Guests at Fort Wilderness are reporting a Christmas bandit in a golf cart, and social media sleuths caught Disney using AI artwork in a new store at Disneyland. All this and more for Tuesday, December 24, 2024.

Daily Recap for December 24, 2024

Walt Disney World

Magic Kingdom

• Christmas Day is almost upon us and Walt Disney World theme park reservations are becoming increasingly difficult to secure.

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

• Guests staying at Disney’s Contemporary Resort this Christmas Eve can participate in Catholic Mass or watch a live stream of Protestant services.
• According to reports, on Christmas Eve, around 3:00 PM, thieves in golf carts were reported targeting Fort Wilderness campsites and swiping items from stockings left out in the spirit of giving. 

Disneyland Resort

• Disney used AI art from Redbubble as a prop in the new Haunted Mansion gift shop at Disneyland, Madame Leota’s Somewhere Beyond.

Disneyland Paris

• Guests looking to book a trip to Disneyland Paris may want to check the refurbishment calendar before scheduling. The version of Big Thunder Mountain that many consider to be the best in the world may not be available.

Disney Cruise Line

• One of the rotational venues that guests visit more than once on the Disney Treasure is 1923. Since its counterpart on the Disney Wish has only one night on the slate, the second night on the Treasure features a new menu for “The Captain’s Gala Dinner.”

Entertainment and Media

• Musician John Mayer and director McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol) are purchasing the historic Jim Henson Company Lot.

Universal Studios

Universal Orlando Resort

• Universal Orlando Resort has released the schedule of events for New Year’s Eve 2025 at CityWalk Orlando
• The sign for Universal Stella Nova Resort has been installed outside the hotel on Epic Blvd, near Epic Universe.

WDW News Today

WDWNT’s Holiday Yule Log at Wilderness Lodge

That’s it for today; we hope you enjoyed this Daily Recap. Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see you tomorrow!

Eric Morton