Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion returns to Magic Kingdom for Walt Disney World’s 2024 vacation season! Listed here are dates, ticket costs, and particulars for the laborious ticket occasion–plus our commentary concerning the probably recognition of MVMCP after each single night time offered out final yr, what we’d prefer to see change, and extra.
This announcement about 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion dates and particulars occurred as a part of the Disney Parks “Midway to the Holidays” celebration that includes bulletins about Christmas-time on the Cruise Line, Disneyland, and Walt Disney World. As at all times, there’s essentially the most information concerning the Florida parks–together with the return of Disney Jollywood Nights for its sophomore season.
Earlier than we dig into the small print concerning the fan-favorite Magic Kingdom particular occasion, let’s begin with the fundamentals. Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion (MVMCP) shall be held on choose nights in Magic Kingdom from early November by way of the week of Christmas 2024. Listed here are the official particulars from Walt Disney World, adopted by our commentary about crowds, pricing, and many others…
Vacation pleasure will unfold at Magic Kingdom as Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion takes place on choose nights between November 8 and December 20, 2024.
Be part of Mickey and his friends on the Cinderella Fortress stage for the last word must-watch Christmas extravaganza – “Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration.” The present options nostalgic and fashionable medleys of vacation music paired with dance performances.
Minnie Mouse orchestrates a glowing spectacle over Magic Kingdom as part of “Minnie’s Fantastic Christmastime Fireworks.” Stuffed with vacation magic, the present consists of dazzling citadel projections, fireworks and seasonal songs.
Along with his well-known flying reindeer main the way in which, Santa Claus will be a part of Mickey Mouse and mates within the must-see “Mickey’s As soon as Upon a Christmastime Parade” because it makes its method by way of the park.
Talking of Santa Claus, he isn’t the one one who likes cookies throughout the holidays. Partygoers can take pleasure in complimentary cookies and scorching cocoa at places all through Magic Kingdom–in Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, and past.
Close by, Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café turns into the best place to get down when denizens of the North Pole drop by for an intergalactic dance occasion! The enjoyable continues for younger partygoers and Disney Junior followers of all ages at Storybook Circus throughout the “Disney Junior Jingle Jam” as Disney Junior characters participate in a fun-filled dance celebration.
Occasion Dates – The 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion shall be held in Magic Kingdom on the next nights:
- November – 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27 and 29
- December – 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19 and 20
Occasion Occasions – Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion will happen from 7:00 PM to midnight.
Ticket holders shall be admitted to Magic Kingdom as early as 4:00 PM on the legitimate date of their ticket.
Ticket Costs – Occasion tickets are $169 to $219 per ticket, plus tax (costs fluctuate by occasion date).
No date by date breakdown has been launched but, however anticipate the stretch in mid-November to be most cost-effective, with dates rising round Thanksgiving and in December nearer to Christmas.
Reductions – Annual Passholders and Disney Trip Membership Members can save $10 per ticket to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion—legitimate just for the next occasion nights:
- November – 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21 and 22
- December – 1, 3, and 5
Solid Members may save on choose nights. Extra particulars might be discovered on Solid Life Net or My Disney In the present day.
Buy Tickets Quickly – Visitors of choose Walt Disney World Resort motels can start buying Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion tickets as early as July 2, 2024—for occasion dates throughout their keep. All different Visitors could buy tickets starting on July 10, 2024.
This advance buy window is offered to Visitors of:
- Disney Resorts Assortment motels
- Walt Disney World Swan Resort
- Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
- Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort
- Shades of Inexperienced at Walt Disney World Resort
Tickets are restricted and will not be out there for buy on the day of the occasion (or earlier).
Right here’s the listing of points of interest which might be anticipated to be open throughout the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion, beginning with holiday-themed makeovers of fan-favorite points of interest:
- Maintain on tight as House Mountain launches you on a journey by way of the cosmos with high-energy vacation tunes and festive inside lighting.
- Cruise a festive freeway crammed with 1000’s of lights, stylized décor and a enjoyable, futuristic vacation soundtrack as you get behind the wheel on the “Tomorrowland Speedway Race By means of the Holidays.”
- Mad Tea Occasion in Fantasyland turns into a wild and wacky Christmas occasion––the place you may spin your teacup to one among 4 vacation combos of lights and music.
- Get able to giggle on a Jingle Cruise filled with holiday-themed puns. Jingle Cruise might be loved throughout the occasion or all day lengthy at Magic Kingdom park.
- Go to Monstropolis because the crew of Monsters Inc. Snort Ground places some “ha ha ha” of their “ho ho ho” with a seasonal present.
Plus, you’ll want to expertise some basic Magic Kingdom points of interest, together with:
Adventureland
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
- Swiss Household Treehouse
Frontierland
- Tiana’s Bayou Journey
- Huge Thunder Mountain Railroad
Liberty Sq.
