When do they stop Xmas music in parks?

[PinkPixel]

Planning to be at WDW on NYE and January 1st, 2nd 3rd 2026. When do the parks and resorts stop playing xmas music? Also when do they stop the holiday overlays on the rides? Space Mountain, Speedway, Jingle Cruise, Living with Land etc. Thanks!

 

[fbarker]

Planning to be at WDW on NYE and January 1st, 2nd 3rd 2026. When do the parks and resorts stop playing xmas music? Also when do they stop the holiday overlays on the rides? Space Mountain, Speedway, Jingle Cruise, Living with Land etc. Thanks!

I am confused why might this be important to you and your visit?

 

[gottalovepluto]

I am confused why might this be important to you and your visit?

Who cares about their reason? They asked a plain old factual question.

 

[brockash]

I am confused why might this be important to you and your visit?

It'd be important to me and I would want to know. Totally different vibes/feels.

If I remember correctly OP, I think they keep everything until through at least the first week of Jan.

 

[DisneyMom93]

I am confused why might this be important to you and your visit?

Maybe people want to go to Disney world to be immersed in Disney themes not Xmas. You can be immersed in Xmas just going to Target or Walmart.

Personally I prefer the Disney music and theming when in Disney World. It definitely has a more Disney feel to it.

 

[Mle8308]

Planning to be at WDW on NYE and January 1st, 2nd 3rd 2026. When do the parks and resorts stop playing xmas music? Also when do they stop the holiday overlays on the rides? Space Mountain, Speedway, Jingle Cruise, Living with Land etc. Thanks!

All should still be in place for your trip. If I remember, they started taking decorations down around the time of the marathon. It's January 7-11 this coming year. The decorations are kept up the week between Christmas and New Years and then start to disappear as quickly as they appeared! For some reason, I have it in my mind that they stay up until at least Epiphany, but I could be wrong.

 

[OKW Lover]

Planning to be at WDW on NYE and January 1st, 2nd 3rd 2026. When do the parks and resorts stop playing xmas music? Also when do they stop the holiday overlays on the rides? Space Mountain, Speedway, Jingle Cruise, Living with Land etc. Thanks!

The holiday theming will slowly go away towards the second week of January.

 

[japanese maple]

Maybe people want to go to Disney world to be immersed in Disney themes not Xmas. You can be immersed in Xmas just going to Target or Walmart.

Personally I prefer the Disney music and theming when in Disney World. It definitely has a more Disney feel to it.

The Christmas music at MK drove us nuts our last trip, and yes we went during December so we knew it would be on!
It even creeped in to the end of our October/November trip this year and we were like nope!

 

[DisneyMom93]

The Christmas music at MK drove us nuts our last trip, and yes we went during December so we knew it would be on!
It even creeped in to the end of our October/November trip this year and we were like nope!

I just got back Sunday and yep… It’s too much. Every once in a while we heard a Disney song and we were like “A Disney song!”

 

[Simba's Mom]

When we were there for the Marathon (a week before MLK weekend, the Christmas overlay for Jungle Cruise was still up as well as all of the Christmas music. But once most of the marathoners left (Monday) Christmas finally did as well as its music.

 

[team bradfield]

we went in November a couple times, never again, we want Disney music, we were very disappointed,

 

[bama_ed]

When we were there for the Marathon (a week before MLK weekend, the Christmas overlay for Jungle Cruise was still up as well as all of the Christmas music. But once most of the marathoners left (Monday) Christmas finally did as well as its music.

This.

I ran the Disney Marathon on a Sunday thru all the parks not long ago. All the parks had their Christmas overlays, decorations, and music (Jingle Cruise, etc.) as we went thru. On Monday (the next day) we went to MK and all the Christmas stuff was gone overnight. It was the Jungle Cruise again and no holiday music.

Bama Ed

PS - Sunday night in the parks must be a busy night getting all those decorations down.

 

[juuuliebeth]

I was there January 9-17 this past year and we heard some Christmas music early in the trip. There were still trees in all the parks when we arrived. Some decorations were up but slowly came down over the course of the trip. I don't remember specifically when it happened, but it wasn't an overnight switch.

 

[BrianL]

The Christmas music at MK drove us nuts our last trip, and yes we went during December so we knew it would be on!
It even creeped in to the end of our October/November trip this year and we were like nope!

Yeah, I dislike it. I'd rather hear the noraml park soundtracks. Maybe if they had soem bespoke "Christmas-like" music that also fit the themes of the areas, that'd be okay, but jsut the standards? Nah. Maybe on Main Street, where it kind of fits.

 

[PinkPixel]

It'd be important to me and I would want to know. Totally different vibes/feels.

If I remember correctly OP, I think they keep everything until through at least the first week of Jan.

Thanks! We love the space mountain and speedway overlays especially. It is totally different vibes that's for sure! When we first went for Christmas last year I was amazed at how it's a totally different place than normal Disney. But I like both, just helps to know what to expect.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Planning to be at WDW on NYE and January 1st, 2nd 3rd 2026. When do the parks and resorts stop playing xmas music? Also when do they stop the holiday overlays on the rides? Space Mountain, Speedway, Jingle Cruise, Living with Land etc. Thanks!

Oh gawrsh they’ll still be playing it until at least January 4, well after Magic 107.7 returns back to normal music… Holiday overlays and decor come down in phases.

To be honest, even without the holiday themes, Disney feels a lot like Christmas year round…