The Walt Disney World Resort is known to many as the Most Magical Place on Earth, but that phrase carries a bit more weight during the holiday season. If you're heading to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex during this festive time of year, celebrate the season with these festive events happening around our Theme Parks and beyond!

This holiday season, get ready for a magical holiday gathering with your loved ones—and some familiar Disney faces!
Join in the merriment on select nights starting November 8 when you attend Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. Experience the magic of the season at Magic Kingdom Park with enchanting entertainment and the jolliest of treats.


Ring in the holiday season with food, music and traditions from around the globe during the Epcot International Festival of the Holidays. From savoring seasonal recipes at the Holiday Kitchen kiosks to hearing the story of Christmas read by celebrity narrators during the Candlelight Processional, see how people around the world celebrate the most magical time of the year.


Seasons Greetings from Sunset Boulevard! Venture to Disney’s Hollywood Studios for even more magic with the Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! Holiday Fireworks Spectacular, a toy-sized Christmas celebration in Toy Story Land and an enchanting "snowfall" down Sunset Boulevard.

Go WILD this holiday season at Disney’s Animal Kingdom! For the first time ever, you can discover festive new entertainment and holiday décor in every land. Catch life-size puppets of Arctic Animals on Discovery Island by day, and see the rooftop lights by night. Tree of Life Awakenings will illuminate the parks’ signature icon, get your boogie on during the Holiday Hoopla Dance Party in DinoLand U.S.A. or see what Christmas is like on Pandora – The World of Avatar.


Discover a sleigh full of festive experiences at Disney Springs during the holidays, the perfect place to get all your shopping done. Take a walk along the enchanting Christmas Tree Trail or embark on a very merry mission with Stitch’s Holiday Gift Hunt. Be sure to check out the Disney Springs Gift Guide so you only have to check that list once!

What holiday celebration would be complete without some delicious, festive food? Try the Holiday Fireworks Dessert Party at the Tomorrowland Terrace, the Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! Holiday Dessert Party at Disney’s Hollywood Studios or the Frozen Ever After Dessert Party at Epcot World Showcase. These three unique experience will let you see this season’s fireworks in a once in a lifetime manner.

Please note that all above experiences require separate theme park admission.