With three huge Minnie Mouse fans in our family, we try to meet Minnie Mouse at every possible opportunity on our Disneyland Paris trips! So, if you are wondering where to find Minnie Mouse at Disneyland Paris then we have you covered! From pop-up meet and greets to character dining and get-togethers with Minnie and her friends, here’s our guide to meeting Minnie Mouse at Disneyland Paris.
1 | Royal Banquet Character Dining
Location: Disneyland Hotel
Royal Banquet is currently one of the best places to be in with a chance of meeting Minnie Mouse.
Minnie appears very regularly during lunch and dinner at Royal Banquet, although, as always at Disneyland Paris, individual characters are never guaranteed. The restaurant is billed as a character dining experience where guests can “join Mickey and friends in their royal finery as you dine at the Royal Banquet”.
The character line-up is usually very consistent. Mickey and Minnie are commonly joined by either Donald and Daisy, Pluto and Goofy, or a mix of the two pairs. Minnie is one of the characters we would expect to see most often here and, in our experience, it is relatively unusual for her not to appear.
Reservations to the Royal Banquet are available to Disneyland Paris Disney hotels guests at the time of their reservation- check prices here! Otherwise, reservations open in the Disneyland Paris App 2 months in advance.
Meet Minnie Mouse at Disneyland Paris: If meeting Minnie is high on your list, Royal Banquet is one of your best options. With Plaza Gardens currently closed, Royal Banquet is the main Mickey and Friends character dining experience at Disneyland Paris and reservations can be very popular.
Read our review of Disneyland Hotel at Disneyland Paris
2 | Meet Minnie or Her Friends Across Europe
Minnie Mouse makes frequent appearances at the Meet and Greet Across Europe with Minnie or her friends. As the name suggests, it is not guaranteed that you will meet Minnie on any given day – on our most recent visit Minnie Mouse, Clarabelle and Daisy Duck all made appearances and the characters switch out regularly.
Minnie and her friends greet guests against a backdrop of iconic landmarks including the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben in Arcade Beta in Videopolis.
Meet Minnie Mouse at Disneyland Paris tip: prior to moving to Discoveryland, this meet and greet took place in Production Courtyard at Walt Disney Studios. This is now the venue for the new live show, Together: A Pixar Muscial Adventure – make sure to check this out when you are at Disneyland Paris, it is a wonderful show!
3 | Pop up Meet and Greet at Cowboy Cookout
Not all meet and greets are listed in the Disneyland Paris app. In fact, there are ocassionaly some surprise Minnie meet and greets throughout the parks!
Minnie Mouse is often spotted around Cowboy Cookout in Frontierland.
4 | Disney Hotels at Disneyland Paris
If you are staying onsite at a Disneyland Paris hotel then you might meet Minnie Mouse at one of the onsite hotel meet and greets. We love staying onsite and Disney hotel guests are granted access to the parks one hour early, a perk known as Extra Magic Hour at Disneyland Paris.
Minnie often appears at two of the hotels – Disney Newport Bay Club and Disney Hotel Santa Fe. She can also stop by Sequoia Lodge but we’ve only seen Max, Goofy and Pluto on our recent visits. The meet and greets are themed to the hotel so Minnie is usually wearing nautical at Newport Bay and goes retro at Santa Fe.
The meet and greets currently (Summer 2024) take place in the evening at Disney Newport Bay Club and in the morning at Disney Sequoia Lodge and Disney Hotel Santa Fe.
Meet Minnie Mouse at Disneyland Paris tip: it’s unlikely you’ll ever meet Minnie Mouse at at Disney Hotel Cheyenne. Toy Story’s Woody and Jessie host at Disney Hotel Cheyenne.
Read our full guides to Disney Hotel Cheyenne at Disneyland Paris and Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel at Disneyland Paris.
Other spots see Minnie Mouse in Disneyland Paris
There are opportunities to catch a glimpse of Minnie Mouse at Disneyland Paris:
5 | Extra Magic Hour
During Extra Magic Hour, Mickey Mouse regularly welcomes guests from the train station balcony overlooking Town Square and he’s often joined by Minnie Mouse! It’s such a great interaction even though they don’t meet guests directly – Mickey and Minnie dance and wave and blow kisses to guests. It is always such a fun way to start the day at Disneyland Paris.
Extra Magic Hour: if you are not familiar with Extra Magic Hour it is a benefit of staying at one of the Disney Hotels at Disneyland Paris. It describes the hour before the regular park opening time when Disney Hotel Guests and Gold Disney Pass holders (Disneyland Paris’ Annual Pass) are granted early access to the park. We have a full guide to Extra Magic Hour at Disneyland Paris.
6 | Parades
Minnie Mouse always joins the Disney stars in the main parades at Disneyland Paris and it is one of the highlights of a day in the park. She currently appears in Disney Stars on Parade and will feature in the Halloween and Christmas parades.
7 | Live Shows
There are some incredible theatre shows at Disneyland Paris and some offer the chance to see Minnie Mouse live on stage.
Minnie appears in Minnie’s Dream Factory alongside Donald and Daisy Duck and Chip and Dale.
Meet Minnie Mouse at Disneyland Paris tip: Minnie’s Dream Factory is one of the highlights of Disneyland Paris for my girls – they both absolutely love it! There are other wonderful shows including Together: a Pixar Musical Adventure, the Lion King, Stich Live and Frozen: a Musical Invitation.
For more on Disneyland Paris
If you are a fan of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, check out our guide on where to meet Mickey Mouse at Disneyland Paris.
You can also check out our guides on where to meet the characters at Disneyland Paris, and where to meet the Princesses at Disneyland Paris (including our guide to the Princess Pavilion at Disneyland Paris).
