Where to Eat Christmas Dinner at Walt Disney World in 2025

Shannen Ace

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Minnie Mouse in a red dress poses at Disney's Hollywood Studios diner, ready for the 2025 Holiday Offerings.

Where to Eat Christmas Dinner at Walt Disney World in 2025

Restaurants at Walt Disney World theme parks, resort hotels, and Disney Springs offer special Christmas menus and year-round offerings ideal for the holidays. Here’s everywhere to eat a Christmas dinner at Walt Disney World Resort in 2025. This list will be updated as needed.

Magic Kingdom

Guests stroll by The Diamond Horseshoe at Magic Kingdom, adorned with festive garlands in bright sunshine, no castle in sight.

Liberty Tree Tavern and The Diamond Horseshoe both offer year-round prix fixe menus worthy of a holiday meal. Their platters include roasted turkey, pot roast, smoked pork loin, mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables, herbed stuffing, and house-made macaroni and cheese.

They also serve mixed greens salads and Oooey Gooey Toffee Cake for dessert. Their plant-based options include plant-based meatloaf and apple cake.

Two blue plates at Disneyland’s Plaza Inn, each with entrees topped with onion rings and green beans, ready for a food review!

The Plaza Restaurant has the seasonal Holiday Beef Pot Roast, Holiday Turkey Meatloaf, Pistachio and Cherry Cheesecake, and Holiday Cosmopolitan available through January 3. Read our review of The Plaza’s holiday menu.

EPCOT

A sign outside a Disney World restaurant promotes top character dining, with Cinderella Castle in the background, distinct from Disneyland's.

Garden Grill Restaurant also has a year-round menu perfect for Christmas. Their prix fixe meals include cornbread, garden salads, carrots, celery, grilled steak, rotisserie-roasted turkey, home-style mashed potatoes, green beans, macaroni and cheese, and strawberry shortcake.

Women in gold robes hold candles before a colorful, blurred Christmas tree at night near Epic Universe coaster.

Candlelight Processional Dining Packages include a meal at a participating EPCOT restaurant and reserved seating for the Candlelight Processional. Participating restaurants include Garden Grill, Biergarten Restaurant, Chefs de France, Coral Reef Restaurant, La Crêperie de Paris, La Hacienda de San Angel, Le Cellier Steakhouse, Nine Dragons Restaurant, Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue, Rose & Crown Dining Room, Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya, Spice Road Table, Teppan Edo, Tutto Italia Ristorante, and Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Minnie Mouse in a red dress poses at Disney's Hollywood Studios diner, ready for the 2025 Holiday Offerings.

Minnie’s Seasonal Dining at Hollywood & Vine is currently the Holiday Dine, which runs through January 4, 2026. Guests can meet Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, and Pluto in festive outfits. The buffet menu includes smoked ham, flank steak, oven-roasted herbed chicken, shepherd’s pie with ground beef, whipped potatoes, caramelized Brussels sprouts, and sautéed green beans.

Walt Disney World Resorts

Several resort hotels offer special Christmas Day meals.

Whispering Canyon Cafe at Disney's Wilderness Lodge will have a special breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., followed by lunch and dinner from noon until 10 p.m. The regular menu will not be available.

Whispering Canyon Cafe at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge will have a special breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., followed by lunch and dinner from noon until 10 p.m. The regular menu will not be available.

Christmas Day breakfast includes:

  • Holiday Skillet featuring house-made buttermilk-cheddar biscuits and sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, country potatoes, hickory-smoked bacon, sausage and Mickey-shaped waffles
  • Pepper Jack “Cheese” Frittata (Plant-Based)
  • Brisket Omelet
  • Avocado Toast

Dinner begins with Parker House rolls and a house salad, then one of these all-you-care-to-enjoy skillets:

  • Holiday Skillet featuring roasted chicken, brown sugar maple-glazed ham, maple-chipotle pork ribs, apple-cornbread stuffing, sauteed green beans, corn-on-the-cob, and mashed potatoes
  • Plant-Based Skillet featuring maple-chipotle barbecued jackfruit, spicy ‘sausage’, mustard-glazed beefless tips, herb-brushed Trick’n Chick’n, roasted potatoes, oven-roasted carrots, sautéed green beans and charred peppers

This is followed by a seasonal dessert sampler.

