The person who plays the fairy godmother at Disneyland park has worked there forever. She started out as a princess and food handler etc. she has been an employee for so long they hired her as the fairy godmother. Another cast member explained this to my husband while not working.
@linds4311 Жыл бұрын
Accurate. She was a good friend of mine while I worked there!
@zacharynelson784 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing a story that she used to be Aurora, and there was a little girl who frequently visited the parks and Aurora remembered her name. After a while she aged out of doing that particular princess and was assigned to do Fairy Godmother. Years later, the girl visited her as an adult at Disneyworld and they had a happy reunion!
@amandalynn4979 Жыл бұрын
@@zacharynelson784uhuh……
@hufflepuffler2575 Жыл бұрын
@@amandalynn4979 Aw. That’s awesome
@quinnhouk5369 Жыл бұрын
@@amandalynn4979I saw this story but it was with Snow White
@maddielancaster2537 Жыл бұрын
It's an age thing. They rather have somebody young and strong handle the costumes then someone elderly because to them that would be elder abuse having them walk around in a costume that would be hot and exhausting and uncomfortable.
@oriana7193 Жыл бұрын
They wanted the job plus makeup exists
@awesomepants184 Жыл бұрын
no no...your comment makes perfect sense.
@guyfrattallone6029 Жыл бұрын
For the makeup thing that people are saying most likely because it costs money to get it professionally done it would probably take up to an hour to be done alone and (I’m gonna assume)when their on brakes they won’t be able to eat and drink without a rank of ruining the makeup
@Leo_Valdez1 Жыл бұрын
Makes a lot of sense because Japan has a culture that has incredible respect for the elderly in every facet of life.
@playerwil Жыл бұрын
Maybe because they are all Asian, so they make them ware a costume, not that hard
@1CMK1 Жыл бұрын
Disney doesn’t actually run Tokyo Disney, it’s actually run by The Oriental Land Company. For their face characters they send out cast members from the American parks to keep the character integrity/continuity. (Meeting a face character in the Asian parks, they will pretty much only speak English.) From what I recall, there’s actually only one Fairy Godmother at WDW, (idk about DLR), but that could have changed. What I’m assuming is that they just don’t have cast to send out to Tokyo Disney, and it makes it easier to do her as a masked character. This also makes it so they can have more people able to play her (including local cast) because those characters are done by height only. (I’ve worked for the company, but not specifically entertainment, so this is my best guess based on how I know the company works.)
@jettxjadore Жыл бұрын
There is only one fairy godmother at Disneyland resort along with only one Peter Pan and they have very little hatters and Alice’s
@jdwilliams8864 Жыл бұрын
@@jdwilliams8864 there are way more then one peter pan
@princedonovaughn1182 Жыл бұрын
Disney still designs stuff for the parks. Make no mistake. I've been to the Tokyo Disney imagineering building and they are like all other imagineers.
@MonsterPrincessLala Жыл бұрын
Tokyo Disneyland appears to avoid having Japanese or Asian face characters being the specific characters at all in the parades. For continuity. The face characters are white. And then there's one Middle Eastern, one Asian and one African Disney Princess for example. Where possible, they have Japanese performers in characters that have masks. The rest of the wonderful and talented dancers amd character actors that are Japanese are dancers in the parade - they are either the ensemble / dancers or characters with masks. Given they live there snd Japan is a place that welcomes tourists but not so much immigration, it's easier to have those cast members , as many as possible be Japanese, while still maintaining the continuity of the specific ethnicity of trademarked central characters xxxx
@electriclllady Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I figured it was just because they were struggling to find a similar enough looking, old white lady who would actually take this job in Japan 😂
@maddiesmenagerie8853 Жыл бұрын
literally everyone here has a different story-
@thenatofpats Жыл бұрын
And they all sound believable lmao idk who to trust
@notaseat5934 Жыл бұрын
@@notaseat5934 all of them most likely have some truth to them. they are theories, not 100% confirmed facts.
@Lemon-fb8yh Жыл бұрын
The one saying “it’s an age thing” is most certainly lying 💀
@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoe Жыл бұрын
@@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoe No that definitely makes sense for what they explained
@kobeangelesd Жыл бұрын
I love ur amity pfp (:
@wolfecara8457 Жыл бұрын
I heard it was because for the Western characters in the Disney parks they often have people come in from North America. However for less popular characters like the Fairy Godmother they can’t always get actors to come from abroad to play them. So rather than hiring someone form Tokyo (which honestly would fine) for characters like these they will just give them masks like this.
@graedenbourne2636 Жыл бұрын
Correct! Reading other comments on here I’m like…no lol y’all are thinking too hard 😂 Japan just doesn’t always have an older white woman at their disposal.
@Ilicia_08 Жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I thought too.
@tammycumpton4599 Жыл бұрын
...could also be a cultural thing... ...that mask and costume reminds me of a Kabuki actor in character regalia...
@miklosernoehazy867811 ай бұрын
The beautiful Fairy Godmother at Magic Kingdom at WDW was very, very good friends with Snow White for many, many years!! She is an amazing lady! So thankful that when she aged out as Snow White's friend, they allowed her to become the Fairy Godmother!!!
@elizabethphillips1520 Жыл бұрын
100% true. We did so many commercials together. She is a dear.
@TheMarkotown Жыл бұрын
I love that story!! She is my favorite character to bump into!
