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runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend Breakfast

2016-02-23T15:13:00.001-05:00

Ever wonder what happens inside those big white tents in the reunion area at a runDisney race? Well, they house all shorts of special ticketed events!

After the runDisney Princess 5K, breakfast is served just outside the finish line. Runners (and non-runners a like) are treated to a catered breakfast and entertainment. Registration for the breakfast opens along with the races.

Disney character are on hand for photo opportunities. Characters change every year but usually follow the theme of the race. This year Pocahontas, Jasmine, Belle, and Mulan appeared for breakfast goers.

Club Disney Dance Party at Hollywood Studios

2016-01-07T19:48:00.001-05:00

The new Club Disney Dance Party recently opened inside Disney's Hollywood Studios. All the VIP characters have new overdressings. To drum up business during slow times, the characters come outside and do meet and greet sets. We were able to meet them all this way. No dancing required!

Minnie's Silver Screen Dine at Disney's Hollywood Studios Hollywood & Vine

2016-01-06T09:31:00.001-05:00

Minnie is hosting seasonal dining experiences during dinner hours all year. Minnie first offered a special holiday dinner with new character overdressings during the Christmas season.

Minnie's current offering envokes the spirit of Hollywood as you dine among glamorous Disney characters. Minnie, Mickey, Goofy, Daisy, and Donald glam it up in their silver screen inspired overdressings.

This dining experience is offered January 4, 2016-March 20, 2016.

Baymax is Back and now at Epcot

2015-12-30T05:05:00.001-05:00

You can now meet your personal health care provider, Baymax at Epcot! See Baymax across from the Character Spot at Innoventions!

Minnie's Holiday Dine at Hollywood & Vine inside Disney's Hollywood Studios

2015-12-20T12:25:00.001-05:00

Minnie will host a character dining experience during dinner hours at Hollywood & Vine inside Hollywood Studios. Character outfits will change based on theme and seasonality.

Christmas is the first season of the dining. The character outfits are fantastic and the food was really good.

Disneyland 60th Anniversary Diamond Celebration Characters

2015-06-15T22:10:00.001-04:00

Disneyland launched it's Diamond Anniversary celebration on May 22, 2015. Mickey Mouse and all his friends donned new outfits for the celebration. They meet daily in Town Square at Disneyland.

Jedi Mickey's Star Wars Dining at Hollywood & Dine

2015-05-30T10:29:00.001-04:00

Jedi Mickey hosts an myriad of galatic characters nightly at Hollywood & Dine. Guests are given paper lightsabers to assemble. Guests can assemble their lightsaber in favor of the Empire or Rebellion. Buffet style food is themed to both causes. Characters visit tables for pictures and autographs.

24 Hours at Disneyland-Toontown Pajama Party

2015-05-29T13:37:00.001-04:00

Disneyland recently hosted the 'Up All Night 24 Hour Party' to kick off their 60th Anniversary Diamond Celebration. A capacity crowd filled the park.

After midnight, characters greeted guests in Toontown in their pajamas. All VIP's appeared among a sold out crowd.

Pasta in the Park-RunDisney

2015-01-20T19:40:00.001-05:00

Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend played host to four nights of Pasta in the Park parties. We were lucky enough to attend the Pasta in the Park party on it's last night.

This year's party was a circus themed event and the VIP characters appeared for meet and greet in their Festival of Fantasy parade outfits. This was a rare treat for party goers and especially for us.

It was a fantastic event with all our favorite characters, great food, and entertainment.

Below are pictures of the characters from the event:

Thanksgiving Day on the Disney Magic

2014-12-01T20:38:00.001-05:00

Disney Cruise Line offers a variety of special holiday cruises that provide unique character meet and greet opportunities. We celebrated Thanksgiving onboard the Disney Magic. On Thanksgiving Day, Mickey and Minnie Mouse appeared throughout the day for meet and greet in special pilgrim outfits. Disney Cruise Line specializes in holiday outfits including Halloween, Christmas, Independence Day, New Years Eve, and of course, Thanksgiving. Here are the special outfits from Thanksgiving:

Easter around the Walt Disney World Resort

2014-11-20T09:56:00.001-05:00

Donald and Daisy Duck at Disney's Boardwalk Resort.

