/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7633620
This is supposed to be Pocahontas, apparently.

>>7633623

>>7633619
How come almost all Rapunzels who do the braid, good or bad, use extremely oversized flowers? Sure, some of those she wore in the movie were quite large, but there were also tiny ones. I've never seen any rapunzels do the braid with some actually non-enormous flowers incorporated.

with only large flowers, it ends up looking goofy and out of scale with reality.

>>7633623
indian_crying_single_tear.jpg

>>7633660
This looked cute in the thumbnail. If only that wig's bangs weren't so wrecked it would almost look fine.

Oh God these two.

Katie does princess parties now

>>7634338
I want to do princess parties, how do I go about advertising myself for this?

>>7634351
Word of mouth. Advertising and pretending to represent Disney is illegal.

>>7634379
Well I was more thinking advertising for doing generic 'princess parties' but the details of characters could come up on a one-on-one level.

>>7633620
Those bangs look like the ones I used to give my Barbies...

>>7634338
Hope she got permission from those kids' parents to post their faces online

>>7634338
Her costumes are usually a lot better than this... I am a little disappointed.

Selfpost. The costume's a bitch, but I think I looked okay.

We may have mediocre costumes usually, but at least we're paid more than the park princesses.

>>7634434
Do the kids ever wonder why you're wearing a nude bathing suit?? It kinda ruins the mermaid magic if you ask me.

>>7633698
because that's how the Disney parks do it

>>7634351
Join an existing company or start your own. Most parents won't just hire a random person to show up at a kid's party.

true enchantment's standards, which were pretty low to begin with, seem to have slipped even slower.

>>7634681
jesus christ they are all terrifying

>>7634681
lower, even.

Also oblig: http://birthdaypartyprincess.tumblr.com/

go to her older posts for the good stuff

>>7634434
nononononononononono

Does this guy still work for True Enchantment? I remember he and his wife went to work there after their Disney contracts weren't renewed, but I haven't seen pictures of them from TEE in ages.

>>7634721
Is that the quirky Peter Pan who gets posted all over Tumblr? I'm guilty of finding him attractive, but I can't imagine that Disney wouldn't renew his contract after all the attention he gets.

>>7634721
As far as I know from his Tumblr he's moved on to bigger and better things.

>>7633623
#Jokeahontas

>>7634757
His contract wasn't renewed because he was looking too old, not because of the attention. You can see in some of his later pics at Disneyland that he has some big crow's feet (no pun intended).

>>7634757
They didn't renew his contract because he's too old.

>>7634681
they should switch to do villains instead.
belle has a perfect witch face

>>7633623
>Pocahontas
>white as fuck
If you can't get a native, at least hire a hispanic girl or something, jfc.

>>7634721
He's cute, even if he does look too old for peter.

>>7635777
This says it all.

>>7634681
Honestly there's a Belle at WDW that looks similar to this. This girls face is a bit pointier, but the resemblance is there

>>7635777
Please tell me these people don't manage to stay in business for more than a year, or aren't from an actual company/business. It doesn't even look like they're trying.

>>7635777
From the same company, their Alice.

>>7634424
Yeah, but she's letting little kids twirl around and play with the costume with their grubby little hands. It makes sense to not use a multi-hundred dollar gown costume for children's parties.

Isn't there also an issue with party companies not making exact replicas due to avoiding cease and desist letters from Disney?
Now I understand you can't use the trademarked movie, character (tiana, belel, merida...), etc names but can they really crack down on you for dress reproduction? (as I thought you couldn't copyright clothing designs, only brand labels, etc.)

>>7634701
Oh man it's the woman who did the Bizenghast comics, that takes me back. Was not expecting that.

These two are gonna do birthdays after they cosplayed this for the first time at the comic con.

>>7635973
I'm curious about this, too.

>>7635777
Oh god. That Ariel isn't even Party City-tier

>>7635934
Could she really not be bothered to put on makeup and a bra for this job?

>>7635973
>>7636001
As long as it's not a 100% replica, there isn't a problem. It's really hard to say when something IS exact, but people still try to make their costumes just slightly off in some way to avoid any issue. If you're worried Disney will come after you about something, you try to go out of your way to avoid it. Better safe than sorry.

This >>7634301 looks like crap

but these dresses >>7634333 aren't so bad. At least they've improved since they did Frozen? They must have rushed those costumes out to try and ride the wave huh?

>>7636086
Sorry to disappoint you anon but the Frozen costumes are newer and the Ariel dress is commissioned.

PiggyNukka is a princess gal (for parties and events)! She borrowed her first costume (Snow White as pictured), but she's planning on making her own Tinkerbell for future use.

