The projection-mapping display known as Tree of Life Awakenings resumed at Disney’s Animal Kingdom starting November 1, 2025, and is scheduled to run most nights through November 8th. The show takes place on the park’s central sculpture, the Tree of Life on Discovery Island, and features animated visuals projected onto the tree’s carvings.
In late October 2025, Disneyland Resort hosted a special event where 40 children from Make-A-Wish Foundation had their wishes granted in collaboration with Disney, YouTube, and philanthropist MrBeast. This marked the first time such a partnership brought together top creators to deliver personalized experiences for wish children.
As of October 12, 2025, the Disney Junior Play ‘n Dine character breakfast at Hollywood & Vine in Disney’s Hollywood Studios has officially ended. This marks a shift in the restaurant’s offerings, as it now provides Minnie’s Seasonal Dining for all meal periods throughout the day.
Walt Disney World revealed the event-specific ornament for the 2025 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom. The ornament shows Mickey Mouse and Pluto driving a red holiday-themed truck, complete with a Christmas tree in the bed and wheels decorated like peppermint swirls.
Walt Disney World has added a new Good-to-Go date for November 4, 2025. No further dates in November have been publicly confirmed at this time.
Dollywood has announced a new after-hours Halloween offering scheduled for the 2026 season. According to its official press release dated October 28, 2025, the event will be called Harvey’s Boo Bash and will take place on three Friday nights: October 16, 23 and 30, 2026.
On October 17, 2025, a federal jury in Los Angeles ruled on a vaccine religious exemption lawsuit in favor of 20th Television, a studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. The decision came in a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by actor Rockmond Dunbar.
NFL star and Taylor Swift’s fiancée Travis Kelce has joined an activist investor group that has acquired about a 9% economic stake in amusement-park operator Six Flags Entertainment Corporation.
The 2025 edition of Jollywood Nights, a separately-ticketed after-hours holiday event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, will include a complimentary keepsake ornament for attendees to collect as they depart.
For the 2025 holiday season at Disney Springs in Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, guests will have the opportunity to meet Santa Claus without theme-park admission. Santa will be greeting guests in the Marketplace area of Disney Springs, near Disney’s Pin Traders. The meet-and-greet is scheduled to run from November 13 through December 24, 2025.
Netflix has signed and “unprecedented” global licensing agreements with Mattel and Hasbro for merchandise and toys based on its animated film KPop Demon Hunters. The two firms will act as co-master toy licensees, covering categories from dolls to board games.
Fans have begun to speculate when Magic Kingdom’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade will be filmed. The calendars show the normal daytime parade, Festival of Fantasy, is absent from its daily showing on November 8th and 9th. As in past years, these dates will likely feature filming of the Christmas-themed parade.