Details were announced for holiday events at Disney Parks and Experiences across the world and Disney gets fined for “deceptive business practices” regarding Annual Passholder park reservations — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Monday, June 24, 2024.

Walt Disney World

Magic Kingdom

Walt Disney World announced the dates and details of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party 2024, returning to Magic Kingdom for another holiday season.
The Frontierland Shootin’ Arcade, a Magic Kingdom opening day attraction, closed permanently on June 22, 2024, and construction walls are now up.

EPCOT

Walt Disney World has announced initial details for the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Illustration of Disney Jollywood Nights featuring ice skaters performing in front of a festive building adorned with holiday decorations and lights. Other skaters glide around, creating an enchanting scene that feels almost like an auto draft for holiday magic. Trees twinkle brightly in the background.

Walt Disney World announced the dates and details of Disney Jollywood Nights, a Disney’s Hollywood Studios holiday party that debuted last year.
Disney Jollywood Nights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will feature a new ice skating show this year.
During Disney Jollywood Nights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios this year, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance will use a standby queue.

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

Two beds in Disney's BoardWalk Inn hotel room

Posts and videos about Walt Disney World Resort hotel “room checks” have been going viral, leading many to question the practice — we break down why these checks happen and what to expect.

New Merchandise

A group of five people wearing festive sweaters and holiday headbands, standing and sitting in a room decorated for Christmas with ornaments and garlands on the wall behind them.

Disney has shared a preview of the holiday merchandise for 2024, including Christmas and Hanukkah.

Other Walt Disney World News

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In addition to details about Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party and Disney Jollywood Nights, Walt Disney World has announced several returning holiday experiences throughout the resort.

Disneyland Resort

Artwork of Mickey and Minnie dressed as postal workers in a festive, snowy village. One holds a letter, and the other is holding a quill.

Disney has shared a preview of the holiday merchandise for 2024, including Christmas and Hanukkah.
In honor of being halfway to the holidays, Disneyland Resort shared a first look at Mickey and Minnie’s 2024 holiday outfits.

Tokyo Disney Resort

A festive water float decorated with holiday ornaments features costumed characters, including Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus, waving to the crowd in a theme park setting.

Tokyo Disney Resort teased their 2024 “Disney Christmas” offerings at both Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea.

Disneyland Paris

Nighttime parade at a theme park with brightly lit floats, including a Christmas tree themed float featuring a mouse character, surrounded by decorations and garlands.

Disneyland Paris has been fined €400,000 over required reservations for Annual Passholders.
Disneyland Paris announced holiday offerings returning to the parks this winter as part of “Disney Enchanted Christmas” celebrations.

Hong Kong Disneyland

Festive scene at night featuring a large, decorated Christmas tree with a star on top. In the background, illuminated drones form the shape of Mickey Mouse's head in the sky above a lit-up street.

Hong Kong Disneyland will celebrate the holidays with the annual “A Disney Christmas” celebration including new World of Frozen offerings this year.

Disney Cruise Line

Mickey and Minnie Mouse in red and green costumes perform on a stage, surrounded by festive decorations, artificial snow, and cheerful spectators in the background.

To mark halfway to the holidays, Disney Cruise Line announced there will be more Very Merrytime sailings this winter.

Entertainment and Media

Two women, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, are sitting on trailer steps, holding hands. Curtis, in black, is making a rock-and-roll hand gesture and sticking out her tongue. Lohan, in striped top and jeans, is smiling. Trailer doors are labeled with their names.

Production has begun on “Freaky Friday 2” starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, reprising their roles from the 2003 film.

The Walt Disney Company

In a Monday morning hearing, lawyers accused Disney of refusing to hand over requested documents in the $300 million gender pay gap class action lawsuit first filed against The Walt Disney Company five years ago.

WDW News Today

Christmas 2024 Lineup Announced for Walt Disney World, Party Dates

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