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Guide to Pixar Fest 2024

Pixar Fest is the spring and summer celebration featuring fireworks, a brand-new daytime parade, dance parties, and other entertainment–plus seasonal snacks, exclusive merchandise and more. This guide covers everything you need to know about the 2024 special event at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. For starters, Pixar Fest will return to Disneyland Resort from April

Avatar Experience Coming to Disneyland

Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Avatar is coming to Disneyland Resort. This post shares everything we know so far (which is not very much) plus commentary and rampant speculation about what this could mean. (Updated March 5, 2024.) The original announcement came during a Walt Disney Company earnings call. During that, Bob Iger reported

2024 Disneyland Planning Guide

Our Disneyland vacation planning guide covers what’s new & next in 2024, when to visit to avoid crowds, best restaurants, hotels in Anaheim, money-saving ticket tips, Halloween & Christmas in the parks, and more. It’s a great resource for first-timers to Southern California or lifelong WDW fans. (Updated March 4, 2024.) Let’s start with all

One of Our Favorite Disney Parties is Free!

We’ve done dozens of special events at Walt Disney World and Disneyland over the last decade-plus. Halloween and Christmas parties more times than I can count, plus After Hours and After Dark Nites, and a variety of now-extinct offerings. Back when we started attending, tickets to Mickey’s Halloween and Christmas parties were ~$30. We’ve continued

1-Day Disney California Adventure Itinerary

Our 1-Day Disney California Adventure itinerary offers an efficient plan for park touring & strategy for minimizing time waiting in lines, maximizing rides, and avoiding crowds at Disneyland Resort’s second theme park. This covers attractions, restaurants, shows, including the new Marvel land, Avengers Campus. (Updated February 18, 2024.) This DCA itinerary has been overhauled multiple