Visiting Disney World in 2022 v. 2023
When to visit Walt Disney World is a common question, but that has shifted from top weeks to best years for a vacation due to construction, cutbacks, pent-up demand, prices, and more. Among other things, this addresses whether you should visit in 2022 for the 50th Anniversary, or wait until 2023 when things are back to normal?
This became a big question back when Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and Toy Story Land turned Disney’s Hollywood Studios became a veritable construction zone. Then work wrapped up there, and the same process has repeated itself at Epcot, with the center of that park becoming a giant dirt pit. Most of this was expected to wrap up just in time for Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary, with a ton of new things debuting for the celebration and minimal construction remaining.
Then last year happened. Although Walt Disney World only closed for a few months and has been operational for over a year since, the impact is ongoing. Construction delays reverberate, and the parks are still seeing a dramatically reduced slate of shows, nighttime spectaculars, other entertainment, restaurant lineup, scaled back menus, reduced hours, and the suspension of the Disney Dining Plan—among other things. On top of that, the 50th Anniversary hasn’t offered much in the way of new things. Consequently, the question about waiting to visit Walt Disney World shifted from a construction-centered one to a normalcy focused one…
In typical times, we oppose postponing experiences for something theoretically better down the road. In life and with Disney theme parks, there’s this fantasy of a perfect tomorrow and imperfect today. Something better, newer, or bigger on the horizon that you should wait to see. That overlooks the costs of waiting, and also the downsides.
The last year probably has driven this point home on its own, especially as Americans have reweighed their priorities and placed renewed emphasis on experiences. Even beyond that, waiting on a Walt Disney World trip is not much of an option for many families; kids grow up quickly, and taking them sooner rather than later is the best course of action.
That’s still going to be true for many people reading this. The non-monetary cost of waiting is too high or there’s simply a strong desire to go now and not wait for some romanticized notion of a perfect trip that does not exist in reality.
However, that’s not going to be true for everyone. The unique wrinkle heading into 2022 is the idea of settling for a compromised Walt Disney World experience, but one that is priced higher than normal. This was a consideration this year and last year after the parks reopened, but the critical differences were that traveling virtually anywhere required compromises–not the case anymore–and Disney’s prices hadn’t spiked to the current degree.
When it comes to compromises, we’re not really referring to health safety protocol as was the case the last couple of years (although it is highly likely that Walt Disney World will be the only major theme park in Florida with a face mask rule heading into 2022). Physical distancing and all other measures are now things of the past, with limited exceptions. The need to make Disney Park Pass reservations still exists, but we wouldn’t be surprised if that system is retired for everyone but Annual Passholders sometime in 2022.
While face mask rules remain contentious, the bigger impact on the guest experience is the cuts.
Shows like Finding Nemo the Musical, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Jedi Training Academy, Enchanted Tales with Belle, and Mickey’s Magical Friendship Faire are on hiatus. Nighttime spectaculars are back at Epcot and Magic Kingdom, but Fantasmic and Star Wars: Galactic Spectacular are still absent from Hollywood Studios. Same goes for Festival of Fantasy Parade at Magic Kingdom.
Atmospheric entertainment is starting to return, with more performers now in World Showcase. However, a lot–too much to list throughout Walt Disney World–is still missing. Some of this has been announced as returning sometime in 2022, but no dates have been released. Our expectation is that most of it will come back at some point in 2022, but we would’ve said the exact same thing about entertainment this year.
There are several reasons so much still hasn’t returned to Walt Disney World, and it’s difficult to untangle them. Even as Florida saw travel surge, Disney has been slow to scale up–which has cost the company in park attendance and occupancy at its hotels. This has been largely due to staffing shortages, some of which impact entertainment and other substantive offerings.
In other situations, it’s more of a deliberate decision to maintain scaled back operations. As leadership has made clear in quarterly earnings reports, the company has been focused on increasing per guest spending, cutting costs, and improving margins. Entertainment is expensive, so it has been slower to return under Disney’s yield management strategy.
