Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! The holiday season is filled with so many wonderful traditions, from decorating the tree to baking cookies to listening to Christmas music and, of course, meeting Santa Clause! Did you know that when you’re visiting Walt Disney World this holiday season, you may be able to see Santa Clause? There are a couple of locations throughout Walt Disney World where you can meet Santa or wave hello to him as he travels throughout the park. We’ve compiled a list of all of the locations where you can find Santa Clause at Walt Disney World this holiday season!
Disney Springs
Disney Springs is the perfect place to bring little ones to meet Santa Clause! Santa meets at Disney Springs inside Once Upon a Toy through Christmas Eve, December 24. To meet him at this location, a virtual queue is used to minimize your wait. After joining the virtual queue on the My Disney Experience app, once your group is called, you can return to Once Upon a Toy within the hour for your turn to say hello to Santa! You must be at Disney Springs in order to join the virtual queue. Make sure to join the virtual queue right at each virtual queue release time, as it they can become full!
Magic Kingdom
During Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas party, Santa is at the Magic Kingdom to celebrate the season! Santa is available to meet during the party, as well as appears in Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade. If you’re hoping to meet Santa during the party, he can be found in Liberty Square meeting beneath the gazebo near Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe.
During the Christmas party, there’s another Santa you can meet as well, Santa Goofy! At Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party Santa Goofy meets in Storybook Circus near the Barnstormer.
Epcot
Santas from around the world can be found throughout the world showcase during Festival of the Holidays. Each country hosts storytellers throughout the day to share holiday traditions home to that country. Some of these storytellers include Santa Clauses form around the world, such as Pere Noel.
Hollywood Studios
You can meet Santa Clause at Hollywood Studios everyday this holiday season! Santa can be found meeting inside “It’s a Wonderful Shop” near Muppet Vision 3D.
Santa can also be found during the holiday cavalcade at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. In the festive cavalcade, Santa is accompanied by cheery elves and the reindeer, including one very special reindeer, reindeer Pluto!
Animal Kingdom
During the holiday season at Animal Kingdom, you can spot Santa traveling on a boat along Discovery River intermittently throughout the day to wave hello! In addition to Santa, you may spot characters such as Pocahontas, Doug, and Russell.
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