Easter at Disneyland 2024: Disney Egg-stravaganza, Easter Treats, Best Brunch Spots

Easter at Disneyland is usually celebrated by a Disney led Easter egg hunt called the Disney Egg-stravaganza!

If you plan on spending Easter at Disneyland there's plenty of great dining options for brunch an Easter themed treats around the Disneyland resort.

Since Easter often falls during Spring Break it's helpful to refer to our guide to visiting Disneyland in Spring so you are prepared for new events, crowd levels and entertainment!

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Easter Activities at Disneyland

The main activity to hunt for at Disneyland is the big Easter Egg-stravaganza! This is the highlight for guests enjoying Easter fun at Disneyland. In 2024, Easter is on March 31st. This year's Eggstravaganza will take place throughout the Disneyland Resort from March 11 to April 9, 2024.

This Easter themed scavenger game has become a popular springtime tradition at the Disneyland Resort for years. Guests purchase map and sticker sets and then partake in a hunt to find the corresponding eggs on the map!

Once you find the egg then you place the sticker on the map egg.

The best part about this Easter egg hunt? All the Easter eggs are Disney themed! Once you complete your map you get to redeem it for a surprise collectible egg.

Here's a picture of the 2024 prize for the Easter egg game.

There are three different game boards to pick from: one for Disneyland park, California Adventure park and Downtown Disney.

This is a great option that guests can participate in if they're just spending a day at Downtown Disney and not visiting the parks. And you also have the option of doing the map for each park!

Easter Egg-stravaganza maps can be purchased for $9.99 per map at these locations:

Disneyland

• 20th Century Music Company
• Disney Clothiers, Ltd.
• Disney Showcase
• Disneyana 
• Emporium
• EngineEAR Souvenirs
• Eudora's Chic Boutique Featuring Tiana's Gourmet Secrets
• “it’s a small world” Toy Shop
• Little Green Men Store Command
• Pioneer Mercantile
• Westward Ho Trading Company 

California Adventure

• Acorns Gifts & Goods (Located at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, both Disney California Adventure Park and Downtown Disney District game boards are sold here)
• Elias & Co.
• Gone Hollywood
• Bing Bong's Sweet Stuff
• STOR-E (located at the Pixar Place Hotel; both Disney California Adventure Park and Downtown Disney District map are sold here)
• Ramone's House of Body Art
• Rushin’ River Outfitters
• Seaside Souvenirs
• Trolley Treats

Downtown Disney

• Acorns Gifts & Goods (Located at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, both Disney California Adventure Park and Downtown Disney District game boards are sold here)
• The Disney Dress Shop 
• Disney's Fantasia Shop (located at the Disneyland Hotel; only Downtown Disney District maps are sold here)
• Disney’s Pin Traders
• STOR-E (located at the Pixar Place Hotel; both Disney California Adventure Park and Downtown Disney District maps are sold here)
• Disney Home
• World of Disney

Redemption locations include Disney Showcase at Disneyland Park, Elias & Co. at Disney California Adventure Park, and Disney’s Pin Traders and World of Disney at Downtown Disney District, while supplies last. Once you redeem your map you'll receive one of six collectible Disney eggs! You don't even need to fill out the egg hunt if you don't want to, you can also just purchase the map and receive your egg.

Limit of 6 game boards per person. One surprise per game board.

Disneyland Easter Novelties

Starting February 15, 2024, there will be two Easter novelties offered at various locations in Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure for the Easter celebration:

• Donald Duck Spring Egg Sipper
• Chip & Dale Spring Basket Bucket

You can see both of these cute Easter novelty items pictured above!

Disneyland Resort Hotels Easter Egg Hunt

During the most recent Easter celebration at Disneyland, there was an exclusive Easter Egg Hunt for Disneyland Resort hotel guests offered on Easter Day. The event took place from 9:00am-12:00pm in the Grand Ballroom at the Disneyland Hotel.

Guests needed to select a time for their egg hunt and visit the Guest Services Desk to make their reservation. There were also separate egg hunts for children 5 years and younger and children 6-12 years old. This looks like a fun activity for guests staying at the Disneyland Resort hotels over Easter weekend!

Disneyland Easter Sweets and Treats

The 2024 Disneyland Easter foods have been released! Like any holiday, Disney goes out all out with a foodie guide for Easter full of treats that will be available for weeks leading up until the actual Easter holiday. You can expect to find character Easter cake pops, cookies, Mickey & Minnie egg caramel apples, brunch options and more!