Mickey Mouse at Port Orleans French Quarter

Goofy at Port Orleans Riverside

Donald Duck at Port Orleans Riverside

Mickey Mouse and Pluto at Disney's Yatch and Beach Club

Minnie Mouse at All Star Sports Resort

Pluto at All Star Music Resort

Goofy at All Star Movies Resort

Old Key West

Pop Century

Animal Kingdom Lodge

Coronado Springs

Caribbean Beach

Polynesian

Grand Floridian

Contemporary Resort

Boardwalk Resort

Halloween on the High Seas-Disney Magic

2014-11-20T09:42:00.001-05:00

Halloween on the High Seas-October 2014

We set sail on the Disney Magic to celebrate the Halloween season with our favorite Disney pals. Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Chip and Dale all donned their Halloween costumes and greeted guests onboard the Disney Magic. Special Halloween decorations adorned the ships lobby and common areas while guests participated in Halloween activities throughout the ship.

Halloween Around the Walt Disney World Resorts

2014-11-05T10:47:00.000-05:00

Halloween is a great time to visit Walt Disney World if you love characters. For one night only, the Walt Disney World resorts play host to a cast of Disney characters in their finest Halloween costumes. Each resort features your favorite Disney characters in specially themed costumes to fit the decor of each resort. The Disney Resort Activity Staff also hosts trick or treating and special Halloween games at each resort.

Fort Wilderness hosts a special Halloween themed Mickey's Backyard Barbeque where the characters also appear in Halloween costume.

Below are some of the characters we had the pleasure of meeting this Halloween along with their locations.

Pop Century Resort:

All Star Movies:

Director Mickey Mouse rotated with Movie Star Minnie Mouse

(photo from Halloween 2012)

Port Orleans French Quarter:

Animal Kingdom Lodge:

All Star Sports:

Old Key West:

Polynesian:

Wilderness Lodge:

Fort Wilderness:

Chip and Dale Campfire Sing-a-long

Mickey's Backyard Barbeque:

Frozen Summer Fun at Disney's Hollywood Studios

2014-07-30T23:20:00.000-04:00

Villains Unleashed-New Hard Ticket Event August 23rd

2014-06-15T14:11:00.001-04:00

Hollywood Studios announced they will be hosting a special event similar to last year's Limited Time Magic event, Unleash the Villains. This new event, Villains Unleashed, is a one night only event boasting appearances of over 50 Disney Villains plus special shows, dance parties, and merchandise.

Disney reservation agents have a list of characters that are scheduled to appear. Of course, entertainment is always subject to change and three of the characters are listed as "to be determined". Below is the list that was provided. No delineation was made between meet and greet, show, dance party, or Fantasmic appearances.

UPDATE: The official Disney Parks Blog released a sneak peek of the guest list confirming many of the names that were given to us from Disney Reservation Agents. Here is a link to the article Villains Unleashed Guest List Preview

UPDATE 7/23/14: The official Disney Parks Blog released another update on the Villains Unleashed Event. Two names were added. Lilo and Stitch villains Captain Gantu and Dr Hamsterviel!! Here is a link to the article Villains Unleashed Update July 23

Captain Gantu-Recently Added
Dr Hamsterviel-Recently Added

Hades

Meg

Pain

Panic

Anastasia

Drizella

Lady Tremaine

Foulfellow

Gideon

Big Bad Wolf

Cruella

Captain Hook

Mr Smee

Shenzi

Banzai

Maleficent (Live Action)-Recently Added

Darth Vader

Darth Maul

Boba Fett

Asajj Ventress

Emperor Palpatine

Greedo-Recently Added

Stromtrooper

Zam Wessel

Jango Fett

Tusken Raider

Shan Yu

Jafar

Bowler Hat Guy

Sheriff of Nottingham

Frollo

Queen of Hearts

Evil Queen

Snow Witch (Hag)

Oogie Boogie

Governor Radcliffe

Dr Facilier

Gaston

Brer Fox

Brer Bear

Jawa

Prince John

Stromboli

Horace

Jasper

Aurra Sing

Barbosa

Imperial Guard

*TBD

*Cheshire Cat

*Yzma

*Kronk

Stromboli-Rock Your Disney Side 24 Hour Event

2014-05-26T08:25:00.001-04:00

Stromboli made a rare appearance on Saturday, May 24 in the early morning hours at Magic Kingdom. Disney villains took over the Magic Kingdom as part of the Rock Your Disney Side 24 Hour Party! Stromboli greeted guests in front of Pinocchio's Village Haus.

