Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration returns to Magic Kingdom for Walt Disney International’s 2024 vacation season! Listed here are dates, price tag costs, and main points for the onerous price tag tournament–plus our remark in regards to the most probably approval for MVMCP after each and every unmarried night time offered out remaining yr, what we’d like to look alternate, and extra.
This announcement about 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration dates and main points took place as a part of the Disney Parks “Midway to the Vacations” birthday party that includes bulletins about Christmas-time at the Cruise Line, Disneyland, and Walt Disney International. As all the time, there’s essentially the most information in regards to the Florida parks–together with the go back of Disney Jollywood Nights for its sophomore season.
Ahead of we dig into the main points in regards to the fan-favorite Magic Kingdom particular tournament, let’s get started with the fundamentals. Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration (MVMCP) might be hung on make a choice nights in Magic Kingdom from early November during the week of Christmas 2024. Listed here are the legitimate main points from Walt Disney International, adopted by means of our remark about crowds, pricing, and many others…
Vacation pleasure will spread at Magic Kingdom as Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration takes position on make a choice nights between November 8 and December 20, 2024.
Sign up for Mickey and his friends on the Cinderella Citadel level for without equal must-watch Christmas extravaganza – “Mickey’s Maximum Merriest Birthday celebration.” The display options nostalgic and trendy medleys of vacation tune paired with dance performances.
Minnie Mouse orchestrates a glowing spectacle over Magic Kingdom as part of “Minnie’s Glorious Christmastime Fireworks.” Filled with vacation magic, the display contains dazzling fort projections, fireworks and seasonal songs.
Together with his well-known flying reindeer main the way in which, Santa Claus will sign up for Mickey Mouse and buddies within the must-see “Mickey’s As soon as Upon a Christmastime Parade” because it makes its approach during the park.
Talking of Santa Claus, he isn’t the one person who likes cookies all over the vacations. Partygoers can delight in complimentary cookies and scorching cocoa at places during Magic Kingdom–in Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, and past.
Within sight, Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café turns into the best position to get down when denizens of the North Pole drop by means of for an intergalactic dance birthday party! The thrill continues for younger partygoers and Disney Junior enthusiasts of every age at Storybook Circus all over the “Disney Junior Jingle Jam” as Disney Junior characters participate in a fun-packed dance birthday party.
Tournament Dates – The 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration might be held in Magic Kingdom at the following 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
Tournament Occasions – Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration will happen from 7:00 PM to middle of the night.
Price tag holders might be admitted to Magic Kingdom as early as 4:00 PM at the legitimate date in their price tag.
Price tag Costs – Tournament tickets are $169 to $219 in line with price tag, plus tax (costs range by means of tournament date).
No date by means of date breakdown has been launched but, however be expecting the stretch in mid-November to be most cost-effective, with dates expanding round Thanksgiving and in December nearer to Christmas.
Reductions – Annual Passholders and Disney Holiday Membership Participants can save $10 in line with price tag to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration—legitimate just for the next tournament nights:
- November – 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21 and 22
- December – 1, 3, and 5
Solid Participants too can save on make a choice nights. Extra main points can also be discovered on Solid Existence Internet or My Disney These days.
Acquire Tickets Quickly – Visitors of make a choice Walt Disney International Hotel lodges can start buying Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration tickets as early as July 2, 2024—for tournament dates all over their keep. All different Visitors might acquire tickets starting on July 10, 2024.
This advance acquire window is to be had to Visitors of:
- Disney Accommodations Assortment lodges
- Walt Disney International Swan Resort
- Walt Disney International Swan Reserve
- Walt Disney International Dolphin Resort
- Sun shades of Inexperienced at Walt Disney International Hotel
Tickets are restricted and will not be in the stores at the day of the development (or previous).
Right here’s the record of sights which can be anticipated to be open all over the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration, beginning with holiday-themed makeovers of fan-favorite sights:
- Grasp on tight as Area Mountain launches you on a adventure during the cosmos with high-energy vacation tunes and festive inside lights.
- Cruise a festive highway full of 1000’s of lighting fixtures, stylized décor and a amusing, futuristic vacation soundtrack as you get at the back of the wheel at the “Tomorrowland Speedway Race Throughout the Vacations.”
- Mad Tea Birthday celebration in Fantasyland turns into a wild and wacky Christmas birthday party––the place you’ll spin your teacup to certainly one of 4 vacation mixtures of lighting fixtures and tune.
- Get able to chortle on a Jingle Cruise full of holiday-themed puns. Jingle Cruise can also be loved all over the birthday party or all day lengthy at Magic Kingdom park.
- Talk over with Monstropolis because the workforce of Monsters Inc. Chuckle Ground places some “ha ha ha” of their “ho ho ho” with a seasonal display.
Plus, make sure you revel in some vintage Magic Kingdom sights, together with:
Adventureland
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
- Swiss Circle of relatives Treehouse
Frontierland
- Tiana’s Bayou Journey
- Giant Thunder Mountain Railroad
Liberty Sq.
