New Mickey Mouse meet and greet coming to the Imagination! pavilion

Nov 01, 2019 in "Imagination! (Pavilion)"

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Posted: Friday November 1, 2019 9:38am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Imagination! pavilion will soon be home to an all new Mickey Mouse meet and greet location.

You will be able to meet Mickey as part of the Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival, where he will be appearing in a section that is currently the indoor queue space for the movie.

Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival

The new meet and greet will open in early 2020, as the existing temporary meet and greet in Innoventions West is demolished.

Minnie Mouse, Goofy and Joy who currently meet in Innoventions alongside Mickey will also be on the move in early 2020, with their new locations still to be announced.

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This thread is back? Feels like a proper opportunity to ask - does anyone know if the lobby windows were uncovered once Mickey left? The Magic Eye lobby is one of my favorite little quiet areas in the whole park and it broke my heart to see it ruined when Mickey came in.

Cmdr_CrimsonJul 03, 2024

Because it was a former and very odd M&G area before they had moved Mickey back to his former spot in Communicore..I was just curious if the huge pictures of mIckey were removed when you enter the queue of the theater unless they change it with Figment images and move him there eventually...And no I don't see the Snooze fest of a Disney+ 3D show where they could have brought back Honey I Shrunk the Audience for the time being..

StreetwayJul 03, 2024

Why would you even need to go in the magic eye anyway? Heck maybe even increase that to the whole pavilion? In my latest trip, I just met figment, got a shoulder plushie of the guy, and left! There’s nothing of value in the imagination pavilion except meeting figment!

Cmdr_CrimsonJul 03, 2024

So no one has step foot inside Magic Eye ever since Mickey left? I would like to know what happened to the former spot if it's behind a wall or removed entirely???

Cmdr_CrimsonMay 31, 2024

That's right I'm Bringing this back from Dead as Mickey's move to Communicore hall is Imminent..Which brings the question will this meet and greet spot quietly be removed? or Will Figment Migrate from Imageworks to this spot?

Josh HendyFeb 18, 2020

More like, Disney is underthinking it. EDIT not that I'm against Mickey being there. It's a multi-billion dollar park with a long tradition ... is there not a way to incorporate the Disney mascot in there a little bit less randomly? When my kids were young and we were lined up at rope drop to go to Test track or whatever, the big 5 rolled up in a bus to shake hands as a pre show for example.

Cmdr_CrimsonFeb 18, 2020

While I was there 2 weeks ago there is no sign or anything to notify guests that Mickey is actually in there unless your going in to see the film festival. You just come in and he's right there waiting for guests to see him...Then again, he seems to be having better luck at International Gateway instead as his line is much longer there along with Minnie and Goofy being there as well.

DisneyDreamerxyzNov 19, 2019

MouseGear is moving into that empty space soon.

HauntedMansionFLANov 19, 2019

😂 😆 😝

trainplane3Nov 18, 2019

I'm not a M+G person at all but if they have to have a Mickey M+G in each park, make him have a unique costume. Let's say...sliver/raindbow Mickey for Epcot? Nostalgia freaks will love it and little Timmy will get his picture with Mickey after waiting 45 minutes in standby because Mom and Dad didn't want to sacrifice their Nemo FP. Everyone (mostly) wins.

DisneysonNov 18, 2019

I’m sure Disney’s done a study where they’ve determined that a successful day at a Disney Theme Park for an uninitiated once-in-a-lifetime person that accidentally chose Not Magic Kingdom requires at least one meeting with a princess and the ability to meet Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Daisy, and Pluto.

BocabearNov 18, 2019

ugh... I hate to see this under any circumstances.... Isn't the side of Communicore they are not knocking down empty? Can't people just visit Mickey at the Magic Kingdom where they purpose-built a meet and greet for him?