Most cosplayers who try to be "birthday princesses" end up failing because they don't realize that before being able to sew a costume or style a wig or slap on makeup, you have to be able to interact with children, entertain children, and manage a group of children for anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours.

No1curr if you can cosplay Ariel if you don't know what to do when the birthday girl cries because someone stuck their fingers in her cake or when the kids are bored and are starting to run a little wild or hell if you just plain don't know how to interact with kids on that level.

>>7637022
this person does realize that parents will be looking her up before booking and that if they see photos like this, or the one of her smoking, they will be disinclined to hire her?

>>7637082
I highly doubt that she advertises herself as "Piggynukka" while working for a friend.

>>7637022
>piggynukka
I'm sorry but why do people care about her again?

>>7637022
>>7637082
Except she was just doing it for a friends company. If she did it again it'd still be under the company name, why the heck would she do it under her cosplay name?

>>7637093
She's done two events and a birthday party. I'm pretty sure it's a thing.

>>7637090
Because she's good at what she does.

>>7637167
Except she's not? Every single One of her cosplays is mediocre at best, she has a bad case of sameface and isn't particularly attractIve. I guess she's good at tumblr promotion/getting her friends to post her here

>>7637172
Shh, your butthurt is showing. She's a fantastic cosplayer and is one of the few who is in it for the right reasons.

>>7637180
Your whiteknighting is painfully obvious. She got ripped apart in the Sailor Moon thread, so I don't see why she would be posted here positively (in a borrowed costume, no less) unless her/her friends are lurking. Plus she's kind of fat, cgl isn't known for celebrating overweight cosplayers.

>>7634681
I actually like Cinderella's dress. She's got proper foundation garments going on and everything.

What do princess even do at these parties, anyway? Stand around and look pretty?

>>7637201
Unless the company is shitty, no. The 'princess' will lead activities for the kids--whether it's singing songs or color or making crafts or playing games or telling stories etc--and interact with them and try to keep them entertained for however logn they're booked. They might cut the cake, take pictures, etc

>>7637082
>>7637172

I don't do anything under my "cosplay handle" for princess shit. I do it all through a company that doesn't even mention my real name, let alone what I choose to post my costumes under. I also wouldn't seek out parties on my own since this is just a nice side thing for me to help out and get some cash for cosplay.

And sorry for being fat, unattractive and mediocre. I'll continue my fat, unattractive and mediocre cosplay life and just hope it doesn't graze your eyes again dear anon.

>>7637201
For the company I work I play games, read books to the kids, we do a little crowning ceremony for the birthday girl, and sometimes I'll help out the makeup lady that comes with to paint their nails and do their hair.

This, too much photoshop

>>7637022
Ooooh, she's not gonna make a cute Tink. I love piggynukka, but she just isn't a Tink.

Maybe Rosetta
She'd make a real cute Rosetta
But not Tink

> mfw all these horrible pictures
> mfw theyre getting paid to look like slapped ass.

Best thing i ever did was volunteer for a little girls birthday party. She wanted a viking themed birthday with a body guard. I had a long beard that i could braid so i put on some chainmail and had a ball.

> little girl is in her Jarl chair
>little boy tries to steal some of the cake
>Miss Jarl tugs on my sleeve and points at the kid
>bellow out HANDS FREE OF THE JARLS CAKE
>kid jumps like 3 feet in the air
>kid pouring punch into his plastic horn startles and looks around like a bomb went off
>Miss Jarl decrees that anyone who touches the cake will be beheaded
>heartychuckling.jpg
>her father dresses up as a troll and attacks the kids
> kids rally and defend the cake
>pretty fun day
>tfw you miss playing pretend

>>7638464
>little girl viking themed party
That is the greatest thing I've ever heard.

>>7638464
This made my day anon!

>>7638484
>>7638493
I'll do a story bump:

> As i said earlier her father is a troll whos mission was to put vegetables on the cake
>he rustles some bushes and i call out TROLL! TROLL ABOUT THE CAMP! (they had a big ass back yard and this was all under a giant tent thing)
> Dad roars and starts throwing carrots and beets
>kids all grab their little plywood shields and have a mighty time of blocking the veggies
>i draw a blunt steel sword and point it at the 'troll'
>VEGETABLES OR VALHALLA BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
> we all mock charge, i get a potatoe to the chest and fall down dramatically
> CARRY ON! SLAY THE BEAST!
> Miss Jarl strikes the killing blow
> After a good laugh we pick up the vegetables with the parents while the kids munch on cake and such
>Then we have a water baloom catapult fight. Her dad was a madman of an engineer

Her parents went all out for that damn party. I also found out chainmail is weak against potatoe volleys

>>7638464
>>7638574
This just keeps getting better and better. I really hope my niece or future child wants a viking party.

