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I have seen photos & video of Disneyland & there are much more characters in Disneyland than WDW. I've seen characters like Dumbo, Jose Carioca, Panchito, Bernard & Bianca, Hyacinth Hippo, Ben Ali Gator & many other characters there. So why aren't those characters at WDW? I doesn't seem to make sense to me.

The castmember in me is saying "If Dumbo's in California, it makes it impossible for him to be in Florida at the same time!"

Anyways, I've seen Dumbo once during my entire time in Florida, and it was during Regis & Kelly, when they had a cavalcade of characters, even the five foot tall Jiminy Cricket!

Most likely, those Disneyland characters are more successful with guests than they are in WDW. MK's Main Street is often filled with the likes of Baloo, King Louis, Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, John Ratcliff, Gepetto, Pinoke, etc.

But we do have Ben Ali Gator and Hyacinth Hippo in Spectro...

Escapay

When I was a kid back in the 70's I remember Dumbo being in the Parade at Disney World. When I went to Disneyland in November there where characters all over the park.

Dumbo was in ELP.
Hes not around much.
You can meet Kim Possible & Ron Stoppable @ WDW - I dont think they can be seen @ Disneyland...
Some 'rare' characters I've seen at WDW are: Abu, Jiminy Cricket, King Louie & Baloo dressed in Tale Spin outfits, Tarzan, Kida, Milo, Bert, 3 pigs, Gaston, Kuzco, Kronk, Donald in 3 Caballeros outfit...
HAs anyone seen the Aristocats here in USA? I know they can be found in DLP...but anyone seen them here in the states theme parks?
Spectro has some classic characters like Hyacinth Hippo & Madameloisele Upanova.

Another thing- if they are asked about more & more at WDW then they will come out more..but if there arent alot of requests for some of the more rarer characters-then wdw wont send them out.

I remember spending a long time finding Maleficent and DW on Halloween. I eventually found her.

I saw Marie from the AristoCats at Tokyo DisneySea, it was wierd to see her. I hear that they also have Chef Louie and Max sometimes in Mermaid Lagoon. Would love to see those!

I took a picture with Abu, Rabbit, and Darkwing Duch last time I was at WDW Magic Kingdom last week. That was neat.

When I was at Disneyland in November for 4 days at Thanksgiving, I saw Donald Duck, Goofy, Mickey Mouse, Ariel, Belle, Evil Queen, Capt Hook, Pinochio, Japetto, Queen of Harts, Mulan, Mushu, Tigger, Rabbit, Eyore, Pooh, Alice, Tweedle Dee and Dum, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Chip, Dale, Buzz Lightyear, Pluto, Tinker Bell, Arora, Max,Flick, and one or 2 others through out the park. In the Parades we also saw Daisy,Snow White, 7 Dwarfs, Prince Charming and Eric, Cinderella, Frozone, Mr and Mrs Incredible, A few Bugs life characters, Jessie, Woody, Mike, Scully, and a ton more characters.

memnv wrote: and Eric

Which parade was that?

Day time parade at disneyland, I also saw Plutos Christmas tree lighting parade and California Adventures Block Party(Which Sucked)

Prince Eric & Ariel (w/ legs!) is in the Share a Dream Come True parade @ Magic Kingdom everyday too.

Fidget1234 wrote: You can meet Kim Possible & Ron Stoppable @ WDW - I dont think they can be seen @ Disneyland...

Actually I think they can both be found at "Disney's California Adventure".

As for Jiminy Cricket, he's probably rare at WDW, but at Disneyland, you can find him on the "Pinocchio" float for the 50th Anniversary parade, not sure if he signs autographs though.

Interesting idea for a thread though- The only "rare" character I've seen in person was "B.E.N" from Treasure Planet in Tomorrowland, of course this was in December 2002 when the film got released so it wasn't so hard back then.

I've also seen Brer' Bear a couple times signing autographs which is pretty rare since he usually ends up being in the parade only.

I've never seen Brer Bear signing autographs

Bre'r Bear can be seen @ DAK in Camp Minnie-Mickey almost daily.
He used to sign w/ Bre'r Fox & Bre'r Rabbit at the exit of Splash-but I dont think they sign there anymore...

& B.E.N and Jim Hawkins never come out anymore...i've seen them once in Tomorrowland for the sametime of the movie release...they came in riding on the "wind sailboats" seen in the movie.

Pretty cool...

Dumb question, but do the old Disney Afternoon characters still make appearances or no?

I remember seeing pictures of Don Karnage and Gadget at I think Disneyland. I also remembering seeing pictures of Bonkers.

Also, anyone have said pictures of José Carioca and Panchito at Disneyland? I wanna see!

I have seen Chip & Dale in their Rescue Ranger outfits (they are still common to wear these daily in Adventureland), Baloo & Louie in their Tale Spin outfits, Launchpad McQuack, Darkwing Duck, & Goliath the Gargoyle in Magic Kingdom & Disney Studios.

When I saw Chip and Dale this past november I saw them in, Winter Sweaters and Hats, Cook outfits, and Royal Outfits in the parade

I just saw Kenai and Koda over by the Grizzly Rapids Run area in DCA on Sunday. First time I saw them.

Also I don't think Prince Eric is in the Parade of Dreams. Ariel is up on her float showing off her findings, such as the fork and combing her hair, and showing it to them. Eric's not up there with her. Cinderella, Snow White & Aurora appear on a "princess" float near the end, dancing with all their prince's, so you can count them three as being there. Belle & Beast also dance on their own float.

It may have been the Christmas parade, I watched a few different parades when I went.

Eric does not appear in the Christmas one either. Ariel is alone on top of some large toy blocks.

I just looked at a Japanese website & they have characters I've never seen before, Marie from the Aristocats, Timothy Mouse, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey & Louie, he characters from Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers, Rabbit & Owl from Winnie the Pooh, Jaq & Gus, & a bunch of others.

I also didn't know how many different costumes there are for each character. I knew there were a lot, but not THIS much. There's got to be at least 75 costumes just for Donald Duck alone, & some weird one's too, including Sorcerer Donald, Caballero Donald, Carmen Miranda Donald, Elvis Donald, King Donald, Napoleon Donald, Donald in drag, the 1934 long-billed Donald & even a Leopold Stokowski Donald. Phew!