Disneyland Archive
Best Western Plus Park Place Inn is the closest hotel to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, directly across the street from the parks. This hotel review features room photos, thoughts on amenities, and pros & cons of staying at the Best Western, particularly as compared to other hotels adjacent to it on Harbor Boulevard. Best
Last night, we headed to Disneyland to attend the first Mickey’s Halloween Party of the year. In this post, we’ll share our photos, observations, and thoughts about the California version of the popular fall, hard-ticket event. Plus, another super-rad Halloween costume that I made with zero adult supervision. Let’s get started! First of all, I
Disney has been touting Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge as a huge expansion to Disneyland, and that’s unquestionably true. It will also fundamentally alter the nature and drawing power of the park. While this addition is sure to be an immense draw, it’s an immense draw containing two attractions with a combined hourly capacity of 3,000
Main Street Electrical Parade made its Disneyland homecoming earlier this year for what has been billed as a nostalgic, farewell run for the parade that ran down Main Street in Disneyland from 1972 until 1996. The parade was replaced by Light Magic, which quickly became known among fans as “Light Tragic.” (If you’ve never heard
Wondering if there are any free souvenirs or things to do at Disneyland? This post gives you tips and tricks for saving money at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure by enjoying some of the freebies inside and outside the parks. I know what you’re thinking, “the place where just about every ride exits into a
If you’ve ever been to Disneyland, you’ve waited in queues (codeword for a less-pleasant term: lines). Probably for hours. After all, not everything has FastPass or MaxPass. In this post, we offer our a fun post about the best queues at Disney California Adventure and Disneyland. While our goal is something fun, this is also
Residence Inn by Marriott at Anaheim Resort/Convention Center is an extended stay hotel near Disneyland and Disney California Adventure typified by its large suites and full kitchens. This hotel review features room photos, thoughts on amenities, and pros & cons of booking at this hotel–currently the newest hotel near Disneyland at roughly one year old–versus
A lot has changed since our last all-around Disneyland and Disney California Adventure update. While we’ve covered a lot of this in separate posts, I thought it’d be a good time to drop in with a random update on everything that’s happening at Disneyland Resort. Actually, using the words “everything” and “all-around update” are a
Yesterday, we headed back to Disneyland for the first time since the Disneyland Railroad and Rivers of America had full reopened. Wow. That’s really all I have to say. Okay, that’s not really all…I’ll probably manage to ramble on for dozens of paragraphs despite “wow” being my initial reaction. Our last couple of visits to
Over the next couple of months, we’ll be adding several new hotel reviews from spots near Disneyland. Places with forthcoming reviews before the end of September include SpringHill Suites Anaheim Maingate (in addition to the other SpringHill we just reviewed), Clarion Hotel Anaheim Resort, Residence Inn at Anaheim Resort/Convention Center, and Best Western Plus Park
It’s hard to believe that there’s less than a month of summer remaining. Well, at least for Walt Disney World. Fall starts in Magic Kingdom on August 25 with the first Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. Over at Epcot, fall kicks off on August 31 (possibly a day earlier with potential soft openings) with