@ALaRue5 Жыл бұрын
(Love the wording there, haha if you know you know)
@charlidrawz Жыл бұрын
THAT IS AWESOME
@AddWinterSlowly10 ай бұрын
Therapist: Tokyo fairy godmother isnt real, she cant hurt you! Tokyo Fairy Godmother:
@zendelite9279 Жыл бұрын
Disney of Japan is not owned by Disney they are a separate entity to there source. They have many similarities to other Disney parks but they pay Disney for use of there characters. Also Japan is really well known for cosplays and they aim for the cute toon style or serious anime styles . Costumes are taken seriously for accuracy when being used for businesses if I recall.
@mikewest6298 Жыл бұрын
Correct Tokyo Disney pays for the right to use theyre name but they set the rules
@justaperson8385 Жыл бұрын
Disney does own and operate the Tokyo Disney park. Although the oriental land company keeps up and pays for it.
@LoganPlaysGaming Жыл бұрын
@@LoganPlaysGaming no, the OLC owns the land and they pay to use Disney’s IPs. Tokyo Disneyland and its companion park, Tokyo DisneySea, are the only Disney parks in the world not owned or operated by The Walt Disney Company in any capacity.
@Ldawg42069 Жыл бұрын
@@Ldawg42069gets me every time, it’s sooo confusing but funny when other people are totally confused which is understandable because I’m still learning myself
@iloveowls90 Жыл бұрын
Bffr no one cosplaying an anime character would wear a facemask in japan, theyd use makeup
@ihaveakirbyobessesion2617 Жыл бұрын
Tokyo Disneyland appears to avoid having Japanese or Asian face characters being the specific characters at all in the parades. For continuity. The face characters are white. And then there's one Middle Eastern, one Asian and one African Disney Princess for example. Where possible, they have Japanese performers in characters that have masks. The rest of the wonderful and talented dancers amd character actors that are Japanese are dancers in the parade - they are either the ensemble / dancers or characters with masks. Given they live there snd Japan is a place that welcomes tourists but not so much immigration, it's easier to have those cast members , as many as possible be Japanese, while still maintaining the continuity of the specific ethnicity of trademarked central characters xxxx
@electriclllady Жыл бұрын
It’s pretty easy to cast a dozen fairy godmother types in California or Florida but far harder in Japan so with a mask you don’t have to worry about the age or appearance.
@choreomaniac Жыл бұрын
Magic Kingdoms Fairy Godmother is the only real one we need. She indeed has been with the company for years and is an amazing person!!!😉😉
@musicnmagic83 Жыл бұрын
Never been to any Disney, but I know they are strict on the requirements for face character. Such as features, height and weight really matter to help embody the character. I think it might be difficult to find an older, white haired round faced white fairy in Japan
@adamsteiff98 Жыл бұрын
Not to mention chubby. Fairy Godmother is chubby, and I've never seen an overweight older Asian. We Americans tend to do that better.
@sadespain01 Жыл бұрын
When I went to Disneyland for my sweet 16, I brought my friend with me, and I saw Gaston and obviously my friend was right next to me and I pointed him out and she missed, pronounced his name because his name is French, so I was telling her how to pronounce it correctly and he just so happen to hear it when we were talking about it, and so he was like which one of you cannot pronounce my name I instantly threw her under the bus😂 she was not happy about it. She was embarrassed, but I got a good laugh out of it and it was pretty funny to see his reaction and how he did it.
@MusicNote42 Жыл бұрын
Japan is very strict on foreign residency. Lots of appartements don’t except foreigners. It would be very hard for an older women to have residency in Tokyo so she can work in the parks.
@hokage8628 Жыл бұрын
Foreigners that work at Tokyo Disney are housed in company apartments. I knew a man who for a number of years played Santa Claus in the holiday season. The accommodations were very nice and he had a good time. He made lots of friends both Japanese and foreign nationals. Unfortunately he died unexpectedly several years ago in the US.
@jgw5491 Жыл бұрын
Part of the problem is it’s very hard to staff an old white lady in Tokyo. For the other characters they just ship out a cast member from one of the American parks but they don’t have enough or any willing actors for Fairy Godmother willing to go there.
@Cyancat123 Жыл бұрын
It’s because in Tokyo it’s harder to find an older English woman to play the part, that’s a requirement that Disney has for that cast member
@colemoore5007 Жыл бұрын
I’m not sure why they would do that. But what I can tell you, is that I witnessed the very fairy godmother at magic kingdom speaking in sign language to a little girl that was either deaf or nonverbal. It was priceless and heart warming. The little girl was so enamored 🥰
@yourfunsister Жыл бұрын
Nonverbal is essentially mute. No reason you'd have to use sign language with a mute person.
@nicolemelo8994 Жыл бұрын
@@nicolemelo8994 well how else are they’re going to communicate? by having the nonverbal person speak?
@kinghoney5032 Жыл бұрын
@@kinghoney5032 a nonverbal person can still fucking hear, you can speak to them.
@nicolemelo8994 Жыл бұрын
@@nicolemelo8994 i didn’t say they couldn’t? i’m asking how would they communicate back. they might prefer sign language as their way to communicate
@kinghoney5032 Жыл бұрын
@@kinghoney5032 yes, but there's no reason for the cast member to have to use sign language. Cast member speaks, kid uses sign language to reply, everyone's happy, the end.
@nicolemelo8994 Жыл бұрын
Disney characters in Japan are all foreigners, easier to find when they're young cause many young people want to visit and live in Japan, but foreigner elders don't really live there or possibly don't want to work for Disney, so mask
@martinaasta Жыл бұрын
Wonder if it’s the same in other Asian parks 🤔
@nihilisticprophet6985 Жыл бұрын
@@nihilisticprophet6985 kind of, theme parks hire so many foreigners to perform, I went to Lotte world in Korea and there was sort of a parade, all foreigners too
@martinaasta Жыл бұрын
@@nihilisticprophet6985 I worked in Shanghai and Tokyo and Anaheim and yes. All of the hired international performers come from countries with lots of white people. Australia, England, US, Canada primarily.
