Also, if your child wants to go up to a character but is too scared, I have two suggestions.
- Try to make a compromise. DD (13) has been scared since she was 4 years old. However, she really really wanted an autograph. While dining at Crystal Palace for DS (9), we requested a booth where she could just sit and hand her autograph book over without actually being next to the characters.
- also, if its the masks they're afraid of, like DD, try someone like Cinderella or Peter Pan!