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Tinker Bell costume causes trouble at Disney
Bay News 9 ^ | June 5, 2012 | Dalia Dangerfield

Posted on 06/05/2012 5:09:58 PM PDT by Brandonmark

A Tampa bay area teen and her boyfriend are in shock after being forced to take off the costumes they were wearing at Walt Disney World.

April Spielman, 15, and her boyfriend Clayton Covey went to the theme park dressed as Tinker Bell and Pete Pan Sunday.

Spielman said she always wanted to go to Disney dressed as the fictional character. For more than a year, the two teens saved money to buy costumes. Covey flew in fron Arizona.

"We like the Disney characters and we wanted to dress up," Covey said.

When the two arrived at Disney Sunday, they became instant celebrities among guests at Hollywood Studios. However, when they went to Animal Kingdom, the experience changed.

An employee at Animal Kingdom stopped the family and insisted that Spielman take off her Tinker Bell Costume. The manager told her she looked too much like the real character that greets guests at the park.

Covey was told to take off his Peter Pan costume as well.

Since the teens didn't have a change of clothes, Disney provided a voucher so they could buy a shirt and a pair of shorts. Disney officials also provided the family with a Fast Pass so they could skip the lines at the park. Spielman said the ordeal crushed her dream.

"I was crying so hard," Spielman said. "It like, really hurt me because just looking around and people were walking around and they were all dressed up and i'm just standing there like crying."

Disney's Public Relation Manager Kathleen Prihoda sent this statement:

"The guests were asked to change because costumes that could be viewed as representative of an actual Disney character are not appropriate attire for our theme parks. The costumes were disruptive to our operation and possibly confusing to our other guests..."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: disney; peterpan; tinkerbell
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1 posted on 06/05/2012 5:10:05 PM PDT by Brandonmark
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To: Brandonmark

My question: How did a dorky guy like that get such a hot girlfriend?


2 posted on 06/05/2012 5:12:23 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: KosmicKitty

hot but whacked


3 posted on 06/05/2012 5:14:32 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Brandonmark

Hahaha...The Rat is serious about copyright infringement!


4 posted on 06/05/2012 5:14:56 PM PDT by rlmorel ("The safest road to Hell is the gradual one." Screwtape (C.S. Lewis))
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To: KosmicKitty

No kidding. He looks a bit.....oh nevermind. Both of them crying over such nonsense is worse. Just buck up and change your clothes. Seriously, they had their fun and now change your clothes.


5 posted on 06/05/2012 5:15:07 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: Brandonmark

Heart broken? Get over it. You’re 15 you clown.


6 posted on 06/05/2012 5:15:47 PM PDT by Copenhagen Smile
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To: Brandonmark

They saved a year for those costumes?


7 posted on 06/05/2012 5:15:51 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: KosmicKitty

Hint: when a hot girl asks you to dress as Peter Pan, if you’re a dork, you answer “what color tights?”


8 posted on 06/05/2012 5:15:56 PM PDT by Pollster1 (A boy becomes a man when a man is needed - John Steinbeck)
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To: KosmicKitty
> How did a dorky guy like that get such a hot girlfriend?

Ummm, maybe not only can he fly, but he can carry a dozen donuts without using his hands?

9 posted on 06/05/2012 5:16:37 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: napscoordinator; KosmicKitty

My son says the guy needs his man card revoked.


10 posted on 06/05/2012 5:16:44 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: KosmicKitty
My question: How did a dorky guy like that get such a hot girlfriend?

It must be those freaky things in his ears.

11 posted on 06/05/2012 5:16:46 PM PDT by Third Person ( Actions reflect priorities.)
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To: Brandonmark

Yet during gay days (week?) the park is full of Tinker Bells and nobody says a thing. Just say’n


12 posted on 06/05/2012 5:17:46 PM PDT by doc1019 (Romney will never get my vote!)
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To: Brandonmark

Disney is VERY protective its trademarks, especially its classic characters.

I would not want someone impersonating my characters since I would have no control on how said impersonator would act.

If they got a fast Pass for the park that is a freaking golden ticket (you usually can only have one at any given moment and have to wait).

Likewise shorts and short for 2 at Disney about $100+

They should be grateful.


13 posted on 06/05/2012 5:17:46 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: Brandonmark

Disney is VERY protective its trademarks, especially its classic characters.

I would not want someone impersonating my characters since I would have no control on how said impersonator would act.

If they got a fast Pass for the park that is a freaking golden ticket (you usually can only have one at any given moment and have to wait).

Likewise shorts and short for 2 at Disney about $100+

They should be grateful.


14 posted on 06/05/2012 5:17:46 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: napscoordinator

It’s, like, their park, and you have to, like, play by their rules.


15 posted on 06/05/2012 5:18:04 PM PDT by WSGilcrest (/s)
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To: Brandonmark
Since the teens didn't have a change of clothes, Disney provided a voucher so they could buy a shirt and a pair of shorts. Disney officials also provided the family with a Fast Pass so they could skip the lines at the park. Spielman said the ordeal crushed her dream.

They get free Disney Clothes.
They get free Fast Passes.
And Spielman said the ordeal crushed her dream.

I think the bleach went deeper than the roots.

Check out dork boys ears.

16 posted on 06/05/2012 5:19:22 PM PDT by mountn man (Happiness is not a destination, its a way of life.)
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To: Brandonmark

Fools! It’s 2012. He should have worn the Tinker Bell costume and she the Peter Pan costume. Then the both of them could have sued for discrimination.


17 posted on 06/05/2012 5:19:54 PM PDT by death2tyrants
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To: Brandonmark
The manager told her she looked too much like the real character that greets guests at the park

Anyone could tell the difference, though, since her pixie dust didn't work....

18 posted on 06/05/2012 5:20:02 PM PDT by mikrofon (Fairy Impression)
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To: rlmorel
Hahaha...The Rat is serious about copyright infringement!

No, the lawyers are serious about Disney's potential liability if a non-employee is seen as being Disney staff, and takes advantage of the implied position of trust to (for example) molest a child on Disney property.

19 posted on 06/05/2012 5:20:40 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: Copenhagen Smile

She looks 30. Who knew a Tinkerbell costume was so aging.


20 posted on 06/05/2012 5:21:19 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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