>>7638464
I think I'm in love with you.

>Good with kids
>Funny
>Tall and burly

Now that's a man right there.

>>7638574
YOU ARE AMAZING AND I WANT TO GO ON VIKING ADVENTURES WITH YOU

>>7633620

do you want to hide your forehead?
it doesn't have to be a 5head...

OKAY BYE!

>>7633660

cinderella 5

she has a massive stroke and finds the right doctor by trying on glass retard helmets. then she dies.

>>7634434
Stop just stop, you will ruin birthdays for years to come.

>>7638660
>>7638674
>>7638691
I would love to say more but those were the only really shining parts of the day... unless me shoving cake in my mouth is exciting. When i ETS here in August im going to grow my beard back out and bulk back out so i can do it again. I miss playing with kids and being a goofball. A hard life in the army can really kill a man when he just wants to play pretend with swords and fight off carrot trolls
>>7638743
Was drinking my appie joose when i read that shit. I hate you so much right. Snorted that shit like a cheap hooker.

D-do you go to cons?

>>7638892
Ive thought about it but i dont fit a lot of the general cosplays ive seen at midwest and new orleans. Mind, i may go as an NPC just for the hell of it, but its not very fun when people avoid you at cons because "Dude that guys alone, must be a creeper/psycho"

>>7634583

Usually the hair can cover most of it, but it's a bitch to wear.

>>7638916
Wow I know little kids are kind of stupid but don't they give more of a shit than this even? If I were a parent and hired you and you showed up looking like this I would be beyond pissed. Plus they can't even ask you to leave because nobody is going to be that parent who denies their child a visit from princess lazyass at their birthday party

>>7638916
That wig is flat as shit and the rest of the costume is uggo/10. Would hire Traci Hines over you.

>>7634333
These bitches are crazy. The one in the middle insists that she is the know it all of Disney and always offers shitty suggestions to others.

itt people who have never worked with kids before

they are gullible as fuck, especially around the age when they're super gung-ho about princess shit. if they are old enough to be discerning about how accurate/realistic the costumes are, they're probably too old for princess parties anyway.

>>7634301
Different Elsa.

>>7638963
Exactly. The recommended age for character parties is pretty young, most companies will try to suggest that the ages of the kids are 7-8 at most, since beyond that point they tend to get snarky/questioning.

>>7638971
that elsa looks like she's 14

>"princess party companies"
>risking a lawsuit for that crap
>not working as an overpaid walkact at fairs and parades in a random princess/sci-fi/fantasy costume

>>7639092
And the Anna looks 30. The costumes ITT are a comedy of errors.

Serious question, what do you say when a kid asks if you're a real princess/fairy/angel etc.? I can't just say "lol yes" especially when there are parents nearby, but I don't want to ruin the magic.

It also happens a lot when I wear lolita, what do you guys say? I can't think of anything

>>7639138
Why are you asking that in a thread about people who work as princesses at parties?

>>7639113
Honestly, Disney doesn't care. Disney doesn't care enough to shut down True Enchantment, which operates within an hour or two of Disneyland. Shit, True Enchantment has even gotten lazy in recent months and didn't even bother saying "Snow Queen" and "Ice Princess" in their facebook--they blatantly say Elsa and Anna, and post videos of the characters singing Disney songs, and are telling parents/kids they're names are Elsa and Anna according to some reviews online. And Disney hasn't done anything.

It's more trouble taking down these company's than its worth. Disney gets free publicity from companies who do charity events, they get the $$$$ from all the actual Disney merchandise parents buy.

>>7639138
When a kid asked me if i was a real viking i belched in his face and did a scottish brogue AYYYEEEEEE. If you want you can simply answer in fairy riddles.
> Dont you believe im real?
> Isnt that a silly question to ask a princess?
> Why would i come all this way if i wasnt real?

>>7639148
well, they can't just say "Oh yeah I'm the real deal"
>Ariel where is your tail
>Uuuuuuh

>>7639165
I'm confused, though. There's a difference between walking around in lolita and a little girl asking you that..... and being paid to pretend to be a princess at a party and girls asking you that. When you're being paid, of course you don't say you're not a real princess.

like
>>7639161
said you find a way to deflect it.

>>7639165

they can, and generally do. the tumblr posted a ways up talked about this once iirc, usually they make up some 'magical' explanation for it. oh, there's a magic potion that can give me legs so I can come up and see all my friends on land for a while! that kind of thing.