Ale & Compass Restaurant at Disney's Yacht Club Resort will have Christmas brunch from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The regular menu will be offered for dinner from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Ale & Compass Restaurant at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort will have Christmas brunch from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The regular menu will be offered for dinner from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Here are the Christmas brunch highlights:

  • Bloody Mary
  • Tito’s Vodka with spicy Bloody Mary mix
  • Smoked Salmon Flatbread
  • Smoked salmon, fennel soubise, egg custard and capers
  • Crab Cake Benedict
  • Poached egg, jumbo lump crab cakes and arugula served with lemon-herb hollandaise
  • Cheddar Burger
  • Applewood-smoked bacon, tomato, avocado pickles, sunny-side-up egg and herb mayonnaise on a house-made bun
  • Yule Log
  • Cookie-milk mousse, soft ganache, chocolate chiffon and raspberry sauce
Sanaa at Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas, Kidani Village will have the Celebrate the Season Dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on December 25.

Sanaa at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas, Kidani Village will have the Celebrate the Season Dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on December 25. This menu will include a Spice-Glazed Prime Rib with Jeera Jollof and Saag Cassava Puree, Smoke Indian Curry Reduction, Sauté East African Greens and Dates Relish. They will not offer their regular lunch menu.

Aerial view of the Swan and Dolphin Resort in Disney World, near where Stardust Racers thrills guests under blue skies.

The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin will offer Christmas Eve and Christmas Day specials.

Here is the list of Christmas Eve specials:

  • Amare
    • Pan Seared Florida Snapper: Potato Puree, Winter Black Truffle, Crispy Brussel Sprouts, Lemon Glazed Carrots, Sauternes Sauce
  • Il Mulino New York Trattoria
    • Pesce Pompano Francese: Florida Pompano, Confit Artichoke, Romesco, Pickled Chantarelles & Pearl Onions, Leek Terrine, Champagne Beurre Blanc
    • “Lasagna”: Kale Pinwheel Pasta Stuffed with Veal Bolognaise, Vodka Sauce, Walnut Gremolada, Parmesan Crisp
  • Rosa Mexicano
    • Snapper A La Valenciana: Olives & Caper Relish, Pozole Rojo, Hominy, Plum Tomatoes, Guajillo & Pasilla Peppers, Pepita Dukkah
  • Todd English’s Bluezoo
    • Seared Black Cod: Cardamom Pilaf, Hollander Mussels, Pearl Onions, Fennel
    • Escabeche, Madras Emulsion

And here are the Christmas Day specials:

  • Amare
    • Cabernet Braised Ossobuco: Creamy Polenta, Blistered Cherry Tomatoes, Roasted Wild Mushrooms, Mulled Wine Bordelaise
  • Il Mulino New York Trattoria
    • Agnello Cotto Lentamente: Lamb Shank, Brown Butter Farro Risotto, Charred Baby
    • Fennel, Roasted Candy Beets, Blood Orange Bordelaise
    • “Lasagna”: Kale Pinwheel Pasta Stuffed with Veal Bolognaise, Vodka Sauce, Walnut Gremolada, Parmesan Crisp
  • Rosa Mexicano
    • Snapper A La Valenciana: Olives & Caper Relish, Pozole Rojo, Hominy, Plum Tomatoes, Guajillo & Pasilla Peppers, Pepita Dukkah
  • Todd English’s Bluezoo
    • Braised Beef Cheek: Whipped Parsnip, Roasted Winter Squash, Cherry Agrodolce, Pine Nuts, Juneberry Marsala Reduction
Sausage and Butternut Squash Ragu at disney world

The following food courts are currently offering the limited-time Sausage and Butternut Squash Ragu: Fennel sausage, butternut squash, and kale in a creamy tomato sauce. Read our review of the ragu.

