Disneyland Ride Change Debuting, Dining Package Price Lowers, Holiday Star Wars Character Debuts, and More ‘This Week’

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This is your resource for everything happening at Disneyland the week of November 10, 2025. This week, we have news about the holiday celebration kicking off, a special artist signing event, a Disneyland ride change debuting, and more!

See the Disney dining news and attraction changes from the past week you may have missed, as well as the recent news of Starbucks temporarily closing in Downtown Disney without notice.

Important Disneyland Dates This Week

Life Day Chewbacca
Photo via Disney

The Disneyland Christmas celebration kicks off this week on Friday, November 14! The celebration will feature festive decor across the resort, the return of holiday entertainment like the “Believe…In Holiday Magic” Fireworks Spectacular and A Christmas Fantasy Parade, ride overlays like “it’s a small world Holiday,” and special Disneyland Christmas foods and Disney Festival of Holidays foods across the parks, and more. You can see all the details about the Christmas celebration at Disneyland here.

“Storytime with Deadpool Holiday Special” returns on November 14 in Avengers Campus with Wolverine popping in from time to time. Check the Disneyland Events Schedule for showtimes. See the other holiday characters and entertainment you can expect here.

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Life Day brings new foods to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge! Find limited-time goodies at Docking Bay 7 Food & Cargo, Oga’s Cantina, Kat Saka’s Kettle, and the Milk Stand.

Life Day foods at Galaxy's Edge Disneyland
Photo via Disney Eats on Instagram

Earl of Sandwich and Earl of Sandwich Tavern on the east side of Downtown Disney are closed as construction begins for Porto’s Bakery. The Earl of Sandwich pop-up truck by Star Wars Trading Post remains open while work continues on Earl’s permanent location nearby. You can see details on this construction milestone here.

Disneyland is lowering the price of the Tomorrowland Skyline Terrace: Evening Dining Package at the start of the holiday celebration, beginning November 14, 2025. Prices will be reduced from $89 per guest to $75 per guest, and there will also be some reductions to the adult portion of the menu with this change. The dining package includes views of the Disneyland fireworks from the terrace and chilled foods, snacks, and desserts, as well as access to the terrace, where they can watch the show without projections. You can see other notable changes coming to Disneyland in November here.

Storybook Land Canal Boats and Casey Jr. Circus Train will be reopening on November 14. When Storybook Land Canal boats reopens, the ride will feature a new scene! Rapunzel’s Tower from Tangled will be featured between the Patchwork Quilt and Toad Hall in the ride. A little further down the canal, there will be a secluded dock with a boat framed by a trail of twinkling lights winding up a trellis, evoking the famous lantern scene! See all of the details in our separate article here.

Tangled concept art Storybook Land Canal Boats
Photo via Disney Parks Blog

Life Day Chewbacca will be appearing in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland for a limited time starting on November 17! Life Day is a Wookie Holiday in the Star Wars universe, originally introduced in the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, celebrating family, joy, and harmony. You can see details on this version of the character coming to Disney World as well in our separate article here.

Starting Monday, November 17, Goofy’s Kitchen and Storytellers Cafe will switch to their holiday-themed character dining experiences. Mickey’s Christmas Carol Feast is a new holiday character dining dinner featuring Mickey, Scrooge McDuck, Minnie, Clarabelle, and Goofy dressed as characters from A Christmas Carol. The Plaza Inn dining package with reserved viewing for A Christmas Fantasy Parade starts on November 16. You can see details about these holiday dining experiences in our separate article here.

Mickey’s Christmas Carol Feast
Photo via Disney Parks Blog

This week, there is a Thomas Kinkade Studios Artist Showcase and Signing from November 13 to 16.  Here is Disney’s description of the event: “Artists from Thomas Kinkade Studios capture the timeless magic of classic Disney stories and their captivating characters through the style of “narrative panoramas.” Each painting or print tells the entire story of a Disney film in one image.” This will take place from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM at Disneyana on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland Park.

This week, the parks have generally shorter hours. Disneyland Park closes at 10 pm and Disney California Adventure at 9 pm during the weekdays. The parks shift to longer hours on the weekend, with Disneyland Park closing at 12 am on Friday-Saturday and 11 pm on Sunday, and Disney California Adventure closing at 10 pm on Friday and Saturday (closing at 9 pm on Sunday). The parks will get busier as we head into the weekend, as you can see in our Mickey Visit Disneyland crowd calendar projections.

Several days this week are the lowest tier of 1-day 1 park per day ticket prices. These $104 dates are Monday, November 10, Tuesday, November 11, Wednesday, November 12, and Thursday, November 13. This week has the last $104 dates of the year. You can see all of the cheapest dates to visit Disneyland in 2026 here.

Country Music at Downtown Disney runs November 1–19, 2025, with entertainment 12 PM–10 PM daily at the Downtown Disney LIVE! Stage & Lawn, presented by ABC, CMA & the 59th CMA Awards. You can see the lineup of singers in our separate article here.

Thank you to Bridget @CaliforniaDisneyBliss on Instagram for the help with this weekly update.

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As Editorial & Partnerships Operations Manager, Emily covers breaking news, updates planning tips based on her frequent Disneyland trips, and assists in coordinating social media content. She also helps develop resources for the site including the extremely popular crowd calendars and historical data studies. Studies she has led have been featured by the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox Business, Forbes, Fortune, OC Register, KTLA, and more.

Emily has been going to Disneyland since she was small and visits the parks regularly as a SoCal resident, including during all of the special events throughout the year. She is a huge Star Wars fan, and her favorite ride at Disneyland is Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission: Breakout!

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