>>7639138
>Serious question, what do you say when a kid asks if you're a real princess/fairy/angel etc.? I can't just say "lol yes" especially when there are parents nearby, but I don't want to ruin the magic.

Why would the parents nearby mean you don't act in character?

>>7639134
They're completely fucking batshit too.

Victoria is a whirlwind of "boohoos I'm depressed"
and Bexi is obsessed with a guy she dated for 2 weeks like 3 years ago, and follows him around obsessively.

>>7639170
Deflect it with questions? He seems to be implying to be vague. If the character has a certain trinket or item just act all secret with the kid and show them it like say a repunzel had an actual chameleon and whipped that bitch out infront if the kid

>>7639174
a kid in front of me at DL a few years back once asked Ariel why she still had her tail and she said that her dad can turn her back into a mermaid or back into a human if she asks him.

I think for Rapunzel the answer Disney told them to give to "why don't you have short brown hair" was that there was just enough magic left inside her to grow her hair back

>>7639174
But Ariel chose legs over a tail at the end of the movie so there doesn't need to be a "magical" explanation.

>>7639138
when I'm wearing lolita I just say "maaaaybeeee" and wink. I know it's really lame tho.

>>7639177
I still think Mika is the worst of the lot. She always insists she watched every Disney film more times than anyone else and if you disagree with her about anything she will throw a massive tantrum. Also tantrums will ensue if you're with her in costume and look better/wear the same costume.

>>7639237
Mika is the one I'm not familiar with. She sounds fun though. Might purposely wear the same costume for lols.

I wonder if these girls are all just bitter that they can't get hired by Disney

>>7639490
Some of them (like Traci, though now she doesn't do parties because she figured out she can get more attention doing solo stuff) do. Most don't. Most of the people who work for these companies are 1) teenagers who are looking for quick cash jobs where they typically work on the weekends and don't have to work long hours 2) People (teens or not) who want to work entertainment jobs.

It's arguably harder to be a "party princess" than an actual face character, anyway.

>>7633623
Looks more like a disneybounding failure

>>7633623
This isn't for a party company though.

>>7639520
Magic Kingdom gets about 50,000 guests a day. It is way harder to be a face character....

boohoo 30 little kids need to be entertained by coloring books and cake

>>7639520
disney has some insane rules for their face character employees. most party princesses are just teen girls who have some babysitting experience and interest in acting who don't want to be treated like shit for minimum wage. the crazy disney soulbounders are the vast minority.

>>7639539
Whats a disneybounding

>>7638916
why is there a pearl or whatever bs over your belly button?

>>7639566
Someone working as a face character isn't entertaining 50,000 people in a day. Nowhere near that. Face characters work a few hours a day in short shifts which usually last 30-40 minutes before they switch out, get a 30-40 minute break, then switch out again. (Shifts may change depending on the character--Elsa/Anna have longer shifts right now, for example--and the weather.) They get lunch breaks and bathroom breaks and have chaperones to control unruly guests or situations. Their job is to put on their own makeup/costumes, talk to people in character, smile, take pictures and sign autographs. Can it be hard? Sure, especially if it's hot or cold or you're dealing with lines of little kids who might get cranky or overexcited. But they have the benefit of being able to go 'offstage' on a fairly frequent basis, get breaks, have other employees around to help them out, and are not solely responsible for keeping kids entertained.

Someone working a party will be working anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours, usually on their own. They do not get lunch breaks, bathroom breaks, and there is no safe "offstage." They have to put on their own costumes and makeup and drive themselves to people's houses/apartments in said costumes, hoping that no kids see them to ruin the magic. Sometimes they have to sew or fix their own costumes. They are responsible for being the sole entertainer for a group of kids--god forbid it's 30 little kids--for a lengthy period of time. And since many parents don't understand that entertainer =/= babysitter, it also often means the 'party princess' will be left more or less on their own to deal with the kids and their little kid problems--like crying or runny noses or yelling about their friend touching their stuff. It's hard enough to keep 1 or 2 kids entertained for that length of time--imagine doing it at a party where you are also the host, the entertainment, and the babysitter.

>>7639616
It's dressing in everyday clothes and fashion inspired by disney characters. There's a whole tumblr with polyvores of outfits and people wearing them. It's pretty interesting/innovative marketing on Disney's behalf, IMO

>>7639634
Have you ever wondered why cast members are given 30 minute breaks before they have to go back onstage? Maybe it's because they're working 8-12 hours a day in the heat and constantly smiling/attending to hundreds of people a day is exhausting. Being a glorified babysitter compares in no way to how hard a Disney employee has to work.

>>7639698
>Have you ever wondered why cast members are given 30 minute breaks before they have to go back onstage?

