Disney Parks Characters can be found at Disney Parks around the globe, signing autographs, posing for pictures and appearing in live stage-shows. Costumed versions of characters from Disney's Animated Features and shorts, TV shows, video games and rides have been appearing at Disneyland since the day it opened in 1955 and have subsequently become must-see attractions at Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, Dinseyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland and on the Disney Cruise Line, they form the backbone of the Disney Parks. The characters are Disney Cast Members who are costumed and interact with guests to further enjoy their visit or vacation. The characters are broken down into two groups: Atmosphere Characters and Face Characters
Atmosphere Characters[]
Atmosphere Characters are the most common type of characters who cannot talk to guests, but most can communicate through actions. A host often accompanies them to help them to guide them around the park when the park diecided to change Pain and Panic from a face character to a atmosphere character In the 1980s, they will be allowed to be Meetable. SoAtmosphere Characters are either meetable or non-meetable.
Meetable Atmosphere Characters[]
Meetable Atmosphere Characters who appear at the parks include:
Disney's Early Animated Shorts[]
Disney Feature Films[]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[]
Pinocchio
Bambi[]
Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros[]
Fun And Fancy Free[]
Mike Andrade[]
Song of the South[]
Cinderella[]
Alice in Wonderland[]
Mike Andrade[]
Sleeping Beauty[]
Mary Poppins[]
The Jungle Book[]
The Aristocats[]
Bedknobs and Broomsticks[]
Robin Hood[]
Winnie the Pooh[]
The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under[]
The Little Mermaid[]
The Great Mouse Detective[]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit[]
Beauty and the Beast[]
Aladdin[]
The Lion King[]
Pocahontas[]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame[]
Hercules[]
Mulan[]
Tarzan[]
The Emperor's New Groove[]
Atlantis: The Lost Empire[]
Lilo and Stitch[]
Treasure Planet[]
Brother Bear[]
Chicken Little[]
Meet the Robinsons[]
Bolt[]
The Princess And The Frog[]
Frozen[]
Pixar Films[]
Toy Story series[]
- Green Army Men
- Bo Peep
- Mr. Potato Head
- Jessie
- Bullseye
- Lotso
A Bug's Life[]
- Flik
- Princess Atta
- Francis
- Slim
- Gypsy
- Tuck and Roll
Monsters, Inc.[]
- Sulley
- George Sanderson
- Needleman
The Incredibles[]
- Mr. Incredible
- Mrs. Incredible
- Frozone
Cars series[]
- Lightning McQueen
- Mater
- Finn McMissile
Ratatouille[]
- Remy
- Emile
WALL-E[]
- WALL-E
Up[]
- Carl Fredrickson
- Russel
- Dug
Other TV Series[]
The Adventures of the Gummi Bears[]
- Tummi Gummi
- Grammi Gummi
- Zummi Gummi
- Cubbi Gummi
Duck Tales[]
- Launchpad McQuack
- Webby Vanderquack
- Gyro Gearloose
- Darkwing Duck
- Baggy Beagle
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers[]
- Gadget Hackwrench
- Monterey Jack
- Fat Cat
TaleSpin[]
- Kit Cloudkicker
- Rebecca Cunningham
- Don Karnage
Goof Troop[]
Bonkers[]
- Bonkers D. Bobcat
Lilo and Stitch[]
- Jacques von Hämsterviel
- Reuben
- Sparky
- Angel
- Felix
My Friends Tigger and Pooh[]
Phineas and Ferb[]
- Phineas Flynn
- Ferb Fletcher
- Perry the Platypus
Secret Agent Oso[]
- Oso
Jake and the Never Land Pirates[]
- Jake
Video Games[]
Kingdom Hearts series[]
- Sora
The Nightmare Before Chrismas[]
- Oogie Boogie
Original Park Characters[]
- Figment (Soon to be Meetable)
Non-Disney Characters[]
Easter[]
- Easter Bunny
Mirage Studios[]
- Leonardo
- Ralphael
- Donatello
- Michelangelo
MGM[]
- Tom
- Jerry
Bandai[]
- Biyomon
- Veemon
Disney +[]
- Homer
- Marge
- Maggie
- Bart
- Lisa
Non-meetable Atmosphere Characters[]
The following Disney park characters appear only in shows and parades, pictured or as statues in attractions and shops. Some of the characters listed here have only appeared in "live" form in Disney On Ice or Disney Live! shows.
