Hollywood Studios Surprise Characters

At Hollywood Studios, in the late afternoon, some surprise characters make appearances. Some people refer to it as Characterpalooza. The characters were appearing in the Animation Building. They'd come out at 4:50, go to their locations, they'd each have an attendant, and most importantly, a line.

Recently these characters have moved to the Streets of America and it's pure chaos. This is what it looks like now.


When I was there, the characters came out around 4:40 and only stayed out for ten minutes. The Evil Queen and Mary and her two penguins were in a set location. Every other character just roamed the area with no line and no attendant. The characters got swarmed with people grabbing them, running after them, yelling for them, and shoving their autograph books at them. There was absolutely no sense of order. The characters would meet with a couple people and then walk away from the group of people that were waiting to see them. (I do not blame the characters for walking away from anybody because they're just doing what they're told.) The attendants also just wandered around and some were yelling that there are no lines.

The characters came out again at 5:30 and stayed out for about ten to fifteen minutes. It was chaos again. I really hope they rethink the way they do this. I'm sure it was no fun for anybody.