Celebrity sightings at WDW Resorts...

[nappmandoa]

While staying at Pop Century this September I saw one of the members of the hair metal band Ratt waiting on line to go to the Animal Kingdom. Im only 21 so I had no idea who he was but my mother and Aunt pointed him out to me. Not really a "celebrity" of the recent times, but it was still interesting.

Also on the way back from my trip last year I was on the same plane as Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister. Not a resort sighting but I figured what the heck Ill throw that one in there.

 

[jitterbean]

I went to Disney World in November of 1999 and while waiting for the spectrolight parade to begin we saw Wayne Brady shooting a comercial. Complete with the fake snow. lol

As soon as it wrapped, he grabbed his mother and several bodyguards wisked him away. The crew cleaned up the snow so fast, in less than 5 minutes you would have never guessed anything had happened.

 

[mla973]

On a trip in 1998, I saw NBA player Grant Hill at the Boardwalk. It was raining, and he was standing under an overhang trying to decide where to go next. He initiated some conversation with my dad and then took off. We saw him later at the ESPN Club.

While on the WDW College Program, we would go on mad celebrity hunts when we heard they were on property. The two resorts most often mentioned were the GF and Y&BC. Funny that several people have seen John Stamos, because he was there when I was (along with his then-wife). Maybe ABC had given him a lifetime pass or something!!!

I've also met several celebrities in the parks (98 degrees, Debulah Morgan, Monica, etc.) when they have done autograph sessions.

When the Planet Hollywood location opened, I heard there were tons of celebrities there. We only ran into Pauly Shore, dude.

Great thread!!!

 

[mla973]

Oops - forgot to add that on our trip in Nov 04, we saw Christina Auegulera's (sp?) sister shooting Disney vacation videos. I believe they must have been in Portuguese??? We saw here at MGM, Epcot and Typhoon Lagoon. I assume the guy that was shooting the video with her was "someone" too, but I did not recognize him.

 

[rileyroosmom]

In May we were waiting for Illuminations to begin when a few of the carts came by with men and women running along side of them. In the carts were George and Barbara Bush and Jeb and his wife. I was surprised how excited I got by the siting....I didn't even vote for George!! LOL

 

[All Aboard]

We saw Steven Tyler on Jungle Cruise in April. I know, wrong attraction. He was with a group of about 8, they had a boat to themselves.

 

[Krissalee]

Bump!

There must have been some celebritiy sightings in the last few months!

 

[limabeanmom2003]

In 2000, while waiting for the afternoon parade in Frontierland, we saw Christopher Reeve and his family.

Sometime in the 80's while we were at MK, we heard talk that Michael Jackson was at the park, but we never saw him.

 

[wdwdawg]

Back in the 70's, we were staying at the Poly during the Christmas season. That is when they were having the Candlelight Pro in the Magic Kingdom. One night when we were going up a set of stairs at the Ploly, Rock Hudson who was one of the narrators walk right past us. Also, about 5 years ago we were at the GF and saw George Forman being carted to his room. He went right past me and I said to my dad, Hey, its George Foreman. He never looked my way. Finally, just about every trip we go to WDW, we see the biggest celebrity of all. The mouse himself, MICKEY.

WDWDAWG

 

[S. C.]

I could have the Pope standing next to me and I wouldn't realize it

Anne

YUP thats me....unless someone was screeming out there name or pointing them out I would never notice. I never notice other people.

 

[WDW LOVR]

About 5 years ago I saw Chris Evert (the tennis player) in the bobbing wave pool at Blizzard Beach. My wife still doesn't believe me.

In Oct a couple years ago we say Rick Barry standing in line for Test Track.

 

[MLAinVA]

Let's bump this one back up. Its an oldie but a goodie.

