The Best of Central Florida's Holiday Cheer

Visiting Central Florida this holiday season? Don’t worry; there is still plenty of time to plan out your vacation adventures! There is so much happening at the parks that the only thing you will have to worry about is having enough time to see and do it all!

Don’t be a “Grinch” and stay home this holiday, instead take your family to Whoville! The Grinchmas holiday celebration at Universal’s Islands of Adventures is sure to put a smile on everyone’s face! Watch as the classic Dr. Seuss story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, comes to life and keeps everyone in the family entertained. Even though you’ll be in sunny Florida, you and your little ones can play in a winter wonderland of real snow! If you’re not too keen on playing in the snow, join the celebration of the Whoville Whobilation show, featuring six songs performed by a live cast, including The Grinch and The Whos from Whoville. After the show you can take your kids to meet The Grinch in person or explore the Whoville Wonky Tree Lot! At night you can gather around the tree and enjoy celebrity readings of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and witness the lighting ceremony of the one-of-a-kind Grinchmas Tree! Grinchmas is included with your paid admission to Islands of Adventure.

If you’re looking for more time with The Grinch, consider treating your family to the special Grinchmas Character Breakfast! Everyone will enjoy an all-inclusive buffet at Confisco Grille where you’ll dine with The Grinch and many more of your favorite Seuss characters, including a Who or two! After breakfast, you will have express access to The Cat In The Hat ride if you present your Character Breakfast receipt! With limited seating and select dates, these breakfasts are sure to fill up quickly so be sure to call (407) 224-4012 and reserve your spot today! Breakfast will be an additional cost to your park admission.

For those of you with jungle fever this holiday season; don’t miss Mickey’s Jingle Jungle Parade! Join Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and other their Savannah friends as they take a great jungle adventure through the park. You’ll go wild as your spirit is lifted with a merry mix of traditional holiday wonderment, colorful creatures, and festive music in this joyous safari take on the holiday season. The cheerful and entertaining Mickey’s Jingle Jungle Parade is known for its larger than life animal puppets that dance and bring the jungle to life. You won’t find a more exotic holiday celebration than this! This colorful and lively parade marches through Disney’s Animal Kingdom all month long, but be sure to check the daily parade schedule!

If you want a holiday celebration that is sure to brighten you mood, don’t miss The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights! On the Streets of America in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the holiday spirit shines all over the place with millions of glittering lights perfectly synchronized to holiday music. Entire buildings are blanketed in sheets of multi-colored lights, and thousands more lights form twirling carousels, heavenly angels, beautiful Christmas trees and even Santa and his reindeer! Approximately every ten minutes the lights dim and then dramatically spring to life as they twinkle to the incredibly choreographed holiday music. Some nights, if you truly believe in holiday magic, the show ends with an enchanted flurry of snow.  This is one holiday spectacular you will have to see to believe!

The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights began modestly in Arkansas as a single home’s annual holiday display. Every year, Jennings Osborne and his family set up an elaborate collection of holiday lights the continued to grow over the years. As the show continued to grow, the Osborne family decided to share their holiday tradition with the world, and Walt Disney World happily offered to become the new permanent home for their exceptional exhibition of holiday cheer. You and your family can enjoy the lighting spectacular with standard admission to Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park.