The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade will be televised on December 25th and will feature performances from all four Walt Disney World theme parks and other attractions.
Viewers can watch Lady A sing “Winter Wonderland” at Epcot’s World Celebration Garden, Bebe Rexha perform “Last Christmas” at Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Castle, and Coco Jones at Disney’s Hollywood Stars. You can watch “This Christmas” from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge on Geo and Mariah the Scientist sing “Please Come Home for Christmas” at the Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Other performers include Nicole Scherzinger, Gwen Stefani from Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle, and Iam Tongi from Hawaii’s Disney Resort Aulani.
The pre-recorded broadcast will be hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro (“Dancing with the Stars”) and Ginnifer Goodwin (“Zootopia 2”). According to Disney, 9-year-old actress Maia Kealoha, who plays Lilo in the 2025 live-action film “Lilo and Stitch,” will serve as a “parade correspondent.”
The film also includes footage of a parade of floats and Disney characters on Magic Kingdom’s Main Street USA. The show will air on Disney-owned ABC at 10 a.m. Christmas Day and streamed on Disney+, Hulu, and the Disney YouTube channel at 11 a.m. The broadcast will be available to stream until January 4th.
Those looking to experience a real-life parade at Magic Kingdom can watch “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade” at the theme park every day at noon and 3 p.m. through Dec. 31. It’s set up like Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. The park is holding the “Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away” parade, which debuted this year, from 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
Additionally, “The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular,” which first aired on December 1st, is still being streamed. The show, which is also available on Disney+, Hulu and YouTube, will feature entertainers including Trisha Yearwood, Good Charlotte and Aloe Black, as well as Zootopia 2 stars Ke Hui Quan and Nate Torrence. The show will be narrated by Goodwin and hosted by Derek Hough, who also dances on the show.
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