While the busy Holiday season is just around the corner, November 2025 might not be the best time to visit Walt Disney World.
Christmas in Magic Kingdom
It’s no secret that the end of the year is one of the busiest possible times to visit Walt Disney World thanks to Holiday events like Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, Jollywood Nights, and the Festival of the Holidays. However, those crowds will be exacerbated this year thanks to the many construction projects currently happening across the resort.
Let’s dive right into the things you can expect when you come to Disney World in November 2025.
HOLIDAY EVENTS
Magic Kingdom
Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party begins on November 9th and takes place on select nights in the Magic Kingdom until December 21st.
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
Of course there is the ever-iconic Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade, Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks, and all the exclusive party merch and treats. It’s hard to fit the party festivities into just one night!
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See everything included at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party HERE!
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Disney Jollywood Nights
Disney’s Hollywood Studios Holiday event Disney Jollywood Nights is returning for its third year. The separately ticketed event is scheduled for select nights beginning on November 8th, and running through December 22nd.
Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!
Despite a rocky first year, this event was much more warmly received in 2024, with the Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! nighttime spectacular being a particular highlight. In addition, there exclusive treats, exclusive entertainment, rare characters, and more!
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And there are two limited-capacity entertainment experiences happening during the event: The Hollywood Brown Derby will transform into a speakeasy-inspired jazz lounge, and The Hollywood Tower Hotel Courtyard will host an “other-worldly soiree” with a ghostly band!
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Click HERE for everything you need to know about Disney Jollywood Nights!
EPCOT
International Festival of the Holidays
The EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays is a global celebration of the Season! In 2023, it will begin on November 28th (the day after Thanksgiving) and run through December 30th.
2022 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays
During the Festival, guests enjoy enhanced offerings around the World Showcase and experience holiday traditions from various cultures as expressed through decorations, stories, music, cuisine, and additional special events.
Norway Storytellers
EPCOT features internationally-themed food booths called Holiday Kitchens! Look for the ramped-up food offerings at booths like American Holiday Table, Las Posadas, and Chestnuts & Good Cheer Holiday Kitchen Many counter-service restaurants (and even some table service locations) feature additional holiday treats, too.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Magic Kingdom
As mentioned above, the typical crowd-levels that come with these Holiday events will also run headlong into construction projects around the resort. At the Magic Kingdom, work on the former Rivers of America…
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…as well as the land “beyond Big Thunder Mountain”…
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… are currently shrouded in construction as they’re transformed into Piston Peak…
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… and Villains Land.
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Holywood Studios
Over at Hollywood Studios, the former Grand Avenue/Muppet Courtyard area…
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…is currently being turned into Monstropolis as part of the upcoming Monsters, Inc. Land…
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… and the former Star Wars: Launch Bay is being transformed…
Star Wars Launch Bay
…into a new take on the Magic of Disney Animation.
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Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa
Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, Disney World’s premier Deluxe Resort, is also undergoing construction that will unfortunately mean one of Disney World’s beloved Holiday traditions won’t be present this year.
Grand Floridian lobby changes
Currently the hotel’s lobby is being renovated, included the addition of a new lobby bar. However, due to this work, there will be no gingerbread house in the Grand Floridian’s lobby in 2025.
2024 Gingerbread House
Those are some of the things you might run into and experience this holiday, but we’ll be on the lookout for more to add to that list! Stay tuned to DFB for the latest updates about holiday season happenings in Disney World!
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With the construction in the lobby of the Grand Floridian, will they still have the gingerbread house this year?
Hi Dottyanna! Yes, as far as we know, the Gingerbread House will still be in the lobby of the Grand Floridian this year.
My wife and I are coming the week before thanksgiving! We are from Missouri so what should we bring for clothing for Florida in November?
Thank you for all the hard work you do!!!
Thanks, Gigi! We are planning to take the monorail over from the Contemporary to see it!
Hi Darrin! You’ll want to pack for warm and cold weather, to be honest. It can be upwards of 80 degrees in the daytime, but get down to the 50s at night.
Didn’t Disney say the GF gingerbread house isn’t happening this year?
Hi Dan. That is correct. There will be no gingerbread house at the Grand Floridian Resort this year.
When I was younger, my family discovered this “sweet spot” between Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving, to visit WDW with minimal crowds.
When I took my family for the first time, post-pandemic in 2021, I thought that “sweet spot” would be the perfect time to go
I was so wrong! 😂
Between pandemic revenge travelers, the holiday party goers and whatever else influenced the heavier crowds, WDW was mobbed! We still had a great time, but I definitely had to readjust all my plans and expectations of how that trip was going to go.
If you could have seen my face when we rope dropped MK on that first day 😂