Meet Joy in Her New Location at Pixar Plaza (Disney's Hollywood Studios)

Joy has debuted in a new location at Pixar Plaza at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. She previously met at the Imagination Pavilion at Epcot. However, that meet-and-greet location is no longer available. Joy was moved to Pixar Plaza to celebrate her new film, Inside Out 2.

If you’ve ever visited Disney’s Hollywood Studios, you’ve likely spent some time in the Pixar Plaza area. This location was formerly Pixar Place before Toy Story Land opened. The area is now used as a flex space for several Pixar characters, including a few superheroes (Elastigirl, Frozone, and Edna Mode), Sulley from Monsters Inc., and now Joy!

Joy took over the location where Frozone was meeting. However, Frozone is still available as a roaming character. As far as Joy’s backstory goes, she is the emotion of happiness and is responsible for keeping things positive for Riley, the soon-to-be teenager from Inside Out and Inside Out 2.

We joined an extensive line to meet Joy at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on this visit. As you can see from the photo below, most of the line was in direct sunlight later in the afternoon. It was a long and miserable wait. We waited for over 45 minutes to meet her. I recommend getting this meet-and-greet out of the way earlier rather than later. The cast member attending this location said it was much shadier in the morning before the sun was overhead.

guests waiting in a long queue to meet Joy at Pixar Plaza

Here is a photo of her new location. The brick walls featured a new paint job themed to the movie.

Joy's themed background with blue painted brick and yellow, red, and light blue circles

While we did wait a long time to meet Joy, it was a wonderful meet-and-greet. I noticed that many guests spent longer than usual visiting with her. You can tell that she is the kind of character that has a far deeper meaning to guests than what meets the eye. I’m sure we could all use a little joy in our lives.

Joy poses with hands on her hips. She has blue hair and a green dress.

Here are a few more photos from this location. Joy signs character autographs and a PhotoPass photographer was available on the day of our visit.

Joy poses with arms up and happy expression

How to Locate Characters in the My Disney Experience App

Open the MDE app and select the pin drop at the bottom of the home screen.
Select the “Characters” category at the top middle of the screen. (The default is “Wait Times”.)
After selecting characters, use the park filter to select the park on the top left side of the screen.
Then, on the top right side of the screen, select “Show List.”
Scroll through the list of characters with their times and locations.

*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.

For more characters at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, you might enjoy the following:

Or you can preview the entire list of character meet-and-greets at Disney World.

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