Have you ever wondered why NOT getting breaks doing the same work + even more work would be exhausting?

Go be a entertainment character at a party of 30 little kids for 2 hours straight with no food, no breaks, and no bathroom time. No chaperone, parents who think you're obligated to be a babysitter and not an entertainer, and probably a few kids who are bored as hell or too young/too old to be entertained for that long. Then come back and say it's being a "glorified babysitter."

>>7639655
>It's pretty interesting/innovative marketing on Disney's behalf, IMO

Disney didn't start Disneybounding. It was someone with a marketing degree who started copying those inspired sets people did for various fandoms, but they used their marketing degree to go somewhere with it. They only recently started doing some work with Disney, specifically the official Disney Style blog.

>>7638916
I can't believe you're serious. I'm sorry, but that looks terrible. Really, you'll look 5x better if you invest in or make a nice shell bra and lose the suit. No one's going to care, it's like a bikini top, and any parents that do aren't worth the time or effort anyway. Please please please consider getting rid of it. The top going over the bottom (whatever the heck is happening under the bra there) is what doesn't look good. It's just very gaudy and silly. If you still really want to stay with a nude suit, at the very least get a full one, like a nude leotard or shapewear or something.

>>7639728
Or go with what Disney does, which is the seashell bra cups + nude band.

>>7639728
By her first post it sounds like it's a costume provided by her employer. I doubt she has much of a choice about it.

>>7639562
It is, though. Look up Pittsburgh's Perfect Princess Party on FB. They're expecting people to pay for that.

>>7639726
Face characters have to look pretty, act in character (though some of them don't even care apparently) and learn to do the character signature. Party princesses have to be able to do that, plus work with kids for a long period of time (not 1-5 minute greeting), hold attention, play games, face paint, twist balloons, dance, do princess lessons etc. They usually do this alone, with no help, they have to make sure they are aware of the time because they probably have another party after.

Being a face character is not easy, I'm sure, but it doesn't sound like being a party character is either. They make more than face characters, but they have a lot more responsibility in the moment.

>>7640032
>They make more than face characters, but they have a lot more responsibility in the moment.

although also: they make more per hour but they usually have less steady schedules. A face character might work every day or every other day 5-6 days a week--a good chunk of party companies only book parties on weekends (summer being an exception) so you might work three parties one weekend and no parties the next, depending on who you can play, who else is working, how many parties are booked.

>>7640030
>using official Disney art on their FB page
>using someone else's fanart as their icon

Man they are just

really dumb

>>7640030
Some of these kids' faces are priceless. They all look so uncomfortable.

No wonder they made >>7640030 wear a swimsuit underneath. Moms probably didn't want Stripper Ariel to show up to the parties anymore. In one of the other photos of this girl it looks like her top came off in the pool.

>>7640121
>those eyebrows
>that makeup

I will never complain about Traci Hines makeup again.

This page is gold. It looks like they only have Ariel and one selfie of an unfinished Pocahontas. Someone start taking bets on how long it will be before Disney shuts them down.

>>7640132
It looks like this "company" is just one girl who has a few Ariel costumes and wants to get paid for cosplaying. Legitimate companies have multiple actresses and more than one character. I don't think she'll go anywhere.

>>7638971
That Elsa is the Belle >>7634333

>>7639177
>>7639237
I only know of Mika as being the wheelchair Ariel, I've heard lots about Bexi but only bad stuff. Never heard of Victoria.

face characters get good ass pay in comparison to everyone else working in the parks...and lets just use snow white for example. she will wake up, go do her stilt-walking role in animal kingdom for the lion king show, change into chip/dale for later sets, go to magic kingdom for another 3-4 hours as snow, and then end her day as pluto in fantasmic at hollywood studios.

that shit. is. hard.

>>7640619
Personality I'd prefer to do Princess parties and charity work as one character per day than having to change 3-4 times. At least the dresses can be made to be breathable and comfortable.

But I still think most of the girls doing the Disney specific stuff are just trying to live the dream cause Disney rejected them already.

>>7640619
It really depends on the park. Disneyland keeps face character actors and fur actors separate.

>>7634301

>>7638971
>tfw her teeth are the same colour as her hair

>>7640697
God, that nude top. I think it's to cover tattoos? Maybe but makeup would look so much better than that top.

>>7640619
>implying someone that plays Snow White will also play Pluto and Chip n' Dale

Uhhh. Do you even CM. Totally different heights. Also, DL only puts face characters in suits if they absolutely have to (aka everyone else is sick/missing) and WDW is the same. Now a princess might also play a villain or minor character, but, not usually fur suit or ensemble, especially an ensemble that requires a specific acrobatic skill... if a "Snow White" can do stilt walking, she won't be Snow White--she'll be doing a shitload of parade and show stuff.

