Meet Pocahontas at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in The Oasis

Pocahontas is one of the most free-spirited characters at Walt Disney World. As of this update, she is again meeting with guests at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Her character meet-and-greet has also been added to the My Disney Experience app. Below, we’ll discuss where and when you might find her during your visit.

We found Pocahontas meeting in The Oasis, the area just beyond the ticket turnstiles that you walk through before you reach the bridge to Discovery Island and the Tree of Life. The Oasis has several animal enclosures, and it’s a wonderful place to explore if you have the time. On this visit, Pocahontas was meeting in an area toward the top right side of The Oasis, past the Babirusa enclosure.

Here is a photo of the area where she was meeting. You may remember we first found her meeting here last year during the holidays. However, she returned to the character cruises with Meeko at the beginning of the year. Since then, the character cruises ended.

When we first arrived, the line didn’t appear long. Then, the cast member directed us to continue down the path and join the back of the line, which we couldn’t see from where we were standing. As you can see in the picture below, the line was pretty long.

It took approximately 20 minutes to meet Pocahontas. She was very enthusiastic and immediately asked us if we had seen Meeko. She mentioned if we ran into him, to bring snacks.

Pocahontas signs characters autographs. So make sure to have your autograph book out and turned to the page you would like her to sign. She will sign her autograph after greeting you.

Then, you can put your book away and pose for a few photos. A PhotoPass photographer was available on the day of our visit. However, they are not guaranteed. We are in the parks weekly, and I have noticed an uptick in photographers at the character meets lately, which is a positive.

Here is Pocahontas’s autograph. I thought it was pretty unique.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the only place to meet Pocahontas at Walt Disney World. However, she often appears in Fantasmic! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. For more characters at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, you might enjoy

• Meet Kevin at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
• Meet Mickey and Minnie Mouse at Adventurer’s Outpost
• Meet Donald Duck at Donald’s Dino-Bash
• Meet Dug and Russell at Animal Kingdom
• Meet Chip and Dale at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Or you might enjoy browsing our character guides for the other parks:

• Characters at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
• Meet Characters at Magic Kingdom
• Character Meet-and-Greets at Epcot

Visit our Walt Disney World Characters Guide for the most up-to-date list of characters in each park. Additionally, you might be interested in learning more about character dining at Walt Disney World.

In the Comments

Do you plan to meet Pocahontas during your visit to Walt Disney World? Is she one of your favorite characters? Let us know below in the comments. We’ll be happy to answer any questions based on our experience.