 

[MILEMRKR63]

While staying at the GF last year (2004), my best friend and I were in the elevator heading to dinner at V&A when the door opened and Cher walked in with 4 body guards. She smiled when she walked in and was quite gracious and dressed very nicely. My friend and I were like holy s**t, is that Cher? My buddy started humming "if I could turn back time" and she turned around to us and said "sing it, dont hum it" We all just laughed and she asked us how we were doing and where we were heading all dressed up. We told her we were going to dinner and V&A and she said she was going there also to dine with one of her managers. She asked us if we would like to walk there with her and we were like Hell Yeah.

Her body guards surrounded us and we were on our way. My buddy and I felt like superstars because everyone was stopping and staring and taking pictures and we were in them. Cher was quite nice to everyone and posed for pictures (again we were in them too) As we entered V&A, the staff immediatly requested to take her to her awaiting table. We thanked her for being so nice anf for making our night and excused ourselves. She asked the dining room captain where we were sitting. She then walked with us to our table and the looks on the other peoples faces in the dining room were amazing. We said that meeting her was a true pleasure and something we would never forget.

As we dined, my buddy and I were just so amazed at what happened. To top things off, as Cher left V&A, Cher came back to the table along with her body guards and said the dining experience was on her. We were speechless.

We would run into Cher a few more times during the visit and she always would said hello. We also would find alot of people pointing and staring at us at the GF being overheard saying those are Chers friends.

It was a true magical experience for us amd something we would never forget.

 

[Disneybotz]

That is such a great story.

 

[Deesknee]

CHER? oh wow. We are taking a dear friend with us in June. He has no family & is so excited to be joining us with our 4 kids. BUT, if he ever saw Cher, I do believe we would be left in the dust. lol
What a thrill. Congratulations to you. Nice to know she is as pleasant as she seems.
Thanks for posting.

 

[joliesmom]

In Jan this year we saw Reverend Run from Run DMC at AKL he was staying at AKL in the days after Trumps wedding. In 2001 we saw Bruce Jenner being escorted through MK by staff.

 

[keys2kingdom]

I saw Betty Buckley swimming in Stormalong Bay once.
And the guys from O-town in the BC elevator.

 

[disneyfan67]

I have also seen Bob Saget from Full house , Huey Lewis, Axel Rose, Gary Coleman,Mr T ,Jordan and Jon Knight from the New Kids ,plus I did some hanging and banging( Working out) with the Hulkster! ( That what the Hulk likes to call working out). If your wondering how the heck I have seen all of these celebs well the reason is that I spend alot of the time when I am at WDW sitting pool side getting a good tan around the Grand Floridian's pool. This is where you see most of the celebs during the day.

You're the second person to say that they saw Gary Coleman. Trust me he's no celebrity. He came from my town and even they don't claim him. There is no sign or mention of him anywhere. Same with Mr.T also. He lived in the next town over and is remembered for cutting down 100 year old trees in a posh neighborhood and making his mansion look tacky and run down. When he lost it due to money problems the city almost had to tear it down due to how he maintained it.

I was pretty sure I saw Danny Devito when MGM first opened in May 1989 when I was down there but I don't bother celbrities because they have privates lifes too. He was in the restaurant in the CR that is now called Cailfornia Grill. It wasn't called that back in 1989 when I ate there and I forgot what it was called but other people who ate there noticed him also.

 

[DanaHesson]

Crystal Palace Nov 4 2004
He was extremely gracious and took pictures with fans for quite some time. If the fan had a digital camera, he checked the pic, and if he didnt like it he would say Nope! Lets re do that one.

I was truly amazed at just how much time he spent with the folks.

 

[LOVETHATMOUSE]

We were staying at the Wilderness Lodge in 1994 and had the pleasure of having a room near Robert Ulrich. He was a narrarator at Epcot and has staying in our hotel. Rode the elevator a couple of times with him - OMG he was sooo handsome and tall!! Very nice man. There were alot of celebs that weekend - it was the grand opening of Planet Hollywood, so they were everywhere. Arnold and Maria, Roseanne Barr, Ally Sheedy, a whole bunch. That year we also saw Gallagher in MGM. No one recently though.