{"id":90063,"date":"2025-12-20T02:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T02:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/90063\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T02:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T02:15:13","slug":"orlando-airport-issues-warning-with-record-breaking-travelers-expected-as-the-crowds-decend-on-disney-world-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/90063\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Airport Issues Warning With Record-Breaking Travelers Expected as the Crowds Decend on Disney World for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Christmas less than a week away, the crowds are starting to descend on the Walt Disney World Resort, and with that, <a href=\"https:\/\/insidethemagic.net\/2025\/11\/orlando-airport-expects-half-a-million-travelers-to-leave-central-florida-vacations-in-the-next-three-days-rl1\/\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Orlando International Airport<\/a> has issued a travel warning to those guests who are heading to Central Florida to celebrate the holidays. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-10.jpg\" alt=\"Mickey Mouse poses in an airport terminal beside a stack of yellow suitcases, with a plane taking off and a city skyline visible through large windows at sunset as this Disney World news hits the media.\" class=\"wp-image-801762\"  \/>Credit: Inside The Magic<\/p>\n<p>Orlando\u2019s primary airport informed travelers today that they are expecting near-record-breaking crowds, with 3.1 million people expected to pass through the airport between December 19 and January 5. The airport is expecting over 500,000 guests this weekend alone, as many are taking a two-week vacation to celebrate the holidays. <\/p>\n<p>MCO reminded guests to arrive at least three hours before their scheduled flight departure time and to check their flight status through their airline\u2019s website or the <a href=\"https:\/\/insidethemagic.net\/2025\/11\/disney-world-travel-is-about-to-get-worse-according-to-transportation-secretary-rl1\/\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Orlando Airport<\/a> app. Guests should also consider getting a PSA pre-check to make an appointment to pass through security at the airport. <\/p>\n<p>Disney World Crowds<\/p>\n<p>If Orlando International Airport is expecting record-breaking crowds, guests heading to the Walt Disney World Resort should expect the same. Based on social media reports and Disney World\u2019s recent wait times, after a slow start to the month, the parks have begun to experience increased crowds. <\/p>\n<p>While Disney World won\u2019t disclose precisely how many people they expect for this year\u2019s holiday season, their <a href=\"https:\/\/insidethemagic.net\/2025\/11\/disney-world-increases-lightning-lane-prices-for-pre-christmas-week-to-near-record-levels-rl1\/\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Lightning Lane <\/a>prices indicate how crowded the parks will be. If this year\u2019s prices are any indication, expect massive crowds for Christmas. Disney Lightning Lane Premier Pass and Lightning Lane Multi Pass have hit the highest prices this year. The passes also hit those heights during Spring Break and Thanksgiving week. <\/p>\n<p>Passholder reservations are already fully booked for Magic Kingdom for several days next week, including Christmas Day and New Year\u2019s Eve, and are also full for EPCOT on New Year\u2019s Eve. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Spaceship Earth glowing blue with Christmas tree in Disney World's EPCOT park\" class=\"wp-image-806653 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Disney-World-EPCOT-Christmas-Tree-and-Spaceship-Earth-.jpg\"  data-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Disney-World-EPCOT-Christmas-Tree-and-Spaceship-Earth-.jpg\" alt=\"Spaceship Earth glowing blue with Christmas tree in Disney World's EPCOT park\" class=\"wp-image-806653\"  \/>Credit: Eric Lopez, Flickr<\/p>\n<p>Even Disney World\u2019s after-hours Christmas parties are sold out for next week. Jollywood Nights at Hollywood Studios is sold out for December 20 and 22, while Mickey\u2019s Very Merry Christmas Party is sold out for December 19 and 21. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Mickey and Minnie Mouse in The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade\" class=\"wp-image-806167 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/disney-parks-magical-christmas-day-parade2.jpg\"  data-\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/disney-parks-magical-christmas-day-parade2.jpg\" alt=\"Mickey and Minnie Mouse in The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade\" class=\"wp-image-806167\"  \/>Credit: Disney Parks Blog<\/p>\n<p>If you happen to be headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/insidethemagic.net\/2025\/12\/with-success-of-christmas-parties-disney-world-could-bring-a-new-one-to-its-other-two-parks-rl1\/\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Disney World this Christmas season<\/a>, you should have already known what you were getting yourself into, but now, you know that you could be facing record-breaking holiday crowds this year. Maybe Disney World\u2019s pricing isn\u2019t keeping people away. <\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s your favorite thing about Disney World during the holidays? Let us know in the comments. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Christmas less than a week away, the crowds are starting to descend on the Walt Disney World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1191,48681,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-90063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-christmas","tag-disney-guests","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}