have to go meet Pooh! When I was younger my dad never let us meet the princesses and things but I’m a very big fan of Elsa and Anna and my mom finally took me to see them the last time we went. When I walked in the room and saw them I started sobbing so hard because they were so pretty😂
I remember going to Disneyland Paris when I was little and there was no meeting line for a character. you just ran at them with your autograph book and expected them to sign it. they were only around for a couple of minutes before they left. My little sister and I got pushed to the back of the crowed and didn't get anything. I'm so glad that they have a better system nowadays.
This is never really a thing in Asian parks. When I finally went to Disney Parks in US I got soooo confused "why do people ask for autographs from the characters?"
Interesting with the stamp and buzz because I have a hand written autograph from him. Makes me wonder if characters like woody could do both autographs for the characters that can't sign it
Does this mean I can get Sora's and The Dreamfinder's autographs??? Going to guest services is actually such a good idea!! I'm glad they have that system in place
The kind of funny thing about covid: In 20 yrs, products and signage specific to the covid situation will probably become collectibles in their own right lol.
The three times I visited Disneyland Paris with my parents, they always made sure to buy me a new autograph book and pen on our first day there. I'll never forget meeting Minnie Mouse, decked out in her Christmas garb, and receiving her autograph and a photo with her just minutes after we emerged into the park for the first time. After Russi Taylor's passing, that memory, as well as the photo and signature, have become all the more significant and treasured.
I got to go to Micky's Birthday land I don't even remember where my Autographs are now. but I got most of mine at the Restraints. Characters would come in and great guests s the ate.
Every Belle I've ever met was able to sign my book without looking at it - she's able to pose for the photo while simultaneously signing - and that's honestly magical to watch
When my daughter was younger we went to the Animation show at Fantasyland Theater by the Toon Town train station. One of the cast members volunteered to get the autographs from the characters in the show. It was such a nice and appreciated gesture.
I remember when I went to Disneyland Paris the first time round, we went to the lucky nugget for a character lunch and Captain Hook walked straight pass us. No autograph, so my sister wrote in the space his autograph would have been with a little arrow as well showing the space lol
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I met Peter Pan last year during my day trip at the magic kingdom. I met Peter earlier in the day and he loved my Disney bound , saying he hopes to meet me at his spot. He took my autograph book (my first one) and said that he loved signing his name on things. We even joked that hook was smelly. Best moment ever
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one of my favorite experiences that i remember was in 2011 at disneyland for mickey's very merry christmas party! i was a HUGE nightmare before christmas fan at the time ( and also a very exciteable 12 year old ), and while my family and i were walking around towards the haunted mansion holiday we stumbled on jack skellington and sally! i had a tiny zero plush whose nose lit up, and jack asked me about it and asked to see him light up! i still have that zero btw, he's sitting on one of my shelves
When my sister and I met Gaston, he signed her book 12 TIMES, best character ever
Why did she want 12 signatures lol 😂
@@nataleeisjustchilling2737 Gaston just took her book and asked to!
@@Kerberos.Cosplay wow that’s cool lol
🎶No one signs like Gaston,
does his lines like Gaston.
No one's pen points are nearly as fine as Gaston's!
He's especially good at autographing!
My, what a guy, that Gaston!🎶
@@lanceturley7745 omg this comment! 🤣🤣🤣
Respect to the cast members that have to learn the different autgraphs for each character they have to suit up for.
I saw a youtube video about how ALL the disney characters have to practice their character's signature over at least 1,000 times a day before the park opens.
Talk about hand cramps!!!😥👋💦
I have a Mickey Mouse autograph from an "Epcot Training" visit, boy did he still need practice, lol...
@@eeveeluvr365 that’s not true.
Yeah that must be HARD to rememberererer
@@ZoraTheberge it is-
I was a kid who lost their autograph book and sobbed in the middle of Main street (on my birthday lol)! A staff member (a photographer I think) approached me and my family and said if we bought a new book they would go around before the parade that night and get all the characters to sign for me, and they completely filled up my book with characters I hadn't even met 🥺Truly the kindest gesture, my family and I were all so grateful!
As a kid I used to love to collect cast member autographs, I still have a couple little books filled with them. Some of my favorites are from cast members who cleaned bathrooms, especially one lady who I would always see cleaning the tiki room bathroom, she was so sweet and I remember her telling me to look for her when DCA opened because she would be working over there.
