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New Year’s Eve Show Promises Exciting Disney Surprise

Each new year comes with new hopes, dreams, and magic. As guests prepare to celebrate around the world, many of us will tune into Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.

This show has become a tradition for many as they ring in the new year. Disney fans will want to tune in this year as a big surprise could be coming.

Special Surprise Coming

A new video advertising Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest has some extra magic to it. In the video, Goofy, Mickey Mouse, and Minnie Mouse are all seen together celebrating the new year.

Although there isn’t much to the video, a “special surprise” is expected to air during the show during the 11:00 pm hour.

Big Thunder area concept art
Credit: Scott Gustin Twitter

Many Hopes and Predictions

Since there isn’t much to go on following the video, many Disney fans have taken it upon themselves to predict what could be coming in the big surprise.

With 2024 being a leap year, many are looking towards a 24-hour event or something similar to celebrate the additional day of magic.

Other guests hope Disney will reveal what will be beyond Big Thunder Mountain. In 2022, during the D23 event, Josh D’Amaro announced a new “beyond Big Thunder Mountain” Blue Sky concept.

The concept art for this new area featured Disney villains and concepts from Coco (2017) and Encanto (2021).

Epic Universe concept art
Credit: Universal (Epic Universe)

With Univeral Studios Orlando hard at work with Epic Universe, it wouldn’t surprise us to see Disney make a big announcement heading into the new year.

Related:First Video Released of New Ride in Epic Universe

We hope there might be a few more videos released to give us more hints, but until then, we know we will be tuning in on New Year’s Eve to catch the big surprise.

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Credit: Disney/ Canva

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest will kick off on Sunday, December 31, starting at 8:00 p.m. EST.

Related: Our 2024 Disney World New Year’s Resolutions

Jennifer Retzlaff

My name is Jennifer Retzlaff and I became a lifelong Disney fan during my first trip to Walt Disney World in 6th grade. From that moment, Disney became a big part of my life. I live in Iowa with my husband and two kids who are growing up too quickly for my liking. I started introducing my love for Disney early to my family with a Disney honeymoon and then trips when our youngest of 18 months. Since then, our family has been to Walt Disney World over five times and we continue to plan and dream for the next… More »

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