
A baby girl’s incredibly joyous reaction to meeting a Disney character in person has melted hearts of millions of people.
Vanessa and her husband Keith, from Tampa, Florida, are proud parents to a 7-month-old daughter, Layla, who recently had her first trip to Disney World. And, despite having never seen Winnie the Pooh, Layla had an incredible reaction to meeting the character Tigger, and it has now been viewed by over 13.3 million people.
“She’s never watched Winnie the Pooh or even had a Tigger stuffed animal, so her reaction was completely pure and unprompted,” mom Vanessa told Newsweek.
“Layla has always been such a happy, expressive baby. We get comments all the time about her lively personality—she’s been very aware of her surroundings since birth. Watching her light up when she saw Tigger was one of those magical parenting moments we’ll never forget.”
In a video posted to Vanessa’s TikTok account, @vanessaavalenciaa, on June 28, the mom holds her baby in her arms as Tigger approaches, and her reaction is instant.

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Layla kicks, flails her arms, and lets out a constant, excited shout, as if she can’t believe what she’s seeing. She grabs onto Tigger’s hands, laughing and grinning, and looks back at her mom as if to say, “are you seeing this?!”
Vanessa captioned the video, liked more than 3.3 million times, “Whoever said, don’t bring your baby to Disney because they won’t enjoy it—don’t listen to them.”
“A few people had mentioned that she might be too young to enjoy Disney or remember it—but seeing her reaction definitely proved otherwise,” Vanessa said.
“In fact, a lot of people in the comments have told us they’re now planning to bring their own babies to Disney after seeing her experience.”
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TikTok users had a huge reaction, with many commenters admitting the clip had given them “baby fever,” and one having to remind themselves: “Baby fever hits HARD. reminder girlies we can’t afford a baby or a trip to Disney.”
One user posted, “Oh my goodness she can’t contain her excitement,” as another added: “Whoever was in that costume was probably smiling so hard.”
Vanessa has shared multiple clips of Layla meeting Disney characters and having an adorably over-the-top reaction, including Piglet, Eeyore, and Winnie the Pooh himself.
And to other parents wondering about bringing their baby to Disney World, Vanessa said: “I always tell them that every baby is different, but you’ll never know how they’ll respond until you try!”
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