Celebrity Sighting(s) @ DIS

[tydna]

While we were waiting on the stage show to start on the last night of Mickey's P&P Party (Wed. June 4), we were on the front row right before the castle, just behind the tram tracks / parade route.

Well, as we sat there, a VIP Escort CM walked by, pushing a stroller -- I immediately began looking for a celebrity...and I found one.

It was Joey Fatone (Wiki).

I grab my camera and the red light flashes -- dead battery.

Figures...

Anyway -- who have you seen while hanging at the DIS?

 

[bouncycat]

We were at that same P&PP and saw Warwick Davis and his family walking around, it was neat!! He walked right by us, and me and dh both were like...was that?? Yea, we think it was, and we saw him again that Saturday at SWW at DHS, and we knew then that it was for sure him!! It was awesome!!!

 

[loveWDWalways]

During a P&P Party in 2007, my family and I also saw Joey Fatone while watching the parade.

 

[mizzouHHR]

I saw Sylvester Stallone at Downtown Disney. I wasn't able to get real close due the crowd, but close enough to see how short he was . It was very cool since I'm a huge fan of his.

 

[clownchk]

I'd have to search DH's computer for the pix, but while staying at POR last year we saw Valerie Mahaffrey , the actress that played Alma Hodge on Desperate Housewives. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536723/

We did not want to interrupt her vacation though (SHe was with a male and a little girl around age 9 or 10) so I stood near a rack she was near and held up "Something" so that when DH took her pix, it looked like he was taking my pix LOL!!!

It didn't help that we did not know her real name then. That was the closes to famous we've come so far.

 

[SkyGirl]

Last December my DD was on Dinosaur and I was waiting for her where the pictures come up. Gloria Estefan walked right past me. An hour later she was on EE at the same time we were.

 

[suzimar57]

only during super soap weekend...

 

[Truelovernr1122]

My family and I saw the comedian Sinbad at Magic Kingdom on our first day there a few years back! Everyone was crowded around him and taking photos. We didn't want to bother him and his family so we snapped a shot of him from a distance and kept going. Very cool though!

 

[Cinderella Fan]

DH and I ate at the California Grille in March. John Ratzenberger was there too, having drinks with a friend. This is him in the back ground...

 

[TwoMonkeys]

One year, while waiting for my dh and dd to ride a ride in Tomorrowland, I sat with my sleeping son in the restaurant there in Tomorrowland. I saw a large group of people walk in lead by a CM and realized that one of them was Davy Jones (from the Monkees). They stopped right in front of me and Davy put his hand on the handle of ds's stroller. Not quite sure why he did that but if he woke up ds, I was going to be mad. I never did say anything to him. Not quite sure what I would have said.

Then another time, when I was once again waiting for dh to ride something in Tomorrowland while sitting with the kids, I saw Joe Montana and his family coming out of Space Mountain.

I don't know why I didn't think to take pictures of either one of them. I guess I was too surprised to see them there.

 

[freepixie]

Back in 1998, 2 sightings on our July trip:

1. in the airport I saw Al Roker, my aunt says it was just a guy in a trenchcoat but I swear to the day I die it was Al Roker!!!!!

2. at the Tusker House in AK (back when it was a counter service) my mom and my aunt were in line (I was saving the table) and they were in line behind Bobby Burgess from the Mickey Mouse Club. All of a sudden a CM came up to Bobby and said "Mr. Burgess, if you would like, we have a private eating area that you may use" and took him and his family out of the line. Pretty cool!!

 

[mistyt]

When I did my CP I saw a lot of awsome folks! I was lucky enough to run into Jason Alexander, Grant Hill, Brian from the Backstreet Boys, Star Jones.

My favorite celeb encounter as a CM had to be Orlando Pace. At 6'8" he had a fun time busting on me for only being 5 foot and was talking with all the cast members and joking around.

 

[joshsmom]

Unless you count Mickey and all his friends, I got nothing . . .

 

[juliana_sd]

I saw Michael Jackson at Disneyland in the early 90's. I was sitting outside the old Circlevision waiting for someone, and he and about 5 bodyguards just walked past, headed toward Captain EO! It was surreal!

 

[loveWDWalways]

My family and I saw the comedian Sinbad at Magic Kingdom on our first day there a few years back! Everyone was crowded around him and taking photos. We didn't want to bother him and his family so we snapped a shot of him from a distance and kept going. Very cool though!

Truelovernr1122,

I also saw him, but at Universal. He looked like he was having so much fun on a relaxing holiday with family or friends (or both). Seeing a celeb in public if they're scheduled to be at an event or something is always nice, but seeing them unexpectedly is a fun surprise.

 

[stephgly]

My husband talked to George Lucas in January. They both happened to be coming out of the bathroom at Hollywood Studios.

 

[moonpie85]

Well I don't know if I'd count them as famous but we saw Sanjiah and his sister (American Idol) at Orlando airport coming back from Disney

 

[JeanfromBNA]

My husband talked to George Lucas in January. They both happened to be coming out of the bathroom at Hollywood Studios.

Did your husband happen to ask him if he was working on anymore Star Wars rides?

 

[Em126]

I'm a CM so this is probably totally unfair because I'm always in the parks. I've seen:

*Joey Fatone (& daughter) - I'm beginning to think he has an annual pass, lol
**Tom Bergeron - I was an extra in the AFV episode they shot at MK. I was calling my roommate to see where she was and he took my phone and asked if she was lost and ended up at Universal, haha
**Tony Perkins - weatherman from Good Morning America. I was in the audience at the Studios when they shot Good Morning America there on 5-5-05. I met him after the filming.
*George Lucas - sadly, I didn't recognize him until my friend started flipping out. Appropriately enough, he was near Star Tours.
*Gloria Estefan - she was here last 4th of July
*Lee Greenwood - yeah, didn't know who he was.... haha
*Kelly Ripa - I saw her on Main St. with her family one time and then again when she did the Christmas parade
*Monique Coleman - High School Musical! (I admit it, I love it )
**A zillion athletes where I had no idea who they were - for example, one day when I worked at Thunder Mountain, I was loading a Guest and his party onto the train (they came in with their VIP guide) and as another Guest got off of the ride, he came up and shook the guy's hand and said how big of a fan he was. When the guy got on the ride he practically had to sit sideways because I swear he was 7 feet tall, lol
*Regis Philbin - shooting the Christmas parade
*A king and his favorite wife from I forget where, haha. She had a sweet gold and black headdress thing though!
**Phil Holmes, VP of the Magic Kingdom - come on, he's a celebrity

That's all I can think of!

*= I saw them
**= I met them

 

[stephgly]

Did your husband happen to ask him if he was working on anymore Star Wars rides?

No, I think he asked him if he was George Lucas and he replied yes. He said he was there with family. My DH told him thank you for making so many great memories for him as a child. My DH didn't want him to think "oh, no another crazy fan!" He said he was very polite.