Duffy the Bear coming to Epcot
A "new" character is coming to Epcot in October. It's called "Duffy the Bear" (do not confuse him with the Warner Brother's character "Daffy Duck"), and there will be a special Annual Passholder preview show in the rarely-used Odyssey pavilion.
More informations from the Orlando Sentinel:
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Disney World passholder event to introduce
Duffy the Disney Bear
Duffy the Disney Bear will become a regular for character meet-and-greets at Epcot in October. Known as the teddy bear who sailed around the world with Mickey Mouse, Duffy made regular appearances at Disney’s Teddy Bear & Doll Weekend and has been spotted at Once Upon a Toy store occasionally. Duffy also is very popular at the two Disney parks in Japan.
Walt Disney World passholders can hear about Duffy’s background at a special presentation at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at The Odyssey at Epcot. Each hour-long show will feature a guest speaker from Walt Disney Creative Entertainment.
This event is for passholders only, and seating is limited to those who reserve it online at Disney’s passholder website. Adults can claim children ages 3 to 17 as their guests when making reservations, but the kids still must be passholders and show valid passes and the confirmation slip at the time of check-in. This is a welcome change and should help many families who were frustrated by the tedious reservation process in the past that required each family member to log in and reserve a seat. (Children younger than 3 must sit on an adult’s lap.)
Reservations open Tuesday, Aug. 31, at DisneyWorld.com/passholder to all Disney World passholders. However, Weekday Select and Epcot After 4 p.m. passholders will need valid admission to Epcot.
Check-in for the event is 30 minutes before each presentation.
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As the article stated, Duffy the Bear is a very popular character at Tokyo Disney Sea, and we'll see if here at WDW he will be as popular as in Japan!
I personally don't recognize him as a real Disney character, but I don't want to judge before seeing him!
What do you think?
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This makes no sense...
ReplyDeleteIf memory serves Disney first introduced Duffy here in the states and he didn't go over well. But with his popularity in Japan maybe they hope it will have carried over. I don't really get it, since Duffy isn't the typical Disney character. Kids may like him though.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Austin, Disney hasn't done anything to promote Scruffy or Duffy or whatever he's called. There isn't any movie, or TV show or anything to make him special.
ReplyDeleteI am skeptic too about this new, unknown character (at least here in the U.S.A. and Europe too).
ReplyDeleteImagine the parents saying "Do you want to meet Mickey, Donald or Duffy?"
The child: "What?? Who in the world is Duffy?"