We had a BLAST at the first 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party on November 8th!
There is lots to do at this annual holiday party in Magic Kingdom! You can enjoy exclusive entertainment, free cookies and hot cocoa, shorter wait times for attractions, and, of course, the famous snoap on Main Street, U.S.A. There are also fun holiday character meet and greets to enjoy, but there’s one we recommend skipping, and the reason why is a SECRET we’re going to share with you!
You’ll see characters all around the park during Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party! There are several dance parties where you can jam out to your favorite holiday songs with your favorite characters, such as at Club Tinsel in Tomorrowland.
You’ll also find Storybook Circus transformed into Santa’s Christmas Carnival! Here, you’ll see the entire area turned into the North Pole with fun holiday decorations, lots of Christmas cheer, and friends from the North Pole, including Santa Claus!
You might think this is the perfect place to take your kiddos to meet Santa. It’s at the Most Magical Place on Earth, decorated to the nines with holiday spirit. What could be a better place than this to visit the Big Guy?! But trust us, we know of a much better spot at Disney World to share your Christmas wishes with Santa Claus!
At the party, you’ll likely find that Santa Claus has a very long standby line. He’s a very popular guy at a party themed for Christmas, after all. So, if you want to skip the line and have more time for all the other exclusive things to do at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, we suggest meeting Santa over at Disney Springs!
Santa is meeting daily from now until December 24th (after that, he’ll be a bit busy…) from 10AM to 10PM at the Marketplace near Disney Pin Traders in Disney Springs! The meet and greet location is in the area that used to be Star Wars Trading Outpost until it recently closed.
There is no standby line for this meet-and-greet experience. You’ll log onto the My Disney Experience app to grab a spot in the virtual queue. Once you’ve arrived in Disney Springs, you’ll use the app to enter a virtual queue to meet Santa. You’ll be able to grab a virtual queue spot at multiple times throughout the day: 9AM, 11AM, 1PM, 3PM, and 6PM. You’ll receive a notification when it’s time to get in line. When you arrive, you’ll see signs that say where to enter the line.
Since this meet and greet uses a virtual queue, your wait in the actual line will likely be much shorter than it would be at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, so you’ll save time for other activities at the party instead! And while you’re waiting to be called for your virtual queue, you can get some shopping and dining done around Disney Springs. It’s a win-win scenario!
We want you to have the BEST time at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, so use your time for those exclusive attractions you can’t experience during regular park hours. This includes things like the exclusive holiday stage shows, exclusive fireworks, and hitting the rides with much lower wait times!
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