Where can you meet the Disney characters at Disneyland Paris?

Planning a trip to Disneyland Paris and wondering where to meet your favourite Disney characters? Looking for specific locations and tips to make these moments even more magical? You’re in the right place!

In this article, I’ll guide you through the different locations and times to maximise your chances of meeting Mickey, Minnie, and all their enchanting friends during your stay at Disneyland Paris. I’ll also introduce the different ways offered by the park to meet characters and leave with a souvenir photo.

1. Summary of the different ways to meet characters at Disneyland Paris
2. Meeting places in Disneyland Park
3. Meeting places in Walt Disney Studios Park
4. Attractions dedicated to meetings
5. Magic Shots meetings
6. Meetings at Disney hotels
7. Meeting people in restaurants
8. Meetings during special seasons
9. Pop-Up Surprises
10. Meetings at evening events
11. How do I find the characters in the park?

The different ways to meet characters at Disneyland Paris

• Character meet-and-greet locations around the park: You’ll find specific spots in the park where characters are ready to meet visitors. All locations and times for the same day are available on the Disneyland Paris app.
• Attractions dedicated to character encounters: Some attractions are specially designed to allow visitors to meet their favourite Disney characters.
• Magic Shots: These special photos invite you to strike a specific pose so that a Disney character is added to the picture through photo editing. This type of photo is only available to guests with a PhotoPass.
• Meet-and-greets in Disney Hotels: You can meet characters directly in the Disney Hotels, adding a magical touch to your stay, often with shorter wait times than in the park. Timetables are available at your hotel’s concierge desk.
• Meet-and-greets in Disney Restaurants: Some restaurants offer meals with characters, allowing a unique interaction while you dine.
• Meet-and-greets during special seasons: During events like Halloween or Christmas, specific characters appear for exclusive meet-and-greets.
• Pop-Up Surprises: For Disneyland Pass members, Disneyland Paris offers, several times a year, exclusive meet-and-greets with rare characters.
• Special event nights and annual passholder events: Special events such as Halloween and Christmas, as well as evenings reserved for annual passholders, offer unique opportunities to meet often rare characters.

Meeting places in Disneyland Park

Disneyland Park, the main park, is where you’ll find the most places to meet Disney characters. Among these places, you can meet many emblematic characters, ready to take photos with you and share magical moments:

Characters, locations and times are subject to change. See the application for more details.

Meeting places in Walt Disney Studios Park

In Walt Disney Studios Park, you’ll also find plenty of places to meet Disney characters. Among these places, you’ll come across some famous characters, ready to take photos with you and make your visit even more memorable:

Characters, locations and times are subject to change. See the application for more details.

Attractions dedicated to meetings

In both Disneyland Paris parks, there are attractions open all year round where you can meet iconic characters:

Characters, locations and times are subject to change. See the application for more details.

For some time now, Disneyland Paris has been introducing a virtual queue system for certain character meet-and-greets.

This new system allows you to book a time slot through the park’s official app, without having to wait in line physically.

Encounters during magic shots

Magic Shots aren’t really character encounters. They are photos in which you are invited to strike a particular pose in order to capture a Disney character in a photo montage after the shot has been taken. Magic Shots are very random at Disneyland Paris. Depending on the day of the week and the season, you won’t have the same offers available, and they are very short-lived. To find them all, you need to use the application and look for the virtual photos on the map. Please note that magic shots are only available to those who have purchased a PhotoPass.

Meetings at Disney hotels

Meetings in Disney restaurants

A number of restaurants in Disneyland Paris offer the chance to dine with Disney characters. It’s a unique opportunity to take photos with them while enjoying a meal:

Meetings during special seasons

Meetings at Pop-Up Surprises

Annual Pass and Disneyland Pass members also benefit from additional opportunities to meet rare Disney characters at Pop-Up Surprises events. Since their launch, these members have had the chance to meet characters such as Oswald, Toulouse, Marie and Berlioz. These events offer unique opportunities to take photos with less-frequent characters.

Meetings during special evenings

Disneyland Paris organises several special evenings throughout the year, in particular to celebrate events such as Halloween or New Year’s Eve. Some evenings are reserved exclusively for Disneyland Pass members and feature special themes. These evenings often offer the chance to meet rare characters and take photos with them.

How do you find the characters you want to meet on your visit?

When you visit Disneyland Paris, you can easily find the locations and times of the characters available. Simply use the Disneyland Paris mobile application. Go to the ‘map’ section and apply the ‘characters’ filter. You’ll then be able to see all the characters present on the day of your visit, as well as their timetables. This allows you to plan your meetings with your favourite Disney characters and make the most of your day at the park.