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Credit: DisneyMickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at the Magic Kingdom has sold out for the 2024 holiday season. The hard ticket event offers a limited number of guests the run of the park with special snacks, entertainment, and parades.
You have probably seen the images on social media of the snow pouring down on Main Street, U.S.A. It was one of the night’s highlights, along with the Once Upon a Christmastime Parade.
The other highlight of the parade was Tally the Elf. He became a social media sensation with his interactions with guests, putting them on Santa’s naughty list and telling them they better clean up their acts before Christmas.
Tally became one of the best parts of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party and helped create quintessential moments that could only happen at Disney World, which makes this latest announcement even more discouraging. After being harassed during the parade and on social media, Tally the Elf has been removed from the Once Upon a Christmastime Parade.
This is “Tally the Elf,” a performer at Disney World who is part of Mickey’s daily Once Upon a Christmastime Parade. He asks for names and checks Santa lists and will shout “NAWTY!” in a Southern accent.
He’s taken over TikTok this season. pic.twitter.com/JEx0gaiyPK
— Thinkwert (@Thinkwert) December 7, 2024
According to reports, some guests tracked down the name of the cast member who played Tally and began harassing the cast member. Guests used the cast member’s actual name to get his attention and attempt to interact with him. This resulted in Tally having to break character.
Due to these out-of-character interactions and the harassment the cast member faced during the parade and on social media, Disney decided to remove the character from the parade.
This is the latest example of Walt Disney World guests acting poorly toward cast members. However, this incident crossed the line as some people put the cast member’s personal information on social media.
Whoever got Tally the Elf removed from the Disney Parades because you were stalking him…
I hope your pillow is always warm. You can never find your missing matching sock. I hope your fries are always cold. I hope you step on a lego barefoot. And I hope you get coal every year. pic.twitter.com/BmTJKTpnAF
— jenny ☀️ ✨ (@JoyfulHeartEO) December 11, 2024
As some guests try to make a social media moment, it ruins the experience for everyone else who attends the event and ruins the life of a cast member who did outstanding work.
Now, everyone has to suffer because some guests have to make themselves the center of attention—way to ruin it for everyone.