Disney Feature Films[]
Fantasia[]
- Magic Brooms
- Chernabog
Dumbo[]
- Dumbo
Cinderella[]
Lucifer
Alice in Wonderland[]
- Cheshire Cat
Peter Pan[]
- The Crocodile
Sleeping Beauty[]
The Jungle Book[]
- Kaa
- Shere Khan
The Little Mermaid[]
- Flounder
- Sebastian
- King Triton
- Ursula
- Flotsman and Jetsman
Beauty and the Beast[]
- Mrs. Potts
- Chip
Aladdin[]
- Iago
- Carpet
- Snake Jafar
The Lion King[]
- Simba
- Pumba
- Zazu
- Scar
Pinocchio[]
- Monstro
Pixar Films[]
Toy Tory series[]
- Slinky Dog
- Rex
- Stretch
- Andy
- Ken Carson
Monsters, Inc.[]
- Randall Boggs
- Boo
A Bugs Life[]
- Dim
- Hopper
Finding Nemo[]
- Dory
- Bruce
Cars 3[]
- Jackson Storm
Face Characters[]
These people not only wear costumes, but also interact with the guests by improving their acting expertise, social skills, and theatrical expertise as part of their jobs. Like the Atmosphere Characters, they are assisted by a character host at all times; sometimes, they interact (in character, of course) with their host. The hosts also, in some cases, serve as the characters' bodyguards if a character has a bad encounter with an unruly or inappropriate guest.
An example of a change for the better came in the 1980s, when park executives (and Michael Eisner) decided to change the Mad Hatter from an atmosphere character into a face character so that he would be allowed to better interact with guests.
Face characters also, at one point, went on rides and attractions with park guests, and the face characters normally stick to a script from their respective films, only taking liberties when necessary to have better conversations with guests.
The most common misconception of the face characters is that they often are for children, but as countless YouTube videos (such as those of guest Tommy Des Brisay) show, this is not the case. Guests like Tommy can also invite face characters to join them for lunch and dinner at any of the restaurants in the parks.
Because of child labor laws, all the characters that would normally be played by young children or teenagers (like Alice, Wendy Darling, John Darling, Michael Darling, Hiro Hamada and the Lost Boys, for example) are instead played by full-grown adults.
Disney Feature Films[]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[]
Pinocchio[]
Cinderella[]
Alice in Wonderland[]
- Alice
- The Mad Hatter
Peter Pan / Tinkerbell series[]
- Peter Pan
- Wendy Darling
- John Darling
- Cubby
- Tinker Bell
- Rosetta
- Silvermist
- Iridessa
- Fawn
- Vidia
- Terence
Lady and the Tramp[]
- Tony
- Joe
Sleeping Beauty[]
One Hundred And One Dalmations[]
The Sword in the Stone[]
- Merlin
Mary Poppins[]
- Mary Poppins
- Bert
Jungle Book[]
- Mowgli
Winnie The Pooh[]
- Christopher Robin
The Little Mermaid[]
Beauty and the Beast[]
Aladdin[]
- Aladdin
- Princess Jasmine
- Sultan
Imaage Gallery[]
Pocahontas[]
Mulan[]
Fantaisa 2000[]
- Tin Soldier
- Ballerina
Treasure Planet[]
- Jim Hawkins
Pirates of the Caribbean series[]
- Captain Jack Sparrow
- Captain Barbossa
- Angelica
The Chronicles of Narnia[]
- Queen Jadis
- Prince Caspian
The Princess and the Frog[]
- Princess Tiana
- Prince Naveen
- Doctor Facilier
Tangled[]
Frozen[]
Other[]
The Nightmare Before Christmas[]
- Jack Skellington
- Sally Finklestein
TV Series[]
Kim Possible[]
- Kim Possible
- Ron Stoppable