Character Meet & Greets

[cdsmiler81]

Hi all,

Has anyone on here made a list of ALL the character meet and greets around the parks? Not just the permanent ones but the more incidental ones? I've been making a list (as a checking check list!!) for our trip in March and thought it might be interesting to pop it on here for people to contribute to? But if this type of thing already exists somewhere, then I don't want to re-create the wheel.....

This is what I've got so far:

DISNEYLAND PARK

PERMANENT CHARACTER MEETS
(See programme for timings)

* Meet Mickey Mouse - Fantasyland - Mickey Mouse
* Princess Pavillion - Fantasyland - Various Princesses
* Boarding House Nr Liberty Arcade - Main Street USA -Duffy the Disney Bear or friends (often Minnie)
* Caseys Corner - Main Street USA - Winnie the Pooh or friends

SEASONAL OR INCIDENTAL
Spotted by visitors!

* Ribbons & Bows - Main Street - Goofy (Jan 2014)
* Rhythm of the jungle - Adventureland - Jungle Book / Lion King characters (Jan 2014)
* Teacups / Alice Labyrinth - Alice / Mad Hatter/Tweedles (Jan 2014)
* Nr Space Mountain - Stitch (Jan 2014)
* Outside Cowboy Cookout - Goofy
* Outside Colonel Hathis - Goofy
* Peter Pan Stage (back of Chalet Marionette) - Peter Pan Characters (Jan 2014)
* Plaza Gardens - Hundred Acre Wood Characters
* Pizzeria Bella Notre - Pinocchio Characters
* Santas Village - Goofy (19-12-13)
* Adventureland - Adventurer Donald, Chip & Dale, Rafiki (17-01-14)
* Cottonwood - Emile (17-01-14)
* Phantom Manor - Frontierland - Jack Skellington & Sally (Halloween - Christmas 2013)
* Courtyard at the back of the Castle - Dr Facilier, Queen of Hearts, The Witch, Evil Queen, Maleficent, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, Drusilla, the sheriff of Nottingham, Cruella and excuse my horrible knowledge: the baddies from Mulan, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas (Halloween)


STUDIOS

PERMANENT CHARACTER MEETS
(See programme for timings)

* Toon Studio - Toon Plaza - Mickey Mouse or friends
* Toon Studio - Toon Plaza - Buzz Lightyear (AM only)
* Toon Studio - Toon Plaza - Disney Characters (PM only)
* Production Courtyard - Disney Characters, including at times Mary Poppins, Bert, Emile, Remy, Donald Duck, Stitch, Lilo, Cruella de Ville, Ariel, Mulan, Snow White, Snow White's Evil (stepmother) Queen, Woody, Jessie, Gaston, Daisy
* Disney Junior Live on Stage Show - Meet and greets before - Sofia
Restaurant des Stars -little Remy (no guarantee he'll come to your table)


Character Dining

* Auberge de Cendrillon - Disney Princesses and the odd Prince, Suzy & Perla
* Café Mickey - Village - Various, often including Mickey, Minnie, Tigger, Goofy and Pluto.
* Inventions Sunday Brunch - Disneyland Hotel - Various (Sunday brunch weekly themed)
* Inventions Evening Buffets - Disneyland Hotel - Various
* The Steak House Sunday Brunch - Village - Various

Also...
* Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show - Mickey & Goofy Sheriff in Colonel Cody's Saloon

And who knows who you might meet in each Disney Hotel!
For example...

Meet and Greets and the resorts hotels in the morning. Found in the lobby of the Santa Fe, Cheyenne, Sequia Lodge, Newport Bay Club, New York and the Disneyland Hotel.

Then there is the 'Descent of the Stairs' at the Disneyland Hotel in the afternoons, check the days times with the hotels reception. It's a sort of mini show with the characters dancing down the stairs. They then hang around the lobby of the hotel for a while. ShellieMay has been spotted here!

Recent Hotel Spots:

* Cheyenne - Minnie, Jessie (16-12-14)
* New York - Pluto, Chip & dale (07-01-14)

Also see - http://www.charactercentral.net/

Is this useful to anyone? Can anyone add any recent (within last 12 months) meet and greets you've seen on your visits? If people think this is useful, maybe people could post below and I could add to the list?

Happy to remove this if there's already a list somewhere that I could add to instead?

BIG THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED!

C x

 

[kizzabel]

Hi all,

Has anyone on here made a list of ALL the character meet and greets around the parks? Not just the permanent ones but the more incidental ones? I've been making a list (as a checking check list!!) for our trip in March and thought it might be interesting to pop it on here for people to contribute to? But if this type of thing already exists somewhere, then I don't want to re-create the wheel.....

