Character Advice: Don't Ask Snow White to Holla Back

Daily I scout the digital world of Disney for cool, creative content that's easy to hullabaloo. A good source for such content is ImagineeringDisney, a site run by a group of volunteers each of whom has a compelling, sometimes off-kilter perspective toward Disney.

Volunteer Lilly Belle, a former Disney World performer, wrote last week on a topic that, until last week, seemed to me not in need of being a topic at all: how to make Disney characters happy.

Wait, you shout: aren't the Disney characters supposed to make me happy? Sure. It's their job. But if you want them to perform their job really well, maybe even score yourself some extra magic, you'll give back a little, too.

Lilly has ten tips for dealing successfully with Disney characters. Some are common-sense: don't give a nubby pencil to characters with hands the size of pancakes; others, brilliant: have your child prepare relevant questions in advance for the characters, preferably questions that show the kid actually knows something about a character, and chances are you'll get more meet 'n greet time than the dullards who just want a picture, pronto.

Most of the tips are pretty darn funny, too:: don't ask Snow White to 'holla back'. She won't do it. She doesn't want to hold your baby, either. Or hug your contagious kid. She probably just wants her shift over.

I don't consider most articles 'must-reads' before you leave for Disney. This one is.