***Official July 2025 Thread***

[chiburple]

This is mentioned elsewhere, but just FYI for anyone planning: July 6 will be the last day to visit Rivers of America before it closes to start on the new cars land.

 

[neverlandsky]

Ok final decision made. Felt a bit uneasy with a split stay. Modified and locked in SSR for our dates July 12th-July 20th. Now going to work on the rest of the details with ADRs and day by day.

 

[ksromack]

Happy to join the cool kids (what a misnomer) at the end of July! Our dates are July 22-29.

We are hubby and me, 2 adult children with their spouses, and 3 grands ages 2,3, and 7- staying at Bay Lake Tower. Like others, we switched resorts when the free dining offer came out. We were originally staying at 2 bd Poly, club level....and ended up saving a couple thousand by switching to BLT. I'm happy with the walkability to MK. This will be the oldest granddaughter's 3rd WDW trip.

With a party of 9 I had to split most of our ADRs and hoping to be seated together for them as times are all within 5 min of each other.

Pre-Park opening BF at Crystal Palace,
Dinner ADRs at Chef Mickey's, Space 220, Sci Fi Drive In, O'hana, Steakhouse 71, and Vis Napoli.

Hubby and I have the Fireworks Package at Geo-82 on the Sunday night of our trip and I'm hoping for Celebration at the Top if that opens up. Very excited to have nabbed a Cabana at our resort mid-trip on Saturday. Looking forward to making memories with our family! Thank you for this thread!

 

[Gary Stocker]

Test track opening the week of my trip (July 22). Yay but so much for lower crowds at epcot.

 

[Disturbia]

I emailed guest services and got the following response from the VIP passholder help desk regarding park pass reservations for pass holders starting July 20:


So it appears passholders park hopping (even after 2 pm) will need a park pass reservation to one of the parks (not necessarily MK) to go to MK staring July 20.

 

[sdk1231]

Last minute 4th of July stay being cobbled together based on availability and as always with me, subject to change. Plans as they stand now:
June 30-July 2 BWV
July 2-July 4 GF RPC
July 4-5 or 6, not sure, TBD

 

[sdk1231]

Put me down for a solo trip 7/2 - 7/6! Will be spending the holiday weekend at the Poly in the new tower, treating myself to a duo studio with the premium view. I decided to book now rather than later given how limited they are, before people realize how great those views are.

Ages ago I was booked for July 4th weekend in Poly CL but covid killed that trip like many others. Very excited to be doing it for real this time, when I did end up going for July 4th it was when HEA came back after fireworks had been suspended for covid. So I've never actually seen the holiday fireworks before.

Hey! Just saw you on the July list. I'm staying BWV 6/30-7/2 and RPC 7/2-7/4. Then another night or 2 TBD. Very last minute. Looks like we'll be neighbors for a couple of days! I'm doing a TT CM Preview, but I'm not sure what date - if interested in that or in a meetup, let me know. I just swung by to check out the Poly Tower a few weeks ago and loved it.

 

[keishashadow]

Stumbled upon this. Next week we (DH & I) head down for annual trip with our GD.

Week is set in stone as only one she doesn’t have activities/sports competitions or training camps. Every year I say it’s too hot & humid, never going again yadda yadda. Like childbirth, I quickly forget and find myself booking our room 11 months out to secure the BWV.

Arrival day will be onsite for EPIC universe. Looks amazing! We are making our 1st pilgrimage to Daytona Buc-ee’s right after the plane lands…whee. I think. GD has been asking to go for years, none within 5 hours of us. Will admit, something about an entire aisle of beef jerky is fascinating.

Doing Epic, then, since she’s crazy for capybaras, heading to Gatorland for first time in many decades to try and snag the encounter. Will probably head out to DHS that evening if we still have wind in our sails.

Onto BWV from 6/29 to 7/5. So happy to be able to do the parks more chill now as she is a teenager. Rope drops/pool-nap time/evening fun back in the parks & one in DS for the boathouse.