@kaylapierce3497 Жыл бұрын
@@kaylapierce3497 I mean the foreign elders that Tokyo couldn’t hire
@nihilisticprophet6985 Жыл бұрын
@@nihilisticprophet6985 it’s the same yeah. They don’t hire foreign elders. At least not in the last 10 years.
@kaylapierce3497 Жыл бұрын
If I'm not mistaken, she used to look like that (or very similar) in WDW in the 90s.
@wdwnutjm Жыл бұрын
I love Disney ❤
@shannonburke1919 Жыл бұрын
As someone who's been to Japan's disney, the face characters speak a few phases in English, (it's hard to tell if they speak it or just master a few phases in a English accent). But no costumes speak. Also most of workers are very young and that could be a cultural thing where disney is ment for the younger generation.
@RogueLover321 Жыл бұрын
What about Jessica Rabbit in DLP?! That’s just as terrifying😂😂
@KakoMochi Жыл бұрын
Bruh I just googled it, dear lord! I've never seen here there tho
@powerpuff_avenger Жыл бұрын
I googled it. Some of the pics you can't tell it's a mask and it's just crazy looking
@jogelvie Жыл бұрын
oh that mask is horrendous
@idonthaveanynameideasyetlmao Жыл бұрын
Omg I remember Gaston and I cried so much when I saw him but now he is my fav Disney villain
@JuliaDaAwsomeSauce Жыл бұрын
My grandma got a job as a character at Disney world when she retired and she was the cutest Mrs. Potts and fairy godmother😭
@Girls.r.better11 ай бұрын
It's like that with hero from Baymax in Paris
@brittanymullen1947 Жыл бұрын
It’s because in Tokyo they have different face shapes then in America so they want to keep it just like how the fairy godmother’s face is post to look like
@meganlanning1929 Жыл бұрын
Short Story; In the USA parks there are actually just a few friends of the Fairy godmother. Almost all of them have been in entertainment for a long time, been friends with many other characters and did a lot of backstage stuff. They pretty much help her out on a part time base instead of retirement. The Disney Company actually supplies the character performers for the Japan park. Due to age and other reasons the Fairy godmothers freinds want to stay with their beloved park. At this time making it easier to make the Fairy godmother a fur character in Japan but this could change if they could ever find a freind or two to go over and help her out. Source: former Entertainment Cast Member
@sissybethstudio Жыл бұрын
Omg the Tiana looked so pretty 😭
@alice_2120 Жыл бұрын
The actors can quickly overheat in the heavy costumes which can cause long term problems. They need younger people to be able to handle them.
@muffin_daddy6625 Жыл бұрын
As opposed to in Florida, which is known for its cool and manageable weather?
@savannah4439 Жыл бұрын
@@savannah4439 oh why of course this is for those rare occasions that Florida gets heat which it never does
@muffin_daddy6625 Жыл бұрын
Then why does an older woman play the fairy godmother at the American parks? I’ve been to Disneyland in 110 degree weather so trust me it gets pretty darn hot here.
@Ilicia_08 Жыл бұрын
@@Ilicia_08 Because welcome to America where you have to pay to exist. Not every park does it, especially here lol.
@muffin_daddy6625 Жыл бұрын
That is terrifying.
@amandagrace7300 Жыл бұрын
if I ever meet Cinderella's sisters, I will tell them how pretty they are because omg those dresses are just amazing
@tinnertanner Жыл бұрын
Disney doesn’t run the Disneyland in Tokyo it’s actually run by a businessman who got permission to use their characters through trademarks
@P4tyY Жыл бұрын
Cos the people there don’t look enough like her. (I think) it is another country after all
@IveAlwaysBeenAWoman Жыл бұрын
Wdym "I think" lmfaoo
@nicolemelo8994 Жыл бұрын
@@nicolemelo8994 cos I don’t wanna be racist, but Asians don’t really look like the sweet American grandma we know and love ._.
@IveAlwaysBeenAWoman Жыл бұрын
@@IveAlwaysBeenAWoman you said you think Japan is another country.
@nicolemelo8994 Жыл бұрын
@@nicolemelo8994 isn’t it? 😭
@funkyvamp Жыл бұрын
Correct.
@neergbenna Жыл бұрын
Try finding an 80 y/o white lady in Tokyo
@rockstarskolas Жыл бұрын
Does anyone else think the fairy godmother in Tokyo Disney is nightmare fuel
@lizardprincess5231 Жыл бұрын
Disney should hire my Grandma, she’s always looked like the Fairy Godmother
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@duobrando9143 Жыл бұрын
It is because they actually value their elders in Japan.
@TeamMaddisonYT Жыл бұрын
The first Tiana was Stunning😊
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@thatskunfaqueerio Жыл бұрын
The woman who is friends with Fairy Godmother at WDW used to be friends with Snow White 25 years ago so it’s cool to see she’s kept up with Disney all these years!
@sarahwenger4479 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been to Tokyo and I did see the fairy godmother and I was like 8 so I did cry lmao
@aes2402 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the face version of the fairy god mother is actually the same cast member who played the first Snow White when the park first opened. She was my moms fairy godmother when my mom was Cinderella back when she was a cast member.
@riachatsaweeb Жыл бұрын
the reason for this is tokyo has a higher budget then the other ones.
@TaylorMorgan-pq2vc Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, the Tianas were STUNNING!
