The simple act of providing them tells guests that these cards are the only autographs offered. I can’t imagine many first-time visitors would feel like that was a possibility once they’ve been given a signature card. Now, I’ve read reviews saying that sometimes Snow White will sign if you ask, but if a card is provided to you, you’re less likely to pose the question. The prices of Walt Disney World should ensure guests a more intimate experience. In my opinion, characters not signing with you makes the meet-and-greet feel more automated, like candy on a conveyor belt - churning out pictures as quickly as possible.
What am I supposed to do with this apple? Glue it in an autograph book? While this is adorable, it’s another example of characters spending less time with guests and taking personalization away from your vacation. At this new character encounter, guests are provided with a signature card in the form of an apple, containing signatures of characters at this meal. This leads me to the new experience I find myself most annoyed by: the Storybook Dining at Artist Point. The three scenarios above were all personal experiences from our family on our last Walt Disney World trip that left us wondering: Is Disney phasing out character autographs to save time? Are they willing to sacrifice a more personal interaction at the rate of saving a minute? Couldn’t we have Kylo Ren sign with a sinister message? Little kids (and adults) all over Walt Disney World are creating their own keepsakes in the form of autograph books, signature mats, personalized pillowcases or canvas bags and coming up short on character signatures. I imagine that the backstory of Kylo Ren is that his arrogance or bad-guy-ness makes him refuse to sign autographs, but that makes no sense in the mind of a 5-year-old.
This same argument holds true for Kylo Ren, who we have met on multiple occasions and also doesn’t sign autographs. The logical side of me reasons that this could be because he has twigs for arms, but the Mom side of me knows that if a 3-year-old can draw a circle, Olaf should be able to draw a snowman.
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While the picture is cute, they came back to where we were meeting up and said, “Olaf doesn’t sign.” Now, if you look him up on the official Disney website, it says he will sign autographs - so maybe he will… sometimes? Like, after hours on a full moon? All I can say is that on the three most recent visits my family has taken, we have exactly zero autographs from Olaf. On this same trip, my husband and oldest son went to meet Olaf with our autograph frame in hand. Was this an anomaly, or evidence that autographs may be going extinct? Now, it’s possible that he was in transit from one spot to another and would have signed at another time or place, but it stood out to me because we have a previous autograph from 2014 from a Green Army Man…that we met on the street. The cast member who was escorting him around kindly mentioned that he wasn’t signing books at the moment. We didn’t happen to have our autograph frame handy (we bring a mat for a picture frame for each trip), but a little boy beside us did. Our little one had just purchased a bucket of Green Army Men, which made for great discussion. *Clear Adhesive Dots (picture in tutorial below), or Photo Tape (I know I have a hot glue gun pictured, but I didn't realize until my books were halfway done that it wouldn't be the smartest idea to hot glue pictures lol.On our most recent trip and first visit to Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, my sons ran into a Green Army Man and had an adorable interaction. *You choice of Cover/Title Page, printed out (As you are looking through the autograph pages, you will see some blank ones as well, I used those pages as the cover page for the autograph books.)
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*Your choice of Autograph Pages, printed out (I chose to have do it because the prints are already loaded onto their website, and because I got 50 free prints just for signing up, making it only $7.11 for the 69 prints that I ordered, including shipping! You can, however, download them to your computer for free and print the pages you want off at home!) Look closely in the picture and you will see the lines too. *The "Background" template (template provided in tutorial below), printed onto black card stock, don't worry, the ink will show up and you will be able to see where you can cut.