I was going through the photos I took at WDW this summer and I found this one, which reminded me of the really awkward moment it captured.
I was at Crystal Palace for breakfast and was having my photo taken with Piglet. Tigger walked by so I put my arm round him, too and said, “Yay! I get to cuddle both of you!”
But Tigger immediately wriggled away from me and the CM said, “You can only have one at a time.” They both marched off.
It felt really awkward and the CM spoke to me like I was a naughty child.
It’s made me reluctant to do character meets again, to be honest.
I totally get it. I had a terrible photo experience at BOG with the character lead assisting The Beast. We were the ONLY people in the room and the CM shouted at us like a drill sergeant - to the point that my DD17 almost cried. (She’s a strong young lady and this CM almost brought her to tears)
I’m not done with Character M&Gs, as I love them, but I’ll never go back to BOG for dinner.
Not handled in the best way customer service-wise, but I think the concept behind the rule if that if one person gets a photo with 2 characters at a time then many others will want it too … and that is not feasible timewise.
If I could get Calvin on my flight (there’s room for him in my little section in business class) I would totally slap a jacket on him and claim him as an emotional support animal. Which, quite frankly, he is. You all know me to be a rational and stable person, but that’s only because he’s sitting next to me calling me down.
The Americans With Disabilities act only specifies two animals that can actually serve as service animals: dogs and miniature horses. It’s a real actual thing!
That could be reworded: he recognizes when I am about to have a panic attack (or an attack if you would prefer to be more vague) and he helps me get into a safer position.