Fantasyland
- Beneath the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Practice
- Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
- “it’s a small world”
- Peter Pan’s Flight
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Mad Tea Occasion
Storybook Circus
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- The Barnstormer
Tomorrowland
- Buzz Lightyear’s House Ranger Spin
- Astro Orbiter
- Monsters Inc. Snort Ground
- Tomorrowland Speedway
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
- TRON Lightcycle / Run
There are a few unknowns in relation to rides and the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion, the primary being whether or not TRON Lightcycle Run will use the digital queue once more. We hope not. The brand new experience odor has worn off–if individuals need to experience on repeat throughout the occasion, allow them to.
Second, the standing of Tiana’s Bayou Journey. It’s additionally unclear whether or not it’ll have a digital queue or standby, and actually, Walt Disney World most likely isn’t fairly certain but. All of it relies upon upon whether or not the experience reliability and downtime have improved.
The one factor that stands proud about this announcement is that Walt Disney World hasn’t shared any new-for-2024 additions. My hope is that this isn’t the ultimate slate of leisure. It’s been a bit since Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion had a serious refresh, and it’d be good to see that occur once more–particularly now that Walt Disney World has new leisure management.
There are a few impediments to that, although. The primary is that MVMCP has offered out each single occasion for the final 2 years. When you depend the vacation time After Hours substitute occasion, the final 3 years. So there’s not a lot of an incentive for Disney to make modifications. Visitors are responding effectively to what’s already there.
The second cause is considerably of an outgrowth of the primary: don’t repair what isn’t damaged. The explanation company reply effectively to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion is as a result of it’s actually good. Mickey’s As soon as Upon a Christmastime Parade is an all-time nice Disney parade and the Most Merriest Celebration stage present is stable. With that stated, the leisure lineup throughout MVMCP isn’t as iconic as what’s proven throughout MNSSHP.
What I might like to see is a modernized Vacation Needs with projections and different results. (Perhaps an enormous inflatable Santa Mickey? One thing on par with the Jack Skellington at MNSSHP.) Longtime followers would go loopy for that, and it’s not like anybody would mourn the lack of Minnie’s Fantastic Christmastime Fireworks. Though the fireworks present is newer and has its moments, it’s nothing particular. Few followers could be unhappy to see it go–particularly if it had been changed by a superior fireworks present that had been each good and hit sentimental excessive notes.
Failing that, I’d similar to to see extra new character meet & greets yearly. That is one other factor Oogie Boogie Bash does effectively, and I believe it might work at Walt Disney World. We’ve been doing MNSSHP for over 15 years, and lots of the meet & greets are the identical in the present day as once we began.
Perhaps an unpopular opinion, however I believe the character element has not solely gotten stale, however too constant and predictable. I do know Walt Disney World followers crave that, however I believe they’d additionally recognize some surprises and a ‘you by no means know what you’re gonna get’ high quality. (As long as what you get is cool.) In any case, new costumes for Mickey & Minnie is an effective begin, as is including Bruno.
For these conserving rating at dwelling, final yr’s Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion was held on 25 choose nights, from November 9 by way of December 22. Which means there’s the very same variety of dates for the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion–no enhance. This yr’s occasion begins one night time earlier, whereas wrapping up two nights earlier.
Actually, it is a aid. They already squeezed one too many late season dates into the schedule final yr, should you ask me. Ending a few nights earlier–earlier than the weekend main into Christmas week–is the good and guest-friendly transfer.
It’s widespread for Walt Disney World to make occasions longer and attempt to squeeze extra ticket gross sales, and “enhance” year-over-year numbers…it’s good to see that not occurring right here. That is most likely why they “expanded” to DHS with Disney Jollywood Nights as an alternative of making an attempt to drive much more occasion nights at Magic Kingdom.
Together with this, ticket costs have elevated. Final yr’s vary was $159 to $199, and this yr, it’s $169 to $219. That is the primary time that Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion has damaged the $200 barrier, which Disney had shunned doing the final couple of years–despite the fact that Disney Very Merriest After Hours smashed by way of it with tickets as costly as $249 just a few years in the past. (That was additionally a essentially low capability occasion, that means Walt Disney World offered far fewer tickets to it.)
Now let’s rapidly flip to a scorching matter: crowds. Considered one of our missed tales from final yr was Is Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion Much less Crowded?! Actually, I’m stunned…and a bit of dissatisfied…that this wasn’t an even bigger deal.
That article appeared to precise the consensus view, particularly with annual attendees who do Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Occasion and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion yearly–or a number of occasions per yr. We heard from readers and mates who had related experiences.
After all, that is no assure that Walt Disney World will keep on with the decrease attendance cap for the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion. They may decide that, on steadiness, visitor satisfaction is greater if the occasions don’t promote out as simply. (Clearly, visitor satisfaction is greater amongst attendees with a decrease cap, however that doesn’t account for company who get shut out.)