>>7639634
Being a face character is harder. I've done parties before, and it's nothing compared to what face characters have to do. What's a two hour party compared to being out all day with hundreds of guests?
And having to "fix/sew our own costumes." It's not like that's difficult at all, and the costumes "party princesses" use are no way near as nice as the ones they have in the park. Christ, I sew and cosplay for a reason, because I like to sew and cosplay. And hosting a party honestly isn't that hard unless you're a dumbass. I am literally a glorified babysitter, as the other anons put it.

Major props to face characters.

>>7639634
anon sounds bitter that they are not a face character

>>7639722
Girl, if you can't work for two hours straight with no food or potty breaks, then there must be something wrong with you. What do you think nursery school teachers have to do? Or anyone who works a real job

>>7641077
Girl, if you can't work 30 minutes straight with no breaks, then there must be something wrong with you.

>tfw face characters are giant babies wah wah I have to smile and wave at little kids boooooohoooooo my job is so hard

Pussies.

>>7640756
It's to be less lewd.

>>7641122
Someone's mad jelly.

>>7641062
>implying Disney Royalty are out all day

lmao

They do short shifts for a few hours with constant breaks, at least one chaperone, and zero responsibility towards kids outside of 60 second - maybe a few minute interactions. They have to smile, wave, and answer questions. Oh, and sometimes learn a (gasp) dance. That's it.

>>7641129
You're beyond jelly. Gurl, you got a problem.


Anons how much you wanna bet this is Katie?

>>7641127
Nope. Just pointing out the logical fallacy in this thread.

>omg if you can't work for 2 hours entertaining little kids without a break, you're a fucking idiot !!
>face characters can't work for more than 30 minutes and all they have to do is smile, take pics, and answer questions in character

>face characters have it SO HARD, that's why they need breaks every half hour
>party characters do what face characters do + more, they don't get any breaks regardless of how long they work

I wouldn't want to be a face character OR party character. I don't even like babysitting relatives, why would I want to entertain a bunch of little kids at a party or manchildren at Disney?

>>7641134
lmao that all you can do is cry JELLLYYYY because you're so busy licking the assholes of hypothetical Disney employees to look at the facts.

They have short shifts. They have chaperones. They're not expected to do anything but stand in place, smile, wave, and talk to people for very short periods of time. They get even more breaks in the summer and winter, when they have to be out in the heat or cold. Boo freaking hoo.

>>7641129
Dang anon someone's got sand in the vag. What's wrong, you try out to be a face character and you bombed the auditions?

>>7641140
>>7641136
If you don't care why do you keep responding? Also some anons with differing agreements don't make a logical fallacy. You seem to know quite a bit about how this shit works for someone who cares so little. Quite invested indeed.

>>7640960
A different anon but one that works at the park.

The one thing I know is that we have specific heat indexes based on how long costumed characters can handle the heat. The higher the number, the hotter it is and the less time the characters are out.

Usually people, depending on their height and so on, will stick to one or two characters. One of my coworker's boyfriends plays Thor and recently got hired in to play Captain America.

One of the major things that face characters have over Party Princesses, they don't have to do their own makeup, wigs, costumes, etc.... Everything is supplied by the park and have specific people hired in just to handle that. However, Disney is way more restrictive on behavior and training for characters(actually employees in general) since they're super uptight about keeping the spirit, character, and being as family friendly as possible.

>>7640524
What have you heard about Bexi?

>>7641186
Different anon but I remember her making a huge scene at Kitacon because a girl looked at her funny?

>>7641127
>u mad bro u just jelly lol

>>7639734
Kinda OT, but Disney makes the oddest wig choices sometimes.
That doesn't look like Ariel's hair at all to me.

>>7640960
uhhh do you even WDW??? DLR is small as shit so they can do that only face bs i clearly stated DHWS Fantasmic so im CLEARLY not talking about DLR gtfo
no shit snow isnt the same height as pluto it was an example hurdurr. they give out stilt-walking classes every other week its not hard to learn so that an entertainment CM can widen what roles they can take on. one of the tiana's is also king louie in AK and bolt for LTM dance parties. take your basic ass knowledge elsewhere

>>7641329
Yeah, I kinda wonder about their wig person. Elsa and Anna's wigs were absolute shit tier. I'm sure some of it is it needing to hold up to wear but c'mon

>>7641186
>>7641211
I heard something about Kitacon but I don't really know her. It's friends of friends stories so I don't know how much of it is true but it's just drama drama drama so I just don't talk to her.

