A look at the new physically distanced Santa Claus meet and greet area at Once Upon A Toy in Disney Springs

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Santa Claus meet and greet area in Once Upon a Toy at Disney Springs

Posted: Thursday November 11, 2021 2:53pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Santa Claus meet and greet opens tomorrow November 12 2021 at Disney Springs, and this year it moves to a new location at Once Upon a Toy in the Marketplace.

Santa Claus meet and greet area in Once Upon a Toy at Disney Springs

The set takes over the majority of the store, with a small indoor queue space to hold guests waiting for Santa. It looks as though guests will be separated from Santa by the row of gifts.

Santa Claus meet and greet area in Once Upon a Toy at Disney Springs

A virtual queue will be in operation, which you can enter once at Disney Springs via My Disney Experience. You can find out details in a previous article.

Santa Claus meet and greet area in Once Upon a Toy at Disney Springs

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

November 12 - December 14 2021: 10am to 9pm.
December 15 - December 24 2021: 10am to 11pm.

Santa Claus meet and greet area in Once Upon a Toy at Disney Springs

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gerararJan 13, 2022

Disney Parks posted some BTS on what happens with the Grand Floridian gingerbread house after the holidays... The bees eat it!! Already trending with 2.5m views^

YodaManJan 08, 2022

Sunset Season Greetings? That ended on Monday the 3rd with the rest of the holiday offerings.

disneygeek90Jan 07, 2022

Oh yikes I guess I meant the Holiday projection on ToT and how long into January that runs. I am blanking on the name 😅

wdwmagicJan 07, 2022

18 months from Oct 1, unless it gets extended.

YodaManJan 07, 2022

Do you mean what time at night? Or what date it ends? I assume it runs all the way through the rest of the 50th Celebration.

disneygeek90Jan 07, 2022

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

mm52200Dec 29, 2021

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

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.

MisterPenguinDec 28, 2021

I don't recall anyone masked for Candlelight the first week of December except for a few instrumentalists... obviously not the wind instruments, tho.

PuertoRekinSamDec 28, 2021

We went to Epcot yesterday and saw the early candlelight show and my wife noticed that some of the performers were wearing mask while singing. Not just the golden choir but some voices as well. They looked like a solid color and not the blue pixie ones the average Cast wear. Has this been happening all season? Or was this new? I watched a you tube video of it earlier this year and don’t remember them being there.