Christmas Day is almost upon us and Walt Disney World theme park reservations are becoming increasingly difficult to secure.
Walt Disney World Park Reservations for Christmas Day 2024
Here’s the latest on park availability per the official Walt Disney World theme park reservation calendar for Christmas Day 2024.
At the time of publishing, the current park reservation availability is as follows:
Walt Disney World Annual Passholders
- Magic Kingdom – No reservations available
- EPCOT – Reservations available
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Reservations available
- Disney’s Hollywood Studios – Reservations available
Regular Theme Park Tickets and Resort Guests
- Magic Kingdom – No reservations available
- EPCOT – Reservations available
Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Reservations available - Disney’s Hollywood Studios – Reservations available
As with park reservations, availability is subject to change. It is also possible for guests to park-hop to Magic Kingdom after visiting their first park of the day. Read our full guide to all-day Park Hopping at Walt Disney World.
Lightning Lane Premier Passes are also already sold out for Magic Kingdom on December 25.
Various daytime holiday entertainment offerings will be available throughout the day at each park.
Guests at Magic Kingdom can view “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade” at 12 and 3 p.m. Elsa will transform Cinderella Castle into a shimmering crystallized palace at 6:15 p.m. during the “Frozen Holiday Surprise” and “Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks” will be shown at 8 p.m. that evening.
The Jingle Cruise will also still be taking guests on holly jolly journeys in Adventureland.
The EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays will still be taking place. Guests can take part in the Holiday Cookie Stroll, check out the different Holiday Kitchens, and enjoy various holiday entertainment including the Candlelight Processional and the evening’s celebrity narrator, Edward James Olmos.
“Luminous: The Symphony of Us” will also be performed at 9:30 p.m. over World Showcase Lagoon.
Over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, “Sunset Seasons Greetings” will light up The Hollywood Tower Hotel at 6 and 9 p.m. As the sun sets, guests can watch the tree-lighting ceremony that takes place around Echo Lake.
There’s also “Fantasmic!,” which will be at 7:30 and 9 p.m. and “Wonderful World of Animation” will be shown on the Chinese Theatre at 8:45 p.m.
At Disney’s Animal Kingdom, guests can discover the Merry Menagerie at Discovery Island, where winter wonders spring to life in the form of artisan-sculpted puppets of arctic animals. The Tree of Life Awakenings Holiday Edition will happen at 6:10 p.m.
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