In the company’s “defense,” they’ve gotten more aggressive about addressing staffing woes. Said shortages no longer exist in some areas of Walt Disney World, or aren’t nearly as bad as they were over the summer when things were at their worst. In an attempt to attract certain positions (e.g. culinary roles, housekeeping, custodial, bus drivers, etc.) Walt Disney World is offering $1,500 hiring bonuses for those openings and $1,000 referral bonuses for current Cast Members.
However, many key roles remain unfilled despite Disney’s best efforts to remedy the issue. This necessitates capping attendance levels in the parks and occupancy levels at the resorts so as to not overwhelm staffing levels and available resources. Lower overall attendance and occupancy means lower margins as compared to 2019. It also means demand outstrips supply/capacity, even without restoring everything that has been cut. In other words, Disney is doing worse as a whole as compared to two years ago despite the higher costs and cuts, and that’s largely because of lower guest volume.
As far as a defense goes, that’s not really much of one. (Hence the air quotes above.) It explains the why of the problem, the degree to which Disney has made a good faith effort to resolve it, and the extent to which the company is “suffering” as a result. Basically, that it’s not exclusively a matter of greed–but rather, poor planning, resource allocation, and greater issues impacting the economy as a whole. (Plus some greed thrown in, for good measure.)
That’s probably of little solace to you as a consumer. The bottom line for most people planning vacations is paying more while getting less. It doesn’t matter if there are some “good” explanations for the phenomenon–the only thing that matters is that it’s happening. And at this point, the same scenario is not playing out with other theme parks or across the travel segment. It’s becoming a disproportionately Disney problem–you could go elsewhere and not face the same issues, at least not to this extent.
Now, you might reasonably respond: “my family doesn’t book Walt Disney World vacations on the basis of Voyage of the Little Mermaid.” No one does. You might not be “parade people” or care about ADR availability and so forth. Yet, those things impact everyone visiting Walt Disney World.
If Voyage of the Little Mermaid and other entertainment isn’t running, it’s not absorbing crowds that would otherwise be in line for Slinky Dog Dash or–everyone’s favorite–Alien Swirling Saucers. If restaurants aren’t filling every table, the guests who would be there are eating elsewhere. Certain experiences being unavailable or operating at reduced levels causes guest displacement. In other words, more crowding and longer lines elsewhere.
The question is thus when greater normalcy will return to Walt Disney World? When will resorts, restaurants, and the parks will be closer to 100%? When will most entertainment resume?
We’ve been down this path before, and our previous guesses would’ve been in the past. Again, some of this is beyond Walt Disney World’s control. Resorts and restaurants would already be at 100% if Disney could make it happen–they’re leaving money on the table at this point.
Part of the answer with regard to entertainment likely depends upon staffing, too. Some degree of problems persist there, and to the extent they don’t, it’s likely Walt Disney World is moving slower due to lower guest loads that can be accommodated in the resorts, restaurants, etc.
In other words, we cannot predict with any degree of certainty when some of this will be resolved. What we can do, to a degree at least, is forecast by when some of it will not be resolved.
Personally, I’d start by ruling out January or February 2022. Anything that doesn’t already have a specific date is unlikely to return in either of those months. On top of that, discounts are already out for those dates and there’s nothing for the general public. To the contrary, there are signs of the ongoing ‘sold out’ hotel situation being an ongoing problem through at least early 2022.
I think this winter “off-season” is going to catch a lot of Walt Disney World fans by surprise. Due to postponed trips, a return of international travel, resumption of runDisney and youth sporting events, and people remembering how low crowds were this year—for reasons unlikely to be replicated in 2022—there’s likely more demand this winter. From my perspective, the potential upside is too low and the downside risk of this winter being a repeat of early 2020 is too high.
When it comes to the aforementioned entertainment, it’s worth noting that it took Walt Disney World about 4 months from the time of announcement to the return of Festival of the Lion King. For Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, the turnaround time is going to be a little over 2 months. Both of those had specific dates or seasons attached when their return was announced. More to the point, rehearsals started roughly 2 months before shows resumed.
It’s reasonable to expect the same for virtually everything that Walt Disney World has already announced as returning in 2022. This means the “early 2022” timeframes for Festival of Fantasy and Mickey’s Magical Friendship Faire are probably late February to early March 2022 at the earliest. (It helps that those performers have almost certainly already been recalled and are now working entertainment during Disney Very Merriest After Hours.)
