RoccoP72
10-30-2009, 09:28 AM
Not since my College Years have I "talked" to a trash can, but I guess you can for real @ Magic Kingdom. Here is the article from Mom & A Mouse:
We were celebrating my son’s birthday in the Magic Kingdom recently when we ran into – or maybe I should say, ran away from – PUSH, The Talking Trashcan, in Tomorrowland.
PUSH looks like any other Disney garbage container, but he is mobile and vocal. PUSH is not shy and will approach anyone, much to the kids’ delight and some adults’ annoyance. The trash can interacts in real time with guests, calling them by name and referencing what they are doing, because a cast member is standing in the crowd covertly controlling him.
About a year ago, my ever-inquisitive son began asking why PUSH is the only trash can that can talk and how he operates, and we decided to explain the mechanics. So far, I have deliberately avoided answering questions about the reality of Disney characters because I fear it could be a slippery slope to Santa Claus. And I want my kids to believe way longer than is realistic. But, hey, a trash can is different, right?
Once C understood that a man was controlling PUSH, it became a game to find him in the crowd. He’s always wearing street clothes, carrying a messenger bag and talking into the tiny microphone hidden in his hand. Not tough, right?
We spotted the PUSH man right away and he spotted C’s birthday button. PUSH ran after my son singing “Happy Birthday” while C ran away laughing.
The unpublished times for PUSH’s appearance in Tomorrowland are at 10 a.m., 10:50 a.m., 11:40 am, 12:40 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:40 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. daily.
http://thedailydisney.com/files/2009/10/croppedPUSH.jpg
Here is the link to her blog if anyone is interested in what else she writes about: http://thedailydisney.com/blog/category/kristin-ford/
We were celebrating my son’s birthday in the Magic Kingdom recently when we ran into – or maybe I should say, ran away from – PUSH, The Talking Trashcan, in Tomorrowland.
PUSH looks like any other Disney garbage container, but he is mobile and vocal. PUSH is not shy and will approach anyone, much to the kids’ delight and some adults’ annoyance. The trash can interacts in real time with guests, calling them by name and referencing what they are doing, because a cast member is standing in the crowd covertly controlling him.
About a year ago, my ever-inquisitive son began asking why PUSH is the only trash can that can talk and how he operates, and we decided to explain the mechanics. So far, I have deliberately avoided answering questions about the reality of Disney characters because I fear it could be a slippery slope to Santa Claus. And I want my kids to believe way longer than is realistic. But, hey, a trash can is different, right?
Once C understood that a man was controlling PUSH, it became a game to find him in the crowd. He’s always wearing street clothes, carrying a messenger bag and talking into the tiny microphone hidden in his hand. Not tough, right?
We spotted the PUSH man right away and he spotted C’s birthday button. PUSH ran after my son singing “Happy Birthday” while C ran away laughing.
The unpublished times for PUSH’s appearance in Tomorrowland are at 10 a.m., 10:50 a.m., 11:40 am, 12:40 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:40 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. daily.
http://thedailydisney.com/files/2009/10/croppedPUSH.jpg
Here is the link to her blog if anyone is interested in what else she writes about: http://thedailydisney.com/blog/category/kristin-ford/