A-Z of Characters - The Letter O!

O is for...

Olaf! The lovable snowman from Frozen who meets in Hollywood Studios in a sunscreen scented room! He was so much fun, even though he accidentally stuck his nose in my friend Becca's ear!

The A-Z of Characters - Letter I!

I is for...

I haven't met any characters beginning with I! :'(

The A-Z of Characters - The Letter H

H is for....

Homer Simpson was hilarious. He decided to dance the tango with me down the street leaving Lucy and Bart bewildered!

The A-Z of Characters - The Letter G

G is for...

Gaston! He was on my Disney World bucket list and I got to meet him in 2016 at Magic Kingdom! I was able to swoon over him! 

Geppetto I got to meet when I was 3 in Disneyland Paris. He met with Pinocchio then and he still does now. I haven't met him in a long time though. Maybe this year?

Gideon is a rather rare character from Pinocchio that I got to meet in Epcot in 2014. He was such a fun meet too.

And now we get to the one and only GOOFY! I have met Goofy so many times, from Paris to Orlando! So I am going to just post the photos I have with him, because he is honestly one of my favourite characters to meet! He is always so fun and well..goofy!

The Grinch is a character I wanted to meet, I would have preferred to have met him in his Jim Carrey style, but we spotted him in Islands of Adventure in 2016 with Sam I am, so we jumped in for a photo.

The Green Army Man from Toy Story was hilarious in 2012. He stole my mum's camera and made her get in a photo while he took it. Considering we wanted a photo with him, it didn't quite work out well as you can see.

The A-Z of Character Meet and Greets! - The Letter E

E is for...

Eeyore is one of my favourite characters to meet, he is so cuddly. I have met him in Disneyland Paris and Disney World! Loved meeting him at the Crystal Palace character dining, it's one of my favourite photos from the trip!

Elsa is the character I portray most with my job so I was excited to meet her! I got to meet her in Disney World's Epcot Norway Pavilion.

The Evil Queen from Snow White was my favourite meet and greet from Disneyland Paris 2016! She was awesome! I curtsied to her and said hello your majesty and she seemed to really like that.

The A-Z of Character Meet and Greets! - The Letter C

C is for...

Chip of course! Obviously he always comes with his brother Dale. I got to meet them in their cute Western gear in Magic Kingdom in 2016. I managed to find a picture of just me and Chip! I also met them when I was 6 but I can only find a photo of me with Dale!

Cinderella I got to meet twice in 2016. Once at Akershus Breakfast in Epcot and then again at the 1900 Park Dare Dinner. She was lovely, very gracious and poised both times. These were also 2 of my favourite dining experiences!

The A=Z Of Character Meet and Greets! - The Letter A

I love meeting characters at theme parks, obviously mostly Disney parks, however I also love Universal Studios and a couple of others that do character meets.I figured it would be a fabulous idea to record all of my character meet and greets here on my blog. I am hoping to keep adding to it as I meet more characters. So in an alphabetised format, as Peter Pan would say:Heeeeeere weeeee gooooo!

A is for....

Ariel. I have met Ariel three times now, all in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The first time I met her I was 6 and had so much fun entering her grotto. I then met her again in 2016 with my friends in her newer version of her grotto. Then again in 2017, we met her in Akershus in Epcot at the breakfast character dining, which was superb. Each time she was very interactive and one of my favourites to meet.

Aurora. I was excited to meet Aurora at Akershus as she is a princess I quite often portray in my job and she has since become one of my favourites. She also said she loved my phone case which was the Vogue cover of Aurora!

Anastasia. She was a very funny character to meet! I got to meet her at the 1900 Park Fare Cinderella Dinner. She commented on our ears and interrupted us at the table to ask if we were discussing cheese! She taught me how to pose "proper" as she called it!

Aladdin is another character who I have met a few times, ranging from Disney World to Disneyland Paris, and at all different ages. He was actually probably one of the first characters I met when I was 3 in DLP. He kissed my hand and I thought he was amazing!

Alice is one of my all-time favourite characters so I was excited to get to meet her at 1900 Park Fare for breakfast. It is my dream to get to play Alice.

Anna was very funny. She loved my ears and even did a special little message for my friend Meryn, which i thought was really sweet. She was one of my favourite characters to chat to!

Memory Maker

Have you ever wondered if the Memory Maker at Walt Disney World is worth the cost, or whether there are enough opportunities to take photographs in the parks? Well I can tell you the answer to those questions in my opinion is: YES!

Currently with all UK holidays bought through the Walt Disney World site, the Memory Maker package comes free. We visited in November 2016 and this was the case then too. However, I believe it is around $149 when bought in advance online. We wondered how many photographers were around the parks as I have been before and at different times of the year they appear in different locations. When we visited in November there were lots of opportunities for photos. As well as the photographers there are also ride photos and even in some cases, ride videos. Tower of Terror and the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train are the two attractions that currently have ride videos. It is very fun to go on rides more than once and figure out where the camera is for some hilarious posed photos such as above and below.

Space Mountain first time around.

Space Mountain second time around.

But I think that my favourite photos were the ones with the characters. Character meet and greets were so funny and the photos reflect that. Any of the permanent locations had a photopass photographer with them, which meant there were lots of options. Here are some of my favourites.

I also really enjoyed the magic shots. Magic shots are photographs which are posed in a particular way and then an added bit of "magic" appears in the photograph later. It's always fun watching the photographer pose people while trying to guess what may be added to the photograph! Here are my favourite magic shots!

Therefore, in my opinion the Memory Maker is most definitely worth it. It managed to get photographs that we wouldn't normally have been able to capture and meant that I didn't have to spend my days walking around with a camera. I really enjoy looking back at all of the captures. We were there for 13 nights but only spent about 10 of them in Disney World, and we managed to rack up over 950 photos! I would 100% recommend it to families or groups of friends.