Disney World has had a BUSY year in 2025. The Rivers of America and Muppet*Vision 3D have closed to make way for construction on Piston Peak and Monsters, Inc., while GEO-82 and The Beak and Barrel have opened.
Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
With only a few months left in the year, it would be tempting to think that things are calming down. However, there are still some BUSY times left on the Disney World calendar in 2025.
Can you believe we’re telling you to avoid going to Disney World? We love the theme parks but we love making the theme parks as magical as possible even more. One way to make your trip even better is to try and avoid the crowds so here’s 31 days you need to consider before booking another trip to Orlando this year!
The end of summer has provided a slight respite from crowds, which will end when Columbus Day Week rolls around on October 10th–18th, 2025. These crowds will blend into the runDisney Wine and Dine Half Marathon that takes place from October 23rd-26th, 2025. The runDisney crowds show up and show out to run the race and support their friends in the race and it will be noticeable in the lines!
runDisney signage!
Moving into November, Thanksgiving Week is from November 21st–28th, 2025. If you want to celebrate the things you’re thankful for, Disney World is certainly a place to do it! We love grabbing some dinner at Liberty Tree Tavern around this time (if we can get a reservation.) In the past we’ve also seen some special desserts and snacks during this week.
You can have a Thanksgiving feast year-round at Liberty Tree Tavern
The holidays are still rolling through with Christmas week from December 18th–25th, 2025. The holidays in Disney World are so special! The different decor, snacks, and holiday parties are something special to experience in the parks but you’ll be fighting through the groups to do it. If we’re being honest, we think it’s okay if you want to fight the crowds on any of these dates but especially for Christmas.
Christmas tree in Magic Kingdom
To wrap up 2025, you might want to avoid New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. EPCOT and Magic Kingdom both hold special fireworks on these nights. EPCOT in particular really shows out with silent dance parties, DJs, and more! It’s such a fun time as long as you don’t mind knocking elbows with the families next to you.
EPCOT New Year’s Eve celebrations
It’s important to know if you’re heading to the parks on any of these dates, that’s totally okay! Just be prepared to have some fun and wait a bit longer in some lines. 2025 has been an exciting one for Disney World and we can’t wait to be there for it all. Don’t forget to keep following DFB for all of you Disney news and updates.
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Certainly, avoid any race weekend. Sometimes they race on the main 8 lane road, closing it to bus traffic. So, instead of 4 lanes from the Magic Kingdom resorts to HS or AK, it’s 1 lane on back roads.
Thank you for the information and thank you for using the term COLUMBUS DAY!