Things like Fantasmic and Finding Nemo: the Musical are much larger question marks. Both have been announced as returning in 2022, but don’t have seasons attached. Our suspicion is that the ‘reveals’ for both were to encourage fans to book trips, without Walt Disney World having to commit to specific dates–or even seasons.
If plans are expedited, either or both could return in March 2022. That would be just in time for the busy spring break season, and would make sense. However, there are no guarantees. Disney could just as easily push them until May 2022 for summer, or even later. We won’t really know until they’re given specific dates, or until rumors of rehearsals leak out ~2 months before both resume.
At this point, our suggestion would be to take a wait and see approach to your next Walt Disney World vacation, with March 2022 likely being the earliest that we’d recommend visiting. In all likelihood, late April or early May 2022 are more realistic timeframes.
This isn’t to say you should hold off booking if you’re already 100% sure you want to visit. To the contrary, given how the last year has played out, we’d book right now. Make flexible or refundable reservations if you’re still on the fence, but at least get something locked-in. This is a good hedge, as there’s always the possibility that prices will continue to increase, and shortages of rental cars, hotel availability, etc. will persist.
Rather than posing a question in the post title and not answering it, here are four times we’d target for visits next year: late March 2022, late May 2022, September 2022, or early December 2022. These are not the only times we’d recommend visiting (to the contrary, we ourselves will make countless visits between those times), but those windows make sense and each will likely offer more than the visit before them.
Let’s briefly discuss the pros and cons of each timeframe…
First, late March 2022.
Mardi Gras is the first week of the month and Central Florida schools have their spring breaks the third week of the month. Normally, we’d recommend going between the two to minimize crowd issues, but we’d push that towards the end of March 2022 to increase chances of more entertainment and restaurants/resorts closer to 100%, which might mean more discounts. Based on the lethargic pace of everything in the last year, this seems overzealous. If you’re visiting for or before Spring Break 2022, you might want to keep your expectations for normalcy in check.
Next, late May 2022.
Even with Memorial Day weekend factored into the mix, crowds are typically below average in May. On top of that, the end of May 2022 will be the kickoff to summer season, which hopefully means Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, all nighttime spectaculars, and other entertainment ready to roll. The biggest wildcard here is Cosmic Rewind–until an official date is announced, booking this early is a gamble. However, normalcy being largely restored does seem like a fairly realistic expectation for late May 2022.
September 2022 is a safe bet for being a good time to plan a trip.
While crowd levels during other off-season times have fluctuated, September has remained reliably slow over the last several years. That’s unlikely to change. On top of that, whatever returns in time for summer will still be around and the likelihood for discounts is highest in the fall. (If deals don’t appear in September, they’re not happening at all in 2022.)
Early December 2022 is our final recommendation. This is the first full week (or two) of the month, which is always a good time to visit. It’s busier in absolute attendance numbers than September–and by a significant margin–but the addition of Christmas and nicer weather makes it a qualitatively superior time to visit. The other possibility here is that TRON Lightcycle Run will open in time for Christmas 2022.
We have a hard time imagining that much else will change between September and December 2022. Whatever is back by one will be back by both, and whatever isn’t probably won’t ever return. It’ll have been 2.5 years since the parks reopened at that point. However, it’s worth noting that we said the exact same thing about this year. Disney’s slow roll coupled with shortages and economic disruptions are not things many saw coming–so who knows what’s next.
One thing we would not book based upon is Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary, which runs until April 2023. Unfortunately, the “celebration” is mostly in name and is more about marketing than anything else. Unless there’s a big ‘second push’ to the festivities, you aren’t really missing much by waiting out the 50th Anniversary.
It’s unclear whether Disney Enchantment–the new Magic Kingdom fireworks–will run beyond the World’s Most Magical Celebration, but that’s a gamble you can afford to take given that show’s quality as compared to its predecessors. The other two major additions are Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure and Harmonious at Epcot, and they’ll be around for years to come.
