Meeting Santa at Disney Springs will require a virtual queue reservation in My Disney Experience this year

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Posted: Wednesday November 10, 2021 10:11am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World will be making use of the My Disney Experience virtual queue system to manage guests wishing to meet Santa this year at Disney Springs.

Santa virtual queue in My Disney Experience

The virtual queue will open at 9am and 4pm, and you must be physically at Disney Springs to join. Disney has used various virtual wait lists before for Santa at Disney Springs, but relied on text message based systems and not the advanced system that is built into My Disney Experience. This will be the same system that has powered the virtual queue at Star Wars Rise of the Resistance, and currently for Remy's Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT.

Guests at Disney Springs will be able to meet Santa Claus for a photo opportunity at Once Upon a Toy at the Marketplace.

November 12 - December 14: 10am to 9pm.
December 15 - December 24: 10am to 11pm.

This is a departure from previous years where Santa has met with guests in his Chalet.

Guests have previously met Santa at his chalet in various locations around Disney Springs

Last year Santa made appearances on the lake, and did not take part in any guest meets.

Santa Claus on the lake at Disney Springs 2020

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Disney AnalystJan 13, 2022

Actually super cool! Never knew.

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

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

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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.

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