Don't forget to stop in at Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen on Main Street USA and Hunny Spot in Critter Country in Disneyland Park to check out their Easter treats. Trolley Treats in Disney California Adventure Park and Marceline's Confectionary in Downtown Disney District also carry a similar selection of treats. These locations also offer the homemade peanut butter chocolate-covered candy eggs which are incredibly popular! Don't wait to get your hands on those.

Easter Disneyland 2024 Foodie Guide

Disneyland Park Easter Foods

Red Rose Taverne (Available through April 28; mobile order available) 

• Spring Stuff: Shortbread cookie, red velvet cake, raspberry, and pastel-colored sprinkles

Easter Foods Available at Various Locations Throughout the Disneyland Resort

• Donald Duck Spring Egg Sipper (Limit two per person, per transaction; no discounts apply); Available at the following locations:
  • At Disneyland park: Churros near Casey Jr. Circus Train, Churros at small world Promenade, Galactic Grill, The Golden Horseshoe, Harbour Galley, Hungry Bear Restaurant, Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe,Refreshment Corner, Stage Door Café, Tomorrowland Fruit Cart
  • At Disney California Adventure park: Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta, Chiller at Paradise Gardens Park, Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream, Corn Dog Castle, Fairfax Market, Mortimers Market, Paradise Garden Grill, Outdoor Vending Carts

Disneyland Resort Hotels Easter Foods

Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa 

Storytellers Cafe (Available March 31 only) 

• Easter Dinner Buffet: Enjoy an Easter feast with appearances from characters to celebrate the holiday.

Pixar Place Hotel

Great Maple (Available March 30 through April 5) 

• Truffled Egg Salad Tarts: Truffled egg salad with sweet relish in a puff pastry tart topped with maple bacon and smoked paprika (New) 
• Pork Chops Campagnola: Mozzarella and parmesan crusted 12 oz. pork chops served with baby potatoes, roasted garlic, cherry peppers, and sundried tomatoes finished with a marsala agrodolce sauce (New) 

Disneyland Hotel 

Goofy’s Kitchen (Available March 28 through May 12)  

• Goofy’s Kitchen Springtime Buffet: Join Goofy and some of his friends, including Clarabelle, dressed in their springtime best along with festive, seasonal décor in the restaurant for breakfast, brunch, and dinner. (New) 

Candy Locations Easter Treats

Available at Various Candy Locations Around Disneyland Resort, including Marceline’s Confectionery, Trolley Treats, Bing Bong’s Sweet Stuff, Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen, and Pooh Corner (Currently available through March 31; mobile order available)  

• Yellow Minnie Caramel Apple: Granny Smith apple covered in caramel, dipped in white chocolate, and decorated with a yellow-colored white chocolate bow, a yellow sanding sugar skirt, and white M&M’S Milk Chocolate candies for the polka dots (New) 
• Peanut Butter Fudge Easter Egg: Peanut butter fudge shaped into an egg, covered in milk chocolate, sprinkled with chopped peanuts, and drizzled with milk chocolate (Available at Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen only) 
• Chocolate Fudge Easter Egg: Chocolate fudge shaped into an egg, covered in milk chocolate, and drizzled with pink-colored white chocolate (Available at Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen only)
• Bunny Cereal Treat: Cereal treat dipped in white chocolate and decorated with a coconut-covered marshmallow tail and white and pink-colored white chocolate for the bunny feet
• Pink Minnie Cereal Treat: Minnie-shaped cereal treat dipped in milk chocolate and decorated with a pink bow with white polka dots, a pink sanding sugar skirt, and white M&M’S Milk Chocolate candies for the polka dots
• Strawberry Shortcake Marshmallow Wand: Three marshmallows covered in caramel, dipped in white chocolate, and rolled in crushed graham cracker and strawberry crisps
• Chick Cake Pop: Vanilla cake pop dipped in yellow-colored chocolate and decorated with orange M&M’S Milk Chocolate candy feet, marshmallow wings, dark chocolate eyes, and orange-colored beak
• Bunny Cake Pop: Chocolate cake pop dipped in white chocolate and decorated with marshmallow feet, an M&M’S chocolate candy tail, and pink-colored white chocolate (Not available at Bing Bong’s Sweet Stuff) 
• Pink Minnie Cake Pop: Chocolate cake pop dipped in milk chocolate and decorated with a white chocolate pink bow with white polka dots

Easter Brunch Spots at Disneyland

There are some great brunch options to enjoy for Easter at Disneyland! This is an extremely popular day to get a dining reservation at Disneyland so I highly recommend reading our guide to securing hard to get dining reservations. Reservations release right at the 60 day mark at 6AM PT time so be ready to book your dining reservation online (the quickest option!) right on time.

