Holiday Arrival at the Magic Kingdom!

The holidays have landed at Walt Disney World and this week we’ll be looking at Magic Kingdom’s offerings. Shake those jingle bells and lets go!

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They look great, and the holidays are my favorite time of year at WDW, so it’s nice to see for sure.

Liberty Square has boughs of holly lining the area.

In Adventureland, the Jingle Cruise holiday overlay starts this weekend, only a few props were up when I visited.

After last week’s excellent Limited Time Magic, the Diamond Horseshoe is all closed up again. Quite the shame.

More holiday stuff in Frontierland.

Peter Pan FP area is currently being used for the Princess Hug Zone.

Village Haus still under refurb.

Mine Train time!

Taking a break from that, New Fantasyland has some holiday decorations up this year, which I think is great.

The decor is very Gaston.

Road work near Mermaid.

Time for the other side of the Mine Train.

The Tomorrowland DJ stage is dressed up for the season.

And of course, at dusk, the Castle Dream Lights get switched on. A thing of beauty to be sure, but they don’t wrap all the way around the castle, resulting in a slightly odd look from the side views.

A parting shot of the Toy Soldiers at night.

That wraps it up for this week’s column. Will you be around to soak in the holidays this year? Willing to brave big crowds closer to Christmas and New Years? Let us know in the comments!!

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