An essential part of a Disney World vacation for a lot of families can be meeting the wonderful characters. Disney character interactions, photos and autographs can become really memorable experiences from your vacation that you will remember for years to come. Because of this we thought it would be helpful to provide a full list of Disney World Character Locations.
Below you will find all the places you can meet and see characters at Disney World during 2020. You will find the character experiences at each of the Disney World Parks and then a full list of all the character dining experiences too along with all the characters that appear too.
Don’t forget the shows and parades too. With the shows and parades in the parks although you may not meet the characters you will get to see a lot of them and they are very entertaining.
Let’s take a look at those Disney World character locations.
Animal Kingdom Character Locations
Although there aren’t quite as many opportunities to meet characters at Animal Kingdom compared to some of the other parks, there are some really fun character meet n greets along with some great shows to enjoy too:
Disney Pals at Adventurers Outpost:
Characters: Mickey and Minnie Mouse in their adventurer costumes
Discovery Island Trails:
Characters: Pocahontas
Discovery Island:
Characters: Russell and Dug from Up and Timon and Rafiki from the Lion King.
Discovery Island (roaming characters):
Characters: Kevin the bird from Up
Donald’s Dino Bash:
Characters: Donald Duck and Chip n Dale in their dinosaur costumes.
Character Shows at Animal Kingdom
You will also see a variety of characters at the following shows at Animal Kingdom:
Festival of the Lion King
Up a Great Bird Adventure
Finding Nemo the Musical
Hollywood Studios Character Locations
There is a wide variety of characters to meet at Hollywood Studios with characters from Disney Junior, Pixar, Frozen and of course Star Wars. The highlight for us on our recent vacation was definitely Toy Story Land and of course Galaxy’s Edge.
Star Wars Launch Bay:
Characters: BB-8, Darth Vader and Chewbacca
Meet Disney Junior Pals in Animation Courtyard:
Characters: Fancy Nancy, Vampirina and Doc McStuffins
Walt Disney Presents:
Characters: Mike and Sulley from Monsters Inc
Red Carpet Dreams:
Characters: Sorcerer Mickey and Minnie Mouse in her dazzling red gown
Celebrity Spotlight:
Characters: Olaf
Meet the Toys in Toy Story Land:
Characters: Jessie, Woody, Bo Peep and Buzz Lightyear
Green Army Drum Corps (roaming characters):
Characters: Drum playing Green Army Men
Green Army Patrol (roaming characters):
Characters: The Green Army Men
Meet the Incredibles at Pixar Place (roaming characters):
Characters: Mr Incredible, Mrs Incredible and Frozone
The Edna Mode Experience at Pixar place:
Characters: Edna Mode
Galaxy’s Edge Characters (roaming characters):
Characters: Rey, Chewbacca, Kylo Ren, First Order Storm Troopers and First Order Officers
Character Shows at Hollywood Studios
You will also see a variety of characters at the following shows at Hollywood Studios:
Beauty and the Beast
For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
Lightning McQueen’s Race Academy
Fantasmic
Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple
Epcot Character Locations
Epcot provides a good variety of characters to meet too especially around World Showcase where you will find character meets relevant to the country that features. There are some really good Pixar characters to meet here too along with some great character dining experiences.
ImageWorks:
Characters: Ralph and Vanellope from Wreck It Ralph
Future World West:
Characters: Joy from Inside Out
Legacy Plaza West:
Characters: Pluto
Royal Sommerhus at the Norway Pavilion:
Characters: Anna and Elsa from Frozen
Meet a Wonderland Friend in the United Kingdom:
Characters: Alice (Alice in Wonderland)
The France Pavilion:
Characters: Belle from Beauty and the Beast
The Mexico Pavilion:
Characters: Donald Duck in his Mexican clothes
The China Pavilion:
Characters: Mulan
The Morocco Pavilion:
Characters: Princess Jasmine
The Germany Pavilion:
Characters: Snow White
Magic Kingdom Character Locations
Lots of classic Disney characters appear throughout Magic Kingdom and the Festival of Fantasy Parade in the afternoon provides a great opportunity to see lots of characters on elaborate floats. You can read more about the Festival of Fantasy Parade here. At Magic Kingdom you will find a variety of character locations throughout the four lands and on Main Street.
