Meet and greets return to the Imagination pavilion and Mexico at EPCOT

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Vanellope and Joy meet and greet at ImageWorks - January 2021

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Posted: Tuesday January 25, 2022 11:29am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Character meet and greets have returned to two more locations at EPCOT this week as Walt Disney World continues returning entertainment to the parks.

Vanellope and Joy meet and greet at ImageWorks - January 2021

Indoors at the Imagination Pavilion, you can now meet Vanellope and Joy in the ImageWorks area.

Vanellope and Joy meet and greet at ImageWorks - January 2021

Over at the Mexico pavilion, Donald Duck #1 is back in his purpose built meet and greet area.

Donald Duck meet and greet - January 2021

As at all the reopened meet and greets, there is no physical contact, and a barrier keeps guests a distance from the characters. You do get individual time with the characters, and there is usually a PhotoPass photographer at each location.

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MisterPenguin15 days ago

I would die to hear them sing "Pure Imagination."

Alice a15 days ago

You just identified EXACTLY what I like about these :D

natatomic15 days ago

Btw, it probably makes me sexist, but I hate how some women will be wearing pants. 🤣 I say that as a woman, though

natatomic15 days ago

And ran whimsical chocolate factories…

MisterPenguin16 days ago

What if American Colonialists wore leisure suits? 🤔

jrhwdw16 days ago

I get your point but I found some Great things from JCP!

James Alucobond16 days ago

They at least actually look like intentional costumes instead of ill-fitting off-the-rack stuff from JCPenney. 🤷‍♂️

MisterPenguin16 days ago

It's.... an improvement at least.

natatomic16 days ago

Maybe some people like them. I still think they’re hideous. 🤣

SquishyDec 25, 2024

There wouldn't be much Disney could have done differently, FAA did checks and approved the software and hardware that was in use by sky elements in Orlando similar to what processes Dronisos goes through. They weren't just dropping, some of the ones which started failing were flying way outside the safety zone instead of just dropping down as intended. Universal and Disney will likely be waiting to see what the FAA investigation outcome says.

DisoneDec 25, 2024

It was alarming to see those downtown Orlando drones just dropping like flys and into an area where people were present. What happen to the laws that said they could not be over people? Maybe that's just a Disney rule? I guess after seeing that Footage at lake Eola Orlando, this is a good rule. Having said that I Disagree this will kill any chance of Drones in use at Luminous or Dak or other WDW. Fireworks have injured cast, exploded on world drive, caused numerous fires on property and there continue to be used. Will this slow down the arrival in order for Disney to be extra diligent, likely! But accidents happen and if Disney wants to add drones, this won't be the reason they stop.

peter11435Dec 25, 2024

Not really.

CompedDec 25, 2024

I think we all know that Disney would have done a much better job making sure it was all safe, rather than whatever company the city used... Universal pretty publicly has only paused their drones though, so much like the crocodile throughout WDW we could see them return eventually.

TTA94Dec 25, 2024

There goes any chance of drones being added to Luminous or DAK, if there was a chance in the first place, after that drone incident in downtown Orlando.