Latest / Mom Street USA / 116. Character Hunting at Disney World
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- 0:05Welcome everybody to Mom St. USA.
- 0:07My name is Jackie AKA Wishes Mama.
- 0:09And on today's episode of Mom St. we are going back to a topic
- 0:14that we've touched on a little bit here and there, but we are
- 0:16going to talk about characters today.
- 0:18So the whole goal is character hunting at Walt Disney World for
- 0:23today's episode. And this episode was actually
- 0:26suggested by one of our lovely viewers of Vinny.
- 0:30I had put up a call for topic suggestions in our Patreon
- 0:37account and this was one that he suggested.
- 0:39So shout out to Vinny for today's episode topic.
- 0:42But we are going to be talking about where to find characters
- 0:47and what characters are where. So that is the goal of today.
- 0:52Now there are so many fun characters to find at the Disney
- 0:55parks, it can really truly be hard to keep track of where they
- 0:59all are. So this episode is aimed to be
- 1:02your guide at the character interactions.
- 1:04Now keep in mind that if you are looking for tips and tricks to
- 1:08help make your character actions easier, stress free, those types
- 1:13of things, we did that in a recent episode.
- 1:17So if you scroll back in our archives on YouTube or Spotify
- 1:20or wherever you're listening currently to episode 79, we
- 1:24talked about characters and we talked about ways to interact
- 1:27with them and just tips and tricks for that.
- 1:29So if you're looking for that information, head to episode 79,
- 1:34but this episode is going to cover what characters are where
- 1:40as of recording, which it is currently January 30th, 2026.
- 1:44So this is where you can currently find characters.
- 1:49However, things change and things are constantly changing
- 1:52all the time. And when we get to some of these
- 1:54lists down further for the different parks, I'll mention
- 1:58some different things to you about like, oh, this is new or
- 2:00this is coming or things like that.
- 2:02So do keep in mind that things change.
- 2:04Your best bet is going to be to check the Disney World website
- 2:09and to check your My Disney Experience app.
- 2:12Now, a brief word of warning about checking for characters on
- 2:16your My Disney Experience app. If you are checking in the
- 2:21afternoon or evening and just looking to see what characters
- 2:24are around, it's going to look on your app like hardly any
- 2:28characters exist in those parks. That's because the way that
- 2:32Disney does their characters is it has to do with are they still
- 2:36actively currently meeting at the park.
- 2:39So your best bet is to check for characters around 8:00 or 9:00
- 2:45AM if you're looking on your app because that is when you are
- 2:48going to have the highest chance of seeing all of the characters
- 2:52that meet throughout the day at that park.
- 2:54That is why I also suggest cross checking it on the website or
- 2:58doing some Googling looking for current blog articles or lists
- 3:04that are relative to the time frame that you're looking for
- 3:08because those are going to be able to give you a better big
- 3:11picture of what characters are available where.
- 3:14So I did my best to do that for everybody now.
- 3:17But again, things always change. So keep that in mind as you are
- 3:22looking at characters for your trip.
- 3:24We are going to start with character meals.
- 3:27This is just a quick glance at what characters are where.
- 3:30We're not going to go into what type of food they have or is it
- 3:34the best bang for your buck or you know those types of things
- 3:37when it comes to character meals because we have talked about
- 3:39that previously on Mom St. Again, we've got 114 episodes in
- 3:43our archive of tons of different topics that we've covered.
- 3:46So if you want more in depths about character meals, we did a
- 3:49whole episode on that. Go find it in our archives.
- 3:52But this is just going to be which characters are where for
- 3:56the character meals. And then after character meals,
- 3:58we'll jump into the parks and talk about what characters are
- 4:01at which parks. So starting with our character
- 4:04meals, there are, I feel like far more character meals
- 4:09available than people really realize or remember.
- 4:13So I'm just going to go straight down an alphabetical list here
- 4:17of all of the character meals that are currently being offered
- 4:20at Disney World. So starting with 1900 Park Fair,
- 4:24they are available for breakfast and dinner.
- 4:26And the characters that you can find there are Tiana in her
- 4:31Tiana's Bayou Adventure Explorer outfit, Mirabel, Cinderella and
- 4:36Aladdin at Oskar Shus. And I always say that were word
- 4:40wrong, so apologies if that's not how you actually pronounce
- 4:43it. Royal banquet hall.
- 4:45Oh, I should mention that 1900 Park Fair is at the Grand
- 4:50Floridian. Akershus is at Epcot.
- 4:54They are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- 4:56Now they have rotating princesses.
- 4:58So depending on the day that you go and depending on the meal
- 5:01that you go, you may see a different Princess here, but
- 5:03they typically have Ariel, Tiana.
- 5:07Now that would be Tiana in her green Princess ball gown, Snow
- 5:12White, Aurora, and Belle. You will occasionally see some
- 5:15other princesses rotate in there, but that's kind of the
- 5:18standard that they choose from for that.
- 5:22Now, this next one is the one at Magic Kingdom, and this comes
- 5:26with a little asterisk next to it because it is.
- 5:30Be our guest at Magic Kingdom. Now, depending on who you're
- 5:33asking, some people will consider this a character meal.
- 5:38Disney does not officially on their website consider this a
- 5:42character meal, nor do I. However, you do get to see the
- 5:47Beast if you eat at Be Our Guest.
- 5:49They are lunch and dinner only. But again, it's not a
- 5:53traditional character meal where he comes to every table.
- 5:57It's going to be more of like a pass by walkthrough type of
- 6:01situation. So it's not a true character
- 6:04meal as you would think of one. But I do feel like it's it's
- 6:08worth noting, especially if you've got a mega Beauty and the
- 6:13Beast fan, it's a great option for something completely unique
- 6:17and different because it's just absolutely gorgeously themed
- 6:20inside of that castle. The next one, Cape May Cafe
- 6:24characters are only at breakfast for this one and you will find
- 6:28Mini Daisy, Donald and Goofy there.
- 6:33The next one on our list of alphabetical character meals
- 6:36here, Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary Resort, Breakfast
- 6:39and dinner only for this one, and you will find Mickey,
- 6:42Minnie, Pluto, Donald, and Goofy.
- 6:45Now, I should mention that at some of these character meals,
- 6:47you will find that the characters are dressed to the
- 6:51theme, right? So Cape May Cafe, you're going
- 6:54to find more Beachy kind of outfits on your characters.
- 6:57Chef Mickey's, they're all dressed up as chefs and waiters
- 7:01and waitresses. So cute little outfits with
- 7:03that. The next one that we've got
- 7:06here, this is a more traditional dress one and that is
- 7:09Cinderella's royal table at the Magic Kingdom.