This is what I've got so far:

Disneyland Park

Permanent Character Meets
(See programme for timings)

* Meet Mickey Mouse Fantasyland - Mickey Mouse
* Princess Pavillion - Fantasyland Various Princesses
* Boarding House Nr Liberty Arcade - Main Street USA Duffy the Disney Bear or friends (often Minnie)
* Caseys Corner Main Street USA Winnie the Pooh or friends

Seasonal or Incidental
Spotted by visitors!

* Ribbons & Bows Main Street Goofy (Jan 2014)
* Rhythm of the jungle Adventureland Jungle Book / Lion King characters (Jan 2014)
* Teacups / Alice Labyrinth Alice / Mad Hatter/Tweedles (Jan 2014)
* Nr Space Mountain Stitch (Jan 2014)
* Outside Cowboy Cookout Goofy
* Outside Colonel Hathis Goofy
* Peter Pan Stage (back of Chalet Marionette) Peter Pan Characters (Jan 2014)
* Plaza Gardens Hundred Acre Wood Characters
* Pizzeria Bella Notre Pinocchio Characters
* Santas Village Goofy (19-12-13)
* Adventureland Adventurer Donald, Chip & Dale, Rafiki (17-01-14)
* Cottonwood Emile (17-01-14)
* Phantom Manor Frontierland Jack Skellington & Sally (Halloween Christmas 2013)


Studios

Permanent Character Meets
(See programme for timings)

Toon Studio Toon Plaza Mickey Mouse or friends
Toon Studio Toon Plaza Buzz Lightyear (AM only)
Toon Studio Toon Plaza Disney Characters (PM only)
Production Courtyard Disney Characters

Character Dining

* Auberge de Cendrillon Disney Princesses and the odd Prince, Suzy & Perla
* Cowboy Cookout Various, often including Woody & Jessie
* Café Mickey Various, often including Mickey, Minnie, Tigger, Goofy and Pluto.
* Inventions Sunday Brunch Disneyland Hotel Various (weekly themed)

And who knows who you might meet in each Disney Hotel!

Is this useful to anyone? Can anyone add any recent (within last 12 months) meet and greets you've seen on your visits? If people think this is useful, maybe people could post below and I could add to the list?

Haappy to remove this if there's already a list somewhere that I could add to instead?

C x

Cowboy Cookout is now non character dining. Inventions is a nightly character buffet too. Also in the Studios, directly before the Stars & Cars parade you can quite often meet Mary Poppins, Bert, Emile, Remy, Donald Duck, Stitch, Lilo, Cruella de Ville and I think Ariel, Mulan & Snow White may also be regularly seen? I've left some out too as this isn't a parade I've seen much. Sorry for vague info.

We've also met Villains during Halloween season in the courtyard at the back of the Castle. We've seen: Dr Facilier, Queen of Hearts, The Witch, Evil Queen, Maleficent, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, Drusilla, the sheriff of Nottingham, Cruella and excuse my horrible knowledge: the baddies from Mulan, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas. I think that's it?

 

[cdsmiler81]

Cowboy Cookout is now non character dining. Inventions is a nightly character buffet too. Also in the Studios, directly before the Stars & Cars parade you can quite often meet Mary Poppins, Bert, Emile, Remy, Donald Duck, Stitch, Lilo, Cruella de Ville and I think Ariel, Mulan & Snow White may also be regularly seen? I've left some out too as this isn't a parade I've seen much. Sorry for vague info.

We've also met Villains during Halloween season in the courtyard at the back of the Castle. We've seen: Dr Facilier, Queen of Hearts, The Witch, Evil Queen, Maleficent, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, Drusilla, the sheriff of Nottingham, Cruella and excuse my horrible knowledge: the baddies from Mulan, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas. I think that's it?

Thanks Kizzabel!! Were these quite recent meets?

C x

 

[Jonjo]

Don't forget the Meet and Greets and the resorts hotels in the morning. Normaly very quite after 10am. Found in the lobby of the Santa Fe, Cheyenne, Sequia Lodge, Newport Bay Club, New York and the Disneyland Hotel.

Then there is the 'Descent of the Stairs' at the Disneyland Hotel in the afternoons, check the days times with the hotels reception. It's a sort of mini show with the characters dancing down the stairs. They then hang around the lobby of the hotel for a while. ShellieMay has been spotted here!