To the contrary, a strong case could be made for booking towards the end of the 50th Anniversary or after it’s over. Since it’s mostly a matter of marketing, you won’t be missing out on anything substantive and the impact of that advertising campaign playing itself out could mean lower demand.
Ultimately, which one of those time frames is right for you is largely circumstantial. If you’re a first-timer, we’re hard pressed to recommend the first half of 2022 at all. There are still too many unknowns and Walt Disney World’s recent track record with taking its time in restoring the guest experience does not instill confidence.
If you’re a Walt Disney World regular who doesn’t mind a few compromises, visiting in the first half of the year might make more sense. However, there’s still the issue of pricing (no discounts) and residual pent-up demand. If the latter remains high and Disney is still having trouble getting restaurants or resorts back to 100%, you’re going to overpay for a lesser experience. At that point, it comes down to what you value and expect from your Walt Disney World vacation. Obviously, that won’t be the same for everyone.
Then there’s the second half of 2022 and into early 2023. We would hope that by then, the current woes are long since in the rearview mirror, everything long ago normalized, and prices have abated due to the supply-demand imbalance tipping back in the other direction. Of course, there’s no guarantee that any of that will happen, either. For the last decade-plus, Walt Disney World prices have only trended upward, and that might be the case even with the return of discounts and more room inventory.
If we were planning a trip at this point and could only target one set of dates, it would be September or December 2022. We’d roll the dice on those dates before 2023, as it’s likely that all or most issues will work themselves out by then, pent-up demand will have run its course, and discounts will be back. As for 2023, that’ll likely bring with it more price increases, not much more normalcy, and also not much in the way of new additions.
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Your Thoughts
Do you agree or disagree with our recommendations for visiting Walt Disney World in 2022 v. 2023? Do you have a trip planned for late March 2022, late May 2022, September 2022, or early December 2022? Are you looking forward to visiting once big additions, like TRON Lightcycle Run or Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind, are open? Will you go for Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary or wait until after that’s over in 2023? Any thoughts or predictions of your own to add? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing feedback about your experiences is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
My advice to anyone going to Walt Disney is go with your family and do what you can afford. No matter if just one day at Magic Kingdom it can be a good day with your family. I have camped at Disney Fort Wilderness many times all the way back to my first trip being early 70’s with my parents in a pop up camper & no air conditioner. Lol! Thats only way my parents could afford to go. At times we were hot, rained on, tired, hungry , didn’t get to see everything with the abcd tickets, no character meals for us. Lol! But just being at Magic Kingdom, seeing the lion standing up on a balcony of the outside of castle or any of the characters walking thru the park was magical to us and especially if you grabbed a picture with one of them. That week we had so much fun as a family swimming in the lake at Fort Wilderness beach & River Country. We had a blast! One of the greatest vacations I ever had. No matter when or were you stay later , nothing can ever compare to the feeling you had on your first trip to Disney. You can’t recreate it. I can remember our last night at Magic Kingdom and as we were leaving my little sister standing on main street looking at the Castle one more time and my Dad putting his arm around her giving her a hug and a smile. It was my loving parents who made that Disney Trip magical and not anyone at Walt Disney. ❤️
Hi Tom – any updated guesses when the WDW Railroad might be running again?
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For my family our favorite aspect of Disney is the entertainment. Rides are great too of course but we really love the entertainment and think that’s what sets Disney apart from the crowd. So we are planning a trip for December of 2023. A long way off unfortunately but we would be really disappointed to go and not have the full entertainment experience.
My husband and I spent a week at DW in October. We are a Disney family and have been there almost yearly ( sometimes more than once) since 1974 . I was a little bit worried about the genie and Genie+ since that was going to start on our second day there. We stayed at Coronado Springs and the hotel was deserted. We never had a problem getting on a bus to or from the parks. Most times it was just us and maybe 5 or 6 other passengers. We took advantage of the early morning entry every morning . It was great ! At the Magic Kingdom we were able to ride Space Mt. , Buzz, Astro Orbiter, People mover, and the Speedway before the park opened. Then we went to Starbucks , got coffee and snacks, and watched the crowds come on. This was our strategy every morning at whatever park we were in. Trust me, there were CROWDS! At one point we saw the wait time for Small World was 120 minutes! The line for Haunted Mansion was all the way out to the Paddleboat and up the wooden walkway. The line for Thunder Mt. was out to the wooden walkway. Since it was just the 2 of us we used Genie+ every day. It was great!! I can see where if you are traveling with a family or large group this would get very expensive. We are both in our 70’s and are somewhat technically challenged. But we had no problem with the app. We even used the mobile app for meals since we had no dining plan. It was great also. Our meals were ready quickly . We had a wonderful time and have already made our reservations for next October. We have have had the Grand Floridian on our bucket list for years so that’s where we are staying. Life is short, enjoy the days you have!
