Walt Disney World Characters are no longer required to stay physically distanced from guests during meet-and-greets. This means that some characters are now meeting in slightly different locations. We also saw some rare characters at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Let’s take a walk around the parks and see who is out! Magic Kingdom Belle is now … Read more
Regular character meet-and-greets have returned to Disneyland Resort, which means no more physical distancing. Guests can hug, high-five, and get autographs from characters again. We circled Disneyland to get selfies with Chip and Dale, Redd, Cruella De Vil, Goofy, and Pluto. Characters are no longer appearing on balconies and behind ropes. Distancing has also been … Read more
Princess Jasmine has returned indoors to her Lamps of Wonder meet-and-greet location as physical distancing is lifted for characters around Walt Disney World. Lamps of Wonder is in the Morocco Pavilion at EPCOT. The queue of the meet and greet is filled with lamps just like the one from “Aladdin.” Aladdin himself used to meet … Read more
With the return of normal character meet-and-greets to Walt Disney World, we’re actually seeing some new characters. The moth from “A Bug’s Life” is now greeting guests near “It’s Tough to be a Bug!” at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. In “A Bug’s Life,” the moth is named “Gypsy” after the common name of her moth type. … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Walt Disney World Magic … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Thursday, March 31, 2022. Walt Disney World Magic … Read more
Standard character meet and greets are finally returning to Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Aulani, and the Disney Cruise Line. This means guests will once again be able to hug characters and pose next to them for photos. Disney leadership has been alluding to this return and teased an announcement yesterday on TikTok. Only character “sightings” … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Walt Disney World EPCOT … Read more
Walt Disney World is reportedly getting ready to bring back standard character meet and greets without physical distancing as soon as mid-April. An official announcement has not been made, but sources indicate guests will once again be able to hug characters sometime after Easter weekend (April 17). For now, Walt Disney World has “character sightings,” … Read more
Meet and greets with all characters at Disneyland Paris will no longer require physical distancing starting April 1. Physical distancing has not been required for some outdoor fur characters in the past few weeks, and this will now extend to face characters and indoor characters. DLP Report shared the news on Twitter. The face character … Read more
At Morgan Stanley’s 2022 Technology Media & Telecom Conference, Disney CFO, Christine McCarthy, was quoted saying that character meet and greets will be returning to Disney Parks “soon.” Since the parks have reopened during the COVID-19 pandemic, characters have been required to stay six feet away from guests, usually behind some sort of barrier or … Read more
Just in time for the chilly weather here in Central Florida, Olaf has returned for a character sighting in Celebrity Spotlight at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. For the first time in forever (since March 2020), the sun-loving snowman is meeting and greeting guests indoors. Celebrity Spotlight is in Echo Lake, near Backlot Express. The queue begins … Read more
This week, we learned that distanced character meet-and-greets are now being considered “sightings” so as to distinguish from the up-close and personal interactions guests were used to prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indoor character “sightings” will return next month, but some characters will continue to appear at a distance outdoors. We noticed the Mulan “sighting” … Read more
Disney has changed the language surrounding indoor character “meet-and-greets,” which will return to Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios next month. The Walt Disney World website now refers to these appearances “sightings.” For example, the page for meeting Mickey Mouse at Town Square Theater in Magic Kingdom now calls the experience a “sighting with Mickey.” … Read more
Guests with tickets to the sold-out Disney After Hours Boo Bash can now meet some of their favorite characters. Character meet and greets have been added to the ticketed event. Instagram user ryanthesidekick shared images and video of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Cruella de Vil, and Captain Hook from last night’s Boo Bash. The event offers trick-or-treating, character … Read more
Disney has announced the return of indoor character meet and greets to two Walt Disney World theme parks. Returning indoor meet and greets include the following: Disney Princesses at Princess Fairytale Hall in the Magic Kingdom Mickey Mouse in his 50th Anniversary EARidescent outfit at Town Square Theater in the Magic Kingdom Minnie Mouse at … Read more