ABC and Disney Add Massive Star Power to Three Holiday Specials Coming Your Way
Its almost time for one of the biggest holiday parties of the year! This festive season, ABC and the Disney Channel will share the magic of the Disney Parks and Disney Cruise line with THREE-holiday specials featuring star-studded performances, merry entertainment and so much more!
So get ready to set those DVRs as we share a sneak peek of the holiday broadcasts heading your way in the lead into Christmas!
“The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration”
The first of the three holiday broadcasts kicks off on Thanksgiving- Thursday, November 28th from 8-10 pm EST on ABC and the ABC app. You’ll join hosts Matthew Morrison and Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) along with co-host Jesse Palmer who will present this 2-hour primetime special from Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World Resort and Cinderella Castle at Disneyland California!
This magical celebration will feature musical performances from some of today’s top artists along with a flurry of other fun Disney entertainment offerings. Guests will even be treated to a special look at Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance which will officially open at Disney World on December 5, 2019, and Disneyland on January 17, 2020.
Musical Performances
Musical performances include the following:
- GRAMMY® Award-winning icons Sting and Shaggy perform duets and solo numbers from Walt Disney World Resort, including a new festive reggae version of “Silent Night (Christmas is Coming).”
- GRAMMY® Award-winning rock band Portugal. The Man performs “Happy Christmas” and “Merry Christmas Everybody” from Disneyland Resort.
- Three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning group Pentatonix will sing a cappella renditions of “Deck the Halls” and “Here Comes Santa Claus” from Walt Disney World Resort.
- Singers Ingrid Michaelson and Andy Grammer perform an all-new original holiday song from Disneyland Resort.
- International pop star Ally Brooke sings “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” from Walt Disney World Resort.
- Singer-songwriter and TV host Emma Bunton (‘Baby Spice’), performs “Santa Baby” from Walt Disney World Resort.
- The Tony, Emmy, and two-time Golden Globe-nominated artist Matthew Morrison performs a medley from Walt Disney World Resort of “When You Wish Upon A Star” from the upcoming album “Disney Dreamin’ with Matthew Morrison” and the classic “Let it Snow.”
- Acclaimed two-time Billboard-Award winning electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling pulls all the strings for “Carol of the Bells” from Walt Disney World Resort.
“Disney Channel Holiday Party @ Walt Disney World”
This special airs on Friday, December 13th from 8-8:30 pm on Disney Channel and the DisneyNOW app and is hosted by the stars of Disney Channel’s “ZOMBIES 2” Meg Donnelly and Milo Manheim. The special broadcast will feature performances from a fun mix of your favorite Disney Channel stars.
Viewers will also get a first look at Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Spring of 2020 and Disneyland Park at some point in the future. Viewers will also get an exclusive sneak peek of “ZOMBIES 2” which will premiere on Disney Channel in 2020.
Musical Performances
Musical performances include the following:
- Disney Channel’s “ZOMBIES 2” star Meg Donnelly sings “Home for the Holidays” from Walt Disney World Resort.
- Disney Channel stars Issac Ryan Brown (”Raven’s Home”) and Ruby Rose Turner (”Coop & Cami Ask the World”) perform “12 Days of Christmas” from Walt Disney World Resort.
- Disney Channel’s “Gabby Duran & The Unsittables” star Kylie Cantrall performs “Santa Claus is Coming to Town“ aboard the Disney Fantasy.
- Three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning Pentatonix performs an a cappella rendition of “Here Comes Santa Claus” from Walt Disney World Resort.
- Two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning reggae star Shaggy sings “Jamaican Drummer Boy” from Walt Disney World Resort.
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
This annual broadcast of Disney’s Christmas Parade will are on December 25th from 10 am – 12pm EST on ABC. It will be hosted by Matthew Morrison, Emma Bunton and Jesse Palmer. Joining as co-hosts are ABC’s “black-ish” star Marsai Martin with Hollywood Records Artist and Disney’s “The Lion King” star JD McCrary, who voiced young Simba in the live-action film. Presented from Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Resort in California, the show features the Christmas Day Parade down Main Street U.S.A., heartwarming stories and amazing celebrity performances.
During this time Disney will also share exclusive sneak peeks of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida during the Spring of 2020 and Disney California Adventure Park later in the future. Viewers will also get a special look at the Avengers Campus also coming to Disneyland Resort in 2020.
Musical Performances
Musical performances include the following:
- Seventeen-time GRAMMY® Award-winning Sting performs “Soul Cake” off his platinum-selling album, “If On A Winter’s Night…” from Walt Disney World Resort.
- Two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning reggae star Shaggy sings his new Caribbean-flavored original song “Christmas with Friends” from Walt Disney World Resort
- Three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning a cappella group Pentatonix performs “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” from Walt Disney World Resort.
- Singers Ingrid Michaelson and Grace VanderWaal sing “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” from Disneyland Resort.
- GRAMMY® Award-winning rock band Portugal. The Man performs “White Christmas” and “Feel it Still” from Disneyland Resort.
- International pop star Ally Brooke performs “Christmas Through Your Eyes” from Walt Disney World Resort.
- The cast of the new Disney+ original “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” performs a high-energy medley from Disneyland Resort.
Wow, talk about three star-studded holiday extravaganzas! We know what we’ll be doing in November and December! Readers are encouraged to keep following along with MickeyBlog for the latest ABC and Disney news and updates.
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