Walt Disney World
Parties, festivals and seasonal events
2 events are running right now.
Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party: What It Costs, What You Get, and What to Skip
Running now — 20 of 38 party nights left this year. Every remaining night is sold out.
$119–$229 a ticket, as of September 10, 2026
Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party is a separately ticketed Magic Kingdom evening on 38 nights from 7 August to 31 October 2026, priced $119 to $229 an adult by date and less for ages 3 to 9.
August 7, 2026 – October 31, 2026
EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival
Running now — 59 days left in this year’s season.
The Food & Wine Festival runs 27 August to 21 November 2026 and is included with EPCOT admission — you pay only for what you eat.
August 27, 2026 – November 21, 2026
Disney Jollywood Nights
Not running yet. This year’s season starts in 45 days.
$169–$199 a ticket, as of September 10, 2026
Jollywood Nights is Hollywood Studios' after-hours Christmas party, aimed squarely at adults, not families — 1930s Hollywood glamour, live jazz and proper cocktails.
November 7, 2026 – January 5, 2027
Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
Not running yet. This year’s season starts in 46 days.
$189–$229 a ticket, as of September 10, 2026
Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party is a separate ticketed evening at Magic Kingdom on 25 nights from November through December, running 7:00pm to midnight.
November 8, 2026 – December 22, 2026
Christmas at Disney Springs: the tree stroll, Santa and what it costs
Not running yet. This year’s season starts in 51 days.
Disney Springs decorates for Christmas with a stroll of themed trees, a Santa meet and a scavenger hunt for a completer button.
November 13, 2026 – January 6, 2027
Gingerbread displays at the Walt Disney World resorts
Not running yet. This year’s season starts in 51 days.
Five Walt Disney World resorts build gingerbread displays each Christmas — the Contemporary, Beach Club, BoardWalk, Animal Kingdom Lodge and Wilderness Lodge.
November 13, 2026 – January 6, 2027
EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays
Not running yet. This year’s season starts in 65 days.
The Festival of the Holidays runs from late November to 30 December and is included with EPCOT admission. Holiday Kitchens ring World Showcase, storytellers in each pavilion explain how that country celebrates, and the Candlelight Processional runs nightly with a celebrity narrator, a fifty-piece orchestra and a choir.
November 27, 2026 – December 30, 2026
EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
Not running yet. This year’s season starts in 114 days.
The Festival of the Arts runs from 15 January to 1 March in 2027 and is included with EPCOT admission. Food Studios plate dishes designed to look like paintings, working artists sell their work along World Showcase, and the Disney on Broadway concert series runs most evenings.
January 15, 2027 – March 1, 2027
EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
Not running yet. This year’s season starts in 168 days.
The Flower & Garden Festival runs from 10 March to 31 May in 2027 and is included with EPCOT admission. Disney character topiaries fill the park, the Garden Graze food passport is entirely plant-based, and Garden Rocks concerts run every evening.
March 10, 2027 – May 31, 2027
Seasonal guides
Not events with a start and end date, but the pages that go with them.
- Christmas at Disney World 2026: every date, what is free with a ticket, and the best week to go
- Disney After Hours: the 2027 dates and prices, and how short the lines really were
- Disney Springs Halloween food guide: every seasonal treat at 26 places, with Disney's prices
- EPCOT Candlelight Processional: dining packages, seating and what it actually is
- EPCOT Holiday Cookie Stroll: all 13 cookies, ranked
- Glimmering Greenhouses: Living with the Land's holiday overlay
- Halloween on the High Seas 2026: which Disney ships have it, what happens, and whether it is worth booking
- Magic Kingdom fireworks dessert parties: which one to book, and whether it is worth it
- New Year's Eve at Disney World 2026: the best park, ticket prices and what is not announced yet
- Planning a Disney World holiday from the UK — tickets, flights, the ESTA and the money
- runDisney at Walt Disney World: the four race weekends, and what they mean for your trip
- Vegan food at EPCOT Food & Wine 2026: every dish Disney marks plant-based, with prices
- Very Merrytime Cruises 2026: every Disney Christmas sailing, which ships, and what actually happens