Also at the Walt Disney Studios Park in the Production Courtyard, in 'Disney Junior Live on Stage!' show there is a Meet and Greet before the show starts. Also little Rémy can be found in the Restaurant des Stars in the Production Courtyard.

At the pre-show of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in the Disney Village you can meet Mickey and Goofy Sheriff in Colonel Cody's Saloon.

Also have a look at the fantastic Disney Character Central website run by Jon Fiedler and Dan Brace, it's a fantastic resource for Character hunting.
http://www.charactercentral.net/

There is also a rumour that there is a Gobblewonker in Lake Disney.

 

[Lisa_C]

Cowboy Cookout is now non character dining. Inventions is a nightly character buffet too. Also in the Studios, directly before the Stars & Cars parade you can quite often meet Mary Poppins, Bert, Emile, Remy, Donald Duck, Stitch, Lilo, Cruella de Ville and I think Ariel, Mulan & Snow White may also be regularly seen? I've left some out too as this isn't a parade I've seen much. Sorry for vague

Plus Snow White's Evil (stepmother) Queen, Woody and Jessie and how could you forget GASTON?! Daisy comes out too

 

[kizzabel]

Plus Snow White's Evil (stepmother) Queen, Woody and Jessie and how could you forget GASTON?! Daisy comes out too

I swear, this mummy brain has to be a recognized condition!

 

[Jonjo]

Hotel New York had Pluto, and Chip & Dale ( 7 Jan)

 

[MissSkellington]

I NEED to find Launchpad McQuack, if it's the last thing I do!!

He hasn't been spotted recently, has he?

 

[CassieReynart]

Re: Launchpad, They don't have him out much except special events and evenings, due to costume problems.

 

[lilacgems23]

I have found you get a lot more randomn characters in the studios than you do in the main park.

 

[lilacgems23]

Re: Launchpad, They don't have him out much except special events and evenings, due to costume problems.

We have seen him a few times in the Disneyland hotel, neither where special events.

 

[MissSkellington]

We have seen him a few times in the Disneyland hotel, neither where special events.

Recently??

We're there next week....oh what I wouldn't give to catch him!
Maybe a little pixie dust will float our way...you never know.

 

[cdsmiler81]

Don't forget the Meet and Greets and the resorts hotels in the morning. Normaly very quite after 10am. Found in the lobby of the Santa Fe, Cheyenne, Sequia Lodge, Newport Bay Club, New York and the Disneyland Hotel.

Then there is the 'Descent of the Stairs' at the Disneyland Hotel in the afternoons, check the days times with the hotels reception. It's a sort of mini show with the characters dancing down the stairs. They then hang around the lobby of the hotel for a while. ShellieMay has been spotted here!

Also at the Walt Disney Studios Park in the Production Courtyard, in 'Disney Junior Live on Stage!' show there is a Meet and Greet before the show starts. Also little Rémy can be found in the Restaurant des Stars in the Production Courtyard.

At the pre-show of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in the Disney Village you can meet Mickey and Goofy Sheriff in Colonel Cody's Saloon.

Also have a look at the fantastic Disney Character Central website run by Jon Fiedler and Dan Brace, it's a fantastic resource for Character hunting.
http://www.charactercentral.net/

There is also a rumour that there is a Gobblewonker in Lake Disney.

Amazing, thank you. Have added your info to the list!!

C x

 

[cdsmiler81]

Does anyone have any experiences from the Steak House Sunday Brunch with characters??

C x

 

[DLPaddict]

I NEED to find Launchpad McQuack, if it's the last thing I do!!

He hasn't been spotted recently, has he?

You MIGHT find him in the Hotel New York, this is where he pops up now and again. He is not a special events character so you might bump into him.

He was out recently for the Special Stars n Cars for NYE.

 

[cdsmiler81]

BTW, WHERE is Rhythms de la Jungle?? Is it near Hakuna Matata / Colonel Hathis?

Thanks

C x

 

[Isila]

We've met "jungle" characters right at pizza outpost.

 

[kizzabel]

BTW, WHERE is Rhythms de la Jungle?? Is it near Hakuna Matata / Colonel Hathis?

Thanks

C x

Its to the left of hakuna matata I think. Although we also met Baloo over by Col Haiti's

 

[cdsmiler81]

Thanks both! DH would LOVE to meet the jungle book characters!!!

C x

 

[Isila]

Its to the left of hakuna matata I think. Although we also met Baloo over by Col Haiti's

We've met him also there. And Rafiki and King .