Santa Claus meet and greet returns this year to the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

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Posted: Friday November 26, 2021 12:22pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Guests can once again meet Santa Claus at EPCOT this year, part of the 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.

Santa meet and greet at the 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

Santa is appearing at The American Adventure pavilion, on the right side near to the gift shop. Last year Santa was not available for meets and was part of a cavalcade due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Santa meet and greet at the 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

As always, Santa Claus is in demand, so expect a lengthy wait.

Santa meet and greet at the 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

PhotoPass photographers are available, and as with other Walt Disney World meet and greets, barriers are in place to maintain some physical distance.

Santa meet and greet at the 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

Santa Claus will be meeting guests through December 24 2021 daily, starting at 11:45am each day.

Santa meet and greet at the 2021 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

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gerararJan 13, 2022

Disney Parks posted some BTS on what happens with the Grand Floridian gingerbread house after the holidays... The bees eat it!! Already trending with 2.5m views^

YodaManJan 08, 2022

Sunset Season Greetings? That ended on Monday the 3rd with the rest of the holiday offerings.

disneygeek90Jan 07, 2022

Oh yikes I guess I meant the Holiday projection on ToT and how long into January that runs. I am blanking on the name 😅

wdwmagicJan 07, 2022

18 months from Oct 1, unless it gets extended.

YodaManJan 07, 2022

Do you mean what time at night? Or what date it ends? I assume it runs all the way through the rest of the 50th Celebration.

disneygeek90Jan 07, 2022

Does anyone know when Beacon of Magic stops at HS? I tried to google but I couldn’t find any confirmed dates.

mm52200Dec 29, 2021

They were recently allowed to start wearing them. Omnicron is ripping through cast members.

My DS plays French Horn. They had a mask with a velcro opening for the mouthpiece. So, it's possible to do that. But, he was very happy to have that requirement stopped at that beginning of this month.

MisterPenguinDec 28, 2021

I don't recall anyone masked for Candlelight the first week of December except for a few instrumentalists... obviously not the wind instruments, tho.

PuertoRekinSamDec 28, 2021

We went to Epcot yesterday and saw the early candlelight show and my wife noticed that some of the performers were wearing mask while singing. Not just the golden choir but some voices as well. They looked like a solid color and not the blue pixie ones the average Cast wear. Has this been happening all season? Or was this new? I watched a you tube video of it earlier this year and don’t remember them being there.