Category: Disneyland Resort
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Disneyland Resort Announces 2021 Candy Cane Dates
An annual tradition is back at the Disneyland Resort this year. Today the Disneyland Resort released the dates for candy canes being made at Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen at Disneyland along with Trolley Treats at Disney California Adventure. This tradition dates back to 1968. The tradition includes mixing ingredients, hand-pulling, rolling, and finally twisting…
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Sterling K. Brown to Narrate Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional
Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional traditionally is presented on the first weekend of December. This annual tradition dating back to the 50s tells the story of the first Christmas with a celebrity narrator, orchestra, handbells, and mass choir that includes members of the community and a celebrity narrator. In recent years, the narrator is unknown until a…
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Believe Key Becomes Second Magic Key to Sell Out at Disneyland Resort
Disneyland Resort has stopped selling a second Magic Key. The Believe Key is no longer being sold. This follows the suspension of sales for the Dream Key, which had sales halted in late October. The Believe Key costs $949 and allows admission to Disneyland Resort parks most days of the year. It includes 6 park…
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Disney Shares Details About Upcoming 30th Anniversary Celebration at Disneyland Paris
At Destination D23 this last weekend, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro shared about some of the exciting things coming to the Disney Parks around the globe. Over at Disneyland Paris, there are two milestones coming in the next year. In 2022 Disneyland Paris will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary. It will also…
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Details Revealed About Disneyland Hotel Expansion
This morning at Destination D23, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro shared about a lot of new magic that is coming to the Disney Parks around the globe. This includes a reimagined west end of the Downtown Disney District. Another announcement D’Amaro made was about the expansion of the Disneyland Hotel along with…
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West End of Disneyland Resort’s Downtown Disney District to be Reimagined in 2022
The Downtown Disney District will soon be looking different when guests visit the Disneyland Resort. Today during a Destination D23 presentation Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro announced that the west end of Downtown Disney District will be getting reimagined. The enhancements begin in January 2022. The former AMC Theatres building will be…
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MagicBand+ and “Hey Disney!” Voice Assistant Coming to Disneyland Resort
For years part of visiting Walt Disney World Resort has been getting and using a MagicBand. As part of the 50th Anniversary announcements, the upgraded MagicBand+ was revealed. Today at the Destination D23 event it was announced by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro that Walt Disney World Resort wouldn’t be the only…
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance to Test Standby Queue at Disneyland
Starting on Monday November 22, 2021, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance will begin testing a standby queue ahead of the arrival of Disney Genie+ at the Disneyland Resort. According to Disneyland Resort officials, the attraction will begin testing the hybrid standby and virtual queue starting on Monday. The standby queue will be utilized with…
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Disney Releases Details on ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration and Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
It is the merriest time of the year. With this comes some very fun holiday entertainment from Disney. Today, Disney released some details about two holiday programs that will be seen on ABC that come from Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort. The two programs will include a look at Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser,…
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Disneyland Celebrate’s Mickey and Minnie’s Birthday with Cavalcade
Today is Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse’s 93rd birthday. To celebrate, the Disneyland Resort honored the world’s most famous mice with a cavalcade up and down Main Street, USA. Buttons were also handed out at the entrance to the park to commemorate the day. The cavalcade began around 12:30 PM. A special banner and birthday…
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Residents and Offworlders on Batuu Celebrate Life Day at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland
November 17th is the day known as Life Day. This celebration originated as a Wookie holiday traditionally celebrated around the Tree of Life, which represented the first seed of life on the Wookie planet of Kashyyyk. With the fall of the Galactic Empire, this celebration became a galactic holiday celebrated after autumn. Throughout the galaxy,…
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Phat Cat Swinger Makes Magical Return to Disney Festival of Holidays
On Friday, November 12, 2021, Phat Cat Swinger returned to the Disneyland Resort to open Disney Festival of Holidays. To say it was magical would be an understatement. Ahead of the band’s first set at 8:00 PM, guests were already waiting and anticipating the band’s return. There was a palpable energy that was a beautiful…
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Disney Announces Reimagined Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland
Today Disney announced that Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland is getting reimagined. This re-imagined area will be finished by 2023 when Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway debuts at Disneyland. The news was announced by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) Expo. The reimagined Mickey’s…
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A Christmas Fantasy Parade Adds Extra Magic to Holidays at Disneyland!