- 7:12This is inside the castle. So this is a a very high end
- 7:19experience that you can pay for and you will find this at
- 7:23breakfast, lunch and dinner. And they also have rotating
- 7:26princesses. So you will find a combination
- 7:30of Cinderella, Ariel, Aurora, Merida, and Jasmine here at this
- 7:35location. The next one is one of my
- 7:37personal favorites and that is Crystal Palace.
- 7:40Also at the Magic Kingdom, this is a breakfast, lunch and dinner
- 7:44and you will find Pooh, Bear, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger.
- 7:47And this is one of my all time favorite character meals.
- 7:49I think it's just so cute inside and I love these characters.
- 7:53So that's a personal favorite of mine.
- 7:56Next on our list of character meals, Garden Grill at Epcot.
- 8:00This is breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- 8:02Here you will find Mickey, Pluto, Chip and Dale.
- 8:06Hollywood and Vine at Hollywood Studios is lunch and dinner.
- 8:09You will find Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Pluto there.
- 8:13Another one that is near and dear to my heart is Ohana.
- 8:16This is at the Polynesian Resort.
- 8:19Characters are only at breakfast at Ohana and you will find Lilo,
- 8:23Stitch, Mickey, and Pluto at that one.
- 8:25So if you've got a Lilo and Stitch person that is your top
- 8:29choice for sure. Next we have one that I think a
- 8:33lot of people don't realize exists and that is Ravello's
- 8:37over at The Four Seasons Resort. So a little bit out of your way
- 8:41when you're thinking about Disney resorts and character
- 8:44meals in the parks and things like that.
- 8:46But it is Ravello's at The Four Seasons.
- 8:49Characters here are at breakfast only and only on selected days.
- 8:53So it's like a Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or something
- 8:57like that. So definitely look up what days
- 8:59they are available 'cause it's not an everyday thing.
- 9:02But over there you will find Mickey Minnie and Goofy.
- 9:07Storybook Dining at Artist Point is next on our list.
- 9:11They are dinner only. This one is really unique
- 9:13because it's a completely different set of characters,
- 9:15right? You've here, you've heard me
- 9:17talking about a lot of these have Mickey Minnie different
- 9:20combinations of the Fab 5 or Fab 6.
- 9:24This one is totally different. So at Storybook Dining, you get
- 9:27the Evil Queen, which is the, I believe the only villain that is
- 9:33at a character meal. You get Snow White, you get
- 9:37Dopey and you get Grumpy. So that is a completely unique
- 9:40different set of characters for a really fun experience over
- 9:43there. Two more on our list here.
- 9:46This next one is my all time favorite character breakfast and
- 9:51that is Topolino's Terrace. Surprising nobody, this one I
- 9:55have raved about four years on Mom St.
- 9:59Kate had raved about it when she was on Mom St.
- 10:01It is our absolute favorite. It is at Disney's Riviera
- 10:04Resort. Characters are breakfast only
- 10:07over there and that will be Mickey, Minnie, Donald and
- 10:11Daisy. And they are in the cutest
- 10:15outfits because they are all different forms of art.
- 10:18So you know, Mickey is a painter, Daisy is a ballerina,
- 10:23Minnie is a writer and Donald is a sculptor, I believe if I'm
- 10:28remembering correctly. But such, such, such a great
- 10:32experience over there. Amazing food, top notch
- 10:34characters, super fun and a great view because it's top of
- 10:37that Riviera Resort, just amazing.
- 10:41And the final character meal on our list is Tusker House that is
- 10:45at Animal Kingdom and it is breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- 10:49And that is Mickey, Daisy, Donald and Goofy over there.
- 10:53So again, that is just your quick rundown of who is where
- 10:56when it comes to character meals.
- 10:59And again, if you want more information about character
- 11:01meals, take a look back in our archives.
- 11:03We've covered dining and talked all about character meals.
- 11:06So take a look at that. But that kind of is that first
- 11:10segment to our character hunting at Walt Disney World.
- 11:13The next segment that we are going to jump into is going to
- 11:16be the park. So we're going to talk about
- 11:18what characters are at what parks.
- 11:22We're going to start with the big one, which is Magic Kingdom.
- 11:24Although I will say, as I was going through here and like
- 11:27actually listing out all of the characters that are at all of
- 11:30these parks, I was reminded about how many other parks also
- 11:37have just as many characters as Magic Kingdom does.
- 11:40So let's talk about Magic Kingdom.
- 11:42And I'm going to kind of separate these into areas in
- 11:44each of the parks just to make it a little bit easier to like
- 11:47visualize and digest for those of you that are familiar with
- 11:50the parks. So starting at Magic Kingdom,
- 11:53let's start at Main Street, right, Right to where you walk
- 11:55in. Mickey, of course, meets over to
- 11:59the side in Town Square Theater. That is a a permanent meet and
- 12:04greet there for him. And I will say before I jump in
- 12:06too far, I will talk a little bit about like rotating meet and
- 12:10greets, roaming characters and like permanent meet and greet
- 12:13spaces. So that way you guys can kind of
- 12:15differentiate between the three. And then also like right around
- 12:19the corner from where Mickey is, there is like a little porch
- 12:23area where they also have started doing more character
- 12:26meet and greets and it typically rotates between Snow White,
- 12:29Elena of Avalor, and Mulan. So you can typically meet one of
- 12:33those there. Now, you will typically find the
- 12:37characters there that are not currently in another location
- 12:41that I'm going to talk about here in just a moment.
- 12:44So those are your Main Street official character meet and
- 12:47greets there. Occasionally you will find
- 12:50characters in the morning like around the flagpole or kind of
- 12:53off to the side, but nothing is like set in stone for those.
- 12:56But sometimes you will find Pluto out front.
- 12:59Sometimes you'll find Mary Poppins out front.
- 13:01Marie has been out front. It just really depends on the
- 13:04day and kind of what time you get there.
- 13:07Typically early morning is best for some of those characters
- 13:10there as well. But let's hop back to
- 13:13Fantasyland where we are going to find the majority of our
- 13:15characters. Here at Magic Kingdom, you can
- 13:18find the evil stepsisters from Cinderella, Anastasia and
- 13:22Drizella behind the castle near the Cinderella Fountain.
- 13:26So if you are approaching the castle, either to go through or
- 13:29to go around there on the back left hand side of the castle
- 13:35near that fountain area, they are a super fun character meet
- 13:39and greet because they're so animated and energetic and they
- 13:42interact with people walking by. Super, super fun.
- 13:46Now let's talk about one that some of the more permanent ones.
- 13:50I guess that one is permanent, but let's talk about one of the
- 13:52other locations and that is the Princess fairy tale hall.
- 13:55This is the big Princess character meet and greet at
- 13:59Magic Kingdom. This is the location that I was
- 14:02mentioning. Up at the front, you might find
- 14:04Snow White, Elena, or Mulan, but you may also find those
- 14:07characters rotated into Princess Fairy Tale Hall.