>>7641062
>What's a two hour party compared to being out all day with hundreds of guests?

>former attendent

Ehhhh, most FCs aren't going to a) be out all day or b) see that many people, competitively speaking to how many guests are in the parks. I attended fcs who had "8 hour days" which were probably closer to 4 hours with all the downtime.

the average face character interacts with anywhere from 30 - 70 people during an average shift. Which may be as short as 20 minutes (summertime when you literally can't stay out longer because you need to rehydrate + makeup melting) to maaaaaaybe an hour, if they're indoors like Elsa/Anna are right now.

"Line" shifts are sometimes longer but the interaction itself is shorter. The line setup cuts down interaction time to anywhere from 30 seconds (if they just want a picture and quick greeting) but usually 1-2 minutes, sometimes 4 or 5, if they talk and ask questions. Little kids get more interaction time, in general. Characters who aren't set-up with lines see less people, because we weren't told to hurry them up to get to as many people as possible.

I won't say being a face character is easy, but it's not 10x harder than being a party entertainer, either. Both have their difficulties and benefits. Party entertainers, from what I understand, get paid more per hour--but they aren't legally entitled to breaks + lunch. Face characters see more people in a day, but the interaction time per person is short and the obligation to pay attention is on the guest, not the employee, since they are coming to see the character. Both are expected to abide by certain standards, both deal with entitled parents and cranky kids, usw.

tl;dr both are difficult jobs with upsides/downsides why are we trying to make one out to be harder than the other

>>7641329
I like her early 90s wig best

>>7641459
I'm curious to hear?

>>7637180
I know you like her and all but try to see objectively. She's okay. She still has a long ways to go. I would overlook her not being the most fit if the costumes were damn good but nope.

>>7635973

From my understanding it's actually in Disney's best interest to let these companies continue, provided they aren't claiming to be official. Parents who hire party princesses weren't the parents who could afford a disney parks birthday trip anyway, and when you have a Frozen party with Anna and Elsa it means you go out and you buy all the official Frozen cups and Frozen plates and Frozen cake toppers and Frozen pinatas and all that is $$ in disney's pocket

>>7641885
Most it ends in her throwing a massive tantrum if she doesn't get things her way and pretty much making it everyone else's fault.

>>7641914
Do any of the Princess Party companies do this themselves or any catering? Or are they literally by the hour entertainment only?

>>7643188
It all depends on the company.

But most companies that i've read about don't do catering or buy supplies, outside of the ones they need for their activities.

>>7642684
>>7641885
>>7641459
Does anyone have a link to the episode she was on Jeremy Kyle?

>>7643208
She was in the audience. There's like...two clips of her face. It's not worth watching an episode of crap for a shot of someone's face.

are there companies like this outside of the US? does anyone know?

>>7643240
There's a few in the UK though they're mostly solo girls with limited direction.

>>7643208
Have a screenshot anon

>>7643228
Oh for fuck sake. She goes on about it like she was actually on the show. Boring.

>>7643268
She should be on the show.

>>7641136
Face characters work for like 12 hours in the heat every day. Party characters work for like two. There's a huge difference.

>>7639138
Most parents of very small children nod or silently mouth that I say yes when I'm out in lolita. I always check the parent's expression multiple times when a kid wants to come talk to me, because I don't want to creep the parents out.

I usually ad-lib lines from "A little princess", tell the little girls something like everyone is a princess inside, etc.

So my friend keeps trying to get me to dress up as Elsa/Sailor Moon/whatever and go do this. She has a little kid and keeps telling me how the "princesses" at her kids friends parties suck and look like shit and don't really do anything, but the kids seem to enjoy it and they get paid a ton of money.
A lot of you made the point that kids don't care if you look awful like >>7638916, but she made the point that the *parents* care and they are the ones hiring you anyway. I said I don't really know how to talk to kids (never babysat or anything) and she said all the party princesses she's seen just paint the kids faces and ask them simple questions. She's seen my mediocre interaction with her kid and still insists I would be really good at it and make a ton of money. What do you guys think about that opinion? Her kid is 3-1/2 so I think that's still the age where the kids would be a little too shy to really interact with a princess anyway, but still really enjoy seeing one.

>>7640030
>Pittsburgh's Perfect Princess Party
these photos are gold

>>7640121
Hey Nickychu. Not defending her, but you shouldn't be talking with all the SFS and whoring out you do for yourself for fame. Unless this is your kawaii azn boyfriendo who has a total of one costume.
Also: Stop buying your Kitana and Pheonix costumes and photoshop. Everyone knows that shit ain't real.

