2024 Moonlight Magic Dates and Details

Moonlight Magic is back! Disney has announced dates for 2024 at both Disney World and Disneyland.

What Is Moonlight Magic?

Moonlight Magic is a free event for Disney Vacation Club Members and their guests. The event offers

• Shorter-than-usual wait times for popular park attractions
• Character Meet & Greets
• Event-specific entertainment
• Complimentary special treats and delectable delights

Moonlight Magic is similar to hard-ticket events such as After Hours, or Disneyland After Dark.

Moonlight Magic Dates & Details

2024 Moonlight Magic dates have been announced in 3 Disney World parks, and also at California Adventure.

Disney World

• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
  • February 27, 2024
    • Early Registration Window – Opens February 1, 2024
    • General Registration – Opens February 8, 2024
  • April 23, 2024
    • Early Registration Window – Opens February 1, 2024
    • General Registration – Opens April 11, 2024
• EPCOT
  • January 25, 2024
    • Early Registration Window – Opens January 9, 2024
    • General Registration – Opens January 11, 2024
  • March 1, 2024
    • Early Registration Window – Opens January 9, 2024
    • General Registration – Opens February 15, 2024
• Disney’s Hollywood Studios
  • Event Date: August 27, 2024
    • Early Registration – Opens August 1, 2024
    • General Registration – Opens August 15, 2024
• Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park
  • June 4, 2024
    • Early Registration – Opens May 2, 2024
    • General Registration – Opens May 9, 2024
  • July 11, 2024
    • Early Registration – Opens May 2, 2024
    • General Registration – Opens June 27, 2024

Disneyland

• Disney California Adventure Park
  • Event Date: January 29, 2024
  • Event Registration – Opens December 19, 2023

How to Register for Moonlight Magic

Registration is required, and guests with a resort reservation on the date of the event will have access to an early registration period. We’ll update with reservation dates as soon as we have information.

Guests with eligible resort reservations may receive a link in their email, and can also find a link on the event page. When registration opens, members will access the link to enter a virtual waiting room. When it is their turn, each member may register themselves and up to 4 guests, for a total party size of 5, or up to the number of guests on their resort reservation. Children up to three years of age don’t need to register. In the past, the waiting room has filled quickly, so if you’re tapping in on registration day it’s best to be there right on time.

The member who registers must be in attendance at the party, so if you have multiple members in your family plan accordingly. Also, if you are registering early with a resort reservation, the resort reservation must be made by the person listed as Owner on the membership. (Need help getting a resort reservation? The agents at TouringPlans Travel can set you up.)

Only one event per park per year is available for each membership. So you can attend a Moonlight Magic event at EPCOT and also one at Hollywood Studios. But you can’t attend both Moonlight Magic dates at Animal Kingdom in 2024. And only members who are eligible for Membership Extras can register. Not sure if you qualify? You’ll need to set up MagicMobile to view your digital DVC Membership card; it must say DVC-Y on the back.

Will you be attending one of the 2024 events? Have you been to one in the past? Let us know in the comments!