The “Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade” will be televised Dec. 25, and it will feature performances from all four Walt Disney World theme parks and other attractions.
Viewers will see Lady A sing “Winter Wonderland” from Epcot’s World Celebration Gardens, Bebe Rexha perform “Last Christmas” at Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom, Coco Jones with “This Christmas” from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Mariah the Scientist with “Please Come Home for Christmas” at the Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Other performers will include Nicole Scherzinger as well as Gwen Stefani from Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland and Iam Tongi performing from Aulani, the Disney resort in Hawaii.
The prerecorded broadcast is hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro (“Dancing With the Stars”) and Ginnifer Goodwin (“Zootopia 2”). Maia Kealoha, the 9-year-old actress who plays Lilo in the 2025 live-action film “Lilo and Stitch,” serves as “parade correspondent,” Disney says.
The production also includes parade footage from Magic Kingdom’s Main Street USA with floats and Disney characters. It airs on Disney-owned ABC at 10 a.m. on Christmas Day, then streams on Disney+, Hulu and the Disney YouTube channel at 11 a.m. The broadcast remains available for streaming through Jan. 4.
Folks wanting a real-life parade experience at Magic Kingdom can see “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade” at noon and 3 p.m. daily through Dec. 31 at the theme park. It is staged like it is during Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. The park is running its “Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away” parade, which debuted this year, at 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
Also still streaming is “The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular,” which originally aired Dec. 1. The show — also available on Disney+, Hulu and YouTube — features entertainers such as Trisha Yearwood, Good Charlotte and Aloe Blacc, plus appearances by Ke Huy Quan and Nate Torrence from “Zootopia 2.” The show is narrated by Goodwin and hosted by Derek Hough, who also dances in the program.
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