Moderate
All systems go.
No scheduled closures.
Savor global cuisine at marketplace booths and enjoy live concerts during EPCOT's signature fall festival.
Aug 27, 2026 — Nov 21, 2026
EPCOT-wide pumpkin scavenger hunt during Food and Wine.
Sep 25, 2026 — Nov 2, 2026
Experience holiday traditions from around the world with festive food, storytellers, and the iconic Candlelight Processional.
Nov 27, 2026 — Dec 30, 2026
Celebrity-narrated Christmas story at EPCOT's America Gardens Theatre.
Nov 27, 2026 — Dec 30, 2026
Annual winter festival celebrating visual, culinary and performing arts across World Showcase.
Jan 15, 2027 — Mar 1, 2027
Separately ticketed three hour night at EPCOT with lower waits and included snacks.
Jan 21, 2027 — Aug 19, 2027
Candlelight Processional 2026 Disney has named Jordan Fisher as the Candlelight Processional narrator for November 27 and 28, the two opening nights that had read To Be Announced since Auli'i Cravalho came off the list on October 6. Every night from November 27 to December 30 now has a narrator.
Spaceship Earth Guests at EPCOT's Spaceship Earth are being sent to a side entrance because, Cast Members say, water dripping from the sphere, mainly when it rains, makes the walkway under it too slippery. The ride is open, but the closure has lasted at least a week and Disney has not given a reopening timeline.
Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party Disney World has posted park hours for December 21 to 31. Magic Kingdom currently opens at 9am every day, an hour later than last Christmas week, and closes at 10pm most nights and midnight on December 30 and New Year's Eve. These are early listings, and hours often grow closer to the date.
Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party Animal Kingdom was posted at 8am-6pm for all of November 1 to 8. Five of those days now run later, two of them to 8pm. Magic Kingdom adds an hour on Saturday, November 7, and Hollywood Studios opens at 8:30am that morning.
Remy's Ratatouille Adventure The spot in the Remy's Ratatouille Adventure queue at EPCOT where guests used to collect 3D glasses is now a long, lit lattice window. Animated shadows of Remy, Emile and other rats move along it, rolling cheese and hauling food in the same direction guests walk.
Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend Disney's Hollywood Studios closes to regular guests at 5pm on Tuesday, October 20, four hours early, for a private event for Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo attendees. EPCOT also opens late, at 10am, on October 23 and 25 for Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend.