It’s funny because this practice started when I went to DL and it was pouring rain so no character greets so I decided to ask a guy sweeping in toon town, he was so excited and happy that from that day on I only asked them for autographs.
That is so wholesome it made me cry. You are great! I love you for that.
Interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
Aww that's the cutest story ever
Well now I want to do this!
This is so incredibly sweet! Gonna do this too my next trip!
My favourite autograph I collected was Snow White, she kissed the paper and left a red lipstick mark. Another favourite was Pluto, when I was little it amazed me to see him balance my autograph book on his nose and sign his name! I said “that was so cool!” To him and he kneeled down to give me a hug! I miss meeting characters so much
I remember when 'Up' was new, there was an area to meet Dug and Russel in Hollywood Studios. Dug drew a paw print and 'licked' the page.
i have an autograph book from i think 2006 that cinderella kissed... 16 year old lipstick mark....
I went to Disney World as a child and back when the Dreamfinder held a Figment puppet Figment signed my book with his mouth
COOL!!!😆😁
Unfortunately, I was born AFTER the ride was remodeled... and I live in California... AND the only state I've ever been to OUTSIDE of California was Idaho so I could visit my G-ma . . .
SO!
The only Disney Park I've EVER visited was the Anahiem location...
That is priceless!!!! That was the best version of Figment. He wasn’t obnoxious. He was childlike and pure and filled with wonder.... *sob* and the Dreamfinder was so cool In all his Steampunk Glory. 💜
I think my favorite Disney autograph is Sadness's, because it's the way she should write it. She would start out and the it would get slower and slower and then at the end of it she would draw a tear drop at the end of it. She would follow up with dabbing it on her face to soak up the tears. I love Sadness
I have a chronic depressive illness. my 4 year old put a sticker of Sadness on my phone case, I don't know if that's really sweet or just really sad
I'd love to know who gets to design all these signatures and the thought-processes behind how they get made - they're all so unique and yet they have to be fast and easy for the characters to do hundreds of times a day (with all those gloves, too!) while still talking and holding conversations with guests. Face-characters don't get enough credit for everything they have to go through just to make us all smile when we meet them :)
I don't know about all of them but my best friend is quite proud of the fact he invented one (for a super minor and silent character) he submitted it to his superiors in entertainment and they submitted it to the appropriate people at the IP's office and it was approved for official use.
@@mlwgurl I would love to know who!
Had a very disastrous family holiday to Disneyland Paris when I was 8, however one of the best memories I had from there was an autograph experience. There's rarely any staff accompanying the fur characters in Disneyland Paris, and kids tend to literally swarm them with no queuing system in place. I got shoved very hard by another kid trying to get Chips autograph and cried. Chip stopped to come over to me and flicked my tear away and sign my book before the other kids, which made a really cool experience, made me feel special haha.
I went there in 2007 and again a few years ago. Two completely different experiences. The first time, the characters were walking around and sometimes great (my sister dancing with Tweedledee and Tweedle Dum is still one of my favourite memories) but sometimes chaos. When I went back a few years back, there were orderly queues, and the lines were well staffed. I haven't been to any in America (😭😭😭) as I can't afford to but being in England, its cheaper to go across the channel 😁.
During my March 2019 trip in Florida, I went to meet Doc McStuffins (a character I've previously met several times) at Hollywood Studios. When she signed my book, the first thing she wrote was, "To Zeke." That was cool because I didn't say what my name was and I wasn't wearing a button or anything with my name on it. So, she remembered me!
I went to Disney with my mom brother and baby cousin for my sixteenth birthday, and we had a dining experience at the grand floridian. Well we got to meet Minnie, Donald and Goofy, but Mickey wasn’t there. My baby cousin was very upset, so a worker decided to run to the kitchen to ask Mickey to sign it. It made that birthday breakfast just that much sweeter
My great-grandmother was a Disney World cast member. At one point she got an autograph book and had fellow cast members and many characters sign it for me. Most characters put a small message, too, not just a signature. Mickey even put a small charm on his page! The book is 20 something years old, battered, and the charm long gone, but I still have it. It's one of my favorite things.
I honestly didn't expected for Sora of all characters to have a signature in parks, since he was so short lived. Let alone for them to bother even designing a themetic apropiated crown on it. Creativity and detaling that almost no one is gonna see.
RIP PUSH HE WILL BE MISSED
PUSH FOR PRESIDENT
HE WAS TAKEN FROM US TOO SOON
I met Loki and asked him to sign my Norse mythology book. Then he went to Thor's page, crossed out his name, and resigned his name in it's place. When I showed Thor and got HIS autograph, he signed it even bigger than Loki's.
