We Met Frozen's Olaf at Walt Disney Imagineering and Caught a Glimpse of the Future of Immersive Entertainment at Disney Parks - IGN

Disney invited us to its Imagineering offices to meet the incredibly impressive next-generation robotic figure of Olaf that will soon be walking, talking, and interacting with guests at World of Frozen in Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland, and it truly felt as if we were getting a glimpse of the future of immersive entertainment at Disney Parks. First revealed last year alongside a new episode of We Call It Imagineering, Olaf just made another big appearance on stage at NVIDIA GTC 2026, only a few days after we had that chance to see him face-to-snowman-face. And what a meeting it was. Alongside posing with Olaf and asking him if he'll be in Kingdom Hearts 4 (hey, we tried!), we were just taken aback by how lifelike he was. As time went on, it's almost as if we forgot he was a robot, as his motions and mannerisms felt just as right as any real-life Disney character that you'd find walking around a park. Hearing Josh Gad's voice through this robotic also sold the immersion, and he had some very memorable lines we can't wait for others to hear, including, "This wandering thing is great! Oaken, I get it now!," "Why are we standing so still?," and "Well everyone, I'm off... int