Old Characters gone?

[villavic]

I was checking old WDW videos in youtube, like the 1971 Grand Opening special, and saw clips from parades of the 70s, and realize there are characters that I've not seen in recent visits, like the Skunk and Rabbit from Bambi movie.

Are there more characters you remember, that are no more in parades or meet & greets?

[joanna71985]

This happens a lot. There are many characters that are retired

[Main Street Jim]

Three Little Pigs
Robin Hood, Little John, Prince John, Friar Tuck
AristoCats (with the exception of Marie)
Flower and Thumper
a lot the Villains - we used to see Stromboli, the Snow Queen, Jafar, the evil witch, and a few other Villains all of the time
Bert from Mary Poppins
Clarice (Chip and Dale's "girlfriend")
Milo Thatch and Kida
Suzie and Perla
Esmerelda and Phoebus
Jessie and Bullseye (haven't seen them out in quite a while)
Frollo (falls under the Villains)
Mushu and Mulan
Merlin the Magician
The "storyteller" guy from Huncback - for the life of me, I can't remember his name :/
Tarzan and Jane
Darkwing Duck, Launchpad McQuack, Rebecca, and Kit Cloudkicker
Jiminy Cricket
Figment (the "taller" <newer> character)
The Country Bears - Big Al, Shaker, and Wendell
Pocahontas
Doug and Patty Mayonnaise
...and these are just ones I can think of, or have pictures of...

[joanna71985]

a lot the Villains - we used to see Stromboli, the Snow Queen, Jafar, the evil witch, and a few other Villains all of the time
Jessie and Bullseye (haven't seen them out in quite a while)
Frollo (falls under the Villains)
Mulan
Tarzan and Jane
The Country Bears - Big Al, Shaker, and Wendell
Pocahontas

*You can see the Villains during MNSSHP, as well as randomly at DHS (the Tremaines meet in Fantasyland, and Gaston in New Fantasyland)
*Jessie meets daily in Frontierland, and both show up during MNSSHP/MVMCP
*Mulan meets in China at Epcot
*Tarzan and Jane meet during MNSSHP
*Country Bears meet during MVMCP
*Pocahontas meets at AK

[taleasoldastime]

I miss max. He is one of my favorite characters. At least they are bringing some retired characters back for "limited time magic". Does anyone know the dates that they will be doing that?

[iluvdumbo]

I read somewhere that there used to be a meet and greet with Sora from Kingdom Hearts. I wish he wasn't retired...

[Capt_redshirt]

I read somewhere that there used to be a meet and greet with Sora from Kingdom Hearts. I wish he wasn't retired...

I agree a meet and greet with sora riku and kairi would have been great problem is Disney and square enix never marketed them correctly. at least in the U.S.

[villavic]

Looking at my old photo albums I found some unknown charactes in the 1988 Magic Kingdom parade, after a short research I found they were from Oliver & Company, a movie I don't even remember. They were promoting the animated film and sure there are several characters in the parades history that are gone shortly after the movie is out of cinemas and didn't become a classic.

Oliver & Company

[Crow]

I agree a meet and greet with sora riku and kairi would have been great problem is Disney and square enix never marketed them correctly. at least in the U.S.

wish they would do a new Kingdom Hearts game

[Capt_redshirt]

wish they would do a new Kingdom Hearts game

They did release one for the 3ds but it wasnt as good as the first 2

[Greenlawler]

Looking at my old photo albums I found some unknown charactes in the 1988 Magic Kingdom parade, after a short research I found they were from Oliver & Company, a movie I don't even remember. They were promoting the animated film and sure there are several characters in the parades history that are gone shortly after the movie is out of cinemas and didn't become a classic.

Oliver & Company

Depends on your definition, "Oliver and Company" is considered a classic, and I remember it well. I did not like it, that Billy Joel soundtrack was horrible, at least to me. It joins Black Cauldron, Home on the Range, Atlantis, Great Mouse Detective, and others as the animated classics with no showing in the park.

[Greenlawler]

They did release one for the 3ds but it wasnt as good as the first 2

They released several for handhelds, but they are not considered sequals. THey are considered gap fillers. KH 3 is still moving forward however slowley. The guy in charge of the project did an interview a couple of weeks ago and stated that now that he had finished another major game he was ready to get back to KH 3.

[villavic]

Depends on your definition, "Oliver and Company" is considered a classic, and I remember it well. I did not like it, that Billy Joel soundtrack was horrible, at least to me. It joins Black Cauldron, Home on the Range, Atlantis, Great Mouse Detective, and others as the animated classics with no showing in the park.

Yes, maybe classic is not the right word. In that case what movies are non-classics?

I considered classics, movies that are always remembered, admired, and people like to see again an again. All movies you mention, I don't remember them (except Atlantis). So to me Ben-Hur is a classic, but The Fall of the Roman Empire (with Sophia Loren) wouldn't be, it's just an old movie to me.

So I considered classics Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Lady and the Tramp, Jungle Book, Fantasia.

English is not my native language so I'm probably using this word in the wrong way. I read a classic movie is also the one that maintains its appeal through the generations; one that my parents found interesting, I find interesting and the younger generation finds interesting. But that's relative cause Gone with the Wind may not be interesting for some youngers.