There are a few main ways to see characters:
--at designated times/places for character greetings
--at a character meal
--by chance as characters move through the park
--in parades (more on that in another post)
We had a few chance encounters, like seeing these two from the Jungle Book at the Animal Kingdom:
Toward the end of the trip, I decided to visit Princess Fairy Tale Hall at the Magic Kingdom, which had caught our attention throughout because of the ridiculous wait times to meet Anna and Elsa from Frozen (by ridiculous, I mean 300 minutes! We couldn't believe that people would actually do this, but they did...). Anyway, one evening, we saw a 10 minute wait to meet Rapunzel and Cinderella, and Mark was willing to go along and take my picture.
Some of the character meeting times are outdoors, so you can spot the characters and snap a quick pic without having to wait in line, like I did here with Cinderella's stepmother and sisters.
But our main character experience was the Star Wars Character Dinner at Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood Studios. Originally, we booked a meal at this restaurant in order to get the Fantasmic! Dining Package (basically seats in a reserved section for the evening show at the park). Later, the park announced that they'd be offering this character dining experience as part of the Star Wars weekends events. We were really interested in the dining package, so we decided to go ahead and keep the reservation. Unfortunately, we found that the food (a buffet) was underwhelming at best, the restaurant was noisy and a bit disorganized, the service was slow, and the whole thing was way overpriced (nearly $150!). However, we did get some cute pics with the classic Disney characters in their Star Wars costumes, plus a few professional photos of the characters on their own. In the end, I think we decided that character dining isn't really our thing, but for anyone who is really into meeting characters, it's a nice way to do it (no waiting in line!).
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