Ariel Meet and Greet Returns to Walt Disney Presents January 12, 2025

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Tuesday January 6, 2026 10:00am ET · "Walt Disney Presents"
Ariel Meet and Greet Returns to Walt Disney Presents January 12, 2025

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Live Action The Little Mermaid meet and greet

Ariel will return to Walt Disney Presents for meet and greets starting January 12, 2025.

The character experience moves back to its original indoor location after spending over two months greeting guests outdoors at Echo Lake.

New Schedule Details

Ariel will appear at Walt Disney Presents from 9am to 5pm daily.

Ariel has been meeting guests near 50's Prime Time Cafe at Echo Lake since October 28, 2024 as Walt Disney Presents hosted a Santa meet and greet during the holiday season.

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↩ replying to wdwmagic
Nearly two years after the movie...just seems so strange to me that this is still there.
↩ replying to Disgruntled Walt
I mean, what else has Disney made in recent years that warrants a meet and greet? The live action remakes certainly don’t warrant any park representation but it’s not like they have any new animated hits or anything. I guess Nick and Judy could go there?
↩ replying to wdwmagic
Another announcement that draws a yawn, wellll give it two yawns.
↩ replying to Charlie The Chatbox Ghost
Live action Stitch? 🤷‍♂️
↩ replying to GimpYancIent
How can you say that?? Right now, I bet there are tens… TENS, I say… of local Disney adults picking out their mermaid-themed wardrobe and Loungefly bag and Ariel-themed Mickey ears in breathless anticipation of this.
↩ replying to WondersOfLife
Just like most of the princesses, live action Stitch is not really meaningfully different enough to offer a live action M&G alternative. Cinderella and Little Mermaid are the two main ones with significant departures in terms of costuming and appearance, some of the villain-centric reimaginings aside.
↩ replying to James Alucobond
The box office says differently. And it is newer. And theyre making a sequel. And they can use the little puppet they used for advertising.

By all means, i didnt like the new movie. But it obviously was a hit.
↩ replying to WondersOfLife
That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that live action Stitch does not warrant separate representation from cartoon Stitch because there's no meaningful visual distinction between them. Just trot out the old costume. By contrast, live action Cinderella or live action Ariel would be styled, dressed, and cast very differently from their animated counterparts.
↩ replying to WondersOfLife
If they let us meet the puppet from the advertisements, it would be a several hour long line and I would be in it.
↩ replying to HauntedPirate
↩ replying to James Alucobond
I disagree... Otherwise he would have just looked the same in the new film or the little remote controlled puppets they used for advertising.
↩ replying to WondersOfLife
I'm not sure what you're talking about. He looks essentially the same in both films, just obviously with more realistic fur in the new film since it's CGI instead of animation. I looked up what I assume you're referring to with the puppets, and they seem to be the exact same make with a slightly updated fur coloration. Are you suggesting guests would be really excited for a second Stitch M&G because it had a slightly lighter shade of fur and different ear interior color? The different "versions" of princesses work even in the same park because they're showing up in obviously different variants of fantasy attire (e.g. Briar Rose vs. Princess Aurora, mermaid Ariel vs. Eric's castle Ariel, peasant Belle vs. ballroom Belle, etc.). On the other hand, you wouldn't have the same people lining up twice for Snow White with jet-black wig and Snow White with slightly different ebony wig.
↩ replying to WondersOfLife
DEFINITELY not. That remake is one of the worst for how it misunderstands the original.
↩ replying to James Alucobond
Ok. You're just arguing for the sake of arguing. Jeez.