Fantasyland
- Below the Sea ~ Adventure of The Little Mermaid
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Educate
- Prince Captivating Regal Carrousel
- “it’s a small global”
- Peter Pan’s Flight
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Mad Tea Birthday celebration
Storybook Circus
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- The Barnstormer
Tomorrowland
- Buzz Lightyear’s Area Ranger Spin
- Astro Orbiter
- Monsters Inc. Chuckle Ground
- Tomorrowland Speedway
- Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover
- TRON Lightcycle / Run
There are a few unknowns relating to rides and the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration, the primary being whether or not TRON Lightcycle Run will use the digital queue once more. We are hoping now not. The brand new journey odor has worn off–if other folks need to journey on repeat all over the birthday party, allow them to.
2nd, the standing of Tiana’s Bayou Journey. It’s additionally unclear whether or not it’ll have a digital queue or standby, and in truth, Walt Disney International almost certainly isn’t moderately positive but. All of it depends on whether or not the journey reliability and downtime have progressed.
The only factor that stands out about this announcement is that Walt Disney International hasn’t shared any new-for-2024 additions. My hope is this isn’t the overall slate of leisure. It’s been somewhat since Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration had a big refresh, and it’d be great to look that occur once more–particularly now that Walt Disney International has new leisure management.
There are a few impediments to that, regardless that. The primary is that MVMCP has offered out each and every unmarried tournament for the remaining 2 years. When you depend the vacation time After Hours alternative tournament, the remaining 3 years. So there’s now not a lot of an incentive for Disney to make adjustments. Visitors are responding smartly to what’s already there.
The second one explanation why is rather of an outgrowth of the primary: don’t repair what isn’t damaged. The explanation visitors reply smartly to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration is as it’s in reality just right. Mickey’s As soon as Upon a Christmastime Parade is an all-time nice Disney parade and the Maximum Merriest Birthday celebration level display is forged. With that stated, the leisure lineup all over MVMCP isn’t as iconic as what’s proven all over MNSSHP.
What I would really like to look 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 enthusiasts would pass loopy for that, and it’s now not like somebody would mourn the lack of Minnie’s Glorious Christmastime Fireworks. Even supposing the fireworks display is more recent and has its moments, it’s not anything particular. Few enthusiasts could be unhappy to look it pass–particularly if it have been changed by means of a awesome fireworks display that have been each just right and hit sentimental excessive notes.
Failing that, I’d similar to to look extra new personality meet & greets annually. That is some other factor Oogie Boogie Bash does smartly, and I feel it will paintings at Walt Disney International. We’ve been doing MNSSHP for over 15 years, and most of the meet & greets are the similar nowadays as after we began.
Perhaps an unpopular opinion, however I feel the nature part has now not handiest gotten stale, however too constant and predictable. I do know Walt Disney International enthusiasts crave that, however I feel they’d additionally respect 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 spite of everything, new costumes for Mickey & Minnie is a superb get started, as is including Bruno.
For the ones preserving rating at house, remaining yr’s Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration used to be hung on 25 make a choice nights, from November 9 via December 22. Which means there’s the very same selection of dates for the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration–no build up. This yr’s tournament begins one night time previous, whilst wrapping up two nights previous.
In truth, this can be a aid. They already squeezed one too many past due season dates into the agenda remaining yr, in the event you inquire from me. Finishing a few nights previous–prior to the weekend main into Christmas week–is the good and guest-friendly transfer.
It’s commonplace for Walt Disney International to make occasions longer and take a look at to squeeze extra price tag gross sales, and “enhance” year-over-year numbers…it’s just right to look that now not taking place right here. That is almost certainly why they “expanded” to DHS with Disney Jollywood Nights as an alternative of seeking to pressure much more birthday party nights at Magic Kingdom.
Together with this, price tag costs have larger. Closing yr’s vary used to be $159 to $199, and this yr, it’s $169 to $219. That is the primary time that Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration has damaged the $200 barrier, which Disney had avoided doing the remaining couple of years–even if Disney Very Merriest After Hours smashed via it with tickets as dear as $249 a couple of years in the past. (That used to be additionally a basically low capability tournament, that means Walt Disney International offered a long way fewer tickets to it.)
Now let’s temporarily flip to a scorching subject: crowds. Certainly one of our lost sight of tales from remaining yr used to be Is Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration Much less Crowded?! In truth, I’m stunned…and just a little upset…that this wasn’t a larger deal.
That article looked as if it would categorical the consensus view, particularly with annual attendees who do Mickey’s No longer So Frightening Halloween Birthday celebration and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration annually–or a couple of instances in line with yr. We heard from readers and buddies who had an identical reports.
In fact, that is no make it possible for Walt Disney International will stick to the decrease attendance cap for the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration. They may resolve that, on steadiness, visitor delight is upper if the occasions don’t promote out as simply. (Clearly, visitor delight is upper amongst attendees with a decrease cap, however that doesn’t account for visitors who get close out.)
