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Disney’s Lunar New Year celebration is back for 2024! The festivities feature new characters from Turning Red, plus a Mulan cavalcade, Minnie & Mickey Mouse in gorgeous costumes, special food booths, and a variety of entertainment. Disneyland Resort’s annual event runs from now until February 18, 2024 at California Adventure. We’ve had a chance to
Guests staying in on-site hotels at Disneyland Resort have access to Early Entry. This strategy guide covers everything you need to know: eligibility, ride rosters, how the perk works, tips & tricks, and reports on our experience with this extra time at both parks. (Updated January 23, 2024.) In terms of basics, Early Entry offers
The Anaheim Ducks and Disneyland Resort are hosting an event for fans in honor of the NHL hockey team’s 30th Anniversary. This guide to this ‘mighty milestone’ covers everything you need to know: dates, details, things to do, and more. Plus, we share commentary about our thoughts on this limited-time celebration. If you’re a Disney
Our guide to the Genie+ at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure answers frequently asked questions about the paid FastPass & MaxPass replacement, info & tips about the line-skipping Lightning Lanes, ride reservations, and itinerary tools. (Updated January 13, 2024.) Genie+ and Lightning Lanes have now been in use at Disneyland and DCA for over a
Our ultimate guide to Christmas 2024 at Disneyland & Disney California Adventure offers tips & tricks for visiting during the holiday season. This provides info about seasonal ride overlays, fireworks, parades, entertainment, parties, decorations, and dates. (Updated January 11, 2024.) Christmas at Disneyland runs from November 15, 2024 through the first week of January 2025.
This guide to November 2024 at Disneyland offers a free crowd calendar for picking the best days to visit and avoiding the busiest ones during the start of Christmas at Disney California Adventure and Disneyland. Plus, info about weather, new attraction openings & closures, and more. The holiday season is really a ‘tale of two
Our guide to December 2024 at Disneyland offers a free crowd calendar for picking best days to visit & avoiding the busiest ones during Christmas at Disney California Adventure and Disneyland. Plus, what’s new, ride closures, what you should expect from a winter visit to Southern California, and more. As with November, December features highs
This guide to October 2024 at Disneyland features a free crowd calendar for choosing best & worst days to visit during Halloween season, weather, new attraction openings & closures, and more. We also cover info & tips for what’s happening in Disney California Adventure, Disneyland, and beyond. The bad news is that October is a
Planning a trip to Disneyland and trying to determine the best month to visit in 2024? We analyze crowds, weather, seasonal events, park hours, and other factors to rank every month of the year for Disneyland in this post, plus our 3 favorite weeks to visit. It’s been a wild ride since Disneyland and DCA
New Year’s Eve is one of the busiest days of the year at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, as guests crowd the parks to ring in 2024. This guide shares our tips & tricks for enjoying the NYE parties in the parks, watching the fireworks, and avoiding the pitfalls. (Updated December 27, 2023.) Let’s start
Disneyland has announced return dates for Magic Happens parade, Mickey’s Mix Magic and Magical Journeys fireworks, as well as other entertainment and nighttime spectaculars in the first half of 2024. This post covers the full details, plus our commentary about how this will impact crowds and more. Let’s start with the press release from Disneyland
