Disney World Resort Recreation Calendars with Movie Under the Stars Schedule (December)

A new resort recreation calendar is released at the Walt Disney World Resorts each month. These calendars contain a schedule of activities at the resort for each day of the week throughout the month.

For instance, each calendar lists the movies for the Movie Under the Stars program. The Movie Under the Stars program is held nightly at most resorts. However, a few resorts only offer movie nights on select evenings.

If you have an upcoming trip planned, it might be helpful to know about some of these activities before your arrival. That way, you can slightly adjust your schedule to accommodate an activity that interests you.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to get to every resort. We’ll try this and see how this works moving forward. In the past, it was pretty easy to obtain these calendars. But now, it requires having to physically visit every resort.

A note to readers:

*We will be traveling over the holidays and out of town over New Year’s. So, I won’t be able to update the calendars for January. Moving forward, we are shifting our focus to providing more coverage of resorts at Disney and, eventually, Universal Orlando’s Resorts and Disney Cruise Line.

We want our readers to be informed and able to make the right decision when it comes to selecting a resort hotel. We also want to inspire you to try new hotels and seek unique experiences. Unfortunately, it takes a day and a half every month to provide these calendars, which significantly cuts into the time I have to create new content, keep things up-to-date, and have a healthy work/life balance. So, at this time, I cannot guarantee that we will continue updating monthly calendars in 2024.

Walt Disney World Resort Recreation Calendars

Below, you’ll find the recreation calendars for each resort we’ve visited in the current month.

Disney’s Grand Floridian Recreation Calendar

Here is the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa.

Disney’s Grand Floridian Movies Under the Stars Schedule (December 2023)

*When we visited Disney’s Grand Floridian, they told us they were no longer publicly posting the resort recreation calendar. We were told by a cast member that it was too difficult to keep updated and remember to have printed each month.

Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Polynesian Resort.

Disney’s Polynesian Resort Movies Under the Stars

• Sunday: “The Muppets Christmas Carol”
• Tuesday: “The Santa Clause”
• Thursday: “Toy Story”
• Saturday: “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas”

Disney’s Contemporary Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Contemporary Resort.

Disney’s Contemporary Resort Movies Under the Star Schedule

• Sunday: “The Santa Clause”
• Tuesday: “One Hundred and One Dalmatians”
• Thursday: “Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas”
• Saturday: “Brave”

Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Wilderness Lodge.

Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Movie Under the Stars

• Sunday: “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas”
• Monday: “The Greatest Showman”
• Tuesday: “The Muppet Christmas Carol”
• Wednesday: “Home Alone”
• Thursday: “Anastasia”
• Friday: “The Santa Clause”
• Saturday: “Variety of Holiday Shorts”

Disney’s Boardwalk Inn Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Boardwalk Inn.

Boardwalk Inn Movies Under the Stars Schedule

• Sunday(December 3, 10, and 17): “Frozen”
• Sunday (December 24): “The Santa Clause 2”
• Sunday (December 31) “Aladdin” (1991)
• Monday (December 4, 11, and 25): “Disney’s A Christmas Carol”
• Monday (December 18): A Special Holiday Event with a Double Feature
• Tuesday: “Beauty and the Beast” (1991)
• Wednesday: “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”
• Thursday: “Anastasia”
• Friday: “Home Alone”
• Saturday: “The Santa Clause”

Disney’s Beach and Yacht Club Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club.

Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Movie Under the Stars Schedule

• Sunday (December 3, 10, 17): “Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas”
• Sunday (December 24): “The Santa Clause”
• Sunday (December 31): “High School Musical”
• Monday (December 4, 11, 25): “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas”
• Monday (December 18) A Special Holiday Event with a Double Feature
• Tuesday: “Cinderella”
• Wednesday: “Home Alone”
• Thursday: “The Aristocats”
• Friday: “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
• Saturday: “One Hundred and One Dalmatians”

Disney’s Riviera Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Riviera Resort.

Disney’s Riviera Movies Under the Stars Schedule

• Sunday: “Beauty and the Beast: Enchanted Christmas”
• Monday: “The Santa Clause”
• Tuesday: “The Little Mermaid” (2023)
• Wednesday: “Meet the Robinsons”
• Thursday: “High School Musical”
• Friday: “Anastasia”
• Saturday: “Aladdin” (1992)

Disney’s Caribbean Beach Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort.

Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort Movies Under the Stars Schedule

• Monday: “The Santa Clause”
• Tuesday: “The Princess and the Frog”
• Wednesday: “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas”
• Thursday: “Frozen 2”
• Friday: “Home Alone”
• Saturday: “Tarzan”

Disney’s Pop Century Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Pop Century Resort.

Disney’s Pop Century Movies Under the Stars Schedule

• Sunday: “The Muppets Christmas Carol”
• Monday: “Home Alone”
• Tuesday: “Moana”
• Wednesday: “101 Dalmatians”
• Thursday: “Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause”
• Friday: “Luca”
• Saturday: “Toy Story”

Disney’s Art of Animation Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Art of Animation Resort.

Disney’s Art of Animation Movies Under the Stars Schedule

• Sunday: “Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas”
• Monday: “The Santa Clause”
• Tuesday: “Meet the Robinsons”
• Wednesday: “Home Alone”
• Thursday: “The Little Mermaid”
• Friday: “Hercules”
• Saturday: “Frozen 2”

Disney’s Old Key West Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Old Key West Resort.

Disney’s Old Key West Movies Under the Stars Schedule

• Sunday: “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas”
• Tuesday: “Home Alone”
• Wednesday: “The Muppet Christmas Carol”
• Saturday: “High School Musical”

Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa.

Disney’s Saratoga Springs Movies Under the Stars Schedule

• Monday: “The Muppets Christmas Carol”
• Wednesday: “Aladdin”
• Friday: “Frozen 2”
• Saturday: “Anastasia”

Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter Resort.

Port Orleans French Quarter Movies Under the Stars Schedule

• Sunday: “The Santa Clause 2”
• Tuesday: “Anastasia”
• Thursday: “Cars”
• Saturday: “Beauty and the Beast” (1991)

Disney’s Port Orleans Riverside Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Port Orleans Riverside Resort.

Port Orleans Riverside Movies Under the Stars Schedule

• Monday: “101 Dalmatians” (1961)
• Wednesday: “The Muppets Christmas Carol”
• Friday: “Mulan” (1998)
• Saturday: “Home Alone”

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge Calendars

*Unfortunately, we didn’t make it to the Animal Kingdom Lodge this month. Since it’s getting dark early, it’s difficult to photograph the calendars that are posted outdoors.

Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort.

Coronado Springs Movies Under the Stars

• Monday: “Frozen 2”
• Wednesday: “Encanto”
• Thursday: “Home Alone”
• Friday: “Elemental”
• Saturday: Holiday Double Feature includes “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas” and “Mickey’s Christmas Carol”

Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort.

Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort Movie Under the Stars

• Sunday: “The Santa Clause”
• Monday: “Meet the Robinsons”
• Tuesday: “Cars”
• Wednesday: “Home Alone”
• Thursday: “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
• Friday: “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas”
• Saturday: “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back:

Disney’s All-Star Music Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s All-Star Music Resort.

Disney’s All-Star Music Movie Under the Stars

• Sunday: “The Muppet Christmas Carol”
• Monday: “The Santa Clause”
• Tuesday: “The Santa Clause 2”
• Wednesday: “Meet the Robinsons”
• Thursday: “Elemental”
• Saturday: “Frozen”

Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort Recreation Calendar

Below, you’ll find the resort recreation calendar for Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort.

Disney’s All-Star Sports Movie Under the Stars

• Sunday: “Home Alone”
• Monday: “The Santa Clause 2”
• Wednesday: Guest Choice: Holiday Edition
• Friday: “Elemental”
• Saturday: “Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas”

Fort Wilderness Resort Recreation Calendar

This wraps up our preview of the monthly recreation calendars for the resorts at Walt Disney World. Eventually, we plan to provide a more detailed look at some of the activities offered at the resort.

In the meantime, I cannot say enough good things about the Movie Under the Stars program. If I could go back, we would have taken the time to do more of these activities when my son was younger. But instead, we always rushed to do “everything” in the parks.

I remember the first time we stopped for Movie Under the Stars at Disney’s Beach Club. They were playing one of the older Star Wars movies, which, as you probably know, got our immediate attention.

Before we knew it, we were offered popcorn, water, and a lounge chair–so I thought, why not? It ended up being one of the most relaxing evenings I ever spent at Walt Disney World.

These days, I don’t hesitate to plan a resort movie into our schedule. It’s something we look forward to doing!

For more information on the Walt Disney World Resorts, you might enjoy the following:

• Benefits of Staying at a Walt Disney World Hotel
• Disney World Hotel Reviews
• Best Off-Site Hotels Near Disney World
• Disney World Resort Refurbishment Schedule

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