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===Town Square Theater===
With the closure of Mickey's Toontown Fair on February 11, 2011, Disney knew it needed a new location for a permanent Mickey Mouse meet and greet. To solve this problem, the Town Square Exhibition Hall was refurbished, eventually reopening on April 1, 2011 as the Town Square Theater<ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/03/mickeys-magical-meet-and-greet-debuts-april-1-at-magic-kingdom-park/ </ref>.
When entering the new theater, guests initially had the option of meeting either Mickey and Minnie Mouse or Disney Princesses (who would eventually be relocated to the under construction [[Princess Fairytale Hall]]. In line with the new theater's theming, the Mickey meet and greet was officially titled "Backstage Magic with Mickey Mouse".
If guests chose to visit the Disney princess, they would go to the left, where they could also find a series of animated posters. Unlike Mickey, who's room was themed as a dressing room, the Disney princesses met in front of smaller themed backdrops. No matter which character experience guests chose, they ended up in the theater's gift shop upon exiting.
The first major change to come to the Town Square Theater occurred on October 31, 2011, when a new talking Mickey Mouse made his debut<ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/10/mickey-tests-some-magic-words-at-walt-disney-world/comment-page-1/ </ref>. Although the next generation meet and greet character would continue to meet sporadically over the next couple of years, it was not until October 21, 2013<ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/10/meeting-magician-mickey-mouse-at-town-square-theater-in-magic-kingdom-park/ </ref>, that the talking Mickey experience became permanent. Following the opening of [[Princess Fairytale Hall]] on September 18, 2013, the Disney princesses moved out of the Town Square Theater<ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/09/princess-fairytale-hall-opens-in-new-fantasyland-at-magic-kingdom-park/ </ref>. Mickey and Minnie then remained the sole occupants of the theater until May 20, 2014<ref> https://insidethemagic.net/2014/05/tinker-bell-moves-to-town-square-theater-at-walt-disney-world-leaving-magical-nook-and-fairy-friends-behind/ </ref>, when Tinker Bell moved in. At this time, the new Garden Theater opened within the Town Square Theater, which allowed guests to shrink to the size of a fairy and be magically transported to Tinker Bell's Magical Nook. The most recent change to the Town Square Theater came on May 12, 2018, when the talking Mickey Mouse was retired in favor of a traditional Mickey meet and greet <ref> https://wdwnt.com/2018/02/update-talking-mickey-meet-greet-magic-kingdom-will-go-silent-may-12th-2018/ </ref>.
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
The Town Square theater features numerous references to the history of Walt Disney animation and the Walt Disney Company. Below is a list of some of those references found when guests go to meet Mickey backstage.