@em0_k1d28 Жыл бұрын
I love tianas friends are stunning
@snowwhite19376 Жыл бұрын
Face characters for the Asian parks are auditioned in Western English-speaking countries (namely US, UK, and Australia), contracted, and sent to Asia. In the case of those parks, performers are tracked for multiple roles (when I worked as a CM, the tracking was something like Cindy/Belle, Aurora/Snow, Pan/Hatter, etc.). With Fairy Godmother, it’s both the singular nature of the character track and unfortunately, ageism. The Japanese parks especially have an aesthetic and older face character performers and performers of color don’t fit into that, unless they are in shows as singers, actors and such. That has changed a little, with Tiana in the Chinese parks, but characters such as Jasmine, and even Pocahontas and Esmeralda are played by performers who are tracked in other princesses.
@KPuppychow Жыл бұрын
"Out with the old and brittle vessel, and in with a younger, stronger new one!"- Xehanort
@zeta_flare3141 Жыл бұрын
the fairy godmother in Tokyo literally scares me to death 💀
@altaccountttttt Жыл бұрын
I seriously wonder if this is the only Fairy Godmother at Mk. Over the last 5 years & multiple trips/year- she is the only one I’ve seen. And she is INCREDIBLE!
@ALaRue5 Жыл бұрын
Gaston rlly do be looking like the charmander guy
@Ghoul-ng7fj Жыл бұрын
Because they could find someone who was old and strong enough to last the whole day surrounded by kids and people
@Definitely-Not_aPerson10 ай бұрын
The green step sister was IDENTICALLLLL
@Sa24Sasha11 ай бұрын
Its the air around them that make them look different, trust me, shes just the fairy godmother
@sazzahhie Жыл бұрын
That Gaston really looked like the guy I was having a crush on.
@mr_noah7819 Жыл бұрын
It's about age! In Tokyo old lady's are often discriminated against especially if they aren't married ! And also since middle aged woman are married and not many want to work as such, and older woman often have health problems, so under that mask is most likely a young person 😦
@sailor6728 Жыл бұрын
She used to look like that at Disney World when I was a kid.
@marcushughes-zn7gz Жыл бұрын
It depend on the age. In Disney World, they got someone who was a little older while in Tokyo that personwas probably 20 or 30 so the mask keeps the older look
@josieschlachet-oc6gb11 ай бұрын
When i worked at Disneyland we called them face character and head characters.
@Kyankrahn111 ай бұрын
I didn't even know that the fairy godmother was different in the US lol, I thought all parks had the mask character
@stupidvampir Жыл бұрын
Japan has a lot of respect for their elders and park guests would be very upset to see an elder walking around in a hot costume. And when I was a cast member I had to do ALL of my makeup before work even started, so no normal person is doing wrinkles and complicated makeup to sweat off all day.
@that_pan_chick8650 Жыл бұрын
When I was little and meet the Tiana face character she kissed my little toddler cheek and all you saw on my cheek was big red lipstick impression of lips. I have never forgotten her and wonder if I will have a run in with her. Also a few years after meeting the Merida face character, she immediately recognized me when I came back to the Florida Disney.
@dontneedgravitywhereweregoing Жыл бұрын
Usually they try to find a person who looks the closest to the character.
@Wally_Darling1960 Жыл бұрын
Whatver happens from this day forward, I HAVE to meet cinderellas fairy godmother in person. like holy crap look at that face! I would die for her
@alicesonmannino7609 Жыл бұрын
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@vmanuelacosta60079 ай бұрын
If i saw that as a kid i would be terrified
@bella.Sanchez Жыл бұрын
Several reasons considering age and they change the princesses quite often
@justinupdike3796 Жыл бұрын
I wish I could meet Gaston 😭
@Ilicia_08 Жыл бұрын
This is pretty common in Japan now. Cosplaying there have changed over the century. They mostly used mascot costumes now to portray the characters more. You can mostly see them on events or convections.
@CanIgetUwU Жыл бұрын
I was like "omg Farquad? But no, i don't even know that character 😭"
@lovelyboy210805 Жыл бұрын
It’s most likely that if it was in Tokyo, that maybe the park would still want the regular Fairy Godmother look like we all see in the movie, and there might not be many people who would look close enough to the character is what I think, or it’s just because they don’t have anyone to do the face character
@blueaxolotlfo0x Жыл бұрын
I don't quite know but it really just reminds me of the characters at Time Square in NYC
@farrellinmon11 ай бұрын
I want the Queen of Hearts and Quasimodo to be face characters so badly.
@HauntFreak13 Жыл бұрын
Tokyo Disneyland had a Cirque Du Soleil show as well.
@nickwerner7983 Жыл бұрын
It’s hard to find someone who will take the job that looks appropriate
@Hpfan79 Жыл бұрын
I would say it’s because the kids might get suspicious if they see two different faces on the same character. All Disney Worlds have 4-6 actors usually two stationed on each park then someone to fill in during break and someone to have the other part of the shift
@kenziemason6666 Жыл бұрын
Hey, person with special interest in the parks and friends who have worked at them here! The parks in other areas of the world aren't run by the exact same people; for example, Hong Kong is largely run by the government, if I'm remembering it correctly. (52% and 48% joint venture) so each park makes different choices. Another difference I can use Hong Kong as an example for is Mystic Manor to avoid disturbing the culture and using magical items and another Society of Explorers and Adventurers member themed ride instead of another Haunted Mansion with ghost themes. As for the question why, I think some folks might be onto something with the "anti elder abuse" theory, but I might look it up some time! I think it's simply to match the cartoonish face better. They've done it before with characters like Jafar or I guess even Maleficent and Cruella where they'll show up as updated face characters for Sweethearts Night, Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, and Oogie Boogie Bash.
