Guide to Disney Springs Santa Meet and Greet: Dates, Times, and Virtual Queue Info

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Posted: Monday November 4, 2024 10:25am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

From November 8 through December 24, 2024, Santa will be greeting guests at Santa's Marketplace, hosted by Bauducco, near Disney's Pin Traders in the former Star Wars Trader gift shop.

For 2024, the popular meet-and-greet returns with a virtual queue setup, making it easier to plan your visit without waiting in a traditional line.

Holidays at Disney Springs

Here's what you need to know about meeting Santa at Disney Springs:

Entering the Virtual Queue

To secure a spot, use the My Disney Experience app to join the virtual queue once you're on-site at Disney Springs. Openings for the virtual queue will be available at five times throughout the day:

9:00 AM
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
3:00 PM
6:00 PM

This setup allows multiple chances to join the queue, so you can plan around your day at Disney Springs.

Important Details for Meeting Santa

Location Required: You must be physically present at Disney Springs to join the virtual queue.
One-Party Entry: Only one person in your group needs to request entry for your entire party. When your spot is ready, you'll receive a push notification with a link to your digital entry code.
Accessing Your Code: If you can't find your entry code, tap the three-line "hamburger" menu in the app and go to "Virtual Queues."
Party Size Limit: Each group can have up to 10 people.
No Standby Line: This meet-and-greet is virtual queue only, meaning there won't be a standby line available.
Availability: The virtual queue is subject to availability, so plan to join as early as possible to secure your spot.

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DCBaker11 hours ago

More details have been released for The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular, airing December 1 on ABC: Hosted by Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro, ''The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular'' returns for its ninth year with a sparkling spectacle of new musical performances from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, Disneyland Resort in California and Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in Ko'Olina, Hawaiʻi. Narrated by Kristen Bell, who will share the tale of how the Disney Parks kicks off the most magical holiday ever, "The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular" airs SUNDAY, DEC. 1, at 8:01 p.m. EST/PST on ABC and is available the next day on Hulu and Disney+. Performances include the following: - Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro – "Deck the Halls" / "Holly Jolly Christmas" - Auliʻi Cravalho – "Beyond" (from "Moana 2" in theaters Nov. 27) - Elton John – "Your Song" - John Legend – "Always Come Back" / "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - Seth MacFarlane and Liz Gillies – "White Christmas" - Ava Max – "O Holy Night" / "1 Wish" - Leslie Odom, Jr. and the Imani Milele Choir – "Little Drummer Boy" - Carly Pearce – "Let It Snow" - Pentatonix – "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" - Anika Noni Rose – "Milele" (from "Mufasa: The Lion King" in theaters Dec. 20) - SEVENTEEN – "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" https://abc.com/news/25053aa3-b551-465d-b350-178720964326/category/1138628

wdwmagic15 hours ago

And December 13

HauntedPirate16 hours ago

wdwmagic16 hours ago

And Nov 21 is now sold out.

bmr159117 hours ago

Is this a sign of lower demand for the party as a whole or just an off night? Certainly parties not sellling out will be a point of concern for WDW. Maybe it could lead to improved offerings next year?

wdwmagic17 hours ago

Yeah this will be a first in a while if it doesn't sell out. There is still time though

DCBaker18 hours ago

Here's a look at the Annual Passholder hoodie, pin, magnet and ornament available during the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays:

DisneyDreamer0819 hours ago

Interesting that tomorrow’s party still has availability. Has there been a Halloween or Christmas party that hasn’t sold out in recent years?

DCBaker1 day ago

December 12 is the next Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party date that has now sold out. Dates with tickets still available: November 21 and December 13, 15, 17 and 19.

Comped1 day ago

History and public sentiment disagrees with you on park based entertainment declining starting in the 1980s... If anything, up until that point non-third-party or atmospheric entertainment on both coasts was rather lacking - for 25+ years if you wanted to see any kind of Disney put on entertainment you were effectively limited to Kids of the Kingdom-style shows, all the way up until, really, MGM opened and things started to get experimented with in terms of stage shows (and even then it took until Dick Tracy in Diamond Double Cross to get anything close to the shows we see still being staged internationally). Things didn't start to decline until 2001 when Eisner shut down the "fiefdom" (his words not mine) that was Walt Disney Entertainment and brought all in park entertainment under operational control within each park instead of having an independent executive level part of the company dedicated to it and other live entertainment ventures. As someone who has written about this academically and otherwise, some of the only in-depth material really available on the subject of the history of Disney's live entertainment within the parks, I know about this far too much... It's really quite sad because DLE was neutered specifically because folks in park ops were unhappy entertainment was getting a good amount of money out of Eisner and his successors, and it's spiraled from there. And that's about 90% of your issue. If entertainment had priority again, we would see some really good efforts.

MisterPenguin1 day ago

One time use. It's how they get you to renew your AP every year to keep stencils in stock.

Bocabear1 day ago

It's a freebie...how durable does it need to be? Make a batch of cookies, use it and you are done... I think the days of very nice giveaways are long gone... Magnets, recipe cards...these sort of paper goods will be the new normal...but they don't really have to give away anything...we obviously continue to pay for our passes...

HauntedPirate1 day ago

And how useful is a thin paperboard stencil for making cookies? I think it says something about "reusable" on the envelope but I wonder how reusable they will end up being. At least the silicone stencils are washable.