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All That's Coming to the Disneyland Resort in 2025
Dec 6, 2024
2025 will be a big year at the Disneyland Resort! Throughout the course of the year, there will be the Disneyland 70th Celebration, special events, festivals, after-hours events, and a whole lot more! In this episode of Daps Magic (the Podcast), Mr. Daps takes a comprehensive look at everything that is coming to the Disneyland Resort in 2025!
2025 Events at the Disneyland Resort
• Lunar New Year: January 17 – February 16
• Celebrate Gospel: February 8 & February 15
• Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival: February 28 – April 21
• Star Wars: Season of the Force: March 28 – May 11
• Disneyland Resort 70th Celebration (https://dapsmagic.com/2024/12/disneyland-resort-reveals-entertainment-details-for-70th-anniversary/) : May 16 – Summer 2026
• Halloween Time: August 22 – October 23
• Plaza de la Familia: August 22 – November 2
• Holidays at the Disneyland Resort: November 14, 2025 – January 7, 2026
• Disney Festival of Holidays: November 14, 2025 – January 7, 2026
Separately Ticketed Events
• Sweethearts’ Nite: January 21, 23, 28, and February 4, 6, 9, 11, 13
• 90s Nite: March 4 and 6
• Star Wars Nite: April 8, 10, 22, 24, 29, and May 1, 4, 6
• Pride Nite: June 16 and 18
• Oogie Boogie Bash: August 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, and September 2, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30, and October 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 31
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podcast December 5th was Walt Disney's
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123rd birthday it also happens to be the
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day that the Disneyland Resort made
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multiple announcements about what is
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coming in
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2025 this includes several Disneyland
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Resorts 70th celebration offerings along
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with other festivals limited time
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celebrations and after hours events in
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this episode of daps magic the podcast
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we're going to take a look at all that's
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coming to the Disneyland Resort in
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2025 it's going to be an exciting year
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and there's a lot to look for to so
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let's dig in shall
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we to all who come to this happy place
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welcome Disneyland is your land here age
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relives fond memories of the past and
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here youth May Savor the challenge and
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promise of the future Disneyland is
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dedicated to the ideals the dreams and
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the hard facts that have created America
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with the hope that it will be a source
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of joy and inspiration
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to all the world thank
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you nearly seven decades ago Walt Disney
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welcome people to the happiest place on
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Earth next year the Disneyland Resort
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will kick off a celebration of 70 years
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of magic at the happiest place on Earth
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the celebration will officially begin on
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May 16th 2025 and continue through the
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summer of 2026 yes that's the following
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summer during this time there will be
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magical entertainment for guest to enjoy
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decorations including Sleeping Beauty
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Castle a new experience with Walt Disney
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in Auto Audio animatronic form food
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merchandise and a whole lot more all of
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this will be part of the theme and theme
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song of celebrate happy first off the
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entertainment there will be some new
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entertainment offered for Disneyland's
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70th celebration and also some returning
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favorites as well Mickey Mouse Minnie
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Mouse and other Disney friends will be
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wearing new outfit when they appear in
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Town Square in Main Street USA they'll
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also be appearing daily in a new
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cavalcade it would be very unsurprising
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if the new celebrate happy theme song is
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utilized for this cavalcade and equally
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unsurprising if Mickey and friends are
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wearing their new outfits in it we will
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know for sure next year though at
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Disneyland beyond the new costumes and
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the cavalcade there will be some other
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new fun offerings to enjoy during the
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celebration for quite some time Disney
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fans have been asking when can we do
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this again this is in regards of course
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to the paint the night parade I'm sure
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you heard the song when I asked the
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question well it's been revealed that
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the popular parade would be returning
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now we know officially that its
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returning date will be with Disneyland's
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70th celebration on May 16th
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2025 fans will again see this beautiful
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modern Electrical Parade throughout the
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celebration it will also see The Return
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of the Frozen float to the prade during
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this run we will also see the stories of
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monsters in Cars Toy Story The Little
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Mermaid Beauty and the Beast and more in
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the floats and the characters that are
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seen in the parade along with Mickey
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Mouse and friends but paint the night
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isn't the only returning fan favorite
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entertainment offering wondrous Journeys
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is also making a return to light up the
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night at Disneyland this will see Main
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Street Sleeping Beauty Castle the facade
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of It's a small world and the rivers of
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America come to life as a canvas for
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projections that celebrate the stories
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of the Walt Disney Animation Studios
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that have impacted the Disneyland Resort
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it also has a catchy theme song and that
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just makes you feel good but this
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nighttime spectacular will be offered
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nightly with just the projections and
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then also on select nights it will also
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have fireworks it will then take a break
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for Halloween time and the holidays
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before returning in 2026 for the rest of
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the
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celebration in the evenings over at
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Small World on the facade things will
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come to life with a with a special
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projection show that will help celebrate
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happy at Disneyland in the nights over
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at Disney California Adventure the
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celebration will also be taking place