@charlidrawz Жыл бұрын
The Tokyo one is terrifying
@andreadixon5215 Жыл бұрын
Wait why is she actually so cute lol
@bloody_pooodlez Жыл бұрын
Auctions for face characters occur in the US and hired cast members are sent to Tokyo Disney. It’s easy to find a young person to give up everything to move to another country but not as easy to find an older one.
@OGSarah Жыл бұрын
I feel like it’s just we’re there from and they want the fairy godmother to look as close to the movie as possible
@THEFORGOTTENCAUSES Жыл бұрын
Cause she's Japanese....her race is to far from the televised character.
@Teleflexx Жыл бұрын
I love the Tokyo ver lol
@mmhmmmyearight7183 Жыл бұрын
I peed myself laughing at this so much!
@Emma_Offical08 Жыл бұрын
Because she is from the cartoon film version, it's so easy to know that
@stephenhall4219 Жыл бұрын
The one in Tokyo is scaring me😂
@laylatankersley7970 Жыл бұрын
In Tokyo Disney they wish to match the aesthetic of the original character. As seen in the classic animated movie. Due to Tokyo Disney wanting to match the aesthetic on the classic character of The Fairy Godmother they had no choice but to use a mask there is not many people who can fit the aesthetic of The Fairy Godmother. So they used a mask to match the character as close as possible.
@vixonl1396 Жыл бұрын
i think it’s because it’s in Tokyo which is in Japan which is in Asia. her face might possibly (in the most respectful way possible) look Asian. the fairy god mother is not Asian is the movie.
@cowgirlslimecompany8007 Жыл бұрын
Because it's harder to find a older lady that can still work a tough job
@Bearlikeboba Жыл бұрын
Oof that Tokyo one is terrifying
@StewartFletcher Жыл бұрын
Because Tokyo technically owns there type of disney
@ilikecereal_lol7786 Жыл бұрын
Well in actuality DISNEY doesn’t fully own Tokyo Disney. The only reason I know this is because when I went with my disabled mother the disability forms and things were extremely different so we looked it up. That’s my guess.
@ro_sandwich Жыл бұрын
That's so interesting to know and hear. Tho why did I just swoon over Gaston lol. I do love Disney
@jonmc131 Жыл бұрын
Yup as a knowledgeable Disney Historian it’s an age thing with Asian culture. Why yess the Oriental land company does run Tokyo Disney plus sea and Hong Kong and Shanghai it is a division of the Walt Disney Company. This is because of Disney was managing the four parks directly it would be a challenge.
@disneyeverything5584 Жыл бұрын
The one in Tokyo made me have nightmares 😂
@Wednesday913 Жыл бұрын
I think its all about respect!
@anidabunny1163 Жыл бұрын
It was a test to see if that type of character would work. I believe they were having a harder time casting performers for that character. It would be easier to find anyone the same height as the fairy godmother, it’s a little more challenging to find a face lookalike.
@yland6003 Жыл бұрын
It’s because they’re not connected like Disney was not in the thing when they builded Tokyo’s park!😮
@EvinThe_Devin. Жыл бұрын
I've got a question of my own: When the "friends" of the Disney characters gather backstage to end their shift, do they talk about the guests that the characters have met? That is, would the Princesses from Princess Fairytale Hall at the Magic Kingdom share their guest experiences with each other and how they made their day magical?
@thepeternetwork Жыл бұрын
Cause Tokyo although is Disney has different management from the other parks. Their pins are different as well
The person who plays the fairy godmother at Disneyland park has worked there forever. She started out as a princess and food handler etc. she has been an employee for so long they hired her as the fairy godmother. Another cast member explained this to my husband while not working.
Accurate. She was a good friend of mine while I worked there!
I remember seeing a story that she used to be Aurora, and there was a little girl who frequently visited the parks and Aurora remembered her name. After a while she aged out of doing that particular princess and was assigned to do Fairy Godmother. Years later, the girl visited her as an adult at Disneyworld and they had a happy reunion!
@@zacharynelson784uhuh……
@@amandalynn4979 Aw. That’s awesome
@@amandalynn4979I saw this story but it was with Snow White
It's an age thing. They rather have somebody young and strong handle the costumes then someone elderly because to them that would be elder abuse having them walk around in a costume that would be hot and exhausting and uncomfortable.
They wanted the job plus makeup exists
no no...your comment makes perfect sense.
For the makeup thing that people are saying most likely because it costs money to get it professionally done it would probably take up to an hour to be done alone and (I’m gonna assume)when their on brakes they won’t be able to eat and drink without a rank of ruining the makeup
Makes a lot of sense because Japan has a culture that has incredible respect for the elderly in every facet of life.
Maybe because they are all Asian, so they make them ware a costume, not that hard
Disney doesn’t actually run Tokyo Disney, it’s actually run by The Oriental Land Company. For their face characters they send out cast members from the American parks to keep the character integrity/continuity. (Meeting a face character in the Asian parks, they will pretty much only speak English.) From what I recall, there’s actually only one Fairy Godmother at WDW, (idk about DLR), but that could have changed. What I’m assuming is that they just don’t have cast to send out to Tokyo Disney, and it makes it easier to do her as a masked character. This also makes it so they can have more people able to play her (including local cast) because those characters are done by height only. (I’ve worked for the company, but not specifically entertainment, so this is my best guess based on how I know the company works.)
There is only one fairy godmother at Disneyland resort along with only one Peter Pan and they have very little hatters and Alice’s
@@jdwilliams8864 there are way more then one peter pan
Disney still designs stuff for the parks. Make no mistake. I've been to the Tokyo Disney imagineering building and they are like all other imagineers.
