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I met Olaf — the Frozen robot who might be the future of Disney Parks

  • Sean Hollister
  • March 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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I met Olaf — the Frozen robot who might be the future of Disney Parks
Olaf, a Disney Imagineering robot that will greet guests at Disney parks. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge

You know Olaf. Before K-Pop Demon Hunters, before Wicked, it was Disney's Frozen that blasted show tunes like "Let it Go" and "Into the Unknown" into our lives. My little girls loved belting those tunes.

So when I met Olaf, the Disney Imagineering robot, I kept thinking: I can't wait for my kids to meet him too.

It's a weird thought, really, because this Olaf isn't a "he" and can't carry on a conversation. Why do I keep thinking "I met him" when he's largely a remote-controlled puppet teleoperated by a Steam Deck gaming handheld?

I think the answer is that Olaf - coming to Disneyland Paris on March 26th and Hong Kong Disneyland this su …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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