Disney World Resort Recreation Calendars with Movie Under the Stars Schedule (September 2023)

Each month, a new resort recreation calendar is released at the Walt Disney World Resorts. 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. So 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 each and every resort.

Additionally, the calendars aren’t released until the first day of the month. So, ideally, I need to visit every resort on the first day of the month and update this post by that evening.

So, for now, we’ll call this a trial-and-error experiment and see how it goes. If this type of monthly update interests you, please leave a comment and let me know.

Example of a posted recreation calendar at Disney World

Walt Disney World Resort Recreation Calendars

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

Grand Floridian Resort and Spa

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

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

  • Sunday–Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • Tuesday–The Jungle Book (1967)
  • Thursday–Christopher Robin
  • Saturday–Monster’s Inc.

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. near Summerhouse.

Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort

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

Disney’s Polynesian Resort Movies Under the Stars (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Winnie the Pooh
  • Tuesday–The Aristocats
  • Thursday–Ratatouille
  • Saturday–Frozen

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. on the Great Ceremonial House lawn.

Disney’s Contemporary Resort

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

Disney’s Contemporary Resort Movies Under the Star Schedule (September 2023)

  • Sunday–The Little Mermaid
  • Tuesday–Incredibles 2
  • Thursday–Tarzan
  • Saturday–Hocus Pocus

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. in the Movie Court.

Disney’s Wilderness Lodge

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

Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Movie Under the Stars (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Cinderella
  • Monday–Monsters, Inc.
  • Tuesday–The Princess and the Frog
  • Wednesday–Toy Story 4
  • Thursday–Christopher Robin
  • Friday–Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  • Saturday–Frozen II

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. on the lawn outside Reunion Station.

Disney’s Boardwalk Inn

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

Boardwalk Inn Movies Under the Stars Schedule (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Toy Story
  • Monday–Bolt
  • Tuesday–Christopher Robin
  • Wednesday–Finding Nemo
  • Thursday–The Lion King (1994)
  • Friday–The Greatest Showman
  • Saturday–The Little Mermaid (1989)

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. on the Village Green Lawn.

Disney’s Beach Club and Disney’s Yacht Club

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 (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  • Monday–Tangled
  • Wednesday–Toy Story
  • Thursday–The Greatest Showman
  • Friday–Ratatouille
  • Saturday–Winnie the Pooh

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. on the beach at Disney’s Beach Club.

  • Saturday–Captain Marvel plays in the Solarium at 8:30 p.m.

Disney’s Riviera Resort

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

Disney’s Riviera Movies Under the Stars Schedule (September 2023)

  • Sunday–The Little Mermaid
  • Monday–Hercules
  • Tuesday–The Lion King (1994)
  • Wednesday–Luca
  • Thursday–Tangled
  • Friday–Coco
  • Saturday–Incredibles 2

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. on the movie lawn.

Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort

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

Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort Movies Under the Stars Schedule (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Incredibles 2
  • Monday–Moana
  • Tuesday–Tarzan
  • Wednesday–Lilo and Stitch
  • Thursday–Mulan
  • Friday–The Jungle Book
  • Saturday–Cinderella

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. on Caribbean Cay Island.

Disney’s Pop Century Resort

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

Disney’s Pop Century Movies Under the Stars Schedule (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Coco
  • Monday–Lady and the Tramp
  • Tuesday–Tarzan
  • Wednesday–The Greatest Showman
  • Thursday–Frozen 2
  • Friday–Ratatouille
  • Saturday–Beauty and the Beast

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. on the Hippy Dippy Pool Deck.

Disney’s Art of Animation Resort

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 (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Inside Out
  • Monday–Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  • Tuesday–The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride
  • Wednesday–High School Musical
  • Thursday–Finding Dory
  • Friday–The Little Mermaid (1989)
  • Saturday-Lilo and Stitch

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. on The Big Blue Pool deck. *Friday is double-feature Friday, where an additional movie is shown inside the recreation activities room.

Disney’s Old Key West

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 (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Cinderella
  • Tuesday–The Little Mermaid
  • Wednesday–High School Musical
  • Saturday–Winnie the Pooh

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. at the Sandcastle Pool.

Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa

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 (September 2023)

  • Monday–Monsters, Inc.
  • Wednesday–Cinderella
  • Friday–Coco
  • Saturday–The Little Mermaid (1989)

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. in the Disney Vacation Club courtyard.

Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter Resort

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 (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Tarzan
  • Tuesday–Mulan
  • Thursday–Pocahontas
  • Saturday–Inside Out

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. on the French Quarter green between buildings 5 and 6.

Disney’s Port Orleans Riverside Resort

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

Port Orleans Riverside Movies Under the Stars Schedule (September 2023)

  • Monday–Toy Story
  • Wednesday–High School Musical
  • Friday–Pocahontas
  • Saturday–Finding Nemo

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. at the Magnolia South pool deck between buildings 90 and 95.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge

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

Animal Kingdom Lodge Movies Under the Stars Schedule (September 2023)

  • Monday–Tarzan
  • Wednesday–The Little Mermaid (1989)
  • Friday–Inside Out

*Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. at the Hakuna Matata playground.

Kidani Village

Movie Nights Rotate with Animal Kingdom Lodge:

  • Sunday–Coco
  • Tuesday–Christopher Robin
  • Thursday–The Lion King ii: Simba’s Pride
  • Saturday–Cars

Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort

*Unfortunately, due to the weather, we haven’t made it to Coronado Springs yet this month.

Coronado Springs Movies Under the Stars

  • Monday–“Brave”
  • Tuesday–“Luca”
  • Wednesday–“Tangled”
  • Friday–“The Greatest Showman”
  • Saturday–“Frozen”

Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort

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 (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Encanto
  • Monday–One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
  • Tuesday–Toy Story
  • Wednesday–Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
  • Thursday–Coco
  • Friday–Captain Marvel
  • Saturday–The Little Mermaid (1989)

**On Saturday, September 23 and 30, The Little Mermaid (2023) will be shown.

*Movies begin at 9:00 p.m. at The Reel Spot.

Disney’s All-Star Music Resort

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

Disney’s All-Star Music Movie Under the Stars (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Coco
  • Tuesday–The Little Mermaid (1989)
  • Thursday–Tarzan
  • Saturday–Encanto

*Movies begin at 9:00 p.m. at the Calypso Pool Deck.

**On Tuesday, September 19 and 26, The Little Mermaid (2023) will be shown.

Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort

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

Disney’s All-Star Sports Movie Under the Stars (September 2023)

  • Sunday–Finding Dory
  • Monday–The Little Mermaid (1989)
  • Wednesday–Guest Choice: Disney Animals Movie
  • Friday–Coco

*Movies begin at 9:00 p.m. at the Surfboard Bay Pool Deck.

**On Monday, September 18 and 25, The Little Mermaid (2023) will be shown.

Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground

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!

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11 Comments

  1. This is SUPER helpful!! I was struggling to find an idea of what type of activities would be offered for our August stay at Caribbean Beach. I’m a super planner, so this is great! Thank you for sharing!

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    1. I think it depends on the activity. I know anyone (guest or not) can schedule the art classes or the Mickey mosaics at Coronado Springs. Those are extra cost items. But as far as activities inside the pool area–I think they would be specific to hotel guests.

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  3. This is great, so helpful in trying to plan a resort day/night to take a break from the parks. Much appreciated!!

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  6. This is so helpful! I am an AP and I’m taking my bestie for her first trip in over 20 years in October. I’m so excited and would love to see this info for October when it becomes available!

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