- 14:11So if you see a character out front in the park, they're
- 14:13obviously not going to be inside Princess Fairy Tale Hall.
- 14:16So you can kind of gauge who may be where based on that, but
- 14:21typically they rotate between Tiana, Cinderella, Elena of
- 14:26Avalor, Rapunzel and Jasmine. Sometimes against Snow White is
- 14:31back in there. You don't see Mulan in that
- 14:33space as often, but it definitely can happen.
- 14:36I'm so that is Princess Fairy Tale Hall right there near the
- 14:39carousel between kind of the castle and where like the Winnie
- 14:43the Pooh ride is back there. Another fun character that I
- 14:47just was mentioning with the Winnie the Pooh ride.
- 14:49If you go around the corner, even further past the entrance
- 14:53to the Winnie the Pooh ride, you will find the thoughtful spot,
- 14:56which is where Pooh and Tigger meet right next to the ride.
- 15:00That is a very popular meet and greet.
- 15:03One, because the characters are popular, but two, because it's
- 15:05very visible from the walkway. So a lot of people like to stop
- 15:09there. I'm so that is a super fun one
- 15:11that you can meet at on the other side of Fantasyland.
- 15:15If we're looking at another popular attraction, Peter Pan's
- 15:18flight around the corner from that, you can find Peter Pan
- 15:21meeting over there as well. You will also sometimes find
- 15:25Peter Pan roaming around Fantasyland before his like
- 15:31official sets start, so that can be a fun interaction as well.
- 15:36He's a great character to kind of see in passing as you're
- 15:39walking around as well. A couple others that are a
- 15:43little more permanent kind of back in that space.
- 15:48If we head back to the back of Fantasyland, we will find
- 15:51Ariel's grotto next to her ride. So obviously that is where you
- 15:54will find the OG version of Ariel meeting back there.
- 15:59And then over by the teacups kind of on that same side of
- 16:03Fantasyland, you will often find Alice and the Mad Hatter meeting
- 16:06over there too. And their meet and greet is a
- 16:09little more. It doesn't have like a set
- 16:13location. They kind of just meet in
- 16:15between the planters over there. So just keep an eye out for
- 16:18those character attendants. They typically have a blue top
- 16:21on and you can find them. They are the ones that help
- 16:25wrangle the masses that want to meet the characters and help
- 16:27guide the character safely in and out of backstage.
- 16:30So if you see one of those cast members, chances are good
- 16:34there's going to be a character not not too far away, unless
- 16:37it's Peter Pan. He likes to outrun his character
- 16:40attendance. So you never know with that one
- 16:42for sure. The other ones that are back in
- 16:45that space, kind of down from the teacups back towards the hub
- 16:50area, you can find Mirabelle in the Fairy Tale Garden area.
- 16:54So that meet and greet is kind of across from the side entrance
- 17:00of Cosmic Rays down from the Cheshire Cat Cafe, kind of
- 17:05triangulated down from the wishing well and the castle.
- 17:08So it's kind of that general area where you will find that
- 17:11one that is a very popular meet and greet as well.
- 17:14I mean, all of these are, let's be real, fabulous characters
- 17:17that you can meet. And then the last one kind of
- 17:19back into the Fantasyland area is back in Storybook Circus near
- 17:23like Dumbo in the Barnstormer. Now this area is currently being
- 17:28refurbished, but back there you can find Mini Daisy, Donald and
- 17:34Goofy in some way, shape or form.
- 17:37They did have, they do have like a set meet and greet back in
- 17:40Pete's silly sideshow building. But like I said, it is being
- 17:44refurbed right now. So I keep an eye on that and
- 17:47look around. But they did have some
- 17:49characters out in some of the other like tent pavilion areas
- 17:52to kind of make up for that construction that's happening
- 17:55back there right now. But that is kind of a quick
- 17:58rundown of who you will find in Fantasyland.
- 18:01Now I will also mention in Fantasyland last summer 2025 and
- 18:07returning back for the summer 2026, Disney does an event
- 18:11called the Cool Kids Summer. And in this event during the
- 18:16early morning, early hours, what do they call it now?
- 18:21I don't even remember. I can't keep it straight, but
- 18:23the those early entry hours for your resort guests back in
- 18:28Fantasyland, they had tons of characters roaming around.
- 18:33I'm so we actually were on a trip during this and we're able
- 18:36to take advantage of this and just by walking from the teacups
- 18:41down to Peter Pan, just walking that straight path through
- 18:44there. We saw Rapunzel and Flynn Rider,
- 18:48we saw Mickey, we saw Captain Hook and Smee, we saw Elena of
- 18:53Avalor. Who else did we see?
- 18:57There was some other princesses wandering around.
- 18:59We saw Tiana and Naveen and that was all literally within a like
- 19:0415 minute period. So if you are somebody that is
- 19:07planning a trip during the summer, keep an eye out for that
- 19:12event to start. I'm not sure the start date off
- 19:14the top of my head and I apologize, I didn't look it up
- 19:17before that. It's probably near the Memorial
- 19:19Day time frame kind of. And it kind of ran like Memorial
- 19:23Day till Labor Day last year, if I remember correctly.
- 19:27But you will want to keep an eye on that event because it will be
- 19:33it's it's just so much fun. My kids opted for meeting the
- 19:37characters instead of jumping on rides during early entry.
- 19:40Like we were full on ready to like jump on 7 doors mine train
- 19:44and they were both like, no, we want to go see the characters.
- 19:47It was such a fun event because it was also not super crowded
- 19:52because during early entry, everybody is pretty ride
- 19:55focused, right? So there weren't a ton of people
- 19:57walking around. And my favorite?
- 20:00The interaction with my oldest happened.
- 20:02He had like a crossbody bag on and when we stopped and talked
- 20:06to Flynn and Rapunzel, Flynn was very interested in what my
- 20:10oldest had in his satchel and it was just a super fun character
- 20:13interaction. It was so magical.
- 20:17So it is a great, great event. If you are planning a trip this
- 20:20summer, keep an eye on that back in Fantasyland.
- 20:23So let's talk about the other areas of Magic Kingdom that you
- 20:27can find characters. There are a few over in
- 20:30Tomorrowland. You can find Chip and Dale now
- 20:33roaming in Tomorrowland in these adorable little like space
- 20:39outfits. They're very cute, very themed.
- 20:42And then the Stitch meets over kind of you can find him a
- 20:46couple different places. He kind of does rotate a little.
- 20:49You can find him near the stage area of the of Tomorrowland.
- 20:52You can also find him over like past the entrance queue to Buzz
- 20:58Lightyear, kind of between the entrance kind of between the
- 21:01queue lines of Buzz Lightyear and Carousel of Progress over
- 21:03along there. So two different places that you
- 21:06can find Stitch over in Tomorrowland.
