DCA Archive
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
Magic Key is the Annual Pass program at Disneyland & Disney California Adventure that requires park reservations. This guide covers everything you need to know: 2024 prices, blockout dates, when sales will resume, renewals, discounts, perks, and more! (Updated March 6, 2024.) With a Magic Key Pass, you can make theme park reservations for ongoing
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
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
This ranks our 10 favorite savory snacks and decadent desserts at the 2024 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival, which is Disneyland Resort’s spring culinary event. We also share dishes to avoid in our ‘worst of’ list from the DCA foodie fest. Rather than doing individual marketplace booth reviews, we wanted to highlight the
We’ve all been rookies experiencing something new at some point. Our first trip to Disneyland was a comedy of errors, as we thought we were pros based upon our many trips to Walt Disney World. We couldn’t have been more wrong. This post offers tips for avoiding common mistakes people make when planning a Disneyland
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
The 2024 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival is the flagship foodie event during the spring at Disneyland Resort. This guide has full marketplace booth menus, and everything you need to know to enjoy DCA’s foodie special event, plus recommendations about what to do and eat. (Updated February 14, 2024.) From March 1 through
Disney is offering a new SoCal resident ticket deal for discount admission to Disneyland and California Adventure in 2024. Here are dates & details about the special offer, plus recommendations for when to use the ticket deal to avoid crowds, historical comparisons, and notable similarities & differences between this promo and past ones. (Updated February
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
Disney recently reiterated opening dates and timeframes in 2024 to 2026 for new rides, lands, restaurants, resorts, and more at Walt Disney World and Disneyland, the cruise ship expansion and parks in Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai. This details the official timeline, plus our predictions about what opening dates are actually realistic based upon on-the-ground