Tokyo Disneyland appears to avoid having Japanese or Asian face characters being the specific characters at all in the parades. For continuity. The face characters are white. And then there's one Middle Eastern, one Asian and one African Disney Princess for example. Where possible, they have Japanese performers in characters that have masks. The rest of the wonderful and talented dancers amd character actors that are Japanese are dancers in the parade - they are either the ensemble / dancers or characters with masks. Given they live there snd Japan is a place that welcomes tourists but not so much immigration, it's easier to have those cast members , as many as possible be Japanese, while still maintaining the continuity of the specific ethnicity of trademarked central characters xxxx
Thanks, I figured it was just because they were struggling to find a similar enough looking, old white lady who would actually take this job in Japan 😂
literally everyone here has a different story-
And they all sound believable lmao idk who to trust
@@notaseat5934 all of them most likely have some truth to them. they are theories, not 100% confirmed facts.
The one saying “it’s an age thing” is most certainly lying 💀
@@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoe No that definitely makes sense for what they explained
I love ur amity pfp (:
I heard it was because for the Western characters in the Disney parks they often have people come in from North America. However for less popular characters like the Fairy Godmother they can’t always get actors to come from abroad to play them. So rather than hiring someone form Tokyo (which honestly would fine) for characters like these they will just give them masks like this.
Correct! Reading other comments on here I’m like…no lol y’all are thinking too hard 😂 Japan just doesn’t always have an older white woman at their disposal.
This is exactly what I thought too.
...could also be a cultural thing... ...that mask and costume reminds me of a Kabuki actor in character regalia...
The beautiful Fairy Godmother at Magic Kingdom at WDW was very, very good friends with Snow White for many, many years!! She is an amazing lady! So thankful that when she aged out as Snow White's friend, they allowed her to become the Fairy Godmother!!!
100% true. We did so many commercials together. She is a dear.
I love that story!! She is my favorite character to bump into!
(Love the wording there, haha if you know you know)
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Therapist: Tokyo fairy godmother isnt real, she cant hurt you! Tokyo Fairy Godmother:
Disney of Japan is not owned by Disney they are a separate entity to there source. They have many similarities to other Disney parks but they pay Disney for use of there characters. Also Japan is really well known for cosplays and they aim for the cute toon style or serious anime styles . Costumes are taken seriously for accuracy when being used for businesses if I recall.
Correct Tokyo Disney pays for the right to use theyre name but they set the rules
Disney does own and operate the Tokyo Disney park. Although the oriental land company keeps up and pays for it.
@@LoganPlaysGaming no, the OLC owns the land and they pay to use Disney’s IPs. Tokyo Disneyland and its companion park, Tokyo DisneySea, are the only Disney parks in the world not owned or operated by The Walt Disney Company in any capacity.
@@Ldawg42069gets me every time, it’s sooo confusing but funny when other people are totally confused which is understandable because I’m still learning myself
Bffr no one cosplaying an anime character would wear a facemask in japan, theyd use makeup
Tokyo Disneyland appears to avoid having Japanese or Asian face characters being the specific characters at all in the parades. For continuity. The face characters are white. And then there's one Middle Eastern, one Asian and one African Disney Princess for example. Where possible, they have Japanese performers in characters that have masks. The rest of the wonderful and talented dancers amd character actors that are Japanese are dancers in the parade - they are either the ensemble / dancers or characters with masks. Given they live there snd Japan is a place that welcomes tourists but not so much immigration, it's easier to have those cast members , as many as possible be Japanese, while still maintaining the continuity of the specific ethnicity of trademarked central characters xxxx
It’s pretty easy to cast a dozen fairy godmother types in California or Florida but far harder in Japan so with a mask you don’t have to worry about the age or appearance.
Magic Kingdoms Fairy Godmother is the only real one we need. She indeed has been with the company for years and is an amazing person!!!😉😉
Never been to any Disney, but I know they are strict on the requirements for face character. Such as features, height and weight really matter to help embody the character. I think it might be difficult to find an older, white haired round faced white fairy in Japan
Not to mention chubby. Fairy Godmother is chubby, and I've never seen an overweight older Asian. We Americans tend to do that better.
When I went to Disneyland for my sweet 16, I brought my friend with me, and I saw Gaston and obviously my friend was right next to me and I pointed him out and she missed, pronounced his name because his name is French, so I was telling her how to pronounce it correctly and he just so happen to hear it when we were talking about it, and so he was like which one of you cannot pronounce my name I instantly threw her under the bus😂 she was not happy about it. She was embarrassed, but I got a good laugh out of it and it was pretty funny to see his reaction and how he did it.
Japan is very strict on foreign residency. Lots of appartements don’t except foreigners. It would be very hard for an older women to have residency in Tokyo so she can work in the parks.
Foreigners that work at Tokyo Disney are housed in company apartments. I knew a man who for a number of years played Santa Claus in the holiday season. The accommodations were very nice and he had a good time. He made lots of friends both Japanese and foreign nationals. Unfortunately he died unexpectedly several years ago in the US.
Part of the problem is it’s very hard to staff an old white lady in Tokyo. For the other characters they just ship out a cast member from one of the American parks but they don’t have enough or any willing actors for Fairy Godmother willing to go there.
It’s because in Tokyo it’s harder to find an older English woman to play the part, that’s a requirement that Disney has for that cast member
I’m not sure why they would do that. But what I can tell you, is that I witnessed the very fairy godmother at magic kingdom speaking in sign language to a little girl that was either deaf or nonverbal. It was priceless and heart warming. The little girl was so enamored 🥰
Nonverbal is essentially mute. No reason you'd have to use sign language with a mute person.
