First, a big shout out to IzzyTru for his guest posts. Thanks and looking forward to the last in his three part series about meeting the characters.
I wanted to add just one thing about how parents/adults interact with the characters. I am reading a book by Jeff Kurtti entitled Since the World Began. It is a great book and looks at the first 25 years of Walt Disney World. In one section he pulls out a quote from the WDW employee handbook...
"Imagine yourself as a guest, bringing your family to vist Walt Disney World. You walk down Main Street, pass through Cinderella Castle, and suddenly you come upon a Disney character at a table, chatting with a supervisor over a cup of coffee and a cigarette. Doesn't sound like Disney, does it? And if you were that guest, you wouldn't be very happy with our show, would you? Remember that regardless of where you work or what your role is, anytime you are in a public area, you are 'onstage.' Your attitude and performance are direct reflections on the quality of our Walt Disney World show."
Walt Disney World does an amazing job creating a World that is truly magical. You won't see cast members from Frontierland walking in Tomorrowland. They will not place the same character at two