Meet Characters from Aladdin in Adventureland:
Characters: Aladdin and Princess Jasmine
Meet Alice in Wonderland at the Mad Tea Party:
Characters: Alice and the Mad Hatter (sometimes Tweedledum and Tweedledee)
Ariel’s Grotto:
Characters: Ariel from the Little Mermaid
Pete’s Silly Side Show Character Meet:
Characters: Goofy, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck and Minnie Mouse
Gaston’s Tavern:
Characters: Meet Gaston outside of his Tavern
Fairytale Garden:
Characters: Merida from Brave
Fantasyland Next to Peter Pan’s Flight:
Characters: Peter Pan,
Princess Fairytale Hall in Fantasyland:
Characters: Rapunzel and Tiana
The Thotful Spot in Fantasyland:
Characters: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
Town Square Theater:
Characters: Mickey Mouse and Tinker Bell
Tomorrowland:
Characters: Buzz Lightyear
Alien Encounter Character Greeting:
Characters: Stitch
Frontierland (roaming characters):
Characters: The Country Bears
Liberty Square :
Characters: Mary Poppins and Bert
Character Shows at Magic Kingdom
You will also see a variety of characters at the following shows at Magic Kingdom:
Move It! Shake It! MouskeDance it!
Mickey’s Royal Friendship Faire
Festival of Fantasy Parade
Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Tutorial
Disney World Character Dining Locations List
Throughout Walt Disney World Resort there are lots of character dining experiences at restaurants in the parks and at the resorts too. Below you will find the current character meals available at Walt Disney World.
Character meals are a great opportunity to meet various Disney characters because:
- You can meet many characters in a short space of time.
- It can save you time from standing in line to meet characters in the parks.
- They are great for photos and autographs too.
- And you achieving all the above whilst you dine.
You can find out more about our favorite Disney World Character Meals here.
1900 Park Fare (The Grand Floridian)
Breakfast: Mary Poppins, Alice, The Mad Hatter, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
Dinner: Cinderella, Prince Charming, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, Drizella
Akershus (Epcot)
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Ariel and SnowWhite
Artist Point (Wilderness Lodge)
Dinner: Snow White, Dopey, Grumpy and the Evil Queen
Cape May Café (Disney’s Beach Club)
Breakfast: Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Daisy Duck
Chef Mickey’s (The Contemporary)
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto
Cinderella’s Royal Table (Magic kingdom)
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: Cinderella, Aurora, Snow White, Jasmine and Ariel
Crystal Palace (Magic kingdom)
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore
Be Our Guest (Magic kingdom)
Dinner: The Beast
Garden Grill (Epcot)
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: Mickey Mouse, Pluto and Chip n Dale
Garden Grove (The Swan Hotel)
Breakfast (Saturdays and Sundays): Goofy and Pluto
Hollywood and Vine (Hollywood Studios)
Breakfast: Goofy, Doc McStuffins, Sofia the First and Vampirina
Dinner: Minnie Mouse and seasonal characters
Ohana (The Polynesian Resort)
Breakfast: Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Lilo and Stitch
Topolino’s Terrace (The Riviera Resort)
Breakfast: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Daisy Duck
Tusker House (Animal Kingdom)
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck and Goofy
Trattoria Al Forno (Disney’s Boardwalk)
Breakfast: Flynn Rider, Rapunzel, Prince Eric and Ariel
You can read our full review of Trattoria Al Forno here.
So, there you have all the Disney World character locations throughout the parks and all the character meal locations too. Hopefully these lists will help you to plan for your own Disney World vacation too so that you can meet your favorite characters and make some great vacation memories.
We have some other character-based articles that you may also find helpful below:
Disney World Autograph Book Tips and Tricks
Disney World Memory Maker Guide
Meeting Characters at Disney World
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