This year, America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, so July 4th is going to be a BIG day at Disney World!
Fourth of July Fireworks!
It’s a milestone celebration for America this year, and there’s a lot that will be going on at Disney World. If you’re planning on coming to the Most Magical Place on Earth for the big day, we have some more details for you on what to expect this year.
In the past, the place to be at Disney World on the Fourth of July was Magic Kingdom. The reason Magic Kingdom is especially busy is because of the exclusive fireworks show that happens that evening. That exclusive show is returning, but this year it’ll be shown for an extra night!
The sky just lights up with this show
The show is called Disney’s Celebrate America! — A Fourth of July Concert in the Sky, and it will play across all three nights of the holiday weekend on July 3rd, July 4th, and July 5th. The fireworks take place at Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom. You can see them from the front of the castle and along a beautifully decorated Main Street, U.S.A. The festivities are actually going to be streamed at home!
The show was amazing!
Even though Magic Kingdom has always been the place to be on July 4th, you can strongly make the case that EPCOT could be the go-to park. EPCOT has its own fireworks show, as well, but that’s not all. Disney said that this year, they will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary at EPCOT with patriotic lighting on Spaceship Earth and Voices of Liberty performances.
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Some other things that are coming to Walt Disney World for the anniversary are the Electrical Water Pageant, exclusive character experiences, and limited-time food across the resort. It’s going to get busy for the big celebration!
Fourth of July crowds in 2025
Disney will also be doing something completely NEW this year called Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness. It will be a 2-hour ABC special airing on June 29th. The special will use locations like Main Street, U.S.A., and Tomorrowland to “tell stories of American innovation, achievements, traditions and historic ‘firsts.'”
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Disney said, “In this coast-to-coast event, Disney Parks and attractions are the portal through which America’s greatest stories, triumphs, and traditions are celebrated.”
Magic Kingdom
We’re super excited for the big celebration at Disney World! Expect a busy, BUSY day. If you haven’t made park reservations already, we would hop on that sooner rather than later. We’re always keeping up with all the latest Disney news and updates, so make sure to follow us at the Disney Food Blog for more.
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For many years I scheduled my Disneyworld trip so that I would be there for the fourth of July to see the fireworks. I see they have added July 5th. Am I correct in my memory that there was always two days of shows (This was from 1998 – 2009) on July 3rd and 4th?
I live on Long Island, NY and often traveled to see the fireworks shows over the East River. Those shows paled in comparison to the Disney July 4th shows. DIsney was absolutely spectacular.
The only downside to the July 4th events at Magic Kingdom was told to me by a cast member by the gates as I was leaving to go back to the hotel that I better come back sooner rather than later, as they might have to stop admitting people due to extremely high crowds (This was 2001). They were right, and we couldn’t get back into the park. Luckily, we were staying at The Grand Floridian that year and splurged on the best view so we didn’t miss the show.
Anyone know if the special 1776 character outfits at Epcot will be all 3 days? AJ do you have the inside scoop?