- 21:09Over in Adventureland, on the other side of the park, you can
- 21:14find Aladdin and Jasmine meeting over by the Magic Carpets of
- 21:18Aladdin. That is a super fun meet and
- 21:21greet as well. Definitely a very popular 1.
- 21:24So keep in mind to to look for that one.
- 21:27And then you can also find Captain Jack Sparrow meeting
- 21:29kind of around the corner from the Pirates of the Caribbean
- 21:33ride over there as well. And then in Frontierland, the
- 21:37the, the character meet and greet that you find over there.
- 21:40Now, Chippendale used to be over there, but they got shipped over
- 21:43to Tomorrowland. But you can still find the
- 21:45country bears out roaming around out in front of their their
- 21:48attraction. So they're a super fun one and
- 21:51if you have the right time, you can catch their little hoedown
- 21:54dance that they do out front of the country bears as well.
- 21:57But they are more of a roaming character, not a set meet and
- 22:00greet over there. And I do just want to mention
- 22:04that along with looking for these characters in the app,
- 22:08like we talked about at the beginning, you want to make sure
- 22:11that you look at their times. And if it's a character that you
- 22:14really want to meet, you want to make sure you your best bet is
- 22:17to line up like 20 minutes before their time slot happens.
- 22:24O let's say that you really want to meet Mirabal in Fairy Tale
- 22:29Gardens. Since she has a set time that
- 22:32starts at 9:20. You want to make sure you're in
- 22:35line no later than 9:00 to make sure that you are there for
- 22:38that. Now, occasionally you can get
- 22:40lucky. Some of these have longer wait,
- 22:42some of them have shorter weights.
- 22:43It really just depends. But the the character attendance
- 22:46will cut off those lines to give those characters a break.
- 22:49So you want to make sure that you are jumping in line and
- 22:51ready to go for those characters that you do want to meet.
- 22:55So that is the general list for Magic Kingdom.
- 22:59Again, a pretty lengthy list for this park, but we're going to
- 23:03hop over now to animal Kingdom that does have a smaller list,
- 23:08but there's also a ton of construction going on over at
- 23:10animal Kingdom right now. So let's keep that in mind as we
- 23:14look at this list. So let's talk about the
- 23:16characters that are currently at Animal Kingdom, starting with
- 23:20the Oasis, which is kind of like the first entry point that you
- 23:23have for animal Kingdom as you right after you go in through
- 23:27the tap styles and there is where you will find Pluto
- 23:31meeting. So he's kind of off to the side
- 23:34hidden in one of the path, one of the paths that is a long kind
- 23:39of you can kind of go left or right, right as you go around
- 23:43that to get towards the towards the tree of life and towards the
- 23:47park. But you will find Pluto out in
- 23:49the Oasis now on Discovery Island, which is kind of like
- 23:52the main central hub of Animal Kingdom.
- 23:56Lots of characters here. A couple of them are set
- 24:00locations, a couple of them are roaming.
- 24:02So you can find Mickey and Minnie in their safari gear.
- 24:05At the Adventurers Outpost. You can find a new meet and
- 24:10greet that is happening now that the new Zootopia show has
- 24:13opened. At Animal Kingdom.
- 24:15You can meet Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps.
- 24:18They have taken over the location where Russell and Doug
- 24:22used to be. Russell and Doug have relocated.
- 24:25They are still available, but that is a super fun new meet and
- 24:28greet that you can enjoy at Animal Kingdom.
- 24:31Again, like I said, Russell and Doug are still available to
- 24:33meet. Moana is available to meet and
- 24:37Pocahontas. So those are going to be your
- 24:39kind of set meet and greets. And then one of the most iconic
- 24:44roaming character meet and greets is Kevin from up over at
- 24:49Animal Kingdom. So you will find her walking
- 24:53around lots of different places kind of as you are approaching
- 24:57the Tree of Life, she's typically over on the right hand
- 24:59side of the Discovery Island area kind of as you're going
- 25:03towards what is currently Dino Land, but set to be the tropical
- 25:08Americas here before too long. So that is where you will kind
- 25:12of find her wandering around and she is a super fun character to
- 25:17interact with as you are walking through the pathways of Animal
- 25:21Kingdom for sure. The other main area to find
- 25:25characters is actually at Rafiki's Planet Watch, and this
- 25:29one is not a very heavily visited area because you have to
- 25:36take the Wildlife Express train to get there.
- 25:39So keep in mind that this train does typically stop running an
- 25:42hour and a half to two hours before park closes.
- 25:46So you want to definitely leave yourself enough time to get out
- 25:48there and experience what is all out there.
- 25:51That's where currently the the petting zoo and the Animation
- 25:56Academy drawing classes out there.
- 25:59There are some changes coming out there soon, which we'll talk
- 26:02about here in just a second. But currently you can meet Timon
- 26:06and Rafiki out there, which super, super fun meeting Rafiki
- 26:10is a pretty great character meet and greet.
- 26:12He's a super fun character to find out there.
- 26:16And who doesn't love Timon from The Lion King, right?
- 26:19But like I mentioned, there are some updates and new things
- 26:23coming to that area of Animal Kingdom this summer.
- 26:27We got the official word from Disney Parks that Blue E and
- 26:32Bingo from the show Blue E are coming out to that area this
- 26:37summer. So keep an eye on more updates
- 26:40for that. They haven't specifically said
- 26:42exactly what's going to happen other than we know that Blue E
- 26:45and Bingo are going to be out in that area.
- 26:49So if you are someone that is going this summer, keep an eye
- 26:52on a Disney Parks blog. They're the best, the best new
- 26:58source when it comes to all of the updates and things that are
- 27:01happening at the Disney Parks. So Blue and Bingo are coming
- 27:04very soon out there. Not sure what that means for
- 27:07Rafiki, Tamone, the petting zoo, the drawing class, that remains
- 27:10to be seen. So we'll find that out soon
- 27:12hopefully. And that pretty much wraps up
- 27:15Animal Kingdom. Like I said, they are going
- 27:18under a ton of construction currently for the next couple
- 27:21days as I'm recording this. There are still some character
- 27:24meet and greets over in Dinolands, but that is coming to
- 27:27an end here in the next several days sadly to make room for more
- 27:32of the construction going on for the Tropical Americas.
- 27:34I do envision that we will probably get some meet and
- 27:38greets over there once and Canto is done because of the Encanto
- 27:43ride. I'm hoping maybe we get
- 27:45Mirabelle or Bruno. Bruno has been in the parks.
- 27:49Maybe we get Isabella and Louisa.
- 27:51They've been over in Disneyland, so maybe they bring them over.
- 27:54That would be so awesome if we get them over there.