we stayed at the dolphin this year..This is a great hotel.You can walk to epcot and disney studios this is all good.But when you come back to your room we have no towels you need to call for them to bring up.Noe i guess since its the first day the rest will be ok.Wrong you need to call every day.Then we were told itd a $35 fee for each room per night thats another $70 a day.Never was told it was for.The last day we go to breakfast and got back at 10:30 because checkout is at 11/Oh no now our rooms are locked we need to go back downstairs and get kets activated again/The manager said he was sorry but you need to know since the copvid is around we dont have the people to do this.As we were talking there were at least 8-9 workers doing nothing.The apps for parks were a joke if one person did not ride you had to go back to customer service for them to put our group back on.This happen 8 times so we were then told you have to scan then getout of line ok nope that did not work what you needed to do was to scan twcie then it worked.We also paid for the rise for star wars this is a total ripeoff .Disney is making this place really bad .WE have been going there for the last 39 years in a row.We went last july and in december last year.I need to really see if its worth all the time and trouble to have a goood time/Ihope disney sees this and offer us something to go back .We have 5 of us every year.Thanks
We went September 18 – 25 stayed at POP (this was our first Disney trip) we really didn’t expect to see and do everything, but we basically got to ride everything even (ROR)! We loved our resort “ ya it was small” but it worked for a family of four. We got all the dining reservations that we wanted. There was some issues with other guest on a couple of occasions! But hey!! Yes it was expensive, but if you budget your money well you shouldn’t have any issues. We did have to wear a mask in doors and on indoor rides, but hey we’re at Disney
We are planning a trip tp WDW in October 2022, Is it going to be like September? What should we expect? Also I already book my air and hotel ( off site ) should I order my tickets now or wait? and do you expect prices going up again?
Thanks
George
I went to WDW/Universal Orlando from October 16th to November 6th 2021. That was right at the crossover from no Genie to Genie.
To say that planning and executing this trip was stressful was an understatement. The park reservations are a problem. Once we made a park reservation we could not cancel or change it, which was ridiculous!
Genie is not great when you’re touring with a group of people consisting of family and friends. People with small children were finding that Genie was scheduling them for rides during nap time for the kids. That lack of flexibility made Genie even more dysfunctional!
Most of us found that the free Genie suggestions were ridiculous and were telling us to go to attractions that we had no interest in, despite setting up Genie as instructed.
I can honestly say that we experienced problems with every aspect of this trip (dining, parks, resorts, the lack of “trams-portation”, and buses that couldn’t handle the demand in a timely manner, which cost the guest a lot more in wasted time and money (for alternate transportation arrangements).
This trip was a very expensive mistake, especially when you consider the fact that Disney tends to make their problems your problems. This is not something that you want to experience when you are on vacation.
The magic truly is gone and it’s been replaced with aggravation at every turn. It’s a shame the way executive leadership is running these parks/resorts and this experience into the ground.
I honestly feel that if Disney paid enough, front line Cast Members could afford to work for the mouse. Housing costs in Orlando are super high. I’ve heard from Cast Member friends that low wages and poor, stressful working conditions are definitely impacting their decision to not work for Disney.
I’m sure on some spreadsheet it makes “sense” to dump your higher paid cast members and hire new people at a lower wage rate. In reality this is completely dysfunctional and guests are seeing that when they go to the parks and resorts. More than a few CM’s we interacted with are overwhelmed and apathetic, and it breaks my heart.
