Seasonal Events Archive
Lunar New Year at Disney California Adventure is a celebration of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese traditions that runs January 17 through February 9, 2020. It’s the first big event of the year at Disneyland Resort, and in this post, we’ll share tips & info for visiting, plus photos from the annual event. (Updated January 4, 2020.)
This post offers a review and some photos of the 2019 Epcot International Festival of the Holidays from our visits Thanksgiving weekend. With this event now underway, it’s now officially Christmas-time at every Walt Disney World theme park! Picking up where the Food & Wine Festival left off only one week after that ended, Epcot’s
In this post, I’ll offer a preliminary review and first impressions of the 2019 Epcot Food & Wine Festival from our visits opening weekend. While still likely fun for first-timers, in a couple of ways, we found the event to be a disappointment as compared to years past, which we’ll cover here. (Note that we’ll
Halloween treats have returned to Walt Disney World! Magic Kingdom has numerous themed snacks and desserts, with 2019 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party exclusives and all-day food options, too. We ate most of them, and in this guide, we’ll review the best and worst of these, sharing our favorites and what you should absolutely
Walt Disney World has introduced the new Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party Pass, allowing access to unlimited special event nights for $299 plus tax. Well, technically “only” 35 nights–but this allows Party Passholders to attend every party night in August, September, October, and November except for October 31, 2019. We bought the Mickey’s Not
Christmas at Disneyland Paris runs from early November to early January, and features holiday entertainment, beautiful decorations, a Christmas parade, and seasonal food! This post offers tips for visiting France in these winter months to make the most of the yuletide season at Walt Disney Studios Park, the hotels, Disney Village, and Disneyland Paris. Before
Donald’s Hot Jungle Summer brings about the return of a stage show to Cinderella Castle with Oh! Summer Banzai!, which is like World of Color meets the kind of show you’d find at a Walt Disney World Christmas or Halloween party. Of course, like all seasonal events, this is included in the normal $69 price
Walt Disney World celebrates Easter with foods & desserts, entertainment, and decorations in the parks & resorts…oh, and heavy spring break crowds. In this guide to Easter at WDW, we’ll share tips for enjoying the special festivities and surviving the popular holiday. First, we don’t want to oversell Easter as a holiday or special event
Disney’s Easter is Tokyo Disneyland’s two month celebration of Easter, running April 4, 2019 to June 2, 2019. This post features photos and thoughts from prior years, along with tips on making the most of Disney’s Easter for those of you visiting Japan during the run of this special event. Unlike Walt Disney World and
Epcot’s 2019 Flower & Garden Festival is now underway at Walt Disney World! We were on hand for the opening day of the event, and spent a half-day wandering the park, admiring the topiaries and perfectly-manicured gardens. In this post, we’ll share some thoughts and, more importantly, photos of Epcot in full bloom. One thing
Disney Pirates Summer is a special event themed to the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. The marquee entertainment of the swashbuckling festivities is Pirates Summer Battle “Get Wet”, with special dining and merchandise also available. This post features some of my photos and thoughts on Pirates Summer at Tokyo DisneySea, along with tips for those
