RIP Kathy Sandidge (TMNT at Walt Disney World)

[oldmanwinters]

Saw this on Instagram yesterday posted by one of the Walt Disney World theme park long-time employees:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZsDwNVJpVP/
http://i.imgur.com/1kLfrFfh.jpg (https://imgur.com/1kLfrFf)

Sounds like Kathy Sandidge was the regular performer for April when MGM Studios featured the TMNT stage show, in addition to a long-term career at the theme park. Here are some additional pictures I've scanned from magazines and books; not totally sure it's Sandidge in every photo:

From Grandreams Hero Turtles 1992 Annual


http://i.imgur.com/2D0R6Hgh.jpg (https://imgur.com/2D0R6Hg)

http://i.imgur.com/fAr9CdUh.jpg (https://imgur.com/fAr9CdU)

http://i.imgur.com/Swv6eB0h.jpg (https://imgur.com/Swv6eB0)

http://i.imgur.com/Jq4gR5ph.jpg (https://imgur.com/Jq4gR5p)

http://i.imgur.com/NYEC5C3h.jpg (https://imgur.com/NYEC5C3)

http://i.imgur.com/rWylk1Vh.jpg (https://imgur.com/rWylk1V)

http://i.imgur.com/IYMX2PUh.jpg (https://imgur.com/IYMX2PU)


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49585852297_4a50a31520_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ixJskT)
TMNT at Disney-MGM Studios (The New Eagle, November 10, 1990) (https://flic.kr/p/2ixJskT) by oldmanwinters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/22047800@N07/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49585084293_af005a384a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ixEw3r)
Turtles in Florida (Disney MGM-Studios, 1990) (https://flic.kr/p/2ixEw3r) by oldmanwinters (https://www.flickr.com/photos/22047800@N07/), on Flickr

More from the Instagram account, apparently with a different performer playing April in the 1993 Easter parade:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQL-978j2UV/

[Jephael]

Aw dang, that stinks. I've always loved the MGM Turtle costumes and would get such a kick out of it if NECA were to produce action figure versions of them. I'd prefer them over the singing tour line.

[Zachatello00]

Aw man, sad to hear this. I remember very well, I was 10, this was my first trip to Disney, and I was “too cool” to get my picture taken with the characters and would roll my eyes every time my little brother wanted to. Then the turtles rolled up in the turtle van. I posed with every one of them!