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first off there will be a new version of
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World of Color it's being presented
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obviously on Paradise Bay and it's
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called World of Color happiness this new
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nighttime spectacular will be hosted by
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joy and the other emotions from Pixar's
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Inside Out
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franchise emotions will manifest music
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and moments from favorite Walt Disney
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anim Studios and Pixar Animation Studios
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stories this includes turning red a
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goofy movie Tangled The Lion King and
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many others who knows maybe we'll see
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some power line in the evenings there
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will be a new projection show that will
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light up carth Circle Restaurant and
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continue to celebrate happy festivities
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at this time it isn't really known when
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exactly this will happen or how often
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however dap's magic will be sure to
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share this in other details as they
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become available in video I'm sure as
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well during the day at Disney California
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Adventure Better Together a Pixar pal
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celebration will be returning for the
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Disneyland 70th celebration this debut
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this parade
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debuted this parade debuted earlier this
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year for Pixar Fest this parade
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celebrates the friendships found in many
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different Pixar stories and has nearly
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30 characters from Pixar films including
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Luca turning red up and others Better
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Together will also be joining wondrous
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Journeys and taking a break during the
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Halloween time and holidays so put that
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into your plans if you want to see this
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and you also want to see the holidays uh
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I might have to go twice or more you
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never know another exciting arrival in
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2025 that will be a part of this 70th
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celebration is Walt Disney a magical
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life at the Main Street Opera House in
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Disneyland it will be arriving with the
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celebration on May 16th as well and uh
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Disney has shared about the attraction
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saying that the attraction will feature
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a cinematic presentation of Walt
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Disney's Journey culminating in a visit
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with Walt in his office brought to life
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for the first time through the magic of
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audio animatronic storytelling I can't
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wait to see this show and I'm sure it
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will be one I go back and see
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frequently there's going to be many more
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details coming in the future about
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Disneyland's 70th celebration daps magic
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will be covering them all so make sure
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that you've subscribed to our mailing
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list followed us on social media and
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also subscribe to our YouTube channel so
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you don't miss any of this exciting
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excitement the Disneyland's 70th
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celebration is not the only thing
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happening at the Disneyland Resort in
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2025 however there quite a few other
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events happening throughout the year as
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well these include festivals events and
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other limited time celebrations let's
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dig into them now shall
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we the Lunar New Year celebration will
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be returning to Disney California
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Adventure on January 17th and continue
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through February 16th it will include
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offerings that are inspired by chinese
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vietnamese and Korean traditions and
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will ring in the year of the snake in
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2025 Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse will
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also debut all new outfits with
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representations of traditional Korean
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attire hurry home a Lunar New Year
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celebration the water short will return
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mulan's Lunar New Year procession will
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also be returning on select days during
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the celebration there will also be daily
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live music performance and Asian
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inspired Foods found at six Lunar New
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Year marketplaces and other select
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dining
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locations also in January will be
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Anaheim Ducks day in Disney California
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Adventure as well this takes place on
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January 26th and will include a
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cavalcade with members of the team
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appearances by select Anaheim Ducks
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players themed games and more Anaheim
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Ducks day overtime at the downtown
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Disney district will be a fan Zone with
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entertainment fun activities and photo
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opportunities this is a Musto for
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Anaheim Ducks fans and they usually show
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up in force moving into February
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celebrate gospel makes its return on
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February 8th and also on the 15th
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this celebration will include
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performances by Community choirs from
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across Southern California and also
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awardwinning artists previous years have
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really been incredible and the daps
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magic team really enjoys covering this
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this one is popular you won't want to
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miss it and you can come and go as you
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choose depending on who's playing when
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performing when I guess huh later in the
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month the Disney California Adventure
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Food and Wine Festival will be making
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its return this will run from February
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28th through April 21st this is a foodie
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celebration of the Golden State and it
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will include 10 Marketplace booths this
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year two of them will be new and they
