Disney Very Merriest After Hours

Deck the halls with boughs of Holly…. more like, Deck Main Street, and all of the resorts please! Christmas trees, Gingerbread houses, Christmas wreaths– As if Disney isn’t already the most magical place– Add in Christmas and you’ll never want to be anywhere else!?!

Every year in Magic Kingdom they celebrate with Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party. This year will be a slightly modified version, Very Merriest After Hours. Much like Halloween’s Boo Bash this party will offer Christmas Magic in the after regular park hours. Very Merriest After Hours kicks off on November 8th, 2021 and will run select nights through December 21st. Tickets will go on sale next month, with and early access to guests staying at Walt Disney World Resorts. If these ticket sales go anything like Boo Bash, you’ll need our help to scoop up your tickets. Message Cait or Steph be put on our waitlist for your tickets so you don’t have to wait on hold all day.

Stay tuned for available Party Dates.

Very Merriest After Hours will be a 4 hour event held on select nights after normal park hours. During this event you can expect lower wait times and access to more than 20 select attractions. There will be a new nighttime spectacular with Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks. You’ll also enjoy Disney characters, holiday music, and decorations!

There will be exclusive Christmas snacks only available on party nights! As well as all you care to enjoy treats! In the past it has been Mickey Ice Cream bars, popcorn, hot chocolate, water, etc.

Hollywood Studios will come alive with the Christmas Spirit! Tower of Terror will turn into Hollywood Holiday Tower Hotel with twinkling lights and projections. It will change from Arendelle, a Muppets gingerbread canvas, a Toy Story Toy hotel, and a Dickensian village inspired by Mickey’s Christmas Carol.

Over at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, you will also find Holiday décor and festive Disney characters. A special holiday edition of Tree of Life Awakenings will take place most nights.

Be sure to keep EPCOT on your schedule! The International Festival of the Holidays returns November 26th through December 30th. Stay tuned for more information on this Festival!

Over at Disney Springs, you’ll be able to dine & shop through a winter wonderland full of lights and decor. Returning this year is the Disney Springs Christmas Tree Stroll! You can also catch a few snowflakes on your tongue in Town Center.

And the thing I am most excited for, **drumroll please**, the return of gingerbread displays across Disney World Resorts! I can smell it from here!

With so many exciting announcements, we wanted to share them all with you! There’s just something about Christmas at Disney! It makes the most Magical place on Earth even more MAGICAL if you can imagine that! From the added decorations to the Christmas music, to Christmas Cavalcades, it is a completely different Disney experience!


We are so excited to ring in the Christmas season with all of you! As always, Cait & Steph are here to help you make your vacation ‘THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!’


Published by Caitlin Jewell

Co-Owner Discovering the Magic Travel

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