Santa Claus Is Moving to a New Location at Epcot This Holiday Season

If you’re planning to visit Epcot during the 2025 Festival of the Holidays, you might want to meet Santa Claus. In recent years, he’s set up shop at the Odyssey Pavilion, and it’s truly been a wonderful location to meet him. This year, however, things are changing. Disney has announced that Santa Claus will have a new meet-and-greet location at CommuniCore Hall.

a gold sign in the shape of a snow globe that points to Santa's meet-and-greet at Epcot

Here are the details with the times you can expect to find him:

Location: CommuniCore Hall (World Celebration)
Days: Daily through December 24, 2025
Times: 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM, and 5:00 PM

Santa meets at Epcot during the International Festival of the Holidays. This year’s festival runs from November 28, 2025, through December 30th. You may notice that Santa stops meeting on December 24, 2025. This is the case for every location at Disney World offering a Santa meet-and-greet. As you likely know, Santa is very busy on Christmas Eve and has to head back home to Mrs. Claus promptly after Christmas.

In recent years, Santa’s meet-and-greet at Epcot has been replaced with Santa Goofy between Christmas Day and the end of the festival. While this is not guaranteed, you might want to stop in and see if anyone’s available if you’re visiting between Christmas and New Year’s.

We’ll have more on other Santa meet-and-greet locations in the parks and at Disney Springs when they’re announced. If you’re looking to have a holiday-inspired family photo made, we encourage you to take a few moments to check out these locations. Disney always does an incredible job with the various sets, and there is truly something special about meeting Santa Claus at Disney World.

Former Santa Claus Meet-and-Greet Set at Epcot

For more on Epcot’s International Festival of the Holidays, you might like:

You might also enjoy our complete guide to the 2025 Festival of the Holidays at Epcot.

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