I know I am bumping a topic, but I feel I should share this!
I have done character meet & greets when I was younger (mostly with Mickey from what I can recall), but then around 6 or 7 we were doing a cruise on the Wonder and on Castaway Cay there is this Post Office of all places where you think you won't see the characters, boy was I wrong! Had an "accidental run-in" with Captain Hook and Smee that time, and after that I became so afraid of the characters I never did meet and greets again, that is till just recently in December.
I have recently (as around March, never saw the whole movie until July when I purchased the Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack) become a fan of Zootopia and, of course, Nick Wilde & Judy Hopps. Of course Nick & Judy only appeared in Move It Shake It at WDW and only did M&G at DCA, and not at WDW until
MVMCP came around. Once I got the news they were meeting, I knew from the get go I couldn't resist going to MVMCP (in fact, this would be the first time I attended MVMCP)! However, with this "fear" of doing character meet and greets (I am fine from afar and during the parades), I basically had a double-edged sword to deal with!
Fast forward to December 16, 2016.
Since it was me and a friend of mine who were going to MVMCP, I told him that once we did POTC, we would go our own ways until we reunited for dinner. Thats what we did! I basically told him "See ya at Village Haus at 9 PM!" At this point as a began my trek from Adventureland to Tomorrowland, thats when my anxiety levels were high, my heart was pounding, I was shaking, and I was just a little on the nervous side. I actually practiced some calming techniques (deep breathing and counting) to calm myself down and to relieve the anxiety!
And to the actual meet & greet itself.
Once it was my turn, I came up to him saying "Hey Nick HOWS IT GOIN MAN?!" and he gave me a big hug (mind you Nick is an amazing hugger, believe me!)
Once he hugged me, I turned and came up to Judy, saying "Hey Judy how ya doing?!" she hugged me as well, and not only that she also kissed me, too!
KISSED ME, right on the cheek (heard a smooch from my right ear, so that may very well have been her who kissed me!)
I even thanked her for keeping the citizens of Zootopia safe, I think I made her blush at this point (I think I even heard a gasp from either Judy or a guest waiting in line), and I asked her, "Oh, how's Clawhauser doing?!"
Took a selfie with them as well (two actually), and just I was trying to get the camera app on my iPhone up, I accidentally unlocked the phone and I said "hang on having a bit of trouble here" and Nick was like "oh brother."
In the end, this was an amazing experience and I would do it again, even if they become regulars (which is rumored to happen!) This did however, leave me red in the face, beaming for the rest of the night, and much of the next day!
Apologizes if this was rather lengthy!