***Official January 2025 Thread***

[VicarJT]

Countdown time!

It's November, which means anyone vacationing in January is now--

2 months away from Disney!!

Yes - ADR day tomorrow!

 

[AussieAngel]

Where are y'all seeing the calendar through the 9th? I only see it through the 5th on the website.

On the Disney World app!

 

[MaidMarian444]

Just watched a video that says opening days of festivals are one of the highest crowd level days. Would you all avoid Epcot on Friday, the 17th, and go instead on 18th or 19th? It’s a holiday weekend so maybe it’s all really busy anyway.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

I just saw that January 15th is the 50th anniversary of carousel of progress. I planned on being in MK on that day, so I’ll have to be sure to ride it!

 

[ThereYouSeeHer]

Just watched a video that says opening days of festivals are one of the highest crowd level days. Would you all avoid Epcot on Friday, the 17th, and go instead on 18th or 19th? It’s a holiday weekend so maybe it’s all really busy anyway.

The whole weekend will be busy, so it's hard to say. I wouldn't particularly avoid one day over the other, but if you are attending for the festival, I would arrive at park opening and be ready to go for booth opening at 11am. That means having your festival passport ready to go and having a game plan for what you are trying and in what order.

We like using the "WDW Food & Wine" app, which allows us to pre-select items we want to try from each booth, and then keeps a record of what we've tried.

 

[ThereYouSeeHer]

I just saw that January 15th is the 50th anniversary of carousel of progress. I planned on being in MK on that day, so I’ll have to be sure to ride it!

Carousel of Progress is my favorite ride in all of Disney World!

 

[MargeGriff]

Hello all, we are staying at the Drury Plaza Disney Springs before our POR visit. I have read a few places that the 60+10 ADR booking window opens for us when we are staying at the Drury. Is this true?! This would be amazing if our ADR booking date begins with our stay here. And if this is true - how does it work? Do the days on the app turn blue and indicate that we have choice availability for the full 10 days at a time?

 

[Simba's Mom]

It seems to me that the park hours this far out are pretty much the same for every day. At what point might there be some change?

 

[ThereYouSeeHer]

It seems to me that the park hours this far out are pretty much the same for every day. At what point might there be some change?

Hours are sometimes changed about two weeks in advance.

 

[ThereYouSeeHer]

Hello all, we are staying at the Drury Plaza Disney Springs before our POR visit. I have read a few places that the 60+10 ADR booking window opens for us when we are staying at the Drury. Is this true?! This would be amazing if our ADR booking date begins with our stay here. And if this is true - how does it work? Do the days on the app turn blue and indicate that we have choice availability for the full 10 days at a time?

I have read mixed information on this--sometimes the app shows all days in blue, but nothing happens when you click on it; sometimes calling customer service can lead to being able to book or not being allowed.

Please let us know your experience when you try!

 

[MargeGriff]

I have read mixed information on this--sometimes the app shows all days in blue, but nothing happens when you click on it; sometimes calling customer service can lead to being able to book or not being allowed.

Please let us know your experience when you try!

Will do! Thank you for the info!

 

[disneydreamer1980]

The 12th is my first full day (I arrive late afternoon on the 11th), and I had planned on just relaxing that day and maybe popping into MK but now thinking of visiting AK for the last day of the “parking lot” part of Dinoland. Wonder if it’ll be crowded? I don’t particularly love that section but would be nice to see it one last time. Anyone else having plan on visiting it that day?

 

[SeanW]

We are booked from January 3rd to January 14th at VGF

 

[AussieAngel]

Yay, we arrive on the 5th Jan and I booked our dining today! Got all our restaurants at our preferred times - even the tricky ones like Beaches & Cream, Ohana, Space 220 and Sci Fi. Exciting!

 

[ThereYouSeeHer]

The 12th is my first full day (I arrive late afternoon on the 11th), and I had planned on just relaxing that day and maybe popping into MK but now thinking of visiting AK for the last day of the “parking lot” part of Dinoland. Wonder if it’ll be crowded? I don’t particularly love that section but would be nice to see it one last time. Anyone else having plan on visiting it that day?

We won't be there on the 12th, but I would totally pop in if I were there that day! It could be crowded, but that's assuming regular visitors even know or care, haha??

 

[ThereYouSeeHer]

We are booked from January 3rd to January 14th at VGF

Woohoo! You've been added!

 

[disneydreamer1980]

Anyone heard anything about when the Hall of Presidents will be closing for the change in president? Last time it was on Inauguration Day (January 20th). I know it’s not super popular but I like this attraction. One more attraction closing in January.

 

[MargeGriff]

I have read mixed information on this--sometimes the app shows all days in blue, but nothing happens when you click on it; sometimes calling customer service can lead to being able to book or not being allowed.

Please let us know your experience when you try!

Okay! So checking back in with an update. So, we were able to use our Drury Plaza Disney Springs check in date for all of our ADR's 60+10! Got everything that we wanted AND the desired times for our trip - some later dates are still not open to us. Have moved our dates around a bit. The only thing that did not open and give us the 60+10 perk are the "enchanting extras" like Savi's Light-saber Build, etc. I will just have to wait for our 2nd check in window to open for POR. So glad that I tried this...and was able to use Drury Plaza as check in date - 60+10 perk for our dining reservations!!! Yay!!!! Woo Hoo!!!

 

[SeanW]

Anyone heard anything about when the Hall of Presidents will be closing for the change in president? Last time it was on Inauguration Day (January 20th). I know it’s not super popular but I like this attraction. One more attraction closing in January.

That would be the case historically. The question is how long will it be down for?

 

[MickeyMouseLove]

Does anyone know why Epcot would open at 10am instead of 9am on Sat/Sun Jan 11/12?