- 27:57So fingers crossed. Disney, if you're listening, we
- 28:00want Encanto characters for meet and greets once Tropical
- 28:03America's opens. But for now, that is what you
- 28:06can find at Animal Kingdom. Let's talk about Hollywood
- 28:09Studios, shall we? This park really once I wrote
- 28:13down all of the characters that were available at this park
- 28:16really surprised me and reminded me how many characters they have
- 28:21crammed into this park. So while I always say that
- 28:25Hollywood Studios is not a super great park for little littles
- 28:29because they do have so many thrill rides, so many rides with
- 28:32height requirements, things like that, they truly have so many
- 28:37characters. So let's jump in and see if we
- 28:40can keep them all straight and figure out where they all
- 28:42belong. Again, we're going to talk about
- 28:44where they are based on location.
- 28:45Some of these locations are a little niche, so I will give
- 28:49clarity and context as much as I can.
- 28:50But when we enter Hollywood Studios, we are on Hollywood
- 28:55Blvd. That is the one that leads us
- 28:57straight to the Chinese Theater and down kind of closer to the
- 29:01theater he will find Chip and Dale.
- 29:03They have kind of been there for for a while, but there are some
- 29:07new character meet and greets that are happening around that
- 29:10kind of Plaza area. And these popped up shortly
- 29:15after the the courtyard kind of over near Little Mermaid where
- 29:21Star Wars Launch Bay and the Disney Junior Dance Party were.
- 29:25When that closed, these characters kind of popped up.
- 29:28So I don't know if they're here to stay once that reopens.
- 29:31And that's supposed to be reopening like summer, I think.
- 29:35So fairly quick turn around over there.
- 29:38So I don't know if these will stay, but currently you can find
- 29:43Jiminy Cricket, you can find Pinocchio, you can find Mary
- 29:47Poppins, and you can find Bert all over in that area.
- 29:50So super fun. Really kind of more rare
- 29:54characters. You don't typically see
- 29:56Pinocchio ever and Jiminy Cricket, you really only see him
- 30:00at like run Disney events or like special after hours events,
- 30:04things like that. And Mary Poppins and Bert are
- 30:07over there as well, which is super, super fun.
- 30:10And then over on the Echo Lakeside, which is over kind of
- 30:14near Gertie is where you will find a Daisy and Donald.
- 30:19They meet over kind of right in front of the the big statue of
- 30:23Gertie. And then over a little bit
- 30:26further into the Echo Lake space by Star Tours.
- 30:30That is where you will now find Darth Vader.
- 30:32So he used to be on the opposite side of the park in Launch Bay,
- 30:35but they have moved him over to the Star Tours queue for the
- 30:38time being. Again, not sure how long he's
- 30:42going to stay there or if he will be relocated again after
- 30:46that construction is done. That remains to be seen, but
- 30:48that is where you can currently find him.
- 30:51Now, if we talk about Grand Ave. which is the road that kind of
- 30:56goes by, where Muppets RIP, where Muppets was, that is where
- 31:01you will find Goofy, Max and Pluto.
- 31:04So those are characters that meet over in that space kind of
- 31:07between the end of Star Tours and where the entrance to
- 31:12Galaxy's Edge over on that side is, if that makes sense, kind of
- 31:15in that space over there. If we kind of circle back
- 31:20towards the center of the park on Commissary Lane, that is
- 31:23where you will find the building that houses Olaf and Minnie and
- 31:29Mickey. So Olaf, you can enter from the
- 31:33oh gosh, you can enter from the like back lot express side of
- 31:38that. If you want to see Olafi's on
- 31:40that side of the building, if you want to see Mickey and
- 31:43Minnie in there and they're like fancy.
- 31:45Minnie is in like her fancy red carpet.
- 31:47I just hit my microphone. Minnie is in her little like
- 31:50fancy red carpet dress. And that is Sorcerer Mickey over
- 31:54there. They are on the opposite side of
- 31:56the building. So you can enter to see them
- 32:00closer to like what is that sci-fi that's right there down
- 32:04from ABC commissary. So hopefully that helps you kind
- 32:07of triangulate that location. But both of those are available
- 32:11and those are like inside building permanently available
- 32:15there. Moving to kind of the backside
- 32:20of the Chinese Theatre in the animation courtyard area, which
- 32:24is directly behind the theater, you will find the live action
- 32:29version of Ariel doing a meet and greet back there and then as
- 32:33you continue kind of around towards Toy Story Land, but
- 32:37don't quite go to Toy Story Land yet.
- 32:39If you hit the Pixar Plaza area, which is where the old entrance
- 32:44to Toy Story Mania used to be, kind of the backside of that
- 32:47building down from the little marketplace and coffee stands
- 32:52that are right there, that is where you will find a ton of
- 32:55Pixar characters. So Edna Mode has an inside meet
- 32:59and greet in the one building in there.
- 33:01Mr. and Mrs. Incredible are often meeting out in the
- 33:03Courtyard Plaza along with Frozone.
- 33:06You can also find Sully from Monsters Inc in that area and
- 33:09Joy from Inside Out. So if you've got a Pixar kiddo,
- 33:13that is their spot for characters.
- 33:15You will find so many. And a lot of the times if you
- 33:18just like go into that Plaza and you just look from side to side,
- 33:21you can see all of those characters all in one spot.
- 33:24So a really, really good place for lots of characters and kind
- 33:28of a close proximity when it comes to that.
- 33:31Now, after you've got your Pixar filled there, let's go into Toy
- 33:34Story Land again. I told you so many characters in
- 33:38Hollywood studios because I still have like a third of the
- 33:40list left to read. So inside Toy Story Land you
- 33:43will find Buzz Lightyear meeting and you will find Woody and
- 33:47Jesse. Buzz is usually near the
- 33:49entrance. Sometimes Woody is out there.
- 33:52It just depends. And then Woody and Jesse
- 33:54typically meet in the little, there's like a little, I don't
- 33:58know, alcove of sidewalk kind of right past the entrance to Toy
- 34:03Story Mania. And they will typically line up
- 34:06how people line up there to meet Woody and Jesse usually
- 34:09together. Sometimes they are separate.
- 34:12It just depends on the timing and kind of where everybody is
- 34:16for the day for that. So that's kind of your Pixar
- 34:20rundown of where to meet all of those characters, as well as,
- 34:23you know, Mickey and Minnie and Goofy and all of those other
- 34:26characters as well. The last area of Hollywood
- 34:29studios that we need to talk about is Galaxy's Edge.
- 34:32Now here's the thing about characters in Galaxy's Edge.