When I took my brother for his birthday back in January, I took a birthday card to have the characters sign, and he now has it framed in his room. Easy birthday souvenir, and it actually impressed some of the cast members who hadn't seen someone do that before
this is amazing #sisteroftheyear
I think that Disney should sell autograph books with printed autographs of EVERY single character
That would be Awesome!
#socialdistancing #IMissMickeyHugs
Yeah and they should be limited to the parks until people can get autographs from the characters again
Glovewithsauce I would pay for that...... like pay pay. That would be the coolest thing
I think they should do this for obscure, defunct park characters specifically. Do I want a piece of paper signed "L.C. Clench"? Yes.
There’s no magic to that though! It’s so fun to look through the book and recall that you actually SAW the character sign it
seeing people get autographs with napkins is the worst lmao
Napkin autographs are fine if you're out in some random restaurant and happen to see some random celebrity there and you have nothing else for them to sign, but I will never understand why you would do that with a Disney character.
Ethan Davis 😂😂😂😂😂
I have a signature from Belle where she drew a rose with a single line-- it was kind of a spiral center that bulbed beneath and then the line came around to make the edge of the petal and turn into the stem. I spent forever figuring out how to copy it as a kid.
I still remember getting Cinderella's autography i went up to her and said "Can I please have your autograph ma'am" and she said "yes" I responded with "thank you" she then proceeded to tell me "Why don't you come by my castle you have real nice manners maybe you could teach my step sisters"
My favorite autograph that I collected is Tinker Bell’s. It was while I was a cast member and before she was a walk around character. I was in the tunnels after my shift and Tink had just finished her flight after Wishes. I pulled out the only paper I had which was my work schedule and got her autograph. I was amazed that she even had her own green sharpies at the ready. I now have that autograph framed on my desk. It was so magical
Last year, as I'm a quirky kid, I didn't get an official character book... Instead, as I was wearing a Mabel cosplay, I carried around the Journal 3 of Gravity Falls. It was the most interesting thing to see all the characters guessing at what it was, and it worked pretty well as it had plenty of blank pages. Now I have a GF journal signed by Disney characters.
Someone should really make a directory to see every Disney character's autograph! It's so hard to find some of them!
charactercentral.net/ is a pretty good resource for character autographs! not sure if they have every single one that's ever been created, but they have A LOT of rare ones
This is a video I never knew I needed. Thank you Disney Dan for making this video. I still have my first autograph book when I went to Disney world in December 2004. My first autograph was from Pinocchio. It’s one of the reasons Pinocchio is one of my personal favorite Disney characters. Sometimes, I got some of the Disney characters autographs twice in the same book. I also have another autograph book that has the rarest ones I got that were from Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino from Bolt(2008), and Kenai and Koda from Brother Bear. Funny thing is I even used the first book I got to get autographs from characters in Universal Studios like Crash Bandicoot, and the Looney Tunes and Justice League at Six Flags New England. Ahh the memories.
I am disabled and I went to Disney as a young adult and every character wanted to give me their autograph and my sister gave me the name of Character Magnet
"So how was your trip to Disneyland?"
"It was alright, but my autograph book wasn't run over by the bin."
I have like 4 of the exact autograph books you put in the thumbnail lol. My mom always loves to tell the story of when I was at the Parks with a church group at like 6 years old, they had an autograph competition and I was so into it that I would see a character and just bolt off to go get theirs autographs, even leaving a restaurant to chase down Goofy. Needless to say, I won that competition lol.
My favorite autographs were Kenai and Koda because Brother Bear was my shit as a child. I was beyond thrilled to be able to meet them and to this day, they are honestly one of the few character interactions I remember from that trip since I was so young
Brother bear is grossly underrated.
Thanks Dan. I didn’t know Sebastian had a signature. Now I have a new life mission.
I remember when I was little (maybe 5 or 6) I really wanted Sully's autograph and when we went up and asked him to sign he gestured to the giant paw pads that prevented him from holding a pen and I started crying because I couldnt get that autograph. I think there was a cast member near him that signed it for us but either way I was devastated that it wasn't Sully doing it.
I saw sully (and mike) for the first time a few years ago and he was MASSIVE. Like,holy hell i was a little intimidated (and i do NOT intimidate easily) by how much of a titan he was. No wonder he's such a good scarer.XD
Even though I know these are character actors and actresses signing it, I still have my autograph books. Its just fun! I think my favorite autograph memory was when Cruella De Vil signed it because she saw a Minnie Mouse pin i had on and said "Trade that rodent for a pin more worthwhile, like one of me!"
