Jollywood Sells Out Again as Fantastic Four Storm Avengers Campus

The Parks

Disney Jollywood Nights can’t keep tickets on shelves. November 23, the Monday of Thanksgiving week, just sold out, making it the sixth sold-out date of the season. The party only opened on November 7. Six sellouts occurred in roughly two weeks. November 28 went first, selling out before the season even began, which means both Thanksgiving week dates at Hollywood Studios are now gone. If you were planning to wing it on a whim during turkey week, that window closed already.

Planning your Disney trip? Download Lightning Brain from the App Store or visit lightningbrain.app to optimize every minute of your park day.

Meanwhile Magic Kingdom keeps its Veterans Day traditions running, including the daily flag retreat ceremony, alongside other patriotic tributes and offerings honoring active-duty and veteran guests. For anyone who serves, 2027 just got more affordable: Disney World Military Salute Tickets are back, starting at $429, with the upgraded Celebrates America ticket from $549, valid for visits January 1 through December 21.

On the golf front, a 54-year-old Disney World attraction has finally reopened after 189 days of silence. It closed in early May for a major refurbishment. Disney initially aimed for an October return, missed that window entirely, and only now has confirmed the course is welcoming golfers back. Nearly half a year offline is a long time for anything at Walt Disney World, refurbishment or not.

Hollywood Studios is also getting a kid-focused addition: an Indiana Jones themed playground is coming in the next few months. This follows a pattern Disney has leaned into recently, following the Magic of Disney Animation’s indoor activities and its own Alice in Wonderland play space. Toddlers are clearly a growth market at Walt Disney World right now.

Out west, Disneyland’s holiday rollout includes Christmas decor replacing Cars Land’s usual look, posted menus for Festival of Holidays, and a mystery project brewing at the Golden Vine.

The Shows

Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters December 18, and Disneyland Resort isn’t waiting around. The Fantastic Four are heading to Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure starting November 20, crossing over from their Tomorrowland appearance last summer tied to The Fantastic Four: First Steps. H.E.R.B.I.E. is making the trip too. Expect heroic encounters, new food, and merchandise built around Marvel’s first family settling into their new neighborhood.

On the home viewing side, Disney+ now streams select movies in 3D on Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S, complete with immersive virtual viewing environments pulling from Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar worlds. It’s a narrow rollout with select countries and titles, but it signals Disney is still experimenting with how people watch outside a theater or living room.

The Business

Shanghai Disney Resort pulled back the curtain on its third Disney-themed hotel, the Shanghai Disney Enchanted Star Hotel, opening December 16. The 400-room property sits along Wishing Star Lake, next to Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, with new dining, retail, and recreational experiences built around the resort’s broader storytelling push. A third on-site hotel is a clear signal Shanghai expects demand to keep climbing.

Ticket strategy is shifting for 2027 on both coasts. Disneyland just announced its first 2027 ticket discount, a 20% offer on select multiday tickets, which is notably opened up beyond California residents for the first time. Separate reporting confirms discounted 2-day and 3-day tickets are also coming for general public purchase. Early discounting this far out suggests Disney wants heads in beds well before the year even starts, rather than waiting for a soft patch to react to.

Disney World has its own stack of current deals as the holiday season ramps up, with Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party running at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT’s Food & Wine Festival continuing through November 21, and EPCOT’s Festival of the Holidays kicking off November 27. Layer in cruise line touches like Port Canaveral’s new collectible medallion machine at Terminal 8, offering four designs near the existing pressed penny collection, and the pattern is consistent: monetize every inch of the guest journey, starting before anyone even boards.

The Details

Some traditions don’t survive contact with a new season. A longtime Disney World Christmas tradition is gone for good this year, confirmed and final, with no walk-back coming. Specifics are thin on what exactly vanished, but the reaction from longtime guests has been immediate and pointed.

At Disneyland, the holidays extend past the gates and into the coffee cups. Starbucks locations on Buena Vista Street, the Fiddler, Fifer, and Practical Cafe, are now stocked with festive and Disney Parks branded holiday merchandise, giving guests one more reason to linger before rope drop.

For resort stays, Kidani Village’s Starlight Safari experience is drawing praise as a splurge worth taking, the kind of after-hours add-on that turns an ordinary evening at Animal Kingdom Lodge into something guests remember years later.

Sources

• MickeyBlog
• AllEars
• Disney Food Blog
• Chip and Co
• Disney Fanatic
• Disney Dining
• Lightning Brain
• TouringPlans
• Laughing Place
• Mickey Visit
• Disney Tourist Blog
• Walt Disney Company
• Disney Parks Blog
• Disney Experiences
• The DisInsider
• Inside the Magic
• EYNTK Disney Parks
• MiceChat
• DLP Report
• D23

Designed, trained, and directed by humans. Produced by Lightning Brain’s AI. Learn how we make this: https://lightningbrain.app/how-we-make-this