- 34:36There are no official character meet and greets on Batu, which
- 34:42is Galaxy's Edge because, and you've heard us talk about this
- 34:45before on Mom St. especially when we did some of our Star
- 34:48Wars episodes with Stevie, it is intended for that space to be an
- 34:53immersive on world experience. So it's supposed to be like you
- 34:58are truly visiting Batu, so that way you feel like you are on the
- 35:06planet, you are immersed in their surroundings and all of
- 35:10that. So because of that, there are no
- 35:14official character meet and greet locations or spaces on
- 35:18Batu because those characters just exist as people on this
- 35:25planet. They are not celebrity movie
- 35:28characters like they would be to us coming from the outside.
- 35:32So all of these characters that exist here are all roaming
- 35:36characters. They are not someone that is
- 35:39specifically at a meet and greet location where they're stopped
- 35:42to take pictures with people. So they are always roaming when
- 35:46it comes to all of these characters inside of Batu.
- 35:49Let's talk about what characters you can find.
- 35:52You can find the Stormtroopers. They are often roaming around
- 35:57various locations inside of Batu.
- 36:00You can find Kylo Ren. Now you will see times for Kylo
- 36:04Ren because there is like a little show kind of that happens
- 36:09near his ship right by the milk stand, kind of down around the
- 36:13corner from the Millennium Falcon.
- 36:16So there are times for him, but that it is not a true meet and
- 36:19greet. But you can find Kylo Ren of the
- 36:21Stormtroopers, you can find Ray. She is a couple different places
- 36:26at a couple different times. Just kind of have to keep an eye
- 36:29out for her. Same with Chewbacca, he tends to
- 36:34stand a little bit more still, either by the Millennium Falcon
- 36:37or over on the other side of the ships or where the other ships
- 36:41are on the other side, kind of near if you're coming from Toy
- 36:44Story Land, those first ships that are on the left hand side
- 36:48as you enter through into Batu, he does tend to stand a little
- 36:52bit more still. So does Ray, but they're still
- 36:54not official meet and greets, so just keep that in mind.
- 36:58You can also find VI Marati, which if you have listened to
- 37:01any of our Star Wars episodes that we've talked about, she is
- 37:04a super fun character. She's a little harder to spot
- 37:08because she's supposed to be, you know, in her character,
- 37:11she's supposed to be kind of like, you know, scoping out and
- 37:14and spying and checking on what's going on.
- 37:16So but she's a super fun to interact 1 to interact with.
- 37:21And then the the big one, the big draw of characters inside of
- 37:24galaxy's edges, of course, the Mandalorian and Grogu.
- 37:28You can find them on the end of the marketplace on the rise of
- 37:34the resistance side. So if you're going towards rise
- 37:36of the resistance, the ride that end of the marketplace near like
- 37:39the bathrooms in the water fountains out that side is where
- 37:42you will typically find him. Now that being said, let's talk
- 37:46just briefly about etiquette around the Mandalorian and
- 37:50Grogu, because it is very well known that at all of his sets he
- 37:56gets swarmed by people. So please, just a kind reminder
- 38:03to give them space. They will approach you, they
- 38:07will interact with you, they're happy to do so.
- 38:11But give them space. Don't crowd them.
- 38:15Keep your bubble, let them keep their.
- 38:17So keep that in mind when you are looking for The Mandalorian
- 38:22and Grogu for sure. OK, I think that is the end of
- 38:26our Hollywood Studios list. Again, like I said, that Park
- 38:30definitely has the most characters.
- 38:34I didn't do an official count of how many there were, but I would
- 38:39say Epcot comes in. A Cloak comes in very close
- 38:42behind, as does Magic Kingdom, but I believe at first glance,
- 38:47Hollywood Studios has the most. So definitely a great character
- 38:51park. If those characters that I
- 38:52mentioned are ones that you like.
- 38:55I will also mention that Fantasmic at Hollywood Studios
- 39:00has a ton of characters too. So again, not a meet and greet.
- 39:03Definitely you know more of the show where you can see them, but
- 39:0810's and 20s of characters at that show at Hollywood Studios,
- 39:12so something to keep in mind as well.
- 39:14That can also be said for shows and parades at Magic Kingdom as
- 39:18well. Again, another great place to
- 39:19see characters even if you're not doing official meet and
- 39:21greets with them too. OK, we are on to our final park
- 39:27here in our character hunting at Walt Disney World.
- 39:30So let's talk about Epcot now. Epcot has a ton of characters.
- 39:35They are far more spread out than any of the other parks just
- 39:40because of the nature of so many of them being out in World
- 39:44Showcase. They're a little trickier to get
- 39:47between and you kind of have to definitely have a game plan
- 39:51going into the into your time out in world choke is if you are
- 39:57aiming to meet characters because it will be very easy to
- 40:00miss sets or, you know, backtrack or walk all over the
- 40:04place. When it comes to world choke is
- 40:05it's easy to do that anyway even if you're not looking for
- 40:08characters, so. Definitely plan accordingly.
- 40:11But before we get to World Showcase, let's talk about the
- 40:13front of the park of Epcot. So in the World Celebration
- 40:18area, which is that new central located area in the front of the
- 40:22park of what used to be Future World, you will find a couple
- 40:26different characters. You will find Pluto typically
- 40:29meeting right at the front of the park near Spaceship Earth.
- 40:32So as you enter the park, he's going to be off to the right
- 40:35hand side and you're going to be able to see him before you even
- 40:38get to Spaceship Earth. He's just right in that first
- 40:40little space off to the right hand side, typically Pluto there
- 40:45as you go further in to world celebration inside of the one
- 40:50side of Communicore Hall, you will find the Mickey and friends
- 40:54meet and greet. Now this is always going to be
- 40:57Mickey that is inside this meet and greet, but the other two are
- 41:00going to rotate. So it just depends on when you
- 41:05get there and who is in there at that time.
- 41:10Like I think we saw Minnie and we saw Goofy when we went in
- 41:13there. So it's just kind of someone in
- 41:15the Fab 5 is who you're going to see inside of there.
- 41:18And then the other one that is technically still in World
- 41:21Celebration is Figment inside of his Imagination Pavilion.
- 41:24So the exit of Figment is where you're going to find that meet
- 41:29and greet, if that is one that is important to you.
- 41:30Very, very fun, popular newer meet and greet over at Epcot on
- 41:37the same side as Figment in the World Nature area, you will find
- 41:42a Moana meet and greet and that is near the entrance to her
- 41:46ride. So or not her ride, her
- 41:49attraction, her walkthrough experience.
- 41:51So you will find Moana over there near the exit of Journey
- 41:55of Water and then if we go over to the other side of the park
- 42:01over near in world discovery, over near Cosmic Rewind, you
- 42:06will find star Lords. Now Star Lord is a roaming
- 42:08character. He is not someone that is
- 42:10standing still to do a meet and greet.
- 42:12Moana is standing still. Figment, Pluto, McKee and
- 42:15friends, they're all standing still.