I guess the “good” news is that Disney executives are deluded into believing that they can continue to inconvenience the guests with their poor decisions. I really hope they get their act together and stop ALLOWING these constant problems and stupid decisions to impact the guests. Sadly they don’t seem to have a clue and they don’t seem to care.
@Michael. Hear hear! Nicely said! Thanks, as always, for the balanced look Tom!
Okay, I preface the following comments with this; I love Disney and have been to Disneyland, WDW and Disneyland Paris. And I had extensive plans in place to go to WDW before the world took /is taking this break from business as usual.
The issue boils down to this. Simple demand / supply . If the product becomes inferior, and the price for it increases, it will become less desirable. Currently the park experience is trending in this direction. Why would I go back, even with a robust bank account, to waste my time for an inferior experience.
What I think current Disney management from very top is not understanding is that my time is now my currency. Regardless of anyone’s economic position, wasting time on a mediocre experience is not acceptable to me the consumer nor should it be the business model of a company that wants to be first in class.
We all can take our time (and money) anywhere in the world, not just Walt Disney World.
Underplayed is that, while closed dining is a small percentage of total overall capacity, it is disproportionally focussed on big hitters that people might want to plan their trips around. Want a great meal at Monsieur Paul, Flying Fish, Takumi-Tei, Jiko or Victoria & Alberts? You’re out of luck. Signature dining options are somewhat limited.
12/12/2021 I just returned from Disney world and the crowds were not as bad as I thought except for Saturday which was a madhouse in MK. Total cost for room, meals, gifts , snacks , tickets, after hours party ran me 12,000. This will be my last trip to Disney. It took me a year and a half to save for this trip and overall I was disappointed. I figure I can have a vacation somewhere else and have just as much fun without breaking the bank. I am so sad the Disney is no longer for their patrons but out for the almighty dollar. T-shirt now cost 40.00, mouse ears cost 20,00 ( they do not engrave nicknames on hats any longer) Meal for 2 roughly 100.00 a meal and on and on and on. I for one don’t see how a family of 4 and 5 can afford a trip any longer to this not so magical place.
Even though it’s going to be a Saturday during the Food and Wine Festival (groan), I’m fired up for being in Epcot for the fortieth, even if it’s the 2022 equivalent of a cupcake and a pin. (An instagram wall and a display at the Odyssey Center?)
We had planned on 8 nights and five park days in January 2022, our rebooked 2021 trip that we cancelled due to covid. I ultimately decided to cancel again and not rebook, because of all the things that previous comments have mentioned. Surely Disney must realize that raising prices sky high on everything, while offering a subpar guest experience, is going to cost them business in the long run? We booked at Universal instead for January 2022. I sent Disney Guest Services an email telling them how disappointed I am in their current product, and got no response at all. I guess as long as they are packing people in, they have no motivation to bring back the Disney experience that we loved so much. I’m so disappointed, but I don’t know if or when we will ever be back.
Wow, you hit the nail on the head. Thanks for the pre-warning as we are going end of January, early February. We went those exact dates for our first time in early 2020 and experienced those high level crowds in the other article you mentioned. Disney not being able to disperse the crowds with lack of shows and dining will make this another round of high crowds for us. I will expect the worse and have a wonderful time regardless.
p.s. I hope your wrong.
I am travelling in February 23,24 for Disney- Due to school vacations. Doing Universal and
Disney. Have reservations and passes for Disney. Boys interested in Star Wars-Girls in
Magic Kingdom- only going for day. Is this still bad time? Will there be fireworks at
either Studios(23rd) or Magic Kingdom(24th)? Any suggestions for itinerary
I hope they do drop prices. I compare Disney to a supermarket product. They can raise prices one of 2 ways. Give you less product and not raise the price. Or raise the price on the same amount of product. But in Disney’s case, they are raising the prices and giving us less product. Raising ticket prices, food prices, parking charges, no discounts. Less product in terms of less shows, no parades, less food offerings. Things are slow to return to normal: fireworks did not return until July. I went in April and we were charged full price with no fireworks, parades, and very few shows.
Do you have any guess about what the mask situation will be by late March? Do you think there would be a chance of no masks required indoors by then?