Rumor Meet and Greets

[Fabritz32]

Any thoughts on the return of meet and greets?

 

[brb1006]

So far no, give it a year or so until that returns.

 

[Tom P.]

In an effort to cut costs by 50%, driven by the penny pinching ways of Chapek, Disney will no longer offer meet and greets. Instead, guests will be offered a choice of either a meet OR a greet, but under no circumstances both.

 

[acup313]

We’ve seen a solid suggestion of by October 1st. I’ve also seen an unsubstantiated rumor of within the next few weeks.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

All Disney character greets will move to Cameo (or OnlyFans) as an optional addition to your vacation package.

 

[M:SpilotISTC12]

In an effort to cut costs by 50%, driven by the penny pinching ways of Chapek, Disney will no longer offer meet and greets. Instead, guests will be offered a choice of either a meet OR a greet, but under no circumstances both.

Hey, hey, hey! Save that for the 50th! Got to 'Wow' them! Only under the 50th's budget will they ever allow such a costly measure.

 

[drew81]

So far no, give it a year or so until that returns.

I think this is more realistic.

 

[drew81]

We’ve seen a solid suggestion of by October 1st. I’ve also seen an unsubstantiated rumor of within the next few weeks.

With what staff?

 

[ToTBellHop]

I think this is more realistic.

With what staff?

There is a specific desire to have M&Gs for the 50th. That doesn’t need to mean every M&G that was present in early 2020, of course. You can guess the priority characters.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Even Chapek, of all people, mentioned the desire of guests to hug their favorite characters.

 

[brb1006]

Even Chapek, of all people, mentioned the desire of guests to hug their favorite characters.

Was this from a recent interview?

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Was this from a recent interview?

Within the last month or so, yes. I’m trying to find it. Someone posted it here on one of the forums, and of course now I can’t find it.

 

[Mark48]

Me no Lika Da Chapek

 

[mm52200]

With what staff?

The entertainment cast still on furlough or displaced in other lines of business working attractions, merchandise, lifeguarding, etc for the past 7 months. They’re all here waiting...for now. But after being kept in the dark the last 7 months and no signs of anything to come a lot are starting to drop.

 

[Tom P.]

Unless something significantly different than the current trajectory happens with Covid, I cannot imagine Disney waiting until almost a year into the 50th to bring back meet and greets. My guess would be Fall.

 

[MisterPenguin]

In an effort to cut costs by 50%, driven by the penny pinching ways of Chapek, Disney will no longer offer meet and greets. Instead, guests will be offered a choice of either a meet OR a greet, but under no circumstances both.

So you just stand there next to a character and there's no interaction, nothing said between the two of you?

Great! It'll be like Thanksgiving with my family!!

 

[drew81]

There is a specific desire to have M&Gs for the 50th. That doesn’t need to mean every M&G that was present in early 2020, of course. You can guess the priority characters.

I hope they can staff it.

The entertainment cast still on furlough or displaced in other lines of business working attractions, merchandise, lifeguarding, etc for the past 7 months. They’re all here waiting...for now. But after being kept in the dark the last 7 months and no signs of anything to come a lot are starting to drop.

Sad. Very sad.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

I think by the 50th we’ll see the return of some M&Gs but I don’t think full blown pre-Covid. There will be a priority to get guests in front of the characters in their new EARidescient outfits. Just my opinion

 

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

Okay, I know DLR and WDW can be different things entirely, but at WDW can you not stand right near (say 2-3 feet away from) a character and talk to them and get a selfie?

No, we can't hug or get autographs yet, but we can stand close enough to have a conversation without yelling from afar with a lot of characters right now. Though yes, others are still up on balconies or stages. But the current situation at DLR (or at least at DCA which is where I've spent my time since reopening) is such that you can get fun moments and conversations with the characters.

Though I still miss the hugs!

 

[asianway]

I think by the 50th we’ll see the return of some M&Gs but I don’t think full blown pre-Covid. There will be a priority to get guests in front of the characters in their new EARidescient outfits. Just my opinion

You’ll never see the bloat that was before covid, things got entirely off the rails. This is one case where a reset was sorely needed