Long Lost Friends week is scheduled to be at Magic Kingdom the week of January 21st-27th.
UPDATE: The actual dates will be January 21-27, not 21-26 as previously reported.
The MAGIC KINGDOM will host the third round of the Limited Time Magic from January 21-27, 2013
Characters who MIGHT appear include:
Clarabelle & Horace
Ludwig Von Drake & Scrooge McDuck
The Robin Hood unit – (I assume this to be Robin Hood, Prince John, Sherriff of Notthingham and Friar Tuck perhaps? Wouldn’t it be great to see Maid Marion?)
3 Little Pigs (Fiddler, Fifer and Practical Pig) and the Big Bad Wolf
Pinocchio unit – (I assume this to be Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio, Gepetto, Foulfellow and Gideon perhaps? It would be awesome to see Stromboli)
My thoughts: Ludwig von Drake, the Robin Hood characters and the 3 little pigs with the Big Bad Wolf are a great offering for the lineup. Clarabelle and Horace don’t make many meet and greets, but are avaialble to dance with at the Frontierland Hoedown. I think this is a pretty good offering for a character week. There are a number of characters who easily could have (and perhaps still may?) appear including John Smith, Li Shang, Shan Yu, Megara, Hercules, Launchpad McQuack, Darkwing Duck and more. There are as many as 7 characters on the list that I haven’t met, so I might just run down for a day or two to meet them.
When Disney first listed this as a potential offer on its blog, they mentioned that fans would have the opportunity to VOTE on which characters will appear. That doesn’t appear to be the case for Walt Disney World. Perhaps it will take place at Disneyland or they could always add Long Lost Friends Week again to the schedule.
The source of this character list: drew81 a member of a web forum (parenthetical and my thought information is mine)
I met friar tuck back in 2006 at frontierland at magic kingdom. Ain’t that cool?
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when will the even for the week of the 28th be out – wondering if we will know before we leave on the 25th
Tracy, No way of knowing, but I’ll post it hear if I hear something.
I heard today from some of my friends that there will definitely be the 3 Little Pigs, Robin Hood, and Pinocchio unit. Though honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me if every month they had a different group of character “units” out.
Gadget and Bonkers would be awesome, as a Disney Afternoon fan. Any of the Tale Spin characters, too.
Tail Spin and Rescue Rangers would be cool.
I am so excited! We get there Friday and leave Tuesday – this way we hit both the Canadian Winter Wonderland and Long Lost Friends!!! The timing couldn’t be better. Thank you for making my day!!!
I have received confirmed information that the actual dates are January 21-27, it will not end on the 26th.
If Launchpad McQuack actually appears we might have to get a restraining order for Josh.
If Launchpad or Darkwing shows up, you’ll probably have to restrain me :)
Omigod Darkwing. There are pictures of me with him when I was 3. Coolest.
Thanks for the heads up! We’ll be in MK on 1-25 and will probably rearrange our schedule to see many of these.
This is probably a long-shot, but can Miss Bunny be found anywhere at Disney anymore? She’s my daughter’s favorite. Also, do you think Doc McStuffins can be found anywhere now (maybe training meets for the new Disney Junior show)?
Miss Bunny was retired with Thumper last year. Doc isn’t a character and I haven’t heard of her becoming one beyond the puppet. Sophia is supposed to become a meetable. I’ve only heard “Spring”
Oh the Disney Jr Show isn’t with meetables, just puppets.
thanks so much – will keep looking for times and updates – when will we know the following week – since we will cross over both of those time frames – the 26th is our first day into superbowl sunday – so will there be 1 more speical sets or 2?
Awesome!! So excited that we are going to be here for this!!
This is seriously exciting! We start our vacation on the 26th, and my youngest has been asking to meet Clarabelle and Ludwig Von Drake since we told her we were going to Disney World…..which was in July! I know the characters aren’t guaranteed, but this is still enough to make me happy!!
Can see Clarabelle at Frontierland Hoedown too. Ludwig usually only appears for Marathon.
do you think they will be all be there all day long or with they take one set of characters out and replace with the next group
I’m just guessing, but I would expect them to either have certain set times or rotations. Perhaps half of the Pinocchio crew then rotate to the other half or meet from 1:00-5:00 (just example). As soon as I see or hear something, I’ll let you guys know.
Booking hotel reservation right now! Thanks for the heads up.
I made my reservation this morning.
Any ideas on which park they will meet in? When is this likely to become official? We are in the process of putting together a trip as we speak!
Magic Kingdom. Says so at top :) “Official” in the sense of announced by Disney? Maybe by Friday. They like Fridays.
In regards to John Smith and Li Shang, there’s always a chance that they might come out with Pocahontas and Mulan respectively during LTM’s Valentine’s Week.
So, if they don’t come out for Long Lost Friends Week, there’s always that possibility.
Very true Phillip and I hear they may do multiple Long Lost Friends Weeks if this one is well-received.
Is this official or just a rumor?
It hasn’t been confirmed on the Disney Blog yet, but it will be taking place.
I hope this offer continues, maybe they’ll offer it again this summer? I would kill to meat Ludwig Von Drake. To whoever can make it down, have fun!