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More Disney Characters are Returning to Disney’s Hollywood Studios

More Disney Characters are Returning to Disney’s Hollywood Studios


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Want to meet your favorite Pixar and Star Wars characters? Check out the exciting return of characters to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Characters Returning

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When the Disney Parks reopened, many things were a bit different. One of the biggest changes was with character interactions. For quite some time, Guests could see characters at “pop-up” locations throughout the Disney Parks and take a distanced photo with them. No lines were formed for these interactions. Next, Dinsey introduced a more “formal” character interaction with “Character Sightings.” 

These were still magical, but something was missing. We all still wanted to hug and get autographs from our favorite characters. Starting in April, guests can once again hug and interact with many of their favorite Disney characters. The Disney Parks shared that character interactions would return in phases. Read more about this HERE.

Previously guests could enjoy a few pop-up characters in Galaxy’s Edge. Social distancing has since been removed, and now you can have a traditional character interaction with your favorite characters at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Hollywood Studios

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At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Star Wars Launch Bay will reopen on July 17th. A celebration of the legendary space saga, Star Wars Launch Bay is your place for a warm embrace with Chewbacca, a face-to-droid encounter with BB-8, or a run-in with Darth Vader himself for those brave enough.

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Disney Parks Blog shares that in the coming months, we will once again meet our favorite toys in Toy Story Land. Although a date is not yet set, we can’t wait to be able to interact with our favorite Pixar pals once again.

At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Star Wars Launch Bay will reopen on July 17th.

Be sure to check out the great characters that are returning to Magic Kingdom this summer HERE. Great characters are also returning to Animal Kingdom. See all these returning characters HERE.

What do you think of the return of these characters? Will you be meeting them on your next trip to Walt Disney World? Who is your favorite character returning? Share your thoughts with us on our Facebook Page.

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