Orlando theme parks: Right here come 2022 holidays

That is how we roll by the vacations in Orlando’s theme parks nowadays. The scent of Halloween’s fake fog and the Sanderson Sisters aren’t even out of our garments earlier than somebody will get all merry and vibrant on us.

Points of interest are gearing up for the end-of-year occasions. Some are going the normal route or are bouncing again from pandemic interruptions. Some have tweaked the formulation or modified areas, and there are a couple of new-to-these-parts choices.

There’s actually no rush. All the pieces will nonetheless be going after, oh, say, Thanksgiving. However for you early chicken celebrators, right here’s a jumping-off listing of Central Florida sights with vacation plans, organized so as of their debuts.

• Nov. 8: Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, Magic Kingdom. After-hours, extra-ticket occasion options parade, fireworks, stage reveals, dance events and characters in very merry mode. (There are 25 choose dates by Dec. 22, however the first seven evenings are offered out.)
• Nov. 11: Night time of a Million Lights, Island H2O, benefiting Give Youngsters the World Village. Elaborate display moves from reopened nonprofit to Kissimmee water park. (Nightly by Jan. 1.)
• Nov. 11: Christmas Nights in Lights, Dezerland Motion Park Orlando. Drive-through display debuts on north finish of Worldwide Drive. Reservations required. (Nightly by Jan. 1.)

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• Nov. 11: Christmas Celebration, SeaWorld Orlando. Occasion, included with park admission, presents new “Holiday Reflections” fireworks, Sesame Road Christmas Parade, “Elmo’s Christmas Want,” “Winter Wonderland on Ice” skating present and interactions with Rudolph the Purple-Nosed Reindeer and Bumble. (Choose nights by Jan. 3.)
• Nov. 12: Holidays at Universal Orlando. Islands of Journey levels Grinchmas and “The Magic of Christmas at Hogwarts Fort” plus the Common’s Vacation Parade that includes Macy’s winds by the streets of Common Studios. Festivities are included with park admission. (Each day by Jan. 1.) Mannheim Steamroller performs at Common Studios Dec. 3, 4, 10 and 11.
• Nov. 18: Christmas at Gaylord Palms, Kissimmee. Grinch-themed ICE display is centerpiece of vacation programming, which additionally affords choices for snow tubing, gingerbread adorning, Naughty or Good Escape room and stage reveals together with “Cirque: Spirit of Christmas.” (Nightly by Jan. 1.)
• Nov. 25: Epcot Worldwide Pageant of the Holidays, together with Candlelight Processional, Vacation Kitchens, dwell leisure by way of storytellers and musicians, Walt Disney World. (Included with Epcot admission, day by day by Dec. 30.)

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• Nov. 25: Holidays at Legoland Florida. Actions, included in Winter Haven park admission, function seasonal characters, Lego builds, reveals and treats on the market. (Occasion dates are Nov. 25-27, Dec. 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 22-31.)
• Dec. 3: Vacation Ho Ho Ho-Down Christmas at Gatorland, together with with common admission. Interactive characters similar to Gator Claus and Krampus Croc, dwell music, reveals, vacation meals and craft distributors (Saturdays and Sundays by Dec. 18.)
• Dec. 16: Holidays in Area, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Seasonal décor, strolling entertainers, new nighttime projection mapping present, new 50-foot lighted tree and the massive NASA “meatball” decoration are deliberate for the Brevard County complicated. (By Dec. 30.)

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