We’re just a week away from one of California Adventure’s most popular annual events! From February 28 through April 21, park visitors can experience the Food & Wine Festival, spanning Paradise Gardens Park and a few other parts of the resort. This festival celebrates the best of California food and drink, and includes a variety […] Read more…
You’ve undoubtedly noticed Disneyland’s railroad circling the edges of the original park. When people ask, “where does the train go?”, you can probably explain the route without skipping a beat. But have you ever wondered how far the trains actually travel? (Plot twist: the railroad is NOT Disneyland’s furthest traveling train!) Here are some quick […] Read more…
If you’re visiting the Disneyland Resort between January 17 and February 9, you’re in for a treat. California Adventure will be hosting its Lunar New Year 2020 festival, with tons of food, fun, and special merchandise for visitors. Special entertainment: Hurry Home – a bonus prelude to World of Color. This water show, on Paradise […] Read more…
The clock is ticking, and in just a few days, we’ll be ringing in a new decade! If you’re headed to Disneyland or California Adventure for the big countdown, you’ll be in for some special parties and events. Here’s what to expect on New Year’s Eve at the Disneyland Resort. IMPORTANT: IT WIL BE CROWDED. […] Read more…
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…well, one creature is stirring! I absolutely love Christmas Eve. There are presents under the tree, Christmas songs playing in the house, and a glow from strung lights. As I was looking through this year’s holiday photos, I found a few […] Read more…
Note: this post covers Disneyland’s refurbishment “season”, from January-March. For current scheduled closures, please visit here. If you’ve been reading the blog for a while now, you know that late winter is Disneyland’s “refurbishment season”. While attractions close for maintenance and upgrades throughout the year, the park stacks many refurbishments into January-March, to take advantage of […] Read more…
For the past 2 years, Disneyland has been hosting a special after-hours ticketed event series: Disneyland After Dark. Each event has its own theme, with special character meet and greets, photo ops, and lots of open attractions. Disney just announced the 2020 lineup, and the new series is the largest ever, with 4 different events […] Read more…
You’ll be hard pressed to find a crazier spot in Disneyland than Main Street at parade time. If you try to get through this area during a show, good luck winding through tiny roped off pathways with people anxiously racing in both directions. But if you’re lucky, you’ll get to skip this altogether. Sometimes, when […] Read more…
I was recently flipping through my Disneyland Encyclopedia, when I came across some super interesting stats. Inside the book, the author includes lots of trivia and lists. One of these lists measures distances around the park by football fields (100 yards or 91.44 meters). I found this list fascinating, so I thought I’d share in […] Read more…
♫ This is Halloween! ♫ Yes, that song has been stuck in my head all day. Although since Disneyland starts Halloween celebrations in September, it kind of feels like it’s already over! This year the parks brought their A game with decor, and I found tons of new details that I had never seen before. […] Read more…
If you’ve ever browsed any online Disney forums, you’re bound to have encountered a mysterious rumored park: the Dark Kingdom. This park, almost always proposed as a 5th Disney World gate (and once in a blue moon, a 3rd Disneyland or Disneyland Paris gate), would be an villain-centric park. I’ve seen threads related to the […] Read more…
No expense adds up as quickly as food at Disneyland. When you can smell the popcorn, churros, and pastries all day long, it’s so easy to just keep grabbing little things and watch your cash dwindle from your pockets. There’s no way to totally escape the cost of dining at Disneyland, but there are some […] Read more…
If you follow me on Twitter, you probably saw that I recently attended California Adventure’s new version of the Halloween party: Oogie Boogie Bash! Oogie Boogie is throwing quite the party, with special entertainment, event-exclusive merchandise, trick-or-treating, and all the Halloween food & drinks you can possibly eat in one night. Cars Land, Grizzly Peak, […] Read more…
Sleeping Beauty Castle’s magic comes from its details: the real gold plating along its turrets, the stained-glass windows, and the colorful stone. Walk across the drawbridge and you’ll see one of those details up close, just above the archway. This fixture wasn’t original to the castle; it was added in 1965. Many sources, including Wikipedia, […] Read more…