The Ghost of Christmas Present

One of the many things I enjoy at Disney World are the Streetmospheres, the "actors" who go around parks and do impromptu (though I'm sure they're planned, they are impromptu for most guests) shows.

Guest Scrooge

Last December while shopping in the United Kingdom the Streetmospheres started a show called, A Christmas Carol.  It was hysterical.

Instead of featuring Bob Cratchit, they featured Bob Skratchit, I think he was allergic to something too.  And typical of streetmospheres, they did not have enough people in their crew and borrowed some from the crowd.

The Skratchit Family

The story was pretty much the same, though the ghosts may have been switched out to help with the pop culture aspect of the show.

Ghost of Christmas Past 

Ghost of Christmas Future

 I can't give away the humor, in part because that's mean and in part because I know it can change a bit from show to show.  But I do highly recommend watching this one if you see it.

Streetmospheres at Disney

In a past post I wrote about how Alex, my nephew, wasn't into characters at Disney World and how this saddened me.  But there was something he did enjoy and it was a bit unexpected for a child of only 4 years old. He liked the Streetmospheres!

I never actually got to see Alex and the sword swallower at the Boardwalk, but I was told they became friends earlier in the trip.  Alex did mention him several times though.  In light of that I would recommend Boardwalk to people/families that like streetmospheres.

Then one day when we were leaving the Hollywood Studios we ran into a group performing and Alex was mesmerized.  I was eating a mickey ice cream sandwich and trying to hide (didn't want to give him any ideas for junk food), but I could have been sitting next to him and he never would have noticed.  My sister and her husband tried to pry him away from the performers so we could leave, but we had to wait until they were done because Alex was not leaving until they were done.

I have to say I like the streetmospheres too, I seem to run into a good show every time I go to Disney World and I always get a good laugh.  It's one of the unique things about Disney too, I never saw streetmospheres when I was at Universal or Great Adventure.