Aladdin Central Messageboard :: Topic review - Now that I think about it, Disneyworld costumes are creepy.

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:52 am Post subject:

Ok, Wendell is wtf. Especially when he's standing there wanting a hug with that face Laughing

Miss Manday · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:03 am Post subject:

Aww come on, are they really that bad? Wink

I hang out with the characters for a living, and I love them. Sure, there are some that you look at and go 'wtf?' (Case in point, Wendell Bear from Country Bears...he looks DRUNK.) But most of the character designs are lovely. And the face characters...they're great too.

The thing is about children...yes, they can get scared. They are seeing their idols from their favorite movies, right there in front of them. They don't know what to do, what to say. Heck, I'm 18, practically LIVE with the characters, and I often find myself tongue tied when I'm playing at the park and go to meet them. Laughing

Some children are bold and happy with the characters. Shy children tend to avoid them, or bring their parents with them. It just depends on the child's personality.

persian85033 · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject:

I was excited when I went, and I LOVED his house. Although some of the clothes in teh laundry were pretty big, not to mention the washer, but I thought Pluto's things were cute. Paco would kill for a bone that size. Very Happy

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject:

But it's just as strange to have a puppet/stuffed animal because Jafar has Iago on his shoulder at Disneyland and it's really hard to have him up there and NOT hear him talking Laughing

. I'd rather interact with a giant version of the character than a tiny one that's just there for show and nothing else.

Jafaria · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject:

Abu should be a puppet or a stuffed animal that Aladdin carries around or something. Not a character. It makes no sense to have human-sized Abu.

Or human-sized Mushu for that matter. Stop making lovable little sidekicks huge, Disney!

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject:

I met Abu twice this past week Laughing

Calluna · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:

Yeah, then they'll probably be pissed off he doesn't have an Arab accent and was given one that wasn't Laughing

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Nez · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject:

I go with English just to piss off all those people who say "omg they made all the bad characters have arab accents" so I can point them to Jafar and ask them to re-evaluate their logic Laughing

Calluna · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject:

Jafaria · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject:

Heh, good point with the accent. WTF even is that, anyway, it doesn't sound like any Arabic accent or even stereotypical interpretation of one that I've ever heard. WTF, Jafar, you are clearly not British, stop trying to sound like it.

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject:

Considering Andreas kept in mind to make Jafar's face like a mask, I find it hilariously ironic Laughing

. I wouldn't really want anyone to fake that accent, though. Hearing all the Alices talk is always funny Laughing

Frollo's could use a touch up, though. And what's funny is they make Hook a face character sometimes and then back to the masks. They can't make up their minds

Jafaria · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:28 am Post subject:

The Disney World versions of Jafar and Frollo are ridiculously horrible. I still think those two could be done as face characters--after all, Disney's done stage shows of both Aladdin and HoND, so it's not impossible to make someone up to look like Frollo or Jafar. But no, they stick to disproportionate and ugly costume heads.