Meet Donald Duck at Donald’s Dino-Bash

Update: This meet-and-greet concluded. Donald now meets in another area of the park, wearing a different outfit. You can learn more about his current location in our Animal Kingdom Characters Guide. The photos of Donald in his Dino-Bash outfit are left for historical reference. See our retired meet-and-greet list for more former locations.

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.

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.

For active character meet-and-greets, see our Disney World Characters Guide. Visit Resorts Gal again soon to see what’s new!

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