Christmas day dining reservations and park closures....

[amccu18007]

We are travelling down for Christmas week and have 6:30 reservations for dinner in the Magic Kingdom. We go often and just plan on enjoying the day. However, I am worried about the park closures( phases) that I keep reading about. Will we have to go very early just to be there for our dinner or will we be able to go there in the early afternoon? We are not commando park goers at this point so any advice would be appreciated on how to navigate this busy day. Thank you!

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Here is a good article that outlines the four phases of closure at the WDW parks. The chances of MK going into a phase 4 closure are slim to none. Even if it went into phase 3, you would still be let in with your dining reservation:

https://touringplans.com/walt-disney-world/capacity-closures

 

[rteetz]

It is extremely rare for the parks to go into a full closure. We might see a phase 1 or 2 but in recent years it’s barely hit that.

 

[deedubb]

Just leave yourself plenty of time to get there. The roads were absolute gridlock last year going to MK on the 25th.

 

[amccu18007]

Thank you all for your input! I feel better now! Half of my family is leaving at noon so I wanted to be able to spend time with them before they left so this makes me happy

 

[lolomarie]

I think people also get fed up with the crowds by dinner time and leave. For Christmas 2015 we had dinner at California Grill and then walked over for the fireworks. We walked into the park at 8ish if I remember correctly. No problems at all.