@@nicolemelo8994 well how else are they’re going to communicate? by having the nonverbal person speak?
@@kinghoney5032 a nonverbal person can still fucking hear, you can speak to them.
@@nicolemelo8994 i didn’t say they couldn’t? i’m asking how would they communicate back. they might prefer sign language as their way to communicate
@@kinghoney5032 yes, but there's no reason for the cast member to have to use sign language. Cast member speaks, kid uses sign language to reply, everyone's happy, the end.
Disney characters in Japan are all foreigners, easier to find when they're young cause many young people want to visit and live in Japan, but foreigner elders don't really live there or possibly don't want to work for Disney, so mask
Wonder if it’s the same in other Asian parks 🤔
@@nihilisticprophet6985 kind of, theme parks hire so many foreigners to perform, I went to Lotte world in Korea and there was sort of a parade, all foreigners too
@@nihilisticprophet6985 I worked in Shanghai and Tokyo and Anaheim and yes. All of the hired international performers come from countries with lots of white people. Australia, England, US, Canada primarily.
@@kaylapierce3497 I mean the foreign elders that Tokyo couldn’t hire
@@nihilisticprophet6985 it’s the same yeah. They don’t hire foreign elders. At least not in the last 10 years.
If I'm not mistaken, she used to look like that (or very similar) in WDW in the 90s.
I love Disney ❤
As someone who's been to Japan's disney, the face characters speak a few phases in English, (it's hard to tell if they speak it or just master a few phases in a English accent). But no costumes speak. Also most of workers are very young and that could be a cultural thing where disney is ment for the younger generation.
What about Jessica Rabbit in DLP?! That’s just as terrifying😂😂
Bruh I just googled it, dear lord! I've never seen here there tho
I googled it. Some of the pics you can't tell it's a mask and it's just crazy looking
oh that mask is horrendous
Omg I remember Gaston and I cried so much when I saw him but now he is my fav Disney villain
My grandma got a job as a character at Disney world when she retired and she was the cutest Mrs. Potts and fairy godmother😭
It's like that with hero from Baymax in Paris
It’s because in Tokyo they have different face shapes then in America so they want to keep it just like how the fairy godmother’s face is post to look like
Short Story; In the USA parks there are actually just a few friends of the Fairy godmother. Almost all of them have been in entertainment for a long time, been friends with many other characters and did a lot of backstage stuff. They pretty much help her out on a part time base instead of retirement. The Disney Company actually supplies the character performers for the Japan park. Due to age and other reasons the Fairy godmothers freinds want to stay with their beloved park. At this time making it easier to make the Fairy godmother a fur character in Japan but this could change if they could ever find a freind or two to go over and help her out. Source: former Entertainment Cast Member
Omg the Tiana looked so pretty 😭
The actors can quickly overheat in the heavy costumes which can cause long term problems. They need younger people to be able to handle them.
As opposed to in Florida, which is known for its cool and manageable weather?
@@savannah4439 oh why of course this is for those rare occasions that Florida gets heat which it never does
Then why does an older woman play the fairy godmother at the American parks? I’ve been to Disneyland in 110 degree weather so trust me it gets pretty darn hot here.
@@Ilicia_08 Because welcome to America where you have to pay to exist. Not every park does it, especially here lol.
That is terrifying.
if I ever meet Cinderella's sisters, I will tell them how pretty they are because omg those dresses are just amazing
Disney doesn’t run the Disneyland in Tokyo it’s actually run by a businessman who got permission to use their characters through trademarks
Cos the people there don’t look enough like her. (I think) it is another country after all
Wdym "I think" lmfaoo
@@nicolemelo8994 cos I don’t wanna be racist, but Asians don’t really look like the sweet American grandma we know and love ._.
@@IveAlwaysBeenAWoman you said you think Japan is another country.
@@nicolemelo8994 isn’t it? 😭
Correct.
Try finding an 80 y/o white lady in Tokyo
Does anyone else think the fairy godmother in Tokyo Disney is nightmare fuel
Disney should hire my Grandma, she’s always looked like the Fairy Godmother
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It is because they actually value their elders in Japan.
The first Tiana was Stunning😊
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The woman who is friends with Fairy Godmother at WDW used to be friends with Snow White 25 years ago so it’s cool to see she’s kept up with Disney all these years!
I’ve been to Tokyo and I did see the fairy godmother and I was like 8 so I did cry lmao
Fun fact: the face version of the fairy god mother is actually the same cast member who played the first Snow White when the park first opened. She was my moms fairy godmother when my mom was Cinderella back when she was a cast member.
the reason for this is tokyo has a higher budget then the other ones.
Oh my goodness, the Tianas were STUNNING!
I love tianas friends are stunning
Face characters for the Asian parks are auditioned in Western English-speaking countries (namely US, UK, and Australia), contracted, and sent to Asia. In the case of those parks, performers are tracked for multiple roles (when I worked as a CM, the tracking was something like Cindy/Belle, Aurora/Snow, Pan/Hatter, etc.). With Fairy Godmother, it’s both the singular nature of the character track and unfortunately, ageism. The Japanese parks especially have an aesthetic and older face character performers and performers of color don’t fit into that, unless they are in shows as singers, actors and such. That has changed a little, with Tiana in the Chinese parks, but characters such as Jasmine, and even Pocahontas and Esmeralda are played by performers who are tracked in other princesses.
"Out with the old and brittle vessel, and in with a younger, stronger new one!"- Xehanort
the fairy godmother in Tokyo literally scares me to death 💀
I seriously wonder if this is the only Fairy Godmother at Mk. Over the last 5 years & multiple trips/year- she is the only one I’ve seen. And she is INCREDIBLE!
