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Long Lost Friends week is scheduled to be at Magic Kingdom the week of January 21st-27th.
2006 – Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar. I’m glad that these two awesome characters now appear to dance with kids in the Frontierland Hoedown (which most guests don’t know exists), but in 2006 they appeared at the front of the Magic Kingdom to meet guests.
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
Scrooge McDuck at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party 2012
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?)
We met the Sherrif of Nottingham and Prince John way back in 2004 at the Magic Kingdom.
3 Little Pigs (Fiddler, Fifer and Practical Pig) and the Big Bad Wolf
Big Bad Wolf Happy Haunted 5K Trail Run – Sept 2012
Pinocchio unit – (I assume this to be Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio, Gepetto, Foulfellow and Gideon perhaps? It would be awesome to see Stromboli)
Pinocchio and Gepetto at Magic Kingdom Feb 28, 2012
Foulfellow at Magic Kingdom 2006
Pirate and Cricket in 2010
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)
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Matthew
Monday 31st of March 2014
I met friar tuck back in 2006 at frontierland at magic kingdom. Ain't that cool?
Tracy
Tuesday 15th of January 2013
when will the even for the week of the 28th be out - wondering if we will know before we leave on the 25th
kennythepirate
Tuesday 15th of January 2013
Tracy, No way of knowing, but I'll post it hear if I hear something.
Cam
Tuesday 15th of January 2013
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.
Nick
Tuesday 15th of January 2013
Gadget and Bonkers would be awesome, as a Disney Afternoon fan. Any of the Tale Spin characters, too.
kennythepirate
Tuesday 15th of January 2013
Tail Spin and Rescue Rangers would be cool.
Monika
Monday 14th of January 2013
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!!!