I love the notion that every once in a while, some employee is sitting in a guest services back room and filling up autograph books.
The two rare autographs I have are of Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable from 2008!!
It cracked me up when you talked about the Impossible Autograph and immediately cut to Mrs. Potts and Chip dancing onstage because all I could picture was someone asking Mrs. Potts for an autograph, causing a strange pair of hands to emerge from her spout, signing the autograph book, and waving goodbye, with the weird pair of hands then disappearing back down into the spout. Anyway, great video, Dan.
I cant wait to meet and hug tiana again
. I loved her she is my favorite princess.
I have an old red book from the 90s. I love it. I don't have any rare ones... maybe Cinderella's mice? But two I really want are Giselle and Eilonwy!
I have a picture with Dreamfinder, but no autograph. :(
My favorite moment though is either, Rapunzel signing a Tangled book, or Aladdin and Jasmine being fans of my vintage autograph book. They were the coolest.
This is a great and in-depth video of the topic. It’s also worth mentioning that the autographs crossed over into Universal Parks too, though they’re a lot less organized with it and often character attendants or face characters have to give the autographs of characters who aren’t able to give them out.
When I went in 2014 they used mostly stamps, which I thought was interesting. Shaggy signed both for himself and Scooby-Doo
Pluto has two autographs as well :) One when he's with Mickey and therefor a "pet" and another one when he's by himself.
I was a character attendant at WDW in 2005 and I have a signature from every character I worked with and a few extra. Holidays like Valentine day is great because I got couples together like Poca and John Smith, Prince Philip and Aurora, and Milo and Kida from Atlantis. I.also have some of those 'hard to get ones' like King Louis because he was a friend of my roommate's and signed it when he wasn't working one day. 😉
Rafiki's autograph circa 2001 was CRAZY! It was more like a pictograph than a signature! (I lost my book a long time ago, though. =( )
Just realizes in the background fig has on a mask.
on one of my first trips to the parks, my parents had decked out a notebook with stickers of disney characters for me to use as an autograph book. when i met tigger, he flipped through the whole book but didn’t see a sticker of himself, so he drew a little tigger next to his autograph! the experience was really special, and tigger is still one of my favorites to meet.
I remember the line for the White Rabbit being chaos at Disneyland Paris. The French were really rude.
Don't think all the French are rude personally, HOWEVER I do remember the lines to meet characters were absolute chaos in Paris, there's 100% not as many staff (if any) accompanying the characters as in the US parks.
@@jemimajust827 I'm not saying all of them were, but it definitely left a bad impression.
One of my favorite autograph stories is when I met Spider-Man during a Marvel after-hours event. I was able to dress in a Spidey suit (without my mask), and when it was my turn, I ask Spidey for his Autograph then he asked for mine. I signed my own autograph book, I regret nothing!
The first autographs I ever got in Disney World were Robin Hood and Friar Tuck. I was so excited because Robin Hood is my favorite character, and there he was on Main Street USA> I was so excited I could hardly hand over my book or give him my pen. I was in 2nd grade, and not as a graduate student it is still one of my prized possessions.
The character signature that I had the most fun getting Capt. Hook because he gave me some trouble for having a Tinkerbell lanyard and pins. My mom still has the pictures. I still have the book and pen from when we went in 2006. The pen still works and I even used it in my classes for my mortuary science degree ten years later. My classmates rolled their eyes but my professors loved seeing my giant mickey topped pen. Considering what we were studying, it was a nice way to brighten things a little. Now the pen helps me keep notes for sewing projects and the book chills out next to Pinhead in my craft room.
I suddenly need sebastian and flounders autographs.
I only have Pooh and Tigger, but I got some from people who work at Disney. I remember one of them asking why I wanted there autograph and I said because your making my day here better and your part of the experience. They laugh and said never thought of that.
Just a short, cute story, I was getting Rabbit's autograph, and he would rapidly tap his foot with each line he drew! It was so adorable I almost cried.
So, I’m the only Disney fanatic who likes getting characters autographs? Anyone else?
I do too! No matter how old I am :)
I'm always alone when i go to disney AND i'm socially awkward: the autographs are pretty much REQUIRED,just so the interaction is less weird.XD
YES!
