Christmas at Disney Springs: A Complete Guide

by | Dec 19, 2024 | Disney Springs, Walt Disney World

Disney Springs Christmas celebrations can’t be missed. We’re sharing your guide for everything you need to know about the holiday season.

Disney Springs is so much more than just a shopping district, especially at “that time of year”! With special treats, musical guests, and decorations that you won’t find anywhere else… if you’re not celebrating Christmas at Disney Springs, you’re missing out on some of the most excellent holiday magic that Disney has to offer…. So climb on board the magic sleigh and let’s explore!

Disney Springs Christmas: Make a List (and Check it Twice)

Whether you’re there to shop, dine or play, Disney Springs is your Christmas vacation destination, with more special ways to celebrate the holiday season than you can trim a tree with! Festive fun is in the air from November 8 to December 30, 2024, so there’s still time to celebrate, starting with the first stop on our magic sleigh ride…

Disney Springs Christmas Merch

Photo by Marisa Alvarado

Disney Springs Christmas Tree Stroll

The Disney Springs Christmas Tree Stroll presented by AdventHealth is the wonderful family tradition you didn’t know you needed! Your journey to discover the most beautiful, extravagant Christmas trees on this side of the North Pole will take you to every part of Disney Springs.

As you search you will discover 21 of the brightest, most shimmering holiday trees you have ever seen including trees in flagship locations like Once Upon a Toy, Town Center and World of Disney, and trees honoring characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars. You’ll see special trees celebrating Annual Passholders, Disney+ and Disney Parks, and 16 amazing trees that interact with your MagicBand+ to share unique interactive experiences!

Place a sticker on your map for every tree that you discover to earn a special surprise when you find them all! Pick up and return your maps at these locations: City Works Eatery & Pour House, Crystal Arts by Arribas Brothers, Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Company, The LEGO Store, The Luxury of Time by Diamonds International.

The Christmas Tree Stroll is a wonderful event that the whole family will want to celebrate together every Christmas! The 2024 edition runs from November 8 through December 30, 2024.

Celebrate the Music of Christmas and More at Disney Springs

It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas everywhere you go at Disney Springs, especially if we land our magical sled near the Orange Stage, theAdventHealth Waterside Stage or Waterview Park. The music of Christmas comes in many styles, and there is so much of it to share when you celebrate Christmas at Disney Springs, plus even more festive adventures with stilt-walkers, a Santa Sled DJ, rollerblade teams and more!

Dreaming of a Snoap Christmas

Every day at sundown, park your sleigh by the Town Center tree and get ready for a “snow” flurry that falls every half hour, creating a cozy winter scene… new this year, your Magic Band+ will “come alive” when the snow begins, making the experience even more enchanting! 

Meet Santa at Disney Springs!

Santa Claus is coming to Town… but first, he’s coming to Disney Springs! In the Marketplace, near the Pin Traders, you’ll have a chance to meet the Big Guy himself at Santa’s Marketplace hosted by Bauducco from November 8 through December 24, 2024.

disney springs christmas, santa greeting guests at disney springs

Photo by Judd Helms

Use the My Disney Experience App to join the virtual queue at any of multiple opportunities throughout the day to set your return time and meet Santa without shouting, crying or pouting!

Holiday Food and Drinks at Disney Springs

Disney Springs is a foodies’ delight, and that is never more true than when you celebrate Christmas at Disney Springs, with fantastically festive foodstuffs everywhere, including special standouts like these limited time offerings (all available through December 31, 2024, unless otherwise marked):

Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar  

Holiday Mine Car Meatballs, O’ Ham n’ Cheese Trees, Naughty or Nice Deviled Eggs, Coquito With Cookies, Hot Chocolate Flight, Jock’s Fruitcake (cocktail), Lump of Coal (cocktail). 

Amorette’s Patisserie 

Christmas Present Petit Cake, Yule Log, Peppermint Swirl Cheesecake, White Mocha Crème Brûlée,  Gingerbread Mickey Cookie, Christmas Snickerdoodle Cookie Croissant.

The Ganachery 

Olaf Hot Coca Surprise, Disney Holiday Ganache Box, Hot Sipping Ganache Kit, Mickey Chocolate-covered Gingerbread Cookies, Coquito Ganache Square, Mickey Ornament Chocolate Piñata, Gingerbread-Pecan Toffee.

D-Luxe Burger  

Beef Wellington Burger, Caramel Apple Pie Shake (Available through January 7, 2025).

Marketplace Snacks 

Sven’s Reindeer Food Waffle Sundae.

The Edison  

Holiday Cocktails: Fall for You, Peppermint Patty, Cosmic Poinsettia Infused Stoli elit, Cup O’ Cheer (Nonalcoholic Offering)

Morimoto Asia  

Holiday Cocktails: Bloom & Fall, Midnight Ube Spritzer, Tarutomēpuru “Tart Maple”, Aki “Autumn Bliss”, Pearadise Tea (Nonalcoholic Offering)

Paddlefish  

Santa’s “Good List” Boil (Available December 25, 2024 only)

Terralina Crafted Italian  

Porcini Prime Rib, Christmas Punch (Available December 25, 2024 only)

Vivoli il Gelato – November 1 2024 through January 4, 2025. Items Include:

Reindeer Shake, Elf Shake, Gingerbread Tiramisu, Pomegranate Mimosa, Pomegranate Spritz (Available through January 4, 2025)

Celebrate the Magic of Christmas, the Disney Springs Way!

We crawl back in our magic sleigh, well-fed, tired, and happy. Like the very best of holiday celebrations everywhere, there is so much to see, do, try, and taste when we celebrate Christmas at Disney Springs that we could never hope to try it all. But we know that, when it comes to the magic of Christmas and Disney Springs, there’s always another one coming… just three hundred and sixty-five more sleeps!

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Authored by
Gregg Taylor

Gregg Taylor, Disney World Expert and Dad | Gregg has been with WDW Magazine since 2020, where he serves as Membership Coordinator. He has been planning and executing awesome Walt Disney World adventures for more than a decade. Gregg has written and produced nearly two hundred full-cast audio drama episodes for the Decoder Ring Theatre podcast, as well as a number of direct-market print and audiobook adventure and mystery novels in the continuity of DRT’s programs Black Jack Justice and The Red Panda Adventures. His comic-book adaptation Mask of the Red Panda, created with artist Dean Kotz, was published digitally by Monkeybrain comics and in a collected print edition by IDW Publishing. Gregg was nominated for a 2016 Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Interactive Production Produced for Digital Media.