Gaston rlly do be looking like the charmander guy
Because they could find someone who was old and strong enough to last the whole day surrounded by kids and people
The green step sister was IDENTICALLLLL
Its the air around them that make them look different, trust me, shes just the fairy godmother
That Gaston really looked like the guy I was having a crush on.
It's about age! In Tokyo old lady's are often discriminated against especially if they aren't married ! And also since middle aged woman are married and not many want to work as such, and older woman often have health problems, so under that mask is most likely a young person 😦
She used to look like that at Disney World when I was a kid.
It depend on the age. In Disney World, they got someone who was a little older while in Tokyo that personwas probably 20 or 30 so the mask keeps the older look
When i worked at Disneyland we called them face character and head characters.
I didn't even know that the fairy godmother was different in the US lol, I thought all parks had the mask character
Japan has a lot of respect for their elders and park guests would be very upset to see an elder walking around in a hot costume. And when I was a cast member I had to do ALL of my makeup before work even started, so no normal person is doing wrinkles and complicated makeup to sweat off all day.
When I was little and meet the Tiana face character she kissed my little toddler cheek and all you saw on my cheek was big red lipstick impression of lips. I have never forgotten her and wonder if I will have a run in with her. Also a few years after meeting the Merida face character, she immediately recognized me when I came back to the Florida Disney.
Usually they try to find a person who looks the closest to the character.
Whatver happens from this day forward, I HAVE to meet cinderellas fairy godmother in person. like holy crap look at that face! I would die for her
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If i saw that as a kid i would be terrified
Several reasons considering age and they change the princesses quite often
I wish I could meet Gaston 😭
This is pretty common in Japan now. Cosplaying there have changed over the century. They mostly used mascot costumes now to portray the characters more. You can mostly see them on events or convections.
I was like "omg Farquad? But no, i don't even know that character 😭"
It’s most likely that if it was in Tokyo, that maybe the park would still want the regular Fairy Godmother look like we all see in the movie, and there might not be many people who would look close enough to the character is what I think, or it’s just because they don’t have anyone to do the face character
I don't quite know but it really just reminds me of the characters at Time Square in NYC
I want the Queen of Hearts and Quasimodo to be face characters so badly.
Tokyo Disneyland had a Cirque Du Soleil show as well.
It’s hard to find someone who will take the job that looks appropriate
I would say it’s because the kids might get suspicious if they see two different faces on the same character. All Disney Worlds have 4-6 actors usually two stationed on each park then someone to fill in during break and someone to have the other part of the shift
Hey, person with special interest in the parks and friends who have worked at them here! The parks in other areas of the world aren't run by the exact same people; for example, Hong Kong is largely run by the government, if I'm remembering it correctly. (52% and 48% joint venture) so each park makes different choices. Another difference I can use Hong Kong as an example for is Mystic Manor to avoid disturbing the culture and using magical items and another Society of Explorers and Adventurers member themed ride instead of another Haunted Mansion with ghost themes. As for the question why, I think some folks might be onto something with the "anti elder abuse" theory, but I might look it up some time! I think it's simply to match the cartoonish face better. They've done it before with characters like Jafar or I guess even Maleficent and Cruella where they'll show up as updated face characters for Sweethearts Night, Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, and Oogie Boogie Bash.
The Tokyo one is terrifying
Wait why is she actually so cute lol
Auctions for face characters occur in the US and hired cast members are sent to Tokyo Disney. It’s easy to find a young person to give up everything to move to another country but not as easy to find an older one.
I feel like it’s just we’re there from and they want the fairy godmother to look as close to the movie as possible
Cause she's Japanese....her race is to far from the televised character.
I love the Tokyo ver lol
I peed myself laughing at this so much!
Because she is from the cartoon film version, it's so easy to know that
The one in Tokyo is scaring me😂
In Tokyo Disney they wish to match the aesthetic of the original character. As seen in the classic animated movie. Due to Tokyo Disney wanting to match the aesthetic on the classic character of The Fairy Godmother they had no choice but to use a mask there is not many people who can fit the aesthetic of The Fairy Godmother. So they used a mask to match the character as close as possible.
i think it’s because it’s in Tokyo which is in Japan which is in Asia. her face might possibly (in the most respectful way possible) look Asian. the fairy god mother is not Asian is the movie.
Because it's harder to find a older lady that can still work a tough job
Oof that Tokyo one is terrifying
Because Tokyo technically owns there type of disney
Well in actuality DISNEY doesn’t fully own Tokyo Disney. The only reason I know this is because when I went with my disabled mother the disability forms and things were extremely different so we looked it up. That’s my guess.
That's so interesting to know and hear. Tho why did I just swoon over Gaston lol. I do love Disney
Yup as a knowledgeable Disney Historian it’s an age thing with Asian culture. Why yess the Oriental land company does run Tokyo Disney plus sea and Hong Kong and Shanghai it is a division of the Walt Disney Company. This is because of Disney was managing the four parks directly it would be a challenge.
The one in Tokyo made me have nightmares 😂
I think its all about respect!
It was a test to see if that type of character would work. I believe they were having a harder time casting performers for that character. It would be easier to find anyone the same height as the fairy godmother, it’s a little more challenging to find a face lookalike.
It’s because they’re not connected like Disney was not in the thing when they builded Tokyo’s park!😮
I've got a question of my own: When the "friends" of the Disney characters gather backstage to end their shift, do they talk about the guests that the characters have met? That is, would the Princesses from Princess Fairytale Hall at the Magic Kingdom share their guest experiences with each other and how they made their day magical?
Cause Tokyo although is Disney has different management from the other parks. Their pins are different as well