***Official January 2026 Thread***

[garada3]

Just saw on Blog Mickey that Frozen Ever After in Epcot is closing for refurbishment on January 26 and will reopen sometime in February.

 

[Suze10860]

Just saw on Blog Mickey that Frozen Ever After in Epcot is closing for refurbishment on January 26 and will reopen sometime in February.

Yikes - I'm sorry for anyone going then, especially if they have little ones.

My 4 year old granddaughter is beside herself at the idea of this ride...

 

[Becky2005]

Hi everyone. We just booked a sibling trip January 20 - 27. It will be my brother, sister & I. It will be my first time going this time of year.

My sister can get the special military tickets and we were *supposed* to be discussing things when she came to visit this month for the holidays. We had tentatively looked at late January since basically I am the one with the hard to figure out schedule, however, my brother has a tendency to move things along faster. LOL!

We decided to hop on a zoom call to discuss things (my sister is out of state from us) and next thing I know we are booking flights as airfare was really cheap for us! My brother has timeshares and had checked availability and had already booked the room *just in case*.

Crossing fingers for no major snowstorms then as that could make things interesting!

 

[CoachBeard]

We are so close!! I have too many ADRs!!

 

[peachiepie]

We are so close!! I have too many ADRs!!

I've only booked 2 now panicking I should have booked a few more

 

[CoachBeard]

I've only booked 2 now panicking I should have booked a few more

I have 22 so far haha! I will not be using all of them and have actually canceled about 7 so far.

 

[peachiepie]

I have 22 so far haha! I will not be using all of them and have actually canceled about 7 so far.

Wow! 22! That's good work!

 

[Simba's Mom]

I'm behind everyone else here! I haven't booked any ADRs yet. Although I'm meeting with friends the last few days, and they've booked 3 ADRs for us. Other than that, I'll probably be eating QS, or maybe get an ADR for TS the night before.

 

[CoachBeard]

Wow! 22! That's good work!

I'll be on Disney property for 15 days and 2 on USO property so, I gotta eat! (I could not justify eating that much/that expensive of food) In reality, I'll prob do like 4 ADRs lol

 

[Niklnip]

We’re being bad and have ADRs for 3/5 park days plus our two off days….. the only park with no ADR is Epcot lol

Morimoto, Skipper, Boathouse, Hoop de Doo, Boma and Yak/Yeti….

In my defense, we haven’t had a vacation since like 2020 and it’s my graduation celebration. We’re big foodies

45 days

 

[Zdog]

Made my dining reservations this morning - quite successful!!!

Now to decide if/when we want some Fast Passes. Hate paying for them but I'm glad that we can choose some in advance again. I remember running through the parks getting FPs fondly...but I am legit too old for that these days

We still have a few of the old unused FP's and proudly display in the home office--2:30am for Space Mountain. We were warriors back then!!

 

[cyndiella]

Hello fellow January 2026 guests! My DH and I are going the 24th - 29th.... our 27th trip! Super happy to get out of winter for a week (We're in Michigan and it was 5 degrees this morning) I'm kinda excited that we may get one last chance to ride Frozen, Dinosaur, and rockin rollarcoaster. We stay at POP - our fav.! See you there and pixie dust on everyone for safe flights - no blizzards!

 

[BLAllee]

We will be doing a split stay- arriving 01/24 at POR, then 01/25-02/05 at the Poly. Have all my ADR's and looking forward to a wonderful trip.

 

[CoachBeard]

21 days! It is all I can think about lately - what do I need to buy, making a list for packing, double-checking ADRs, and rearranging them, etc.

What do you all do when you get close like this to prep and all that?

 

[peachiepie]

21 days! It is all I can think about lately - what do I need to buy, making a list for packing, double-checking ADRs, and rearranging them, etc.

What do you all do when you get close like this to prep and all that?

I've started putting bits aside that I'm not going to need before then but I want to pack (don't want to risk forgetting/losing things in the Christmas chaos!).

Tomorrow I'm also planning on starting a list of "must dos" for my trip.

 

[aam808]

Booked Jan 16- 25 this time for our annual anniversary trip. Split stay at the Dolphin & Riviera

 

[CoachBeard]

Booked Jan 16- 25 this time for our annual anniversary trip. Split stay at the Dolphin & Riviera

I’ll see you around the Riv! Haha

 

[ak517]

What do you all do when you get close like this to prep and all that?

We’re two weeks out, and it’s right around now I like to watch wait times and check sites like thrill-data for future lightning lane sell-out times. Sadly, something changed on the MDE IT side and this info is no longer available for me to obsess over! So, I’ve resorted to using good old touring plans to help create a schedule and select priority lightning lanes.

 

[peachiepie]

I've made a start on t-shirts ready for my trip...it's very niche!