  • End Zone Food Court – Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
  • Every Pop Shopping and Dining – Disney’s Pop Century Resort
  • Intermission Food Court – Disney’s All-Star Music Resort
  • Landscape of Flavors – Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
  • Riverside Mill Food Court – Disney’s Port Orleans Resort
  • World Premiere Food Court – Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort

Quick-service restaurants and food courts may also offer special dishes on Christmas Day that have not been announced.

Of course, there are also limited-time holiday snacks and drinks at Walt Disney World Resort hotels. Check out the full list of holiday treats.

Disney Springs

Raglan Road will offer a Christmas Day menu.

Raglan Road will offer a Christmas Day menu of the following appetizer, entrée, and dessert:

  • Carrot and Turnip Soup topped with Smoked Bacon Crumbles and Roasted Sprouts – $12
  • Butter and Herb Roasted Turkey Mashed Potatoes, Duck Fat Roasties, Honey Glazed Carrots, Bacon Braised Brussels Sprouts, Sausage Meat Stuffing, Turkey Gravey and Cranberry Sauce – $45
  • Raspberry Jam Swiss Roll Trifle with Mixed Berries & Custard with Fresh Cream and Biscuit Crunch – $13
4 Cheese Truffle Gnocchi at Terralina Crafted Italian

Terralina Crafted Italian is currently offering the White Christmas Sangria filled with Spiced Vanilla Vodka, White Cranberry Juice, Elderflower, and Pinot Grigio.

On December 25, they will have Spiced Cinnamon & Nutmeg Cheesecake and 4 Cheese Truffle Gnocchi: Large handmade potato gnocchi served in a cream sauce featuring Grana Padano, Gorgonzola, mascarpone, and fontina cheese finished with truffle oil.

Though it may not be the first place you think of for “dinner,” Jock Lindsay’s Hangar Bar has a variety of sweet and savory options available through January 4. Here’s the holiday menu:

  • A Wreath of Wellington: Strip steak, mushroom duxelles, Gruyère, puff pastry, herbed parmesan, and horseradish-mustard aïoli
  • Boughs of Holly Deviled Eggs: Deviled eggs with sweet potato filling, fried chicken, herbed butter, cranberry, and parsley
  • Holiday Mine Car Meatballs: Maple-bourbon meatballs, Granny Smith apple and cranberry chutney, sweet potato hay, and thyme 
  • Jock’s Famous Pigs in the Blanket: Debreziner sausage, puff pastry, and cranberry mustard 
  • Tannenbaum: Malibu Coconut Rum, Midori Melon Liqueur, DOLE Pineapple Juice, and cream of coconut garnished with a red sugared rim, whipped cream 
  • Turkey Egg Rolls: Turkey egg rolls with sweet-and-sour cranberry dipping sauce 
  • Cookies with Eggnog: Eggnog with Siesta Key Spiced Rum served with tree sugar cookie, snickerdoodle swirl cookie, and chocolate-peppermint cookie
  • Gingerbread Martini: Stoli Vanilla Vodka, Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur, RumChata Cream Liqueur, gingerbread syrup, and half and half garnished with whipped cream, graham cracker crumbs, and a chocolate piece
  • Holiday Spritz: Aperol Liqueur, cranberry juice, smoked cranberry syrup, and Prosecco garnished with a rosemary sprig
  • Hot Cocoa Flight: 
    • Sugar Cookie with RumChata Cream Liqeur and Stoli Vanilla Vodka 
    • Peppermint Mocha with Bola Crème de Menthe Withe Liqeur 
    • White Hot Cocoa with hazelnut, raspberry, Frangelico and Chambord Liqueurs  

On December 25, Paddlefish will offer Boiling in a Winter Wonderland: Key West Pink Shrimp, Cedar Key Little Necks, PEI mussels, corn bread, red potatoes, and sweet corn.

Other Disney Springs locations offer various holiday snacks and drinks. Check out the full list of Disney Springs holiday menu items.

Where are you eating this holiday season at Disney World? Let us know in the comments and on social media.

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