Disney’s Halfway to the Holidays 2025: Not a Creature was Stirring, Not Even The Mouse. Today is June 25th, 2025, which is considered Half Christmas, or Leon Day (unofficial holiday where people start shopping and planning Christmas), and in past years, Disney Parks would be releasing information about the Holidays coming up at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and Disney Cruise Line. Do not worry, Disney WILL be releasing halfway to the holidays information any time now.
Since it is Disney Halfway to the Holidays 2025 here at Walt Disney World, we figured we would give you an idea of what to expect in 2025! We do not know what the merchandise will look like this year, nor do we know what amazing popcorn buckets and sippers will be coming, but they will be coming, and we will be here to cover it all!
Let’s start at Disney Resorts. 2025 is going to be a great year for Disney Gingerbread Carousel lovers. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Gingerbread Carousel at Disney’s Beach Club. While we will not be seeing the larger-than-life Grand Floridian Gingerbread House due to lobby construction, we do have the Ginger-affe at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the Beach Club Resort display. In 2024, we also got a new Spaceship Gingerbread Earth at Epcot.
Meeting Santa at Walt Disney World – Disney Springs, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and now Disney’s Animal Kingdom will all have a place to meet Santa Claus.
Disney Springs, where guests can shop, dine, and play during the holidays, will have the returning Christmas Tree Stroll, along with nightly snowfall, nightly entertainment, and Santa’s workshop.
Epcot’s Festival of the Holidays – Get wrapped up in the festive sights, sounds, and flavors of the season. Olaf’s Holiday Tradition Expedition Scavenger Hunt, Candlelight Processional, JOYFUL! A Celebration of the Season, Holiday Storytellers, Holiday Kitchens & Cookies, plus Merchandise, are all coming back for 2025. Let us not forget Scentsy with Festive Fragrances, the new giant 8-foot-tall Spaceship Gingerbread Earth in Communicore Hall, and so much more during Epcot’s Festival of the Holidays.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Merry Menagerie, See Discovery Island come to life with artisan-sculpted puppets of arctic animals—like penguins, reindeer, foxes, and polar bears. Tree of Life Awakenings Holiday Edition, Watch in awe as the park’s magnificent icon shimmers and sparkles each evening, accompanied by a heartwarming musical score. Mickey & Minnie at Adventurers Outpost, plus the strolling musician and Santa Meet and Greet at Restaurantasaurus.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios – For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration, Andy’s backyard decked out in dazzling holiday decorations and say howdy to all your favorite Toy Story pals, holiday musicians and juggling elves, along with a holiday spirit band, all while characters like Donald Duck and Max Goof play along. Plus, Sunset Seasons Greetings will return to the Tower of Terror in the evenings with snowfall.
Magic Kingdom – Olaf from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen at the castle stage for a “Frozen Holiday Surprise, Jingle Cruise, and magical decorations all around the Hub and Town Square. Also, stay with us all season as we cover the events leading up to the filming of the Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade and Thanksgiving weekend special.
Disney World Holiday Parties:
Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party Magic Kingdom – Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with festive entertainment, a storybook holiday atmosphere, sweet treats and more at this yuletide extravaganza. Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas Parade, Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Show, Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration, Characters & Dance Parties, Club Tinsel, Disney Junior Jingle Jam and so much more to experience during the extra ticketed event that goes from November until just before Christmas Day. Stay tuned for an announcement of when tickets will go on sale.
Jollywood Nights 2025 Hollywood Studios- Over 20 Characters, the return of Jingle Bell Jingle BAM!, two more returning stage shows Tim Burton’s “THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS” sing-a-long and “Disney Holidays in Hollywood,” plus short wait times, and people dressed up for the holidays, all make Jollywood Nights the happening spot this holiday season. The two-stage shows are some of the best Disney Live Entertainment has ever had inside Disney World. Party Dates and Tickets should be announced soon.
Disney’s Halfway to the Holidays 2025: Not a Creature was Stirring, Not Even The Mouse