After a hiatus last year due to the parks being closed because of the pandemic, parades are back. Specifically, A Christmas Fantasy Parade ushered parades back to day-guests at the Disneyland Resort. The parade returned to the public as a part of Holidays at Disneyland on November 12th after being shown at the Disney Merriest…
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Encanto’s Mirabel Arrives at Disney California Adventure to Meet Guests
Just weeks ahead of Encanto arriving in theaters, Mirabel, the main character of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ newest film, has arrived at Disney California Adventure. Starting on November 12th, Mirabel began to greet guests. Mirabel can be found at ¡Disney Viva Navidad! as a part of Disney Festival of Holidays. Encanto is a musical comedy…
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Mickey and Friends Show Off New Winter Wear in Disneyland Holiday Character Cavalcade
Mickey, Minnie, and the gang have new winter wear this holiday season. While they are showing the new look off in Town Square on Main Street, USA, they are also on display in a new Holiday Character Cavalcade that makes its way along the parade route at Disneyland. The new cavalcade is led by a…
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The Muppets Light Up Disney Merriest Nites at Disneyland with The Muppets Christmas Caroling Coach
On November 11, 2021 the first Disney Merriest Nites party was held at Disneyland as a part of the Holidays at Disneyland celebration. The ticketed event was comprised of six different areas or parties. Each party had a unique theme. Main Street, USA’s area was themed to the Victorian era. On Main Street, USA throughout…
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VIDEO: Disneyland Resort Honors Veterans on Veterans Day With Special Patriotic Flag Retreat
Every afternoon in Town Square on Main Street, USA, Disneyland takes a few minutes to recognize and honor veterans and active duty service members during its patriotic flag retreat. During this beautiful ceremony, the flag is lowered for the day by the Disneyland Resort Security Honor Guard. Quite frequently the Disneyland Band and/or Dapper Dans…
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Disneyland President Shares First Look at Mickey and Minnie’s New Disney Merriest Nights Outfits
Ahead of the first Disney Merriest Nights party tonight, Disneyland President Ken Potrock shared a look at what Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse will be wearing at the special ticketed parties. In photos taken in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle, Mickey and Minnie can be seen wearing outfits that look like they could have come…
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Disneyland Resort Celebrates the Holidays with Beloved Traditions and Diverse Cultural Festivities at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Parks, Nov. 12, 2021-Jan. 9, 2022
New this year: Guests can see Mirabel, the young hero who will soon debut in ‘Encanto’ from Walt Disney Animation Studios ‘A Christmas Fantasy’ Parade returns to Disneyland Park, along with ‘Believe… In Holiday Magic’ fireworks spectacular, Haunted Mansion Holiday and ‘it’s a small world’ Holiday Disney Festival of Holidays returns to Disney California Adventure…
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Newly Renamed Kingswell Shop Opens on Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure
What was formerly the Kingswell Camera Shop has reopened on Buena Vista Street as simply the Kingswell Shop. Originally this shop was the home of Disney’s PhotoPass for Disney California Adventure. However, with the consolidation of PhotoPass and moving into the Esplanade, the location was up for a change. The shop now has a range…
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland to Celebrate Life Day With Specialty Menu Offerings
The holiday celebration at Disneyland Resort will be expanding to a galaxy far, far away this year. Starting on November 12th, there will be some specialty menu offerings available to celebrate the Wookie holiday of Life Day at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Life Day celebrates the values and tenets of Wookie culture that include family,…
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Christmas Tree Arrives at Disneyland Ahead of Holiday Celebration
The Disneyland Resort got one step closer to its holiday celebrations with the arrival of the 60 foot Christmas tree in Town Square on Main Street, USA overnight. It is decorated with nearly 1,800 ornaments. Every year it is a popular icon for photos during the holidays at the Disneyland Resort. It also comes to…
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Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts Welcome International Guests Back to the Parks
Today the United States reopened its borders to international guests. They had been shut down due to the pandemic. Because of this, international guests were unable to visit Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts. Now with the ability for international guests to again experience the magic of these two Resorts, both Disneyland and Walt Disney…