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

Jan 25, 2022 in "Imagination! (Pavilion)"

Vanellope and Joy meet and greet at ImageWorks - January 2021
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.

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



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


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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jrhwdw27 days ago

Don't they test shows every year?

Comped27 days ago

I'm not sure if they would need to test the NYE show much? I don't think it's changed...

jrhwdw28 days ago

FITS NYE? I would think TDO would work on that before DE 2025.

Comped28 days ago

Does anyone know what Disney was doing last night in terms of fireworks testing? At about 3:45 in the morning I was awoken by the sounds of a fireworks launch, closer to the ones that happened during the Castle show than anything else. I heard a few more over the next 5 minutes before finally getting back to sleep... Not exactly sure what it is about, maybe Enchanted testing for the parties in the new year?

wannabeBelle28 days ago

Current casting call for EPCOT: ONLINE SUBMISSIONS: Variety Entertainment Acts Local to Central Florida for Epcot For: Walt Disney World Audition City: Local to Central Florida Location: Walt Disney World: Online Submission Looking For: Musical Acts and Variety ActsWednesday, November 27, 202411:30 PMTimezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar Share Disney Live Entertainment is accepting online submissions from variety acts of up to five performers to perform as atmosphere entertainment at Epcot at the Walt Disney World® Resort near Orlando, FL. Seeking contemporary and engaging performers from the local Central Florida area. Acts will be contracted on an as needed basis with no guarantee of hours. Seeking fun-filled entertainment for diverse audiences of different ages, including families with children: Magicians, Jugglers, Physical Comedians, Performance Artists, Visual Acts, Solo/Duo Dance Team, Acts Using Technology, and unique multi-disciplinary acts We are not seeking musical acts, fire breathing or fire juggling acts, balloon artists, animal acts, face painters or caricature artists.

TrainsOfDisney28 days ago

I believe they are hired by different departments but they could potentially do both. Some of the former boardwalk jugglers performed at both the boardwalk and storybook circus for a while.

wannabeBelle28 days ago

Actually I saw casting call for both. Hopefully more entertainment is coming. It really isnt that hard to cast for this because in some cases I know people who still live locally and have done those roles previously. C'mon Disney, let's do this!! Marie

MisterPenguin28 days ago

Disney Springs has streetmosphere performers during the holidays....

nickys28 days ago

That was my impression too. But it occurred to me they could also “fit” on the Boardwalk. Do entertainers ever do both I wonder?

HauntedPirate28 days ago

I think those casting calls were for Epcot. And I also think that those who know more tend to believe those are slotted for spots around WSL.

TTA9428 days ago

Hopefully there’s a surprise or two but I guess we will see.

nickys29 days ago

There have been casting calls for street entertainers - I assume in Epcot / Boardwalk. Not sure if the location was mentioned.

jrhwdw29 days ago

And we have no hints that entertainment we had or currently have is getting restored....

mattpeto29 days ago

It's not that far away either.