4. Muppet Mobile Lab

From August 22 through September 6, 2007 guests at Epcot’s Future World were able to experience the roaming Muppet Mobile Lab, which included the characters of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his unfortunately loyal assistant, Beaker. This expeirence was part of Disney’s “Living Characters” initiative, which aimed to bring true interactivity to Disney Characters (and eventually spawned Turtle Talk with Crush).

However, unlike Turtle Talk with Crush, the Muppet Mobile Lab was a free-roaming animatronic that was built on top of a Segway that concealed eight cameras which allowed one controller (who was stationed off-site) to see around the vehicle and interact with guests in real time, responding to questions, calling guests by name and more. Imagineers wrote 53 scripted comedy bits and routines and also included 12 traveling songs that could be performed on demand and to encourage reactions from guests. Though this experience proved popular, like Lucky the Dinosaur it was shipped off to Hong Kong Disneyland, and never heard from at Walt Disney World ever again. You can see a video demonstration of this short-lived character experience above. 

5. Star Lord and Gamora

Though the previous four character experiences all lasted for several weeks, our final two entries are extreme cases are characters that literally met guests for one day only. Our first one-day only entry is Star Lord and Gamroa, who met guests during 2014’s Unleash the Villains event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios during an “Awesome Mix” dance party held in the Animation Courtyard of the park. During this event-within-an-event, Star Lord and Gamora would roam around the dance floor, pausing to take photos and hand out autograph cards.  

This character experience was especially noteworthy as it was the first Marvel-themed meet and greet to debut inside Walt Disney World (characters from Guardians of the Galaxy are exempt from the deal with Universal), and the experience proved to be quite popular at the park. Unfortunately, Unleash the Villains was cancelled after 2014, and while rumors were swirling that the Guardians of the Galaxy could show up at Epcot, nothing ever materialized and as of November 2015, these characters haven’t been heard from.

Though losing character meet and greets is a pretty normal occurance at Walt Disney World, these extremely limited-time events were so short-lived that many guests never even knew about them. What's the most obscure character you've ever met at Walt Disney World?