Johnny Depp Surprising Tourists At Disneyland Is The Cutest Video You'll See Today

When you make a trip with the family to Disneyland, you expect to have yourself a magical time. Walking through those gates is not unlike walking into another world. However, some recent guests didn’t even make it inside when they found themselves transported to another land. In this case, Wonderland. Johnny Depp made an appearance at the park in full Mad Hatter garb, though he did it in a fairly unusual way, streaming himself onto a movie poster. Check it out.

As you walk onto the Disneyland property, you’ll find yourself in a large open plaza, with the entrances to Disneyland on one end, and Disney’s California Adventure Park on the other. Set up near the Disneyland gate (you can see the train station in the background) you find a little kiosk showing you various movie posters for Disney’s upcoming Alice Through The Looking Glass. Everything looks perfectly normal, until the poster blinks. Even when the movement starts, people don’t freak out too much. It’s obviously just video, rather than a static image, no big deal. Then it talks. Then it says your name. At that point, it might be time to freak out a little bit. Bonus points to Disney for leaving the woman’s F-bomb in there though. Even bleeped, it’s a fairly un-Disney thing to see. We approve.

Watching this, it’s never 100% clear that the tourists interacting with the Mad Hatter even realize that they’re speaking with the actual Johnny Depp. It would be easier to believe they covered somebody else in make-up, who could do a reasonably good version of his voice. Yet, it actually is Johnny Depp. Why wouldn't it be? It’s just the sort of craziness that Depp's built his career on. Of course, just chatting with fans would never be enough for Disneyland. The highlight of the entire experience comes when the Mad Hatter sneezes, and the kiosk releases bubbles into the air from its top.

The marketing stunt for Alice Through the Looking Glass certainly appears to have done its job. At various points, the crowds around the kiosk look enormous. We’ve got dozens of people jumping around at the command of a guy on a screen.

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From the looks of the changes in sunlight, it appears Johnny Depp spent a good deal of time entertaining fans, though we’re sure he took breaks. Spending time with the star of Alice Through the Looking Glass was probably not on the list of attractions anybody here was planning on doing, but we’re sure it made their trip to Disneyland memorable.

Dirk Libbey
Content Producer/Theme Park Beat

CinemaBlend’s resident theme park junkie and amateur Disney historian, Dirk began writing for CinemaBlend as a freelancer in 2015 before joining the site full-time in 2018. He has previously held positions as a Staff Writer and Games Editor, but has more recently transformed his true passion into his job as the head of the site's Theme Park section. He has previously done freelance work for various gaming and technology sites. Prior to starting his second career as a writer he worked for 12 years in sales for various companies within the consumer electronics industry. He has a degree in political science from the University of California, Davis.  Is an armchair Imagineer, Epcot Stan, Future Club 33 Member.