2025 is less than two months away — it’s time to BOOK those trips!

You may think that your chosen Disney World hotel will have plenty of availability months in advance, but that’s not the case for some more popular Disney World travel dates. In fact, we’ve seen certain types of hotel rooms at select hotels sell out MONTHS in advance, especially at Value Resorts or hotels with a limited number of certain types of rooms. If you’re planning a trip during any of these 2025 dates, you’ll want to book them ASAP!

January

Starting off strong with one of the most popular holidays in Disney World, which also happens to be the one coming up in less than 2 months, we have New Year’s Day! If you’re planning to stay on property ANYWHERE in Disney World for New Year’s Day, you’ll need to book that reservation immediately after you finish reading this post. Trust us, you don’t want to wait until the VERY last minute, and we’re getting real close to that.

Later on in the month we have the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, which takes place from January 8th-12th.

runDisney race weekends are not only wildly busy in the parks, but since the races start so early, many participants choose to stay on property to make their transportation easier.

February

At the tail end of January into February, we have the National Dance Team Championships from January 31st through February 2nd. Now, this one you’ll really want to look out for if you’re planning to stay at a Disney World Value Resort, especially the All-Stars since many teams choose to stay there to save as much money as possible. Those rooms will fill up fast, and expect to see the hotels busier (and potentially louder) than normal!

You’ll also want to watch out for another runDisney race, the Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend from February 20th-24th.

Just like other races, hotels and parks will be busy!

April

Right at the beginning of April we have the runDisney Springtime Surprise Weekend from April 3rd-6th! The same note as other races applies, BUT you’ll want to be extra careful here, because on top of race crowds you’ll be dealing with spring break crowds. These hotels will be BUSY — book your room right now so you don’t miss out!

And from April 25th-28th, right when most spring break crowds are gone, Cheerleading Worlds moves into Disney World.

Again, you’ll really want to watch Value Resort hotel bookings for this one!

July

While 4th of July is busy in Disney World, we don’t anticipate hotels being too sold out. Instead, you’ll want to watch out for the World Dance Competition happening from July 9th-14th!

You guessed it — the Value Hotels will be the most likely to sell out here, but it may push other guests to stay at moderate or deluxe hotels, meaning those rooms could sell out too!

November

We also really want to warn you that you’ll want to make your Thanksgiving Week reservations at the latest halfway through 2025. For 2025, we’re counting Thanksgiving Week as Sunday, November 23rd through Sunday, November 29th.

People plan these vacations EARLY, so you’ll want to do the same to be prepared and get the room you’d like.

December

You likely won’t be surprised to hear that we have Christmas Week on here as well — it’s such a holly jolly, beautiful time of the year, you won’t want to miss booking your hotel reservation to see all the gorgeous decorations! For 2025, we’re considering Christmas Week as Sunday, December 21st through Saturday, December 27th.

Just a few days later, you’ll also want to make sure you’ve got your reservation for New Year’s Eve, December 31st, booked as well. A lot of people want to spend the last day of the year in Disney World, so grab that reservation sooner rather than later.

We’re always here to help you prepare for your upcoming Disney World trip, so stay tuned to DFB!

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