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[Kruggie]

My sis had read on another site that each morning at rope drop, the first riders at Dumbo may get a ride with Micky or Minnie....also she read that the same applies for toon town, that the first few visitors get a hand held guided toour of mickeys house with a character.
I have never heard this to be true...I thought I would ask the pros over here/

[AKLRULZ]

Wow, how cool would that be?!? I'd love to know, too.

[wheatenwalker]

I am not sure about those characters but I do know that one time during early entry, when we rode the Teacups, the Red Queen, and the Mad Hatter rode too. It was great as they were really acting in character.

[Elliot'sDragon]

I was at MK at rope during EE. We headed straight to Fanatsyland and Tooontwon and didn't see any characters at that time of day, but we did get to ride Goofy's Barnstormer over and over and over.

[susan]

We were at WDW in Nov(after EE was eliminated)and we rode with Tigger in the Winnie the Pooh ride! Pooh was there too. It was very early, we were one of the first on the ride!! Very fun!

[alexandra]

Kruggie-true!! Two years ago we were the second on for Dumbo. The first child chose to ride with Minnie, my daughter got to ride with Mickey. She said Mickey was very funny-acted "afraid" when she brought the elephant way up high and he giggled(not aloud, of course-put his hand over his mouth) a lot. After the ride, she was given a certificate for the first ride of the day signed by Mickey. At rope drop, you need to sprint to ride with these mice!!!

[Disney Fan]

On April 7th, 2002 to be exact we headed to The Toontown part and Goofy and Pluto were there just "goofing" around. Not a lot of kids, they spent a significant amount of time with DD who's 18 months (if only this had been later in the week when she couldn't get enough of them), she was kind of nervous and was done with them rather quickly. On Thursday as we were getting ready to board the Magic Carpet ride, Aladin and Jasmine showed up. DH hoped in the back seat, I asked Jasmine if we could ride with them, and she said of course. They were both really sweet, we told them that Aladdin was our first date--so needless to say it was kind of special to us. They talked a lot to us and DD during the ride and made sure when they got off, they stopped all the other kids wanting pictures and autographs until we showed up with DD and took her picture in front of the ride. I thought they were absolutely terrific! They certainly made us feel like our DD was the most important guest at that moment. This was also around 11 in the morning when the park was getting more crowded. Just after we had signed up for the next 40 years at Disney with the Vacation Club. It was a wonderful day!

I would like to try Dumbo with the Mouse. Maybe next time. . .since I now know there WILL be several next times [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] .

[Kruggie]

OH thanks gang! I guess I will have to make sure I have my running shoes on eh!

[Janet 46]

Kruggie, we had 8 am PS at Cindy' Castle in Nov. and when we finished at 9, Fantasyland had just opened and lots of characters were greeting guests at their appropriate rides. We saw Pooh and Tigger getting on their ride with some lucky guests and Snow White and several dwarfs (dwarves?)getting on Snow White's ride.

And this was on a Saturday morning when the park typically is packed.

[Eyeore0517]

I had heard this, too. So, last time we were there in '99. We tried it and IT WORKED! We saw Minnie at the Dumbo ride, so my DD (4) and I hurried to the ride. Two girls ran in front of us, but missed the enterance. So, my daughter got to ride with Minnie and then her "guide" walked us with Minnie to find the photographer in Toontown where we had our picture taken with Minnie and Mickey. A great memory!

[Kruggie]

I am so excited!