Disneyland Archive
Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are excellent theme parks, but many fans never visit, opting instead for annual pilgrimages to Walt Disney World. In this post, we’ll make the case for Florida loyalists to make the trip to California, and give our pitch as to some of Disneyland Resort’s selling points. Before we get started,
Four Points by Sheraton Anaheim is a Disneyland Good Neighbor Hotel located about 12 minutes from Disney California Adventure and Disneyland, just across the I-5 freeway. The hotel aims for trendy and chic, and succeeds somewhat. This review features photos of the hotel, plus thoughts about our experience of staying here. This hotel used to
If you’re doing a Disneyland trip, you’re probably actually taking a Southern California vacation, and want to see Los Angeles and beyond. Here are tips for doing just that, because, unlike Walt Disney World–the Vacation Kingdom of the World–Disneyland has less of an all-inclusive feeling, so visitors tend to make Disneyland and Disney California Adventure
Howard Johnson Anaheim Hotel and Water Playground is an ~8 minute walk from Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. Our review features room photos, thoughts on amenities, and our experience staying at the HoJo Anaheim. We also discuss whether the hotel is a tad overrated, with a reputation based upon a time when Anaheim had little
There’s currently a social media conference at Walt Disney World, which has meant concept art, videos, and press releases with additional info about the Star Wars Hotel, Galaxy’s Edge, Toy Story Land, and more. In this post, we’ll do a quick round-up of the news, plus our commentary. We’ll start with one other thing first,
Splitsville is an upscale bowling alley and restaurant serving American bar food. This review covers Splitsville’s newest location at Disneyland Resort’s Downtown Disney. We share food photos, offer our take on the ambiance of Splitsville at Disneyland, and discuss whether it’s worth your time & money. In terms of basics, Splitsville is about a 10
Disney’s annual park ticket price increase occurred overnight for both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. In this post, we’ll share some details about the new prices, and offer tips for what you can do today to beat the increase. (Last updated February 19, 2018.) Even though the price increase occurred, the good news is that
It’s refurbishment season at Disneyland! Normally, that means a pretty lengthy list of refurbishments as Disney attempts to do as much routine maintenance and improvements during a time of the year that’s historically off-season (last year being the exception). In addition to the normal refurbishments like Haunted Mansion and it’s a small world (both of
If you haven’t heard by now, Disney announced that it would be updating Pirates of the Caribbean at Walt Disney World and Disneyland to remove the ‘Redhead Wench Auction Scene’ and replace it with a new auction scene. This was easily the most controversial Disney news since…eh…about 48 hours before. (Last updated February 26, 2018.)
For its 12 Days of Christmas series, Disney recently shared updates on several projects opening in 2018 at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and beyond. In this post, we’ll recap the announcements and give “grades” to what we think of each. While this series does not present a comprehensive look at what’s opening in 2018 at
Taking a trip to Disneyland as an adult without kids is totally normal…so says the childless couple of Annual Passholders. This post offers tips for visiting Disney California Adventure and Disneyland minus kids, and offers many relaxed, romantic, and unique experiences geared towards adults. Disneyland Resort is a popular honeymoon destination, there’s a surprising amount
