We may not have even reached Halloween yet, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to look toward Thanksgiving at Disney World!
Disney World Tickets During the Holidays
Thanksgiving is going to be here before you know it and we’re already preparing how we’ll spend the holiday in Disney World. Naturally, since the holiday does have a heavy theme around food, we’re already thinking about where at Disney World we want to have our Thanksgiving meals. If you’re planning ahead like we are, then you need to be ready for that Thanksgiving Disney World dining reservation window to open.
Thanksgiving dining reservations open September 29th, 2024, 60 days before Thanksgiving. As a reminder, this 60-day window is not Thanksgiving-exclusive. Advanced Dining Reservations are commonplace (and necessary) at Disney World and are available to guests beginning 60 days before their visit. While dining reservations are always a must, this rings especially true for holidays.
Liberty Tree Tavern
If you’re looking to make Disney World a home away from home this Thanksgiving, there are also some special dining events you should know about.
First and foremost, you should know about Liberty Tree Tavern in Magic Kingdom. This restaurant actually serves a Thanksgiving-inspired meal year-round and is extra popular around this time of year, especially for being an all-you-care-to-enjoy dining spot.
The menu features Thanksgiving favorites like pot roast, roasted turkey breast, oven-roasted pork, mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables, mac & cheese, and herb stuffing. There are even special diet, plant-based, gluten-free, and dairy-free options. We’re big fans of the Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake dessert and can’t recommend it enough!
A full Thanksgiving spread at Liberty Tree Tavern
Similar to Liberty Tree Tavern, The Diamond Horseshoe in Magic Kingdom offers a similar menu to Liberty Tree Tavern and is also all-you-care-to-enjoy year-round. Having this second option during a time when this kind of food will be highly sought after is a HUGE game changer.
Time to FEAST!
Another year-round option is Garden Grill at EPCOT. Focusing on comfort food, Garden Grill offers Thanksgiving-like menu items in an all-you-care-to-enjoy style. It also features a character meal starring Chip ‘n Dale, Pluto, and Mickey Mouse, setting itself apart from the other two entries. As for the menu, you’ll be offered family-style portions of a salad, grilled beef, barbecue roasted chicken, macaroni & cheese, seasonal vegetables, creamy mashed potatoes, and a berry shortcake for dessert.
Garden Grill eats
Over in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Hollywood & Vine offers the seasonal Minnie’s Holiday Dine. In the past, this buffet has offered carved herb-roasted turkey breast with garlic redskin mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, sautéed green beans, turkey gravy, and cranberry orange relish for Thanksgiving. You may even get a visit at your table from Minnie, Mickey, Goofy, and Pluto all in their holiday best!
Minnie’s Holiday Dine!
Disney Springs should have a lot going on for Thanksgiving, as well. Last year, Raglan Road Irish Pub offered a special Thanksgiving menu that included butter and herb roast turkey, roast garlic mashed potatoes, duck fat roasties, honey glazed carrots, bacon braised Brussels sprouts, sausage meat with walnut stuffing, and red wine jus with cranberry sauce.
In 2023, Thanksgiving dinner at Raglan Road cost $39.99 per adult and $19.99 per child.
©Raglan Road
This year, Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ is serving the Homecomin’ Holiday Turkey Sandwich from November 24th, 2024 through January 1st, 2025. This sandwich is made with smoked turkey on toasted artisanal bread, dressed with signature cornbread stuffing and a sweet and sour cranberry aioli and is served with house-made potato chips.
©Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’
Last year, Homecomin’ offered Thanksgiving dinner to go with a meal that included Smoked Turkey with Gravy, Andouille Sausage Cornbread Stuffing, Homemade Cranberry Sauce, Whipped Mashed Potatoes, Southern Green Beans, Cheddar Drop Biscuits with Fig Jam, and four Slices of the restaurant’s famous Hummingbird Cake.
The meal fed four and cost $200 plus tax. We’ll keep you posted with updates if this offering returns.
©Homecomin’
The Polite Pig also offered the Open-face Turkey Smash last year, which is made with Texas toast, mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, turkey gravy, and cranberry chutney. We’re hoping this one returns in 2024.
©The Polite Pig
Earl of Sandwich has us hyped around Thanksgiving, as its the perfect time to pick up its famous Holiday Turkey Sandwich, which is typically available year-round. It’s made with Turkey, Cornbread Stuffing, Turkey Gravy, Cranberry Sauce and Mayonnaise.
Holiday Turkey Sandwich
The Disney World Hotels also usually get in on the holiday fun. Last year, Four Seasons’ Ravello offered a special Thanksgiving Character Breakfast and followed it up with a “decadent buffet with an incredible assortment of offerings, from a sushi and seafood station to a mouth-watering tapas station” for lunch and dinner.
Plancha also offered a Thanksgiving buffet with a salad bar, cheese and charcuterie, a carving station with turkey, NY strip, lamb, and lots of sides. Michelin-starred Capa added some Thanksgiving specials to its menu and The Lobby Bar opened early for football fans to catch the games and served a Turkey Ballotine special with braised mustard greens, potato dauphinoise, traditional stuffing, cranberry compote, green bean almondine, roasted carrots, and gravy.
Four Seasons
Whispering Canyon Cafe at Wilderness Lodge usually serves a prix fixe holiday meal for lunch and dinner on Thanksgiving and several quick service locations at the various Disney World hotels usually offer something Thanksgiving-related. You’ll also often find turkey dishes at sit down restaurants, even though the menu changes aren’t also announced in advance.
Whispering Canyon
You can often find a Thanksgiving meal available at all of the following Resort Counter Service spots:
It’s a Thanksgiving FEAST!
And there you have it! Are you visiting Disney World this Thanksgiving? Let us know what you’re most looking forward to doing on Turkey Day and continue to follow us right here at DFB for all the latest Disney World news, tips, reviews, and more!
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