Walt Disney World announces dates, Details on two Christmas events: Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Jollywood Nights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Very Merry dates for 2026 are November 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25, 27, 29 and December 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22. Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party starts in about a week and ends at Magic Kingdom. Tickets for Very Mary go on sale to the general public on July 16th. Prices vary by date and range from $189 to $229. (It’s $10 less for ages 3 to 9.)
The 2026 Jollywood Nights event dates are November 7, 14, 16, 21, 23, and 28. December 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th, 19th, 21st. That’s two more Jollywood nights than in 2025. Tickets will also go on sale to the general public on July 16th. Ticket prices range from $169 to $199 depending on the date. (There is a $10 discount for ages 3 to 9.)
Both parties are held after hours and are separately ticketed events with limited capacity. The programming announced so far is similar to the 2025 holiday season lineup.
The Very Merry event will once again include “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade,” “Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks,” “Mickey’s Most Merryest Celebration” State Show, a Frozen Holiday Surprise Transformation of Cinderella Castle, a dance party, holiday overlays at attractions like Space Mountain and Tomorrowland Speedway, and several seasonal sweet treats. Visitors will be able to meet Santa Claus at Santa’s Christmas Carnival at Storybook Circus, as well as encounters with characters such as Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in holiday wear and Jack Skellington dressed as Santa.
First ride: Disney’s Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster meets Muppets.
Jollywood Nights is a bit older and more musical, featuring a “Disney Holidays in Hollywood” stage show by Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog, a sing-along of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Glisten!” There will be a skating show near the park’s Chinese Theater, a 1930s-style Twilight Soirée at the Tip Top Club in the courtyard of the Hollywood Tower Hotel, a jazzy holiday experience at the Hollywood Brown Derby, a projection of “Jingle Bells, Jingle Bum,” and a variety of characters including Stitch the Santa and Lotso, Duffy, the Mandalorian and Gorg from “Toy Story 3.” “Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster,” starring the Muppets, will make its holiday debut.
For tickets and more information, visit disneyworld.com/tickets.
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