One Character Just Made His FIRST EVER Disney Parks Appearance!

Okay, those of us who spend more time in Disney World than Disneyland often get jealous of Disneyland because of all the amazing characters that turn up there.

The whole gang!

First, ALL the Marvel character meet and greets in Avengers Campus are AMAZING. Even Oswald the Lucky Rabbit meets guests in Disneyland (NOT fair!). Now, another VERY rare character is appearing in Toontown, which officially reopened on March 19th.

Many Disney fans probably know Pete as Goofy’s neighbor in A Goofy Movie. Before that, though, Pete goes ALL the way back to 1925 (three years BEFORE Mickey Mouse). He was usually depicted as a villain, most often being an antagonist to Mickey and his pals. He’s a rare character, though, but Pete has finally made his way to Disneyland as a character you can actually meet!

There he is!

We got a chance to say hello to Pete during a media preview of Toontown and he was in fine form. He’s certainly a good fit for Toontown, which also features the original Disney gang of Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Pluto, and Clarabelle.

Hiya, Pete!

In case you were wondering what kind of creature is, he’s an anthropomorphic cat, which makes a lot of sense since he was often a villain in early Mickey MOUSE cartoons. We’re just happy to see another rare and classic character making it to Disneyland while the park is celebrating the Walt Disney Company’s 100th Anniversary.

Mickey 100th anniversary statue in Disneyland

So welcome to Disneyland, Pete! Hope to see you there soon. Keep following DFB for more Disney news!

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Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Today, we were invited by Disneyland to attend their media preview of Toontown. Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event/food on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event/food favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink. You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