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Characterpalooza

Did anyone know about this? We have been in that building before to see the characters but it was just the one's that are always there, Sorcerer Mickey, the Incredibles, and Lotso....never knew about these rare characters being there

Characterpalooza is a nickname given to the sudden rush of characters in the Animation Building in Hollywood Studios. To get to the character meeting room, you will want to enter the exit for the Magic of Disney Animation Attraction (it's a gift shop), head through the double doors located at the back of the shop and follow the hallways to the right until you get to the meeting room.

Characterpalooza is based on Fantasmic's schedule:

If there is no Chracterpalooza if the first showing of Fantasmic is before 7:30 pm.
If Fantasmic is at 7:30, there will be one 20 minute set at 4:45 pm
If Fantasmic is at 8 pm, there will be (3) 20 minute sets starting at 4:50 pm
If Fantasmic is at 8:30, there will be (2) 30 minute sets starting at 4:50 pm
If Fantasmic is at 9 pm, there will be (4) 25 minute sets starting at 4:50 pm
When there is no Fantasmic, there will be (4) 30 minute sets starting at 4:50 pm
There is no guarantee which characters will be at Characterpalooza, but here are a few that have been seen in the past:

Aladdin and Jasmine
Belle
Bolt
Captain Hook and Mr Smee
Chip and Dale
Eeyore
Genie
Jafar
Mary Poppins and Mr Penguin
Max and Goofy
Minnie
Mulan
Pinocchio and Gepetto
Pluto
Pocahontas and Meeko
Queen of Hearts
Rafiki
Snow Queen
Stitch
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
The characters will come out the door to the right of Pooh's Meet and Greet area and the one across from Pooh's Meet and Greet. The characters come out in sets with each set remaining for about 20-30 minutes. When the first set is over, those characters will return backstage and a new set of characters will come out to the floor.

Each character will have their own line and you will have to pick and choose which characters you want to meet. Be sure to ask the Cast Members how many sets of characters they will have that night.

If there are 3 or 4 sets of characters, they usually mirror the first 2 sets of characters.]

My tip is to get there at 4 pm and go ahead and meet all the characters that greet all day in the Art of Animation Building (Sorcerer Mickey, Pooh and the Incredibles). That way you are in the building and ready to meet the Characterpalooza characters as soon as their sets begin.

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I think this is a must try for us

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Awesome tip. Thanks, Jess!

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Thanks...my goal in October is to get my picture taken with villians and this tip really helps!

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Cool I plan on being there of a pic with the Sorcerer Mickey anyway in October, this will be a cool chance to get a few others.

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I think I've witnessed this before. I know one time me and my friend were in there taking a picture with Sorcerer Mickey and all of a sudden there were a ton of characters. And we were like "why don't people just come here to see the characters?" I know Bolt was there. And maybe some characters from Up (?), and I think Pluto was there too.

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Very cool.

Is this every day???

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Disney Dreams wrote:
Very cool.

Is this every day???

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Should be as far as I can tell

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Disney Dreams wrote:
Very cool.

Is this every day???

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Should be as far as I can tell

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i didn't even know there was a character meet and greet in HS, other than buzz and woody.

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Great info thanks. I usually get a pic with Pooh there
Dee mickey

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honeymoonin wrote:
i didn't even know there was a character meet and greet in HS, other than buzz and woody.

Oh there are tons... That whole middle area near the sorcerers hat has tons of characters like Minnie, Mickey, Winnie, Tigger, eeyore. And over by the streets of America there is phineas and ferb

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I knew about phinneas and ferb and then the Monsters Inc one. I forgot about that originally. I wish I would have known about sorcerer mickey! that would have been awesome!

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Good to know. Thanks!

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I've never even heard of this until now. Might have to check it out on the next trip I make.