Input B/C: I know this is a vendetta post, even if the Ariel in question is total shit and a horrible human being. name and shame.

LOL

>>7641356
Slow down with the acronyms...

>>7643542
Where is this from, anon? I tried reverse image search and couldn't find it.

>>7643362
>Face characters work for like 12 hours in the heat every day. Party characters work for like two. There's a huge difference.

Face characters have 20-40 minute shifts (sometimes as an hour, but rarely, and they're almost always indoors for hour shifts) for 6-8 hours a day. Stop trying to martyr them.

>>7643626
actually a lot of times they work anywhere from 10-14 hours, or even up to 20 hours on holidays like Christmas. It's not like that every day, of course, but it does happen often. Yes, they have long breaks, but after talking constantly for an hour or more at a time, they have to use that time to rehydrate and rest their voices, because even on an eight hour day, they're talking nonstop (literally nonstop except for the 10 seconds it takes to take a picture) in someone else's voice for four of those hours, and have to project the entire time because of background noise, and have to smile the whole time, and aren't allowed water breaks, and then do it again the next day. And the next day. And the next day.

>>7637193
I don't know that she really got "ripped apart" in that thread, most of the critical posts mentioned her as an exception.

>>7635777
I knew that Rapunzel was going to come up sooner or later.

>>7643589
Volunteer Princesses in pittsburgh

>>7643636

anyone who has gone to disney once knows this is wrong they definitely dont stay out for that long half the time the ones you wanna see arent even on the floor when you wanna see them

>>7643755
Jesus Christ, I promise cosplayers in Pittsburgh all aren't terrible...I've seen Ariel around but not that giant group.

>>7633620

I do princess parties in the UK, I have never worked in one of the parks but I know a few girls who do/have.. and some who have been face characters as well as party princesses. I think both can be equally challenging in different ways!
In the park you only have a short time to make a magical impact on a little one but its just as tricky to keep 30 of them entertained for 2 hours (also most party companies do more than one party a day.. so you do usually end up doing 6-8 hours of princess work on a saturday but yes, less than that during the week :) )

>>7643636
Yes, yes.
They also rescue kittens from trees, and on the very brief breaks they DO get they work on developing a cure for cancer.
I wish they'd get that done sooner, because you'll finally go away.

This girl mounted a play on frozen

>>7638916
I'm masturbating to you

>>7644651
Looks good, but that over-contrasted filter is there for a reason, isn't it..

>>7643542
holy crap, they are all so plain and ugly looking. I want to pluck their eyebrows and do some eye make up so badly... and force them on a treadmill.

and who's the girl in the black shirt supposed to be?

>>7644651
>pretty symmetrical face
>beautiful cheekbones
>full lips
>perfect nose
>completely ruin it with shitty hooker makeup

all my why

>>7643487
>>7640121 here. I have no idea who Nickychu is, but please keep believing I'm her if it'll keep the dramu and butthurt flowing. Is it that hard to believe that the company and the costumes are shit?

>>7643542
>APH Denmark plushie

>>7644780
wait fuck that's the guy from frozen isnt it, never seen the movie

wow thats embarassing

>>7644651
drag queen

>>7644771
Nope. I know her, the Ariel, and she's horrible. Unless you're from her 'rival' Princess Party group. Because, trust me, anyone who knows this Ariel chick knows Nicky.

Sage because I didn't defend her? So IDK how you came to that conclusion even a little bit.

>>7644882
Except I don't know the Ariel chick. I just followed the link posted in the thread to that princess party page and laughed at the terrible pictures. I don't know Nicki either, but feel free to post her photos because she sounds hilarious too.

>>7644913
She doesn't do Disney Princess shit but since Marvel is Disney... eh. Sure. She and the Princess Party girl were besties, idk what happened in-between but. Fuck a duck they both buy so many likes and do SFS. Like. Nickychu went from 1k to 4k in nearly a DAY and claims it's for the fans.

Tries to claim she makes ALL her own costumes, too, like the Pheonix costume shown in pic.

Not really princess party related but I was at a kid's bday party the other day and they hired a balloon animal lady. And she was amazing.
She made Spiderman out of balloons for the little boys, with the face being some red balloon with spiderman's mask on it. She also had Captain America and Iron Man.

One little girl asked for Elsa, and I swear, she wasn't even looking down, she was talking to the parents,and 5 minutes later - BAM she made Elsa out of ballons and it was actually really really cute looking. And I think she made Tinkerbell too. It was realy amazing!

>>7643542
Lilo looks correct

>>7644651
this reminds me of joan rivers

Holy cow. Dat Belle.

>>7646981
what is happening with that belle dress