We hope that’s not the case, although. Final yr actually felt just like the goldilocks zone for crowds–not too gentle or too heavy.
With that stated, points with crowds on the Halloween and Christmas events have been extra a matter than distribution of crowds somewhat than uncooked numbers. Even the years that had been unhealthy, there have been nonetheless loads of pockets of decrease crowds. (Does it depend as a “pocket” when it’s nearly all of the park?)
In a nutshell, despite the fact that attendance is capped, it doesn’t at all times really feel that method as a result of a disproportionate variety of individuals crowd into the entrance of the park. The result’s that space being packed–immediately in entrance of Cinderella Fortress feels downright unsafe between the parade, fireworks, and stage exhibits–whereas different areas are virtually empty.
Making an attempt to attract occasion attendees or underutilized areas of Magic Kingdom is exactly why Walt Disney World added the Tomorrowland experience overlays just a few years in the past. That helped, however the issue persists. (If solely there have been an precise theater again in Tomorrowland. Oh wait.)
Which brings us to the following widespread query or concern amongst readers: when will tickets to the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion promote out?
There was a big quantity of unhappy demand for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion in each of the final two years. It’s unattainable to say how a lot greater Walt Disney World may’ve priced final yr’s MVMCP tickets and nonetheless offered out each night time. May the beginning worth have been $199 and the utmost been $249?
We’ll by no means know–however my guess is these numbers would have pushed the higher restrict, and resulted in much more company balking at pricing. With a worth vary of $169 to $219, I don’t assume they’ll have a lot concern promoting out the complete season of the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion.
Regardless, you do NOT want to fret about 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion tickets promoting out…but. When you’re studying this when the announcement is first being made throughout Midway to the Holidays, you may have completely nothing to fret about.
Even with final yr setting the document for offered out dates, nothing was gone till September 19, which is when the most affordable date of the yr (and second occasion) offered out. Following that, a scattering of extra dates offered out in late September and one other batch had been passed by the tip of October. All Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion dates offered out by November 20.
In different phrases, the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion is not going to promote out inside days of tickets happening sale. That applies to each the presale window and most people window. We actually do not know whether or not the 2024 MVMCP will promote slower or quicker than final yr, however both method, you don’t must ebook a resort reservation for the early entry window–and even be up early on most people gross sales date. Tickets received’t promote out then–that is not Oogie Boogie Bash at Disneyland.
With that stated, the recognition of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion within the final couple of years shouldn’t be minimized as a relic of its time-frame or an anomaly. Nor must you assume that the state of affairs is dire. It is a return to actuality from the stratospheric ranges of pent-up demand–a normalization and never a disaster. The vacation season remains to be the most important time of yr for Walt Disney World, and the corporate is pulling “levers” to entice extra bookings, not sounding a five-alarm hearth.
Even again in 2019, about half of all Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion dates offered out. Granted, the costs had been considerably “cheaper” again then…however these are air quotes round cheaper since that was not the notion on the time. Costs reached document highs that yr, up considerably as in comparison with only some years prior. So it’s all relative.
In different phrases, there are explanations for the recognition of final yr’s Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion that won’t apply in 2024. Nonetheless, it might be silly to forecast considerably decrease gross sales consequently; there have been many elements driving the recognition of MVMCP, and at the least a few of these will as soon as once more be current in 2024, simply as they had been in 2019 and years previous to that.
Finally, we’re trying ahead to the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion. Like so many Walt Disney World followers, attending MVMCP is a vacation season custom for us, and this shall be our first yr going as a household of three. So hopefully the climate cooperates and we are able to do enjoyable and festive Christmas ‘costumes’ for MVMCP.
Past that, my hopes for the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion are two-fold. First, that not as many dates promote out and that there are extra manageable crowd ranges and respiration room consequently. (If Disney Jollywood Nights finally ends up cannibalizing MVMCP ticket gross sales to some extent, that’d be high quality by us.) Second, that at the least just a few new issues are added to the occasion roster this yr. (Which, in idea, would additionally assist with the primary level.) As mentioned above, MVMCP is beginning to get a bit stale and will use a refresh. Don’t repair what isn’t damaged, however there’s nonetheless loads that could possibly be up to date or modified.
When you’re already planning forward and occupied with when to do the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion, your finest wager from a low crowds perspective is attending on a Tuesday night time. When you’re a neighborhood with much more versatile dates, attending one of many earlier occasions in November (however not the very first night time) is your finest wager for avoiding the crowds. After all, that assumes not each date will promote out; if final yr was any indication, that could be a very daring assumption.
For extra particulars concerning the substance of the occasion, technique, and a evaluate of whether or not it’s definitely worth the cash, see our complete Information to the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Occasion.
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