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will also have new themes throughout the
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festival there will be plenty of live
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entertainment and other returning
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favorites including Chef goofy some
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bookable culinary experiences and
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perhaps most importantly at least I
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think the return of saurin over
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California can't wait to go on that
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again moving on to March we see The
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Return of season of the force Star Wars
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season though for us if we want to be
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official and that will be over at
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Disneyland this runs from March 28th
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through May 11th a little bit shorter
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this year and it will also see the
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addition of projections for in Star Wars
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Galaxy's Edge for fire of the rising
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moons uh this will be offered nightly
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during this time and then on select
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nights there will be fireworks added to
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the new projections and the galactic
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music over in Tomorrowland hyperspace
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Mountain will be returning to Space
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Mountain that's that wonderful Star Wars
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overlay that happens during season of
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the forest it seems like every year
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anyway you won't want to miss any of
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that as well as we move on through the
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year the next thing chronologically will
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be Disneyland's 70th celebration on May
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16th however we already covered that so
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we won't get into that some more and
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we'll just move on into the summer this
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is when Disney junr let's play party
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will be returning this is a one-day
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event at Disney California Adventure and
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a two-day event at Downtown Disney
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District that will include Lively
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entertainment Disney Junior character
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encounters and activities that families
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with young children will enjoy or just
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families that have children at heart
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anyway it's fun for everybody I've
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enjoyed covering and seeing the
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cavalcade in particular for the last
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couple years that I've been covering it
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so I think you will too as we move
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further into the year the schedule well
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looks a little bit more familiar as we
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see some kind of things that we expect
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to see every year like Halloween time
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it's returning to the Disneyland Resort
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on August 22nd and will continue through
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October 31st no surprises there this
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will see The Return of many favorite
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Halloween experiences including the
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Oogie Boogie bash and of course the
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treats and decorations that come with
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this spooky time of year at the
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Disneyland Resort and you don't want to
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miss it it's great specifics haven't
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been announced yet for Halloween time
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2025 but when they do we will let you
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know and uh you won't want to miss it we
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sure
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won't also starting on August 22nd is
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Plaza De La Familia and this will
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continue through November November 2nd
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uh this sees the story of Pixar's Coco
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coming to life in Disney California
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Adventure as it celebrates the
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Everlasting bonds of family in the
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spirit of Dia deos
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mortos and we don't have a lot of
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details about this yet either but expect
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more to come out at a later date maybe
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we'll see some returning entertainment
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maybe we'll see some new entertainment
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who knows it's always a special time of
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year though as we come to the end of
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2025 it'll be time to celebrate the
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holidays at the Disneyland Resort which
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we're celebrating now this will begin
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November 14th and it will continue
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through January 7th of 2026 so now we've
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moved on into 2026 which means I guess
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you you got a Bonus anyway there haven't
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been any details released about next
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year's holidays at the Disneyland Resort
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which is completely unsurprising since
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we're right in the middle of this year's
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and we haven't even gotten a candle
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light yet but when it happens we will
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report on it and it's fairly safe to say
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that there will be some returning
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favorites during the time as well that
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I'm sure you could guess anyway all of
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it will be on daps magic.com during the
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year and you won't want to miss any of
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it now we've covered Disneyland 70th
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celebration offerings we've covered the
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festivals the events and the limited
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time celebrations but we're still not
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done there are also the after hours
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events that were announced for 2025 by
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the Disneyland Resort this includes
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Disneyland after Dark events it also
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includes the Oogie bushy Oogie Boogie
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bash events I have a hard time saying
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that apparently this year there are four
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Disneyland after dark events and uh
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let's dig into them
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huh the first Disneyland after dark in
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2025 will be sweethearts night it will
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be offered on January 21st 23rd 28th and
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Fe uary 4th 6th 9th 11th and 13th that's
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a lot of days this event celebrates love
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and will include a new cavalcade on Main
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Street USA a royal ball encounters with
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characters couples and Lively music it's
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always a lot of fun tickets are going on
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sale very soon for this event for