We are hoping that’s now not the case, regardless that. Closing yr in reality felt just like the goldilocks zone for crowds–now not too mild or too heavy.
With that stated, problems with crowds on the Halloween and Christmas events were extra an issue than distribution of crowds somewhat than uncooked numbers. Even the years that have been unhealthy, there have been nonetheless quite a few wallet of decrease crowds. (Does it depend as a “pocket” when it’s nearly all of the park?)
In a nutshell, even if attendance is capped, it doesn’t all the time really feel that approach as a result of a disproportionate selection of other folks crowd into the entrance of the park. The result’s that space being packed–without delay in entrance of Cinderella Citadel feels downright unsafe between the parade, fireworks, and level displays–whilst different spaces are almost empty.
Attempting to attract tournament attendees or underutilized spaces of Magic Kingdom is strictly why Walt Disney International added the Tomorrowland journey overlays a couple of years in the past. That helped, however the issue persists. (If handiest there have been a real theater again in Tomorrowland. Oh wait.)
Which brings us to the following commonplace query or worry amongst readers: when will tickets to the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration promote out?
There used to be a vital quantity of unhappy call for for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration in either one of the remaining two years. It’s not possible to mention how a lot upper Walt Disney International may’ve priced remaining yr’s MVMCP tickets and nonetheless offered out each and every night time. May the beginning value were $199 and the utmost been $249?
We’ll by no means know–however my wager is the ones numbers would have driven the higher restrict, and led to way more visitors balking at pricing. With a value vary of $169 to $219, I don’t suppose they’ll have a lot factor promoting out all the season of the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration.
Regardless, you do NOT wish to concern about 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration tickets promoting out…but. When you’re studying this when the announcement is first being made all over Midway to the Vacations, you’ve got completely not anything to fret about.
Even with remaining yr surroundings the report for offered out dates, not anything used to be long gone till September 19, which is when the most affordable date of the yr (and 2nd birthday party) offered out. Following that, a scattering of extra dates offered out in past due September and some other batch have been long gone by means of the top of October. All Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration dates offered out by means of November 20.
In different phrases, the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration is now not going to promote out inside days of tickets happening sale. That applies to each the presale window and most of the people window. We in truth do not know whether or not the 2024 MVMCP will promote slower or sooner than remaining yr, however both approach, you don’t wish to guide a lodge reservation for the early get right of entry to window–and even be up early on most of the people gross sales date. Tickets received’t promote out then–that is now not Oogie Boogie Bash at Disneyland.
With that stated, the recognition of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration within the remaining couple of years will have to now not be minimized as a relic of its period of time or an anomaly. Nor will have to you think that the placement is dire. This can be a go back to fact from the stratospheric ranges of pent-up call for–a normalization and now not a disaster. The vacation season continues to be the most important time of yr for Walt Disney International, and the corporate is pulling “levers” to trap extra bookings, now not sounding a five-alarm fireplace.
Even again in 2019, about part of all Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration dates offered out. Granted, the costs have been considerably “less expensive” again then…however the ones are air quotes round less expensive since that used to be now not the belief on the time. Costs reached report highs that yr, up considerably as in comparison to just a few years prior. So it’s all relative.
In different phrases, there are explanations for the recognition of remaining yr’s Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration that would possibly not practice in 2024. Then again, it will be silly to forecast considerably decrease gross sales in consequence; there have been many elements riding the recognition of MVMCP, and a minimum of a few of the ones will as soon as once more be found in 2024, simply as they have been in 2019 and years previous to that.
In the end, we’re having a look ahead to the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration. Like such a lot of Walt Disney International enthusiasts, attending MVMCP is a vacation season custom for us, and this might be our first yr going as a circle of relatives of 3. So with a bit of luck the elements cooperates and we will do amusing and festive Christmas ‘costumes’ for MVMCP.
Past that, my hopes for the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration are two-fold. First, that now not as many dates promote out and that there are extra manageable crowd ranges and respiring room in consequence. (If Disney Jollywood Nights finally ends up cannibalizing MVMCP price tag gross sales to some degree, that’d be nice by means of us.) 2nd, that a minimum of a couple of new issues are added to the development roster this yr. (Which, in principle, would additionally assist with the primary level.) As mentioned above, MVMCP is beginning to get somewhat stale and may use a refresh. Don’t repair what isn’t damaged, however there’s nonetheless lots which may be up to date or modified.
When you’re already making plans forward and fascinated by when to do the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration, your easiest wager from a low crowds standpoint is attending on a Tuesday night time. When you’re a neighborhood with much more versatile dates, attending one of the most previous occasions in November (however now not the first actual night time) is your easiest wager for fending off the crowds. In fact, that assumes now not each and every date will promote out; if remaining yr used to be any indication, that may well be an excessively daring assumption.
For extra information about the substance of the development, technique, and a evaluation of whether or not it’s definitely worth the cash, see our complete Information to the 2024 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Birthday celebration.
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