- 42:17Star Lord is not he is a roaming character and he will just kind
- 42:20of wander the Plaza outside of cosmic rewind.
- 42:24So if you want to see him, that is where you need to hang out.
- 42:26He he doesn't hang out super close to like the ship that's
- 42:30out front of the ride. He's a little bit further out
- 42:33typically kind of out of that does that area gets really
- 42:38congested, right. So he's a little bit further out
- 42:40from that area and that kind of takes care of the the characters
- 42:45you typically find in the front of Epcot.
- 42:49All of the other characters are going to be out in World
- 42:52Showcase. So let's kind of head out and
- 42:54then we're just going to work our way around.
- 42:56We're going to go towards Mexico first.
- 42:58Don't read into it. We're not getting into the
- 43:01Mexico versus Canada debate. We're just we're going left and
- 43:05we're going clockwise. OK.
- 43:08So as you go out into World Showcase, the first little area
- 43:11that you're going to come to is called the Port of Entry and
- 43:14there is a little pavilion across from the Disney Traders
- 43:17Store and that is where you will actually find Asha from Wish.
- 43:21So that is a super unique, super rare, fun character meet and
- 43:25greet that you can find out in out in the kind of entryway of
- 43:31World showcase. Now as we head towards Mexico,
- 43:36you can find Donald Duck in his sombrero 3 caballeros get up, if
- 43:41you will, over kind of just passed the Mexico pavilion.
- 43:45He's got a little spot that he meets over there.
- 43:48As we continue our way around you get to the Norway pavilion
- 43:52and Anna and Elsa meet there. Now, if you're going the
- 43:55direction that I'm speaking about, the meet and greet is
- 43:58actually before you get to the ride and the main like area of
- 44:04the pavilion. So if you get to the ride,
- 44:06you've gone too far, come back a little ways and you will find
- 44:09the entry to their to the Anna and Elsa meet and greet.
- 44:12So after you have met with Anna and Elsa, as you continue around
- 44:16the World Showcase China Pavilion, you can meet Mulan
- 44:20back in there and then over as you continue in the Germany
- 44:25pavilion, you can find Snow White.
- 44:27She typically is a little more hidden back.
- 44:30She is not a as much of A well known character meet and greet
- 44:34out in World Showcase from what I have seen.
- 44:36As you continue around, the next location I want to talk about is
- 44:39a little bit different and we haven't talked much about this
- 44:42because Epcot is really the park that you find this the most.
- 44:46And that is there are no official character meet and
- 44:49greets in the America Pavilion. However, there is a pathway
- 44:54between or beside the Regal Eagle Quick Service in the
- 44:58America Pavilion that frequently has random unique characters
- 45:04because that is where they take the characters in training.
- 45:07So you can see a random mix of characters there for all of the
- 45:10new cast members that are in training.
- 45:12So new character attendants that are practicing their skills and
- 45:16kind of getting used to their role can be found there, as well
- 45:20as new character friends that are are learning the role of
- 45:24that as well. So I've seen everyone from Mary
- 45:28Poppins, I've seen Mary Poppins Penguins, I've seen Jiminy
- 45:31Cricket, I've seen the country bears, I've seen so many a
- 45:34random assortment. Marie has been over there, I've
- 45:38seen, I don't even remember, but lots of different characters in
- 45:42that location. So if you're wandering around
- 45:45and you're you're making your loop through World showcase, be
- 45:47sure to stop and like look down because they're not going to be
- 45:50all the way out in the pathway unless you look that direction
- 45:55into that like alleyway, you're not going to see them beat.
- 45:59But now sometimes they will have cast members that are like
- 46:01standing out in the main walkway saying like, Hey, we've got some
- 46:04character friends if you want to come and meet them.
- 46:07Not always, it just really depends, but lots and lots of
- 46:10fun characters that you can find over in that space.
- 46:14The last time I went through there, who did I interact with?
- 46:17Smee. Smee was there and I, I didn't,
- 46:21you know, do a photo or an autograph or anything, but I
- 46:23just like stopped and interacted with Smee for a little while
- 46:25while I was walking through World Showcase.
- 46:27That was super fun. So keep that in mind that if
- 46:30you're looking for fun unique characters and you're willing to
- 46:35help out some new cast members in training, that's a fun place
- 46:39to to stop and look for those. Continuing our way clockwise
- 46:43around World Showcase, we will come to the Morocco Pavilion and
- 46:48Jasmine has a meet and greet back in the Morocco Pavilion.
- 46:51That is a super fun pavilion to explore.
- 46:53By the way, they've got a lot of little hidden shops and there's
- 46:57like a little drink cart and they have right now for Festival
- 47:00of the Arts that have the Loracana little lounges back
- 47:02there, but that's also a pass holder lounge and the Blue Cross
- 47:09Blue Shield lounge during what is that during food and wine?
- 47:13I think so. A fun little lounge back there,
- 47:15lots of fun, fun things in that pavilion, but you can meet
- 47:19Jasmine there. After you exit the Morocco
- 47:22pavilion, you're going to come upon France.
- 47:24Two different character meet and greets in France that you can
- 47:27find. The 1 is going to be kind of a
- 47:29cross on the water side of France, and that is Belle in her
- 47:34blue dress in her provincial town, Belle dress.
- 47:38So if you want that version of Belle, you can meet her there.
- 47:41The other one is going to be Aurora and she is in a little
- 47:45like gazebo area kind of on the far side of the France Pavilion
- 47:49that is along the walkway. If you're taking the back
- 47:51walkway to get to Remy's, that is the way that you will find
- 47:56Aurora over there. So two different meet and greets
- 47:58in the France Pavilion that you can find.
- 48:01After that, you're going to head over the bridge back towards the
- 48:05front area of World Showcase. But before you get to the UK,
- 48:10there's one more area I want to talk about, and that is the
- 48:12International Gateway entrance. So this is the second entrance,
- 48:16the back entrance to Epcot, where the sky liner and like the
- 48:19yacht and beach club and boardwalk are along the pathway
- 48:23that is between the entrance gate and like the main path of
- 48:26World Showcase. They have characters that meet
- 48:29there. Daisy is frequently over there.
- 48:32But no, this is also another place where you will find those
- 48:35characters in training. So we talked about that at the
- 48:37America Pavilion. You can also find that at this
- 48:40International Gateway entrance where you may find some other
- 48:43characters with Daisy. I've seen the stepsisters there,
- 48:47I've seen Minnie there. There's lots of other characters
- 48:50that kind of pop in there as well.
- 48:52So those two places are really good for fun, unique characters.
- 48:56If you're at Epcot, after you have hit the International
- 49:00Gateway area, you're going to be in the UK pavilion.