For years I have been wanting to return to Disney World to claim the written bounty....
Then the COVID nation attacked...
It’s an affordable souvenir that is more personalized to your trip! I also love it when characters add something to their autograph. Like the queen from Snow White writing that it was lovely meeting me, after we had a nice chat interaction. Or after taking me for a stroll in Main Street and knowing it was my last day, Goofy adding “see you soon.”
I like getting them too. The characters are the best part of a Disney trip IMO
Imagine being a fur character and barely being able to see through your mesh eyes, barely being able to hold the pen, and having to sign an autograph on highly exaggerated handwriting
been there, done that- it's not as easy as it looks n the outside of the costume...your senses and dexterity in a costume are 1/3 of what they are out of it :)
Okay, I need a whole video about Push.
Long since lost my old autograph book, but I def had Dreamfinder use my back as a table to write a signature. Figment stole my hat too, so seeing both in your video was a huge hit of nostalgia.
My two biggest autograph memories were getting all the Winnie the Pooh characters, this must have been in that Star era you talked about because they were all standing outside of trailers that you would see on a movie lot. My other memory was when my older sister sweet talked us into a character dinner, we got the autographs and one of those happened to be from an Alice who got pretty internet famous because of her relationship to Andrew Ducote aka Speiling Peter.
A long time ago, hosts would take autographs into the breakrooms and all the "friends' would sign all the characters names lol
Watching these videos is like being nostalgic for a childhood experience I've never had, since I was never able to visit Disneyworld as a kid
My most memorable autograph is by Mary Poppins. I was about 5 and my sister and I had been watching Mary Poppins on the long drive to the park and I told my grandma that I really wanted to see Mary Poppins and get her autograph. My grandma knew that she wasn't a regular character and let us know that she may not be there while we are. Little did she know that since it was around Valentine's Day, Mary and Bert were exclusive characters that were wandering at the time! We got her autograph and rather than just signing, she drew part of a picture for me and wrote part of a story for my sister that we could fill in the rest of ourselves.
I still remember Goofy using my head as a table to sign my book as a kid at WDW Toon Town (may it rest in peace).
Nostalgia levels on ALL TIME HIGH! I used to have an autograph book on my very first disney trip in my closet but I'm not sure if that's where it really is.
Can you do the evolution of the Barney Costume?
I second this! It would be interesting since Barney had appearances in theme parks!
@@shammahikoro8475 I'm actually talking about in the tv show and movies
My father once “went backstage” at the Festival of the Lion King and got Simba’s and a dancer’s autograph. Young me was so amazed.
Adult me was very betrayed when I found out he just ran into the bathroom, signed the book himself, and came back.
7:37 Gotta love a nice Big Hero 6 appearance!
Hey dan and i remember that trash can barely lol. I enjoy you on the charity show with the parades. And i don't do the autographs myself..when i did the disney princesses breakfast at Napa Rosa restaurant. The autographs book came with the meal..but i would had loved walt Disney signature..enjoy your work. I totally enjoy your laughter..
I love the kids/families/guests that go to meet and greets because it means less time waiting in lines for rides for me/my group!
I am a Lilo and Stitch fanatic, and so on my recent trip I knew I had to meet Stitch. So after we got off its a small world me and a family friend booked it to Stitches meet and greet. We just made it and the doors closed behind us. I realized that I had nothing for him to sign, so I used the only white, flat thing I had. The tip of my converse shoe. And in true Disney fashion he signed it and i thought it was the coolest thing on earth. I still have the shoe and it is one of my strangest souvenirs I have.
Having a signed converse is such a Stich fan thing to have, too!
i remember having trading cards as a kid that had disney characters with their autographs on them and one of them was simba who obviously you can't meet in the parks but he had an official autograph!
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I remember being frustrated with how thick the pens were as a kid but then I realized how hard it would be to hold a tiny pen with those gloved hands.
I personally like TinkerBell’s autograph the best. It’s so beautiful. And man I wish you could still meet the dream finder and figment in Epcot
A friend, who worked as a cast member would practice their signatures and little quips on evaluation worksheets they had to turn in for evaluation.
I've only been to Disney World once and I was not into character autographs at the time. Epcot is my favorite park, I love the immersive culture of each country. I was about 10 when I went and my parents and I thought it would be cool to do the Passport adventure, so in a way, I have rare autographs because I not only got the stickers and stamps from each country but I actually asked the study abroad interns/students to sign my passport book.