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inspire magic key holders there's a
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limited amount of pre-sale tickets that
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are going on sale on December 10th the
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following day more pre-sale tickets will
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be available for all magic key holders
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then tickets for Disneyland after dark
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sweetheart nights for the general public
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will go on sale on December 12th 2024
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obviously and on each of these days the
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tickets won't go on sale before 9:00
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a.m. and they can be found at
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disneyland.com
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if you want to go to one of these get
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your tickets early because they tend to
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sell out fairly quickly if I had to make
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a guess probably February 13th will be
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the day that sells out the quickest just
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because that's the closest to
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Valentine's Day
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next up is 90's Night this will be
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offered only on two nights this year
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March 4th and March 6th and this will
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include dance parties singal alongs and
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more in a celebration of the Disney
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films the music and the pop culture of
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the 90s there will also be a thing I'm
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looking forward to this called 0s on
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parade this will have nods to post or
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past parades including the Lion King
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celebration and the Mulan parade just
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like with the sweethearts night 90s
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night will have tickets going on sale
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next week with pre-sale tickets
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available for magic key holders first
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Inspire magic key holders will have
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access to that limited amount of
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pre-sale tickets on December 10th the
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11th we'll see more pre-sale tickets go
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available or become available for all
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magic key holders limited Supply and
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then on the 12th Disneyland after dark
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90s ticket 90s Night tickets will be
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available for the general public once
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again these tickets will go on sale no
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earlier than 9:00 a.m. and you can get
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them at at disneyland.com
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the next event is Disneyland After Dark
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Star Wars night and it's returning in
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both April and May this is a celebration
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of all that is Star Wars and it'll be
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offered on April 8th 10th 22nd 24th 29th
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and May 1st May 4th and May 6th the
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event promises Galactic adventures with
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Star Wars characters on hand from both
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the light and the dark sides of the
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force there will also be some unique
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gatherings and out of this world photo
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opportunities throughout the night once
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again May 4th going to go fast if you
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really want to go get your tickets early
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uh the ticket sales information have not
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been announced yet but we will share it
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when that information does become
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available as we move into June we're
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going to see The Return of Pride night
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the celebration of the
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lgbtqi a plus Community will be offered
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on June 16th and then again on June 18th
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this is probably one of the most fun
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Disneyland after dark events and it
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brings allies and the community members
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together to enjoy rainbow projections
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colorful Decor fabulous entertainment
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and so much more it really is a blast
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ticket information will be shared later
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about this vent as well event as well I
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can speak
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really the last after hours event of
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2025 is the Oogie Boogie bash this is
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the probably the most popular Halloween
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party in Southern California if I had to
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make a guess and it's returning to
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Disney California Adventure starting on
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August 17th it is then being offered on
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select nights in August September and
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October we've got the full list of dates
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on daps magic.com you can check them out
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there guests are encouraged to enjoy
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this after hours Halloween party in
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costume and we enjoy doing that as well
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and it has lots of familyfriendly Tricks
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and Treats throughout the night there
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are elements that are regularly offered
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each year for the Oogie Boogie bash but
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at this point specifics have not been
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shared including when tickets will be
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going on
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sale there is a lot going on at the
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Disneyland Resort in 25 between the
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Disneyland 70th celebration special
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events festivals limited time
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celebrations and the after hour events
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there will be no shortage of magical
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experiences to be had by guests who
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visit next year so I'm curious what are
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you most looking forward to be as
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general or specific as you'd like but
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I'd love to hear from you in the
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comments or on social media what it is
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in 2025 at the Disneyland Resort that
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you are most excited about
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thank you for listening to this episode
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of daps magic the podcast in the coming
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year we will have more episodes up that
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look at what is going on at the disand
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resort in 2025 along with other topics
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and other people as well if you have any
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suggestions for what you'd like to hear
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on the podcast please reach out and let
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me know also if you'd like to get some
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me in the DS magic team we'd love to
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