- 49:03Three different meet and greets that you can find in the UK
- 49:06pavilion. The first two rotate back and
- 49:09forth and they are in the little garden area that's off to the
- 49:12side and that is Alice from Alice in Wonderland and Mary
- 49:15Poppins. So they both will meet kind of
- 49:18right near there's like a there's a little building and
- 49:22then there's like a little, what do you call it, like a trellis
- 49:26archway that is in that garden, that tea garden area.
- 49:29They typically meet like right in that space.
- 49:31So kind of right along the pathway.
- 49:33Pretty easy to to spot them. But then the other one in the UK
- 49:38is my absolute favorite character meet and greet.
- 49:42And I did not intentionally leave my favorite till the last.
- 49:45It's just the way that that ended up today.
- 49:47My favorite meet and greet is the Winnie the Pooh meet and
- 49:51greet inside the UK Pavilion. It's hidden back in the corner
- 49:56and it is so magical and special and I love it so much.
- 50:00So if you head to the very back courtyard of the UK pavilion
- 50:04near where the the band will play, sometimes back in there on
- 50:09the very backside of that building is where you will find
- 50:11the Winnie the Pooh meet and greet.
- 50:13And it takes place in the scene that is inside Christopher
- 50:17Robin's bedroom. And it is just the most adorable
- 50:21and a precious space. I love it so much back there.
- 50:25Pooh Bear is one of my absolute favorite characters and I have
- 50:28had some really special interactions with Pooh back in
- 50:32that space. So that is a wonderful meet and
- 50:35greet. Usually has a very short line
- 50:37back there. So if you are a Pooh Bear fan
- 50:40and maybe the line at the Magic Kingdom was too long long now
- 50:44Pooh and Tigger meet together at Magic Kingdom.
- 50:45So that is different. This one at at Epcot is just
- 50:48Pooh Bear. This is a great location for you
- 50:51to go and meet Pooh Bear if you choose to.
- 50:54So that is our list for Epcot. But before we end our episode
- 50:58for today, I do just briefly want to mention that from time
- 51:02to time, actually fairly often, you can actually run into some
- 51:09character magic at your Disney Resort hotel.
- 51:12So this happens a lot where the characters will just pop up
- 51:16randomly at the Disney resorts. So keep an eye out in your main
- 51:21like lobby area for signs that talk about character
- 51:26experiences. And it may say like 3:00 to 5:00
- 51:30on Monday, Wednesday, Friday or something like that.
- 51:33And that will tell you that you're going to have random
- 51:37characters popping up in your hotel lobby area.
- 51:40Sometimes they are by the front doors, like the entryways.
- 51:45I've seen them by like the bus stop, like walkways, kind of
- 51:49like going toward like not at the bus stops, but like towards
- 51:51the bus stops. Really, really fun, fun ways to
- 51:57have kind of just chance character experiences.
- 52:01They do hang out most frequently in the lobby areas.
- 52:03It really just depends. But you can also keep an eye out
- 52:07for they have this big bus that they take the characters from
- 52:11place to place on that they call the character Caravan.
- 52:14And it is a brightly colored bus that's got like like different
- 52:19like squares of color on it and talks about characters or
- 52:22something on the outside. So that is another really great
- 52:25sign that the characters may be hanging around of the resort
- 52:29lobby that you're at. We actually had this happen.
- 52:31We were doing a Christmas tree excursion, a couple trips to go
- 52:37with my family and we saw the character bus out and about and
- 52:40then we could see in a distance we could see some of the
- 52:42characters. And that was over at the
- 52:43Contemporary. We just happened to be over
- 52:45there because we were looking at the Gingerbread castle and the
- 52:48Christmas trees and stuff. So super, super fun.
- 52:51And yeah, Cassie in our live chat here makes a good point
- 52:54that they do come to the resorts, especially in bad
- 52:56weather. So like if you have, you know,
- 52:59if it's really, really bad, like almost hurricane wise, they
- 53:01definitely send characters out to the resorts there if people
- 53:03are kind of stuck and not able to go into the parks or what,
- 53:06whatever it may be. But yeah, they have a lot of,
- 53:10you know, Disney is very aware of like, hey, it's raining
- 53:13outside. There's not a lot to do.
- 53:14So they'll send characters to different resorts at different
- 53:17times for those kinds of experiences.
- 53:19Super, super fun way to just happen upon some characters.
- 53:24This happened to us when we were on our last trip.
- 53:27We were at, where did we stay? We were at Art of Animation and
- 53:32the one morning we were just walking through to go from our
- 53:35room to the bus stop to go to whatever park we were going to
- 53:40that day and we just happened upon Pluto in the lobby.
- 53:45So you know, super, super fun. It's always a great experience
- 53:49when you just happen randomly upon characters.
- 53:51I think those are some of the most fun experiences that you
- 53:54can have with character. So all of that now being
- 53:57covered, I think that is the general overview of of character
- 54:01hunting at Walt Disney World. Now, I will also mention we
- 54:05didn't go into any of the special events, right?
- 54:07There are always special characters at the Halloween
- 54:10parties, at the Christmas parties, after hours events,
- 54:13special ticketed events, Moonlight magic.
- 54:15Those are the really rare characters that you will find.
- 54:19So if you're going to one of those events to do some quick
- 54:21Googling to see what characters have been found at some of those
- 54:25events in the past. But this is kind of just your
- 54:28general day-to-day. These are likely the characters
- 54:32that you can find at the Disney parks.
- 54:34Again, this is up to date as of the end of January of 2026.
- 54:39Things always change. So who knows, maybe we'll make
- 54:42this an annual update of characters episode that we do
- 54:46over here on Mom St. to give you guys the most up to date
- 54:49information. But your best place is going to
- 54:51be, like I said, you're my Disney experience app or
- 54:54checking the Disney World website.
- 54:56If that is something that you are really looking forward to
- 54:59doing. You want to grab autographs and
- 55:01photos of characters, listen to this and then check there too.
- 55:05So hopefully this was helpful to kind of put them all in one
- 55:10space for you. If you need any additional help
- 55:12planning a trip or you've got questions or topics you'd like
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- 55:19you. You can reach out to us Mom St.
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- 55:30That is a really great place to get a hold of us.
- 55:32Put a comment up there on one of our posts.
- 55:34If you've got questions or comments or suggestions, we
- 55:37would love to hear from you. But with that being covered, I
- 55:42think we've got some fun episodes coming up next.
- 55:45The next episode that we are going to do here on Mom Street
- 55:48is going to be all about catching a kid approved vibe at
- 55:53Disney World and talking about places to chill and also the
- 55:55best play places. So that is coming up next on Mom
- 55:59St. USA.
- 55:59But for today, that is the end of our episode.
- 56:02Thank you guys so much for joining me for this episode of
- 56:05Mom St. USA and I will see you on the
- 56:07next one.