Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party returns to Magic Kingdom tonight, and every partygoer gets a brand-new event map. Mickey and Minnie are dressed for Santa’s workshop on this year’s cover, checking a long list beside a toy train. Inside, the fold-out map covers a full night of parades, stage shows, holiday ride overlays, free treats, and party food across the park. We picked one up on opening night for a first look inside!
2026 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party Map, Show Times, and Event Guide
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- The full entertainment schedule printed on the map, with locations and show times.
- The 22 attractions open during the party, including five with holiday twists.
- Free treat and ornament locations, plus food, merchandise, and sponsors from the map.
Party guests can enter Magic Kingdom as early as 4:00pm, three hours before the 7:00pm start, and the party wraps up at midnight. This year’s fold-out map pairs the cover art with a park map, an entertainment schedule, food highlights, and a list of all 18 character greetings.
Mickey and Minnie wear Santa-style costumes on the front cover, with Mickey unrolling a long scroll at a workbench while Minnie holds a wrapped present. A wooden toy train, a toy airplane, and open paint pots sit on the bench, and Cinderella Castle glows through a frosted window behind them. That toy workshop theme continues across the whole map, with screws, bolts, gears, and buttons decorating every panel. Even the legend gets spelled out on toy blocks.
Two freebies come with a party ticket. Guests can pick up a complimentary holiday ornament at check-in. This year’s ornament shows Mickey at the controls of a red toy train loaded with presents and two elves.
Six holiday treat locations also hand out festive treats and drinks around the park, and an allergy-friendly option is available on request.
Mars Snacking and Shutterfly appear as corporate alliance sponsors on the map’s thank-you panel, with Cheryl’s Cookies listed as the event sponsor. Shutterfly also presents a Holiday Card Photo Opportunity, marked with its own icon near Liberty Square. A QR code on the park map links to a digital event guide with operating hours and showtimes.
Parade, Fireworks, and Stage Show Times
The entertainment panel lists eight offerings, split between a parade, fireworks, and live entertainment. Each one has a gear-shaped icon that also appears on the park map, which makes it easy to see what’s nearby. Here’s the full schedule:
- Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade (begins in Frontierland): 8:30pm and 11:00pm
- Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Show (skies above Cinderella Castle): 10:00pm
- Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration (Castle Forecourt Stage): 7:40pm, 9:25pm, 10:35pm, and 11:55pm
- Frozen Holiday Surprise (Castle Forecourt Stage): 6:15pm and 8:15pm
- Reindeer Wranglers (Frontierland)
- Santa’s Christmas Carnival (throughout Storybook Circus)
- Club Tinsel (Tomorrowland Stage)
- Stitchmas! (Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café)
Frozen Holiday Surprise has the earliest show on the schedule. Its 6:15pm performance starts 45 minutes before the party officially begins. That allows day guests and early arrivals to catch it before the event officially begins. The parade, fireworks, and stage show times match the schedule Disney posted last month, and they stay the same on every party night.
Stitchmas! makes its debut tonight inside Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café, where Lilo and Stitch host a dance party about holidays on the island. The map doesn’t list set times for Stitchmas!, Club Tinsel, Reindeer Wranglers, or Santa’s Christmas Carnival. Guests can check the digital event guide for those.
Attractions With a Holiday Twist
Twenty-two attractions are open during the party, and five get a “Holiday Twist!” label on the map. Jungle Cruise becomes Jingle Cruise in Adventureland, while Mad Tea Party picks up its holiday look in Fantasyland. Tomorrowland has the other three, with Space Mountain, Tomorrowland Speedway, and Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor all getting holiday overlays.
Here’s the full attraction list from the map:
- Adventureland: Swiss Family Treehouse, The Magic Carpets of Aladdin, Jingle Cruise, and Pirates of the Caribbean
- Frontierland: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Liberty Square: Haunted Mansion
- Fantasyland: “it’s a small world,” Peter Pan’s Flight, Prince Charming Regal Carrousel, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid, The Barnstormer, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, and Mad Tea Party
- Tomorrowland: TRON Lightcycle Run, Tomorrowland Speedway, Space Mountain, Astro Orbiter, Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, and Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is the notable absence from Frontierland. The ride closed for its first major refurbishment on November 2nd and is scheduled to return December 18th. That leaves Big Thunder Mountain Railroad as Frontierland’s only attraction for most of the season. Tiana’s ride should be back for the last three party nights.
Food, Treats, and Merchandise
The holiday treats panel winds through the park like a gingerbread path, with stops in four areas:
- Main Street USA: Market Street welcome and holiday ornament pick-up, open until 8:00pm
- Adventureland: Sunshine Tree Terrace and Tortuga Tavern
- Fantasyland: Gaston’s Tavern and Fantasyland Train Station
- Tomorrowland: Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café and The Lunching Pad
Three party dishes get the photo treatment on the specialty food panel. The Snowflake Ornament is at Pinocchio Village Haus, and Jalapeño Popper Tots are at The Friar’s Nook. Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Café has the Carne Asada Loaded Fries. Be Our Guest Restaurant and The Plaza Restaurant both serve seasonal items.
The map also points guests to reservations at The Beak and Barrel, The Diamond Horseshoe, and Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Dessert Party at Tomorrowland Terrace. Our full Very Merry food guide has every item by location.
Event merchandise is at the Emporium on Main Street USA. The map shows off a red adult tee with Mickey, Minnie, Cinderella Castle, and Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade artwork on the back. Merchandise mobile checkout lets guests scan items and pay on their phone while they shop. The rest of the 2026 party merchandise lineup includes a pullover, an ear headband, an ornament, and a magnet frame.
Keep Reading
- Plan your snack stops with our full menus and food guide for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party 2026, with closing times for every location.
- Dance with Lilo and Stitch at the party’s newest stop in our look at Stitchmas! at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café.
- See the pullover, ear headband, and ornament in our first look at 2026 Very Merry party merchandise.
- Find out why Winnie the Pooh and friends moved to Storybook Circus for party nights.
As always, keep checking back with us here at BlogMickey.com as we continue to bring you the latest news, photos, and info from around the Disney Parks!