Disneyland Paris meet and greets with face characters return to pre-pandemic normal while Walt Disney World's remain distanced

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Posted: Monday March 28, 2022 9:23am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Character meet and greets with Disney Princesses and other face characters have returned to normal at Disneyland Paris. The news is reported by @DLPReport.

??Starting today, face character meet and greets are no longer distanced at Disneyland Paris: pic.twitter.com/uvEVHcvYuq
— DLP Report (@DLPReport) March 28, 2022

Guests are now allowed to hug face characters at the Disneyland Paris theme parks, a return to pre-pandemic protocols.

This latest change comes a month after Disneyland Paris removed physically distancing from fur character meet and greets.

Disneyland Paris no longer requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination before entry, a change that was introduced on March 14, 2022, the same policy as at Walt Disney World.

At Walt Disney World, physical distancing remains in place at all character meet and greets, even those that take place outdoors.

Characters at Walt Disney World remain behind barriers to maintain physical distancing

Minnie Mouse meet and greet at the EPCOT World Showcase Gazebo

The only exception to the rule is at Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser, where guests are able to directly interact with fur and face characters with no restrictions.

Guests are able to interact with characters Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser without barriers

Disney is yet to make any announcements about a return of normal meet and greets at Walt Disney World, but with COVID conditions continuing to improve, they can't be that far away.

Mary Poppins at the UK pavilion

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bmr1591Sep 09, 2023

Much better to put the same characters in three different restaurants.

drew81Sep 09, 2023

Encanto character dining would sell. They’re always late to the party.

mastromjmSep 08, 2023

About damn time. But knowing WDW we’re probably just gaining another Adventure Friend

DCBakerSep 08, 2023

Walt Disney World has posted a new casting call seeking Disney Character Look-alikes for the role of Luisa as depicted in the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Encanto.

mm52200Jun 22, 2023

They wouldn’t just randomly put them on the schedule with no announcement…you’ll know when/if they’re coming back otherwise.

jrhwdwJun 22, 2023

Looks like July's Schedule is out.......No Trolley Dancers!! When are they supposed to Return??? Or were they cut at the last second like Castle Dreamlights??????

MisterPenguinJun 19, 2023

DL already had a Bruno M&G, now WDW gets one.

jrhwdwJun 19, 2023

Indeed!!!!! Trolley Dancers would a much better thing to talk about!

DisoneJun 19, 2023

I don't want to talk about this Bruno

asianwayJun 19, 2023

Meh

drew81Jun 19, 2023

If this is the *BIG* Halloween surprise. 🤦🏻‍♂️

DCBakerJun 19, 2023

Walt Disney World has a new casting call out for a Bruno Character Look-ALike.

CompedJun 09, 2023

Not in a couple of decades, as far as I know. That ended with Walt Disney Entertainment's reorganization in 2001, or so I'm pretty sure. And they only had control of characters for maybe 10-20 years - before that they were separate as well (fairly sure, sources from the early decade or so of Disneyland are hard to find, and that even extends to opening years of MK).