I did the Disney College Program in 2011 and when it was over a few of us working at Pirates would get an autograph book and use it like a yearbook to get everyone we worked with to sign. Growing up I would get signatures from the characters but as an adult def. not. Some of the characters can't sign so they have a stamp or a card with their signature on it. King Louie is the first one that comes to mind.
I once was dinseybounding as Lilo and got an autograph from Winnie the Pooh where they signed it like normal but then in parenthesis wrote
(Amazing disneybound!)
And like... for my first time trying it, it made little me REALLY happy
"...They went on back and found all those characters once again and got their signatures!!" D'aww That really warms my heart. The way you said it sounds like you still believe in that disney magic.
Shout out to my super old like really early 2000s autograph book that has some old unseen characters and has chip and dale on two different pages with fun designs before they redid them. Good ol memories
This video touched my heart so much! My first trip to Disney was when I was 8 years old and we got AUTHOGRAPHS! Some of the characters would even write "To Jessica from Ariel" which was y favorite, but it was such a wonderful experience. I sure hope that experience comes back to Disney when this covid crap ends
I remember getting autographs at Disneyland when I was young (I don’t remember how old I was). I think my rarest autograph is from one of the cast members at a Princess story time (the Royal book keepers, I think)
I’ve gone to Disney many times and every time I have to go meet Pooh! When I was younger my dad never let us meet the princesses and things but I’m a very big fan of Elsa and Anna and my mom finally took me to see them the last time we went. When I walked in the room and saw them I started sobbing so hard because they were so pretty😂
I remember going to Disneyland Paris when I was little and there was no meeting line for a character. you just ran at them with your autograph book and expected them to sign it. they were only around for a couple of minutes before they left. My little sister and I got pushed to the back of the crowed and didn't get anything. I'm so glad that they have a better system nowadays.
This is never really a thing in Asian parks. When I finally went to Disney Parks in US I got soooo confused "why do people ask for autographs from the characters?"
My favorite autograph that I got as a child was Phoebus from the Hunchback of Notre Dame
I remember meeting figment and dreamfinder and getting their autograph. I was like 4 or 5 years old.
Ah I really enjoyed this so please more autograph videos! Happy Holidays Dan!!!!!!
Interesting with the stamp and buzz because I have a hand written autograph from him. Makes me wonder if characters like woody could do both autographs for the characters that can't sign it
Could you do an episode ranking the best autographs like you did with the birds?
My friend was friends with the characters and they had to learn like 10-15 special signatures and were tested on it before they could graduate.
Yes! Autographs are the greatest bounty at the Disney Parks
my favorite autograph memory is getting ms piggy's autograph. She had a stamp :-)
Does this mean I can get Sora's and The Dreamfinder's autographs??? Going to guest services is actually such a good idea!! I'm glad they have that system in place
I have Dreamfinder's autograph, and I treasure it. I traced it to embroider on a flannel, too.
I have Mr Smee and Captain Hook's from the first time I went in the 90s. I have to find my book.
The kind of funny thing about covid: In 20 yrs, products and signage specific to the covid situation will probably become collectibles in their own right lol.
I'm heartbroken that this is gone. it was one of my favorite memories at the parks. I really hope they bring it back. 💔💔💔
The three times I visited Disneyland Paris with my parents, they always made sure to buy me a new autograph book and pen on our first day there. I'll never forget meeting Minnie Mouse, decked out in her Christmas garb, and receiving her autograph and a photo with her just minutes after we emerged into the park for the first time. After Russi Taylor's passing, that memory, as well as the photo and signature, have become all the more significant and treasured.
I love meeting characters and asking them for autographs! It’s my favorite thing to do in the parks
I got to go to Micky's Birthday land I don't even remember where my Autographs are now. but I got most of mine at the Restraints. Characters would come in and great guests s the ate.
In my autograph book, Woody signed his autograph upside down
Every Belle I've ever met was able to sign my book without looking at it - she's able to pose for the photo while simultaneously signing - and that's honestly magical to watch
I can’t believe this went through this entire video without mentioning King Louis’ hands. As a former friend of his, I am offended.
When my daughter was younger we went to the Animation show at Fantasyland Theater by the Toon Town train station. One of the cast members volunteered to get the autographs from the characters in the show. It was such a nice and appreciated gesture.
I remember when I went to Disneyland Paris the first time round, we went to the lucky nugget for a character lunch and Captain Hook walked straight pass us. No autograph, so my sister wrote in the space his autograph would have been with a little arrow as well showing the space lol