Timmy had not really warned up to them since, always shying away from Chuck E. Cheese, even though he loves it there. He also would decline taking pictures with similar characters at Cox Farm and at the T Ball Kick off Parade he did not want to meet the giant dog that was walking around advertising for someone. We had felt better about our chances after he enjoyed Disney on Ice, but he was making it clear to us from the moment we told him we were going to Disney World that he wasn't thrilled about it, "I already saw allthebodies at Disney on Ice, I don't need to go to Disney World!" Luckily, he warmed up pretty fast once we got there!
After pretty much hiding from Mickey and Minnie, we didn't see any other characters the first day.
In the morning at Epcot we found Chip and Dale, who were really fun to meet. While one was signing the autograph book, the other would steal Timmy's hat or dance around. Timmy didn't really know what to think of them, but was convinced to give them hugs.
The next day at MGM we found Lighting McQueen and Mater just hanging out. When Timmy reached over to touch lightning's hood, it definitely elicited one of the biggest smiles of the week!
Our next trip to MGM we were lucky enough to find Donald and Piglet hanging out in front of the big hat. Timmy didn't even have to be encouraged, he waited happily while Donald signed his book, then snuggled right up next to him for a picture and turned and gave him a hug, all on his own!
Piglet got the same reaction! After meeting Piglet went so well, I told Timmy, "Guess what Piglet asked me? He asked if we want to have breakfast with him and his friends tomorrow!" Timmy got a big smile and agreed that would be fun.
Next we waited in line for a bit to meet Buzz and Woody, which was definitely worth it! They had awesome photo ops of scenes from the movie, which were included in my first Disney post, that Timmy had a lot of fun with. And meeting Buzz and Woody themselves was great! They took turns signing and interacting with Timmy too, and he ran up to each of them for hugs. Tyler seemed to be trying to warn Timmy about the giant cowboy he was standing next to though, right before crawling in the opposite direction!
"Magic" Mickey was our first autograph on the next day, and he got a much warmer reception this time around.
Then we got to meet Pooh in front of his house.
And later we stood in line to meet Frozone and Mr. Incredible. Timmy actually repeatedly told us while waiting in their line that he did not want to meet them or take a picture with them, that he wanted someone else to get their autographs. We told him that we weren't allowed to do that and he had to do it himself. When it was his turn he ended up walking right up to them and did hug them both. They ended up being some of his favorites.
Tyler interacted with Mr. Incredible for a few moments too, even honking his nose, I'm guessing even though he was a very strange looking human, Tyler could understand what he was supposed to be better then some others!
That same day Timmy was very excited to meet Jake
and Handy Manny.
Our last character meeting of the day was Mike and Sulley. When we first went past their spot they were busy at the parade. Later in the day Timmy was enjoying the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids playground and needed a potty break. When he wanted to go back to play, I bribed him, saying he had to meet Mike and Sulley first! He laughed and said no a few times before finally agreeing. I'm so glad I pushed that one, we ended up being the first in line from them returning from their potty break, and Sulley sort of came up while Tyler's head was turned and he was seated on the floor. I actually came over to pick Tyler up, but Sulley motioned for me to leave him, and he squatted down and slowly reached out to him. Tyler was startled, but ended up patting his hand and looking at him a bit before crawling away.
Timmy ended up happily giving Sulley a hug after that, and Sulley gave him a bit of a push to hug Mike too! They ended up being his other favorites to meet!
The next morning we had breakfast with Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, and Tigger. Pooh got another warm hello.
Eeyore came up from behind Tyler and motioned towards him and moved his hand in front of his eye like he was crying, asking me if it was okay to approach the baby. I was impressed. I told him to give it a try, but Tyler wasn't really interested in getting too close, he did wave to him though. Timmy gave Eeyore a good nuzzle.
Piglet, after getting his hugs from Timmy, had better luck with Tyler. Tyler checked him out and even let me move his hand up to tug Piglet's ear, Timmy decided to try that too.
We had to wait a while for Tigger, he was very popular and also led a bouncing line around the restaurant before making his way to our table. Timmy was very excited to show him that he was wearing a Tigger shirt.
Our last character experience for this trip was a whirlwind of saying hello to Mickey, Pluto, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy, one after another! Mickey finally earned a little of Tyler's trust this time around!
Timmy had obviously been looking forward to meeting Pluto, and Pluto was visibly excited to see Timmy's hat! He wagged his tail and patted his head and Timmy's head. He offered to sign Timmy's hat, but Timmy only wanted him to autograph the book. When it was picture time Pluto had Timmy pose with him, holding out their ears! Pluto's autograph includes a paw print for his o, Timmy loves this.
Tyler even gave Pluto a pat!
Minnie got a much warmer welcome from both boys this time around. Timmy gave her a kiss on the cheek and Tyler honked her nose. While we were waiting our turn to meet Donald, Minnie came back up to Timmy and offered him a sticker, it happened to be of Pluto, every time Timmy shows off his autograph book he points out that sticker and says, "Minnie gave this to me."
Donald was fun, he tried to get Timmy to dance with him, shaking their tail feathers, but Timmy just giggled while Donald did it. Donald did convince Tyler to check out his bill.
Goofy was really good, he had Timmy sit on his knee while he tried to get Tyler to be happy sitting on his lap as well. Timmy was perfectly content to just sit there for a while!
While planning we obviously weren't sure how much a part of our trip getting autograph's would be. I'm really glad that Timmy decided he liked the characters because it certainly gave us some great memories, and great pictures to help him keep the memories fresh too! I put the pictures into his autograph book the first day back and he took it around to all the grandparents to show them and took it for show and tell at school as well. He told me, "All the kids want to go to Disney World now, I hope they tell their mommies and they go soon."
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