Meet Donald Duck at Donald’s Dino-Bash (Disney’s Animal Kingdom)

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.

For this article, we’ll go over Donald Duck’s character meet at Animal Kingdom. We’ll discuss times, location, and how long you can expect to wait for this character meet. It’s important to note that this area of the park will close at some point between 2025 and 2026. We’ll update this information when we know more.

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.

You’ll want to check the My Disney Experience app on the day of your visit for the exact timing of this character meet. As of this update, he meets intermittently between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. For other places to meet Donald Duck, you might find him at the following locations:

• Meet Donald Duck in the Mexico Pavilion at Epcot
• Pete’s Silly Sideshow at Magic Kingdom

Donald Duck is also present at multiple character dining locations. At Disney’s Animal Kingdom, you can find him at Tusker House Restaurant. He meets here in a safari suit.

For more character meet-and-greets, you might enjoy these articles:

• Meet Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) at Epcot’s France Pavilion
• Meet Princess Jasmine at Epcot’s Morocco Pavilion
• Meet Belle at Epcot’s France Pavilion
• Meet Winnie the Pooh in Christopher Robin’s Room

Or you might enjoy our entire list of characters who meet at Disney World.

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