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Okay -so please tell me this "rumor" is NOT true............
A Friend of mine visited WDW in Jan and was told that Capt Hook and other villians would no longer make appearances as they are too scary????
Really...........this seems a bit much...............
Has anyone been recently and have you seen Capt Hook or any other villian out and about?
thanks
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No, I don't think this is a credible report. I was there in January, and Hook was in plain sight. The villains have been around too long for Disney to suddenly realize that guests are being scared - it would have happened many years ago.
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I did hear the awhile back they cut back how much the villains are out, due to the fact that some can be kindof scary and the "characters" were having a lot of fun playing up the scare factor, but I've no clue whether this is true or not.
I'm glad to hear that getting rid of them all together is a rumor cuz disney really wouldn't be disney without the villains.
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If that were true then they would need to get rid of Lotso at HS. After we saw TS3 I told DH I have no idea why anyone would want to meet him, he was a vile, nasty, mean character - in other words a real villain! LOL!
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If that were true then they would need to get rid of Lotso at HS. After we saw TS3 I told DH I have no idea why anyone would want to meet him, he was a vile, nasty, mean character - in other words a real villain! LOL!
Agreed! We saw a sign to meet Lotso and we were like why would we want to meet him. He went from a nice grandfather type teddy bear to a dictator. He was awful. LOL
Less villians would be awful. They would have to cut out meeting Darth Vader and the Storm Troopers. Vader was quite intimidating.
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I have to admit ... the Disney Villians are my favorites. I wish Villians in Vogue would go back to all the villians and not just Nightmare Before Christmas. I would be crushed if they stopped having them out and about.
(DH says Darth Vader senses the Darkside in my soul. He is never mean to me. LOL)
If that were true then they would need to get rid of Lotso at HS. After we saw TS3 I told DH I have no idea why anyone would want to meet him, he was a vile, nasty, mean character - in other words a real villain! LOL!
But the real question is.... does he smell like strawberries?
The villains have been around too long for Disney to suddenly realize that guests are being scared - it would have happened many years ago.
Not to mention, Disney loves their villians!! As do a large population of their guests!
That said, the "friends of the characters" are aware of their effect on little ones, and act accordingly. Hook would never "threaten" a child who was unsure of them, but he might shake his hook at an older child/adult who made a game out of it. (They're very well trained!)
I have to admit ... the Disney Villians are my favorites. I wish Villians in Vogue would go back to all the villians and not just Nightmare Before Christmas. I would be crushed if they stopped having them out and about.
(DH says Darth Vader senses the Darkside in my soul. He is never mean to me. LOL)
Villains in Vogue is one of our favorite stores. Last time I was disappointed to see a lot of their space also dedicated to Vinylmation. Between that and Jack Skellington there was hardly anything else!
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I have to admit ... the Disney Villians are my favorites. I wish Villians in Vogue would go back to all the villians and not just Nightmare Before Christmas. I would be crushed if they stopped having them out and about.
(DH says Darth Vader senses the Darkside in my soul. He is never mean to me. LOL)
I don't see Nightmare Before Christmas as being villian related at all so I have to agree. Its one of my favorite movies. There is a huge market for villian stuff so I don't understand why devote the villians in vogue to a non villian movie. Oogie Boogie is the villian in that movie and you can't even find that much with him on it anywhere.
I took my BFF to meet Darth Vader he wasn't mean to her either. She tells everyone that she is a sith anyway so he must have related to her. I on the other hand was just looked down upon by Vader and being as he is so tall and I am so not it was intimidating. LOL
I wish they had more villain things going on. Even if they sold more villian merch. The only shop I know is that one in DHS. They really don't even carry that much anymore. I LOVE Malificent and would love to see more of her.
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I on the other hand was just looked down upon by Vader and being as he is so tall and I am so not it was intimidating. LOL
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