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{{Infobox attraction
| name = Mickey & Friends' Greeting Trails
| park = [[Tokyo DisneySea]]
| land = [[Lost River Delta]]
| type = Character greeting facility
| opened = April 23, 2011
| status = Operating
}}

'''Mickey & Friends' Greeting Trails''' is a character greeting facility in [[Lost River Delta]] at [[Tokyo DisneySea]], the second park of the [[Tokyo Disney Resort]] in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. Set in jungle beside [[Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull]], it consists of three separate trails, each ending at a differently themed structure where a Disney character in explorer dress receives guests for photographs. It opened on April 23, 2011, as part of the park's 10th anniversary, originally with [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Minnie Mouse]] and [[Goofy]]; since June 1, 2019, the third trail has been hosted by [[Donald Duck]] instead of Goofy, and the facility remains in operation as of November 2026.<ref name="launch">{{cite web |title=Tokyo DisneySea to Open New Disney Character Greeting Facility April 23, 2011 |website=Laughing Place |url=https://www.laughingplace.com/news-id10040280.asp |access-date=2026-11-15}}</ref><ref name="tdr2019">{{cite web |title=New Duffy and Donald Greetings Coming to Tokyo DisneySea |website=TDR Explorer |url=https://tdrexplorer.com/duffy-and-donald-greetings-tokyo-disneysea/ |access-date=2026-11-15}}</ref>

== History ==

The trails were announced on October 4, 2010, in conjunction with Tokyo DisneySea's 10th anniversary celebrations, under the anniversary theme "Be Magical!" They were built in the jungle area of Lost River Delta next to the Indiana Jones Adventure, and were billed on opening as the park's third dedicated character greeting facility, following the [[Saludos Amigos! Greeting Dock]], which had opened in the same port in May 2010.<ref name="launch" />

The opening-day arrangement set the pattern that still governs the facility. Mickey, Minnie and Goofy were each presented as members of an expedition — studying the ruins of an ancient civilisation and researching the jungle's plants and insects — and each waited in his or her own structure at the end of a separate trail. Guests chose a character at the entrance and queued only for that character.<ref name="launch" /> A related change accompanied the opening: once the trails were operating, Donald Duck took over from Mickey Mouse at the Saludos Amigos! Greeting Dock.<ref name="launch" />

The one major cast change came eight years later. From June 1, 2019, Donald moved to the trails in a new explorer outfit, taking the third trail, while the Goofy greeting ended on May 31, 2019. Mickey and Minnie continued unchanged, giving the facility its present line-up of Mickey, Minnie and Donald.<ref name="tdr2019" /> The resort's monthly greeting schedule for November and December 2026 lists all three trails separately, each running 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on scheduled days.<ref name="schedule">{{cite web |title=Disney Character Greeting Schedule (Monthly) — Mickey Mouse |website=Tokyo Disney Resort |url=https://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/en/tds/greeting/schedule/901 |access-date=2026-11-15}}</ref>

== Experience ==

Each trail is a short walk with something to do along the way, rather than a bare queue. The paths are dressed with statues and relics of the lost civilisation the characters are supposedly studying, and the original announcement highlighted two interactive details in particular: sections of a stone column that guests can rotate to jumble or align a carved figure's head, body and feet, and a magnifying glass through which to examine insect specimens.<ref name="launch" /> The effect is to make waiting guests feel like junior members of the expedition before they reach the greeting structure itself.

At the end of the chosen trail, the character — in archaeological and jungle-research dress suited to Lost River Delta — poses with each party in turn for a commemorative photograph.<ref name="fandom">{{cite web |title=Mickey & Friends' Greeting Trails |website=Disney Wiki |url=https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Mickey_%26_Friends%27_Greeting_Trails |access-date=2026-11-15}}</ref> The three lines are independent, and Mickey's is typically the longest, so parties often split their time between trails or visit early or late in the day. The official page for the Mickey trail notes that photography with a guest's own camera is limited to one shot per party, that greetings may be suspended for weather or other reasons, and that no professional photographer service is currently offered at this location; the facility is nevertheless listed as operating on rainy days.<ref name="official">{{cite web |title=Mickey & Friends' Greeting Trails (Mickey Mouse) |website=Tokyo Disney Resort |url=https://www.tokyodisneyresort.jp/tds/greeting/detail/901/ |access-date=2026-11-15}}</ref> Operating hours have traditionally run from shortly after park opening until 45 minutes before park closing, subject to the monthly schedule.<ref name="launch" />

== See also ==
* [[Lost River Delta]]
* [[Saludos Amigos! Greeting Dock]]
* [[Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull]]
* [[Raging Spirits]]
* [[Tokyo DisneySea]]
* [[List of Tokyo DisneySea attractions]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Attractions]]
[[Category:Tokyo DisneySea]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in Japan]]

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