If you’re headed to Walt Disney World for a spooky-season trip and want to know where to find the spirit of the season, this is your sign. Whether you couldn’t get tickets to Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party or just want to create your own festive itinerary, there are plenty of ways to find fall magic around the parks.
Consider it a thrilling challenge that’s filled with grim-grinning ghosts, dropping in at Hollywood Tower, encountering Muppet mayhem, spectral sips, and festive eats. Treating yourself and your boo crew is still possible at Walt Disney World across Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom. Plus, Disney Springs and more fashion brands offer up extra ghoulish delights and exclusive Halloween collaborations.
Here’s how to make spooky Disney Magic happen during your next Halloween trip!
Magic Kingdom Halloween Magic
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Entertainment: Join the swinging wake at The Haunted Mansion, which is the glowing red ghostly heart of the season at Walt Disney World. It’s a classic must-do that, unlike its West Coast counterpart (which turns into The Nightmare Before Christmas), keeps it spooky with its occupants of 999 wall-to-wall creeps.
For more screams, clash with the nefarious programs in a race through The Grid on TRON Lightcycle/Run. But if you’re looking for family-friendly fun, hang out with Mike and Sully at Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor before Monstropolis, a new land inspired by the hit Pixar franchise, takes over at Hollywood Studios.
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Food and Drink: There’s a new drink at Beak and Barrel called Mariner’s Fortune, a ginger and pineapple elixir that comes dressed as a parrot first mate in collectible tiki mug form. Then, of course, there’s the tavern’s staple, the Plunderer’s Punch, which comes in a skull mug that evokes the creepy, cursed iconography of Pirates of the Caribbean.
While yes, a lot of the cool seasonal treats are only available during Mickey’s Not-So-Scary, there are still plenty offered outside of the popular Halloween party. Available at the Main Street Confectionery are Instagram-worthy Mickey and Minnie Mouse Halloween-themed candy apples, sweet crisped rice treats, and cookies.
Epcot Food and Wine Festival Fall Faves
Entertainment: Learn more about Día de Los Muertos at the Mexico Pavilion, which explores the history of the beloved holiday. There’s even a fun interactive presentation to pick your likeness and get animated like in Pixar’s Coco. For space scares, race through time with the Guardians of the Galaxy on Cosmic: Rewind. And if your littles are dressing up as Anna or Elsa for Halloween, Frozen: Ever After has family thrills with show-stopping musical moments.
Food and Drink: It’s fall harvest season at the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival with perfectly autumnal picks. Over at the Milled and Mulled booth, there’s a Butternut Squash and Ginger Bisque soup and a baked carrot cake with walnuts and cream cheese icing that evokes beloved flavors of fall family recipes.
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For more zany adventurous selections, visit The Muppets: Brew-Wing Lab and try bite-sized experimental combinations. The Korean Barbecue wings aim to push the palate with spicy Gochujang Barbecue Sauce that works really well washed down with Civil Society Brewing’s Everyday I’m Waffle’n IPA. And returning for a real trick-or-treat moment is The Muppet Labs Pickle Shake, which truly continues to shock the senses with its surprising sour-and-sweet frozen mash-up monstrosity.
Cinematic Chills at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Entertainment: Check out The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror to drop in on the legendary Disney attraction that’s still terrifying travelers into another dimension of fear. It’s a spooky season must, and right around the corner from the iconic ride is the newly revamped Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets. If you have kids who aren’t ready for that level of ride intensity, there’s the Slinky Dog Dash in Toy Story Land, the perfect gateway coaster for the Toy Story 5 fans in your life who are dressing up as their favorite toys for Halloween and the Disney trip.
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Food and Drink: Take your Jessie, Buzz, and Woody over to the Round-up Rodeo BBQ, where they can become toy-sized and feast on comfort-food favorites with a Toy Story twist. Disney Villain fans can also seek out Maleficent’s Funnel Cake at Epic Eats after seeing the Villains: Unfairly Ever After show.
The Wild Side of Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Entertainment: Face the legendary Yeti on Expedition Everest, the scariest coaster at Animal Kingdom. Then encounter giant fruit bats on the Maharajah Jungle Trek, which features an immersive open-air enclosure where you’re surrounded by the majestic winged mascot of Halloween. And for those Bluey fans dressing up as members of the Heeler family, there’s a way to meet the beloved cartoon canines at Bluey’s Wild World over in the Conservation Station.
Food and Drink: Bluey and Bingo onesie costume wearers can enjoy the Wackadoo Fruit Freeze to embody the Bluey Fruit Bat spirit or the Fairy Bread Cake, just like in the show! Mickey-shaped Halloween treats can also be found at Zuri’s Sweet Shop.
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Seasonal Eats and Shopping at Disney Springs, Plus Online Releases
Food and Drink: Grab a bewitching elixir at the Indiana Jones-themed Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar, which is currently very much in good Halloween spirits with spooky sips and eats. Options include the coffin-enclosed Bone Kebabs and ube-flavored Midnight Relic, which a certain fedora-wearing adventurer might say could be cursed culinary traps. We’re very tempted by the Temple of Doom Margarita, regardless.
Over at the Six Ravens, a year-round to-go spot from the minds behind Gideon’s Bakehouse monster cookies (also a must!), you can grab coffin-shaped hand pies in delightfully morbid medieval happy-meal packaging. The flavors range from familiar cheeseburger to marinara and mozzarella comfort foods, but also offer a range of pies for the bold that challenge the comfort zone, like chicken curry spice and harvest pumpkin veggie pastry options.
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Entertainment: When you arrive at the parks, the Disney Springs shopping hub has official merch at World of Disney if you’re on the hunt for their Halloween drops and those incredible Disney Villains prints at The Art of Disney. Plus, Pandora and Vera Bradley are showcasing their Nightmare Before Christmas jewelry and fashion accessories at their flagship locations at the Walt Disney World Resort. It’s perfect to get those Halloween trip looks together when you arrive!
But if you’re looking to travel later in the month, there are so many theme park trip-worthy spooky season collections being released by online retailers. RSVLTS has followed up on their annual Disney Halloween button-ups by expanding their comfy, breathable collections to include skater dresses, like the “Wall Creeps” Haunted Mansion wallpaper print that’s perfect for the weather in Orlando. Also available is the Shoe Palace Mickey & Friends Halloween 2026 collection, with spooky streetwear flair that glows in the dark, like the baseball jersey with skeleton dance vibes.
And if you’re like me and forget to pack practical essentials, check out the Nightmare Before Christmas x UNbrush collection of hair care goods to style your hair with Halloweentown energy in Florida’s humidity. Also fun are the Digi by Glamnetic press-on Nightmare Before Christmas nails for last-minute travelers who forgot to get a themed mani before catching flights.
It’s so exciting to have more options from dynamic brands with the most creative Disney prints inspired by the parks and iconic characters that will make this Halloween one to remember.