Meet Donald Duck at Donald's Dino-Bash

Update: Donald Duck is temporarily meeting near Restaurantosaurus in his Dino-Bash costume. This meet-and-greet will permanently close in early February 2026 with the rest of Dinoland, USA. We’ll provide a new article with location details when that happens. In the meantime, you’ll want to check the My Disney Experience app on the day of your visit for exact times and location.

Donald Duck, the number one duck of all time, meets daily at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Dino-Land, U.S.A. Specifically, he’s part of Donald’s Dino-Bash, an area of the park where several classic characters have meet-and-greets.

Donald Duck meets directly across from TriceraTop Spin. Below is a photo of the queue when I joined it at 3:10 p.m.

line of guests waiting to meet Donald Duck

As you can see, it’s a relatively long line. What’s even more difficult to see is that the queue has an internal area that wraps around a bit. Therefore, the line is even longer than it appears.

At 3:19 p.m., the cast member attending the meet-and-greet announced that Donald would leave to check on his nephews in about 10 minutes. She said he would leave for a brief few minutes and asked that everyone hold their place in line. This is standard procedure for most character meets, and I was glad to see the meet was operating in this manner. Donald left the area at 3:30 p.m. and returned at 3:35 p.m.

At this point, I was still far back in line. But I was hoping I would meet Donald before he took another break. By 3:40 p.m., the cast member announced again that Donald would leave in about 10 minutes to check on his nephews. Since he had only just returned, this was confusing to most of us waiting. Thankfully, I met Donald at 3:47 p.m. before he took another break. So it was a total wait of 37 minutes to meet him.

He was full of energy and happy to pose for a few photos.

Donald Duck signs autographs at this location. So make sure to have your autograph books and pens out and ready.

You’ll want to check the My Disney Experience app on the day of your visit for the exact timing of this character meet. Here are our instructions for how to do so:

How to Locate Characters in the My Disney Experience App

Open the My Disney Experience app and select the pin drop at the bottom of the home screen.
Scroll (left to right) through the icons at the top of the screen and select “Characters.”
After selecting characters, use the locations drop-down to select the park of your choice.
Then, on the bottom right of the screen, select “Show List.”
Scroll through the list of characters with their times and locations.

As an alternative, you can use the map view to locate characters.

*As the day passes, you might notice that characters disappear from the app. When their last scheduled time passes, the meet-and-greet automatically disappears. A new schedule won’t be loaded until the following day. It is essential to check the app for meet-and-greets on the day of your visit.

Learn More: How to Use the My Disney Experience App to Locate Characters (Full Tutorial)

For more characters at this park, see our guide to character meet-and-greets at Disney Animal Kingdom. Things are always changing at Walt Disney World. Visit Resorts Gal again soon to see what’s new!