On September 21, 2016 Disney announced that Stitch's Great Escape! would begin operating seasonally <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/stitchs-great-escape/news/21sep2016-stitchs-great-escape-moves-to-seasonal-operation.htm </ref>. Beginning October 2, 2017, Disney began using the first pre-show room in Stitch's Great Escape! for a Stitch meet and greet <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/stitchs-great-escape/news/02oct2017-stitch-meet-and-greets-to-move-into-the-pre-show-area-of-stitchs-great-escape.htm </ref>.
===Stitch's Alien Encounter Meet and Greet===
On October 7, 2017 a new Stitch meet and greet opened in the queue and first preshow room of Stitch's Great Escape <ref> http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/10/photos-stitchs-alien-encounter-character-greeting-opens-replacing-great-escape-magic-kingdom/ </ref>. Named Stitch's Alien Encounter Meet and Greet (a reference to the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter), the new meet and greet has guests walk through the previous attractions queue, past a waving Sergeant C4703BK2704-90210 (Sarge) and the two animatronic alien prisoners. After entering Stitch's Great Escape's first preshow room, guests meet Stitch before exiting out the way they came.
==Attraction Plot==