Disneyland has just revealed details about what visitors can look forward to during Christmas at Disneyland this year! We have confirmation that some popular experiences that debuted last year will be returning, and there will be some changes and new offerings for this year.
These changes include a new character dining seasonal dinner and details on how 70th anniversary entertainment will be impacted during the holidays. Keep reading for a look ahead at what you can expect this holiday season!
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New Disneyland Christmas Additions
Disneyland has been going all out with its seasonal character dining experiences recently! After Disneyland introduced seasonal themes to Goofy's Kitchen and Storytellers Cafe, they added characters to the dinner buffet at Storytellers Cafe and announced there would be a new Halloween theme for this experience. Now, we have news that there will be some new changes to the seasonal character dining at Storytellers Cafe this year!
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This holiday season, a new character dining dinner experience called Mickey’s Christmas Carol Feast will debut! This will feature Mickey, Minnie, Clarabelle, Scrooge McDuck, and Goofy dressed up as the characters from “A Christmas Carol.” See the concept art below!
Daisy’s Holiday Pajama Party will be offered at Storytellers Cafe for breakfast and brunch, which is the same as the Mickey's Pajama Party concept from last year but features Daisy and Donald in the character lineup instead. See the concept artwork for this below!
In addition to these new changes, popular experiences from last year will return as well, including Goofy’s Kitchen Celebrates the Holidays! and Holiday Tea with Santa and Mrs. Claus at Hearthstone Lounge. Broken Spell Lounge at the Disneyland Hotel will also have a holiday-themed beverage menu, offering “creative twists on classics like hot chocolate and eggnog, paired with live jazz music on select days.”
Disneyland also revealed a first look at the character outfits that Mickey and Minnie will be wearing during the holiday celebration! These outfits are a “holiday spin” on their 70th anniversary outfits, featuring a holiday color scheme of greens, reds, and golds. These new outfits look super cute!
Photo via Disney Parks Blog
Disneyland also confirmed which Disneyland 70th anniversary entertainment experiences will be offered during the holiday season. The most noteworthy news is that the new show “World of Color Happiness!” will continue, instead of the seasonal “World of Color – Season of Light” show that usually plays during this time of year. This is an all-new show that debuted for the 70th anniversary, so it makes sense that they would want to keep this running through the entire celebration.
The “Tapestry of Happiness” projection show, which is one of our top 70th anniversary offerings, will also continue to show. Paint the Night and other entertainment experiences will pause during the holiday season and resume at a later date. You can still enjoy some anniversary decorative touches around the resort and the in-park experiences like the Key to Disneyland scavenger hunt and MagicBand+ stations and freebies.
Returning Christmas Experiences
In addition to the new changes detailed above, there will also be several favorite returning experiences this year! Disneyland Park will offer its iconic “Believe…In Holiday Magic!” fireworks and “A Christmas Fantasy Parade and holiday attraction overlays including Haunted Mansion Holiday and “it's a small world” Holiday. Santa will stay in his new location at Fantasyland Theatre, where there will also be craft-making, sing-alongs, and photo ops with characters and Santa. The Holiday Time at the Disneyland Resort Guided Tour is returning as well!
Over at Disney California Adventure, the two Christmas overlays “Luigi's Joy to the Whirl” and “Mater's Jingle Jamboree” will be offered. The Disney Festival of Holidays returns, featuring food marketplaces across the park and special entertainment like the “Disney ¡Viva Navidad! Street Party.” The two new holiday shows from last year, “Mirabel's Gifts of the Season” and “A Musical Christmas with Mariachi Alegría de Disneyland & Miguel!” will return as well.
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At Downtown Disney, you can enjoy live music and Chip and Dale’s Ornament Trail scavenger hunt. Across the resort, there will be new lines of holiday merchandise available at Elias & Co., Emporium, World of Disney, and other select shopping destinations, as well as special limited-time Disneyland Christmas foods.
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