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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maybe- but he has the hot chick on his arm....just sayin’
Never would Disney allow this in their parks. Even 20-yrs ago it was no to any costume. I think I’ve seen her in a video short...
I don’t remember Peter Pan wearing shower curtain rings in his ears.
Guys like that are usually considered placeholders until the girl gets the guy she really wants.
Disney only allows costumed guests (over infant age) for specially ticketed Halloween events. My wife and I have done this several times and had a blast.
She met him in the school cafeteria. He was sitting all alone, licking his eyebrows.
Well said...I see you speak teenage.
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Tell your son, I already think it was.
I bet they fought over who was going to be Tink.
(Currently furiously rummaging through my closed for a Tink costume.)
Well said...I see you speak teenage.
Lukewarm at best. And even thats a stretch.
I think the real fairy is in the Peter Pan costume.
I can see the liability part, but it’s also about protecting their characters.
One fellow in Edmonton, Alberta, which is about 2,000 miles away from Disneyland was forced to repaint his garage door because he did a Disney Montage on it.
And Peter Pan-sies
lol.
Ah to be young, stupid and so self absorbed that being simply told “NO” would totally crush your dreams of being a fairy...
Which one is Tinker Bell?
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