NEW Star Wars Dine In Galactic Breakfast Character Dining

2014-05-05T22:15:00.001-04:00

Now through June 15, 2014, the Sci Fi Dine In transforms into the Star Wars Dine In Galactic Breakfast! This breakfast features Dark Side characters; Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Greedo, Jawas, and Storm Troopers. The menu is themed to Star Wars and Star Wars vignettes play on the dine in screen.

Boba Fett and Darth Vader

Greedo

Jawas

Storm Troopers

Doc McStuffins and Sofia the First Join DHS Hollywood Play & Dine

2014-01-28T20:27:00.000-05:00

Doc McStuffins

Sofia the First

Handy Manny

Jake

Doc McStuffins and Sofia the First have joined the character line up at Disney's Hollywood Studios Hollywood & Vine's Play & Dine! Doc and Sofia joined Jake from the Neverland Pirates and Handy Manny.

Marathon Weekend 2014-Family Fun 5K Run

2014-01-09T18:55:00.001-05:00

January 9, 2013

Disney's Marathon Weekend is in full swing and the events kicked off with the Family Fun 5K Run! Numerous characters appeared on the course, at the family reunion area, and at the Family Fun Run Breakfast following the race.

Here are the characters that appeared on the race course for runners only:

The below characters appeared at the Family Reunion area for runners and spectators.

Special Monsters, Inc characters appeared at the breakfast for those who pre-registered for this event.

Dinoland Dance Party Debuts January 6, 2014

2014-01-06T19:05:00.000-05:00

The day after Disney's Animal Kingdom closed Camp Mickey Minnie, Dinoland began hosting a dance party featuring some rare characters. This pop up dance party is happening twice a day at 11:30am and 12:30pm. If crowds are anticipated to be high, another set will be added at 10:30am. This dance party seems to be in the testing stages and things are subject to change.

Here are some photos from today's event. Many rare characters appeared including some of our favorite bugs from Pixar's bug's life.

Gypsy

Mushu

Princess Atta

Rafiki

Anna and Elsa El Capitan Theatre for Frozen

2013-12-27T14:00:00.000-05:00

Anna

Anna and Elsa Frozen

Anna and Elsa are appearing at The El Capitan Theatre during their run of their film, Frozen. Here are some photos from their appearance during our visit.

Viva Navidad at Disney's California Adventure

2013-12-25T20:41:00.000-05:00

Mickey Mouse Viva Navidad

Viva Navidad

Goofy

Mickey and Minnie Mouse

Three Cabarellos

Panchito, Donald, and Jose

Jingle Jangle Jamboree at Disneyland's Frontierland Ranch

2013-12-25T20:22:00.001-05:00

Mickey Mouse

Wendell and Liverlips

Minnie Mouse

Pluto

Wendell

Disneyland Paris Hotel Character Meet and Greets

2013-11-17T20:47:00.000-05:00

Disneyland Paris Hotels feature character meet and greets daily. Each hotel usually has two characters appearing in the morning hours from 8:00am-11:30am. Some hotels have characters in special outfits, others have characters in traditional outfits. We focused our energy on the special outfits. Disneyland Paris has six on site hotels; Disneyland Hotel, Newport Bay, Sequoia Lodge, New York Hotel, Hotel Cheyenne, and Hotel Santa Fe. Every morning during our trip we visited each of these hotels to see what characters were appearing. We stayed at the Hotel Santa Fe so we always started there. The Santa Fe featured only characters in their traditional outfits during our stay. The two hotels with the most unique characters were the Sequoia Lodge and Cheyenne. Here are the some of the characters we met on our trip!

Daisy Duck Disneyland Paris Sequoia Lodge

Mickey Mouse Disneyland Paris Sequoia Lodge

Minnie Mouse Disneyland Paris Sequoia Lodge

Donald Duck Disneyland Paris Hotel Cheyenne

Goofy Disneyland Paris Hotel Cheyenne

Mickey Mouse Disneyland Paris Hotel Cheyenne

Pluto Disneyland Paris Hotel Cheyenne

Chip and Dale Disneyland Hotel Paris

Eeyore Disneyland Hotel Paris

Rabbit Disneyland Hotel Paris

Captain Hook Newport Bay Hotel