As for TT previews. Although, pundits think the AP & DVC ones will be after the announced CM ones. I’m hoping ala Tiana, there may be a slight chance they would offer them in the middle of that again. Doubtful, will be checking tho JIK.

For those new to Orlando in July - hydrate, hydrate & hydrate again. Never thot I’d be one to be standing in the direct sun with a real feel of 110 degrees. It’s unbelievably hot for those of us who don’t live in that climate, be prepared.

 

[kylenne]

Hey! Just saw you on the July list. I'm staying BWV 6/30-7/2 and RPC 7/2-7/4. Then another night or 2 TBD. Very last minute. Looks like we'll be neighbors for a couple of days! I'm doing a TT CM Preview, but I'm not sure what date - if interested in that or in a meetup, let me know. I just swung by to check out the Poly Tower a few weeks ago and loved it.

Awesome! My plans are pretty loosey goosey as they tend to be on solo trips, the only things I’ve really set in stone are watching MK fireworks on 7/3 and Epcot on 7/4. I just heard about the CM preview dates for TT and was really bummed out as I was hoping AP previews would line up for this trip. I’d be really excited if I could get in on that! Or even just to hang out lol. I love meeting folks from the boards. Shoot me a PM when you’ve got plans figured out.

It’s not the end of the world if i can’t do it though since I will be back again for Labor Day weekend when it’s fully open.

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

Posted on the cancelled ADR thread but no bites, so figured I'd double check here before dropping.

I have a Space 220 Lounge for 4 people at 1:00pm on July 4th. For our party size, I needed two overlapping reservations but then I had an issue with my booking and couldn't make the 2nd one. I've officially given up hope of pulling another reservation, so I'm ready to drop this. Does anyone want to try to coordinate?

 

[kylenne]

For those new to Orlando in July - hydrate, hydrate & hydrate again. Never thot I’d be one to be standing in the direct sun with a real feel of 110 degrees. It’s unbelievably hot for those of us who don’t live in that climate, be prepared.

crazy thing is today it was cooler at Disney than here in NYC! I actually had to break out my park cooling gear just to commute into the office today.

 

[sdk1231]

crazy thing is today it was cooler at Disney than here in NYC! I actually had to break out my park cooling gear just to commute into the office today.

Same thing for Chicago! I didn't even think about breaking out my park cooling gear! Brilliant.

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

crazy thing is today it was cooler at Disney than here in NYC! I actually had to break out my park cooling gear just to commute into the office today.

Same thing for Chicago! I didn't even think about breaking out my park cooling gear! Brilliant.

Philly area also tracking hotter than Orlando this week. I called my mom and told her to go take lots of walks outside this week so that next week the parks will feel downright chilly.

 

[kylenne]

Got my LLs for next week! I bought MP every day but arrival and departure. Decent times available for everything but Tiana on 7/3 but I’ll try to back it up. So far schedule is looking like:

7/2: arrival, pop into Epcot for Cosmic Rewind, maybe do “EEH” at AK
7/3: MK, watch holiday fireworks from room
7/4: Epcot
7/5: rope drop AK then hop to HS (LLMP booked for AK)
7/6: ??? (Got a Cosmic Rewind SP), go home

 

[keishashadow]

crazy thing is today it was cooler at Disney than here in NYC! I actually had to break out my park cooling gear just to commute into the office today.

Same in Pittsburgh, we broke records. Putting a positive spin on it, telling the fam it's good conditioning for our visit . Rough crowd

Got my LLs for next week! I bought MP every day but arrival and departure. Decent times available for everything but Tiana on 7/3 but I’ll try to back it

My first time conceding to buy them (& only because GD along), bought for:

6/30, 7/1 & 7/2, with just tron & 7dmt on 7/3

Surprised that I was able to stack great ones all in the AM to use once standby starts to build hoping to leverage more in afternoon or even PH.

Can see how it would be addictive, Ala gaming to 'win'. Must resist feeding the mouse too much!

Ckg our Other MK day, have seen Tiana consistently pop up between 4 -6 pm. Perhaps that's the sweet spot when rope droppers take a break before returning