Disney owns the Tooth Fairy too

Disney didn't want this man telling children he was Santa Claus as they already had a Santa Claus running around the park. A that kid is told by one man that he is Santa, while he can clearly see another "Santa" sitting on a throne decked out in red is a kid that is going to start asking very difficult questions.

Parents complained, and Disney acted on it.

Frankly, I support them.

Disney is not claiming they own Santa Claus. They are saying that while they have a "Santa" on park grounds, greeting children, they consider him one of their characters. And thus they don't take kindly to other people confusing children. In order to prevent more pissed off parents, they told this dude to stop. The representative just said it in a profoundly dumb way.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Bolide

It's not particularly surprising that Disney would freak out (as would just about any other company) when someone doing this could potentially cause them to lose money. Obviously if there is a "real" Santa all dressed up sitting in the middle of the park charging children's parents for pictures, then the presence of a man who's willing to just pose as Santa without any pending charges is seen as a threat to Disney. I seriously doubt that they're as concerned about confusing the children as they are with the fact that money is to be lost if they allowed him to continue.

Disney does not charge to meet characters in the park. Or for pictures. I've been there three times.

And if they do have more than one character roaming the park, they are strictly confined to opposite areas. You will never see two Mickey's walking down the street. You may see one in Tommorowland and one in Frontierland, but never at the same time.

The Islands of Adventure only have one actor for each character because the Islands themselves are rather small. Marvel island isn't that big, so you could easily spot two Spidey's running around. And having a Spiderman in the Jurrassic Park area would just not make any sense.

There's nowhere I can't reach.