Here's a few great restaurant ideas for a nice Easter brunch or lunch option including character dining that kids (and kids at heart!) will love:

Disneyland

• Breakfast With Minnie and Friends at the Plaza Inn– The Plaza Inn serves a breakfast buffet including Mickey waffles, pancakes, omelette stations, breakfast potatoes, hashbrowns, sausage/bacon, and more. The Plaza Inn is beautiful and was decorated by Walt's wife Lillian making it a good choice for an elegant Disney brunch experience. This is also a character dining experience where you see the most variety of characters including Minnie Mouse, Eeyore, Captain Hook, Rafiki, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Chip n Dale, and Fairy Godmother.
• Carnation Cafe– I highly recommend the Carnation Cafe as one of the most nostalgic places to eat in Disneyland. The atmosphere of Main Street U.S.A. is prominent while you dine which makes for a memorable lunch experience.

California Adventure

• Carthay Circle-Carthay Circle is meant to transport you back to Hollywood in the 1930's at the height of the cinematic Golden Age. This is one of the upscale options for dining in California Adventure so if you're looking for a fine dining experience, Carthay Circle is a great pick.
• Lamplight Lounge- The Lamplight Lounge is a Pixar themed restaurant on Pixar Pier with fabulous views of the ferris wheel and the theme park. There's indoor seating and an outdoor patio. On weekends Lamplight Lounge offers a fantastic brunch option with speciality food and drinks.

Grand Californian 

• Disneyland Princess Breakfast Adventures– The morning begins with a three course breakfast (with champagne options for adults!) in the fine dining option of Napa Rose. During breakfast Princesses such as Belle, Tiana, Ariel, Jasmine and others arrive to greet and make memories with families. After breakfast there's storytelling moments with the Princesses and take home souvenirs for guests. This is a premium character dining option with a price tag to match. If you're looking for character dining in a signature restaurant, this is a great fit.
• Mickey's Tales of Adventure Character Breakfast– Mickey's Tales of Adventure Breakfast is a buffet style meal that has food that appeals to kids and adults alike. This is the character dining experience with the best breakfast buffet in terms of variety of food options. You're guaranteed to see Mickey Mouse and will likely also see Minnie Mouse, Chip n Dale, and Pluto.

Disneyland Hotel

• Goofy's Kitchen: Enjoy either a brunch or dinner buffet filled with delicious dishes and some of your favorite Disney characters on Easter. Goofy's Kitchen is having a special new Springtime Buffet that you can read about in our guide!

Downtown Disney

• Naples Ristorante e Bar – This great Italian restaurant has spaces indoors and outdoors and that are perfect for an entire family to come together for brunch. We love their large outdoor bar that makes the outside seating feel like it is part of the restaurant.

Spring Break at Disneyland

Spring is a great time to visit Disneyland with the California Adventure Food & Wine Festival taking place, warm but mild weather and plenty of baby ducks waddling around the parks! Spring break season can get busy at the parks but the good news is that Disney properly prepares for peak periods of the years by extending park hours and increasing staffing to handle higher influxes of crowds. This is actually one of the perks of the Disney Park Pass reservation system as it allows Disney to accurately forecast crowd fluctuations and prepare accordingly.

But not to worry, you still have a great day if you follow our Disneyland morning strategy and consider purchasing Genie+ to be a step ahead of the crowds. Spring is a beautiful time to visit the resort with the flowers in full bloom plus an abundance of baby ducks ready to be admired. Nothing says Disney like baby ducks!

You can find more predictions around crowds and what to plan in our April at Disneyland crowd calendar guide.

Easter Characters at Disneyland

Disney will often give guests the opportunity to meet the Easter Bunny himself on Main Street, U.S.A.! You can also try to hunt for other Easter themed characters like the White Rabbit, Thumper, Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh), Roger Rabbit, and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit which have all made appearances in past Easter events at Disneyland! You can also expect to see Mickey & Minnie Mouse dressed in their Easter best.

Disneyland Easter Souvenirs

You can find a small variety of specific Easter at Disneyland souvenirs to take home but the really good finds will be the spring releases you can find at the parks. There's a good chance some of the cute spring items popping up on ShopDisney will also appear in stores like DisneyHome and World of Disney.

You can also expect to see the Summer merchandise begin to arrive which is another fun treat for those that want to have first dibs on must have items.

Plan Your Easter at Disneyland!

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