A 'Bluey' stage event is coming to Disneyland — and a $50-per-day kid ticket deal

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Disneyland’s 70th day solemnisation volition proceed into August of adjacent year, and the edifice volition person immoderate caller enactment guests travel March. That’s erstwhile Bluey and her sister Bingo from the fashionable Australian animated bid volition onshore successful Anaheim.

The stars of “Bluey” were archetypal tipped to commencement appearing successful Disney parks backmost successful 2024, and volition instrumentality implicit Disneyland’s Fantasyland Theatre opening March 22. The experience, dubbed, “Bluey’s Best Day Ever!,” is expected to wed games with philharmonic amusement moments.

Bluey is not the lone headline-worthy alteration oregon summation coming to Disneyland successful 2026. The Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction successful Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge volition beryllium receiving a caller mission, and Soarin’ Around the World volition get a caller film, the antecedently announced Soarin’ Across America. And plentifulness of instrumentality favorites — Lunar New Year festivities, the Disney California Food & Wine Festival — are besides slated to return.

A look astatine what large events to expect, and astatine slightest 1 attraction you’ll privation to accidental goodbye to, is below.

Say hullo to Bluey

Bluey and sister Bingo look volition look unrecorded connected signifier astatine Disneyland this spring.

The Disney+ bid volition travel to beingness successful Disneyland with music, games and photo-ready installations. The Fantasyland Theatre, according to Disney, volition beryllium transformed into the grounds of Bluey’s school, wherever the titular bluish canine volition acquisition an all-around terrific day, hence the rubric of the experience, “Bluey’s Best Day Ever!”

Bluey volition look with her sister Bingo passim the time connected stage, wherever the 2 characters volition beryllium joined by a formed of actors, musicians and comedians, who volition invitation the assemblage to enactment and bring to beingness show-inspired moments. Expect acquainted Bluey games specified arsenic “Keepy Uppy,” arsenic good arsenic life-size renditions of the Gnome Village and Fairy Garden. Familiar characters, specified arsenic the the Grannies, Chattermax and Unicorse, are slated to look successful Bluey’s school. The adjacent Troubadour Tavern volition diagnostic “Bluey”-themed foods.

Disneyland regulars should expect thing akin to different play-driven Fantastyland Theatre activities, specified arsenic the “Pixar Pals Playtime Party.” “Bluey’s Best Day Ever!” does not presently person an extremity date.

Welcome a caller ngo connected Smugglers Run

Concept creation of the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon ride.

To coincide with the merchandise of the movie “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge attraction Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run volition person a caller ngo May 22. Disney has antecedently shared that this latest storyline volition let for further levels of interactivity successful the ride, which is already thing of a full-size, walk-in arcade game.

The thrust makeover volition diagnostic 3 caller locations from the “Star Wars” films — planets specified arsenic the municipality Coruscant oregon state realm of Bespin, arsenic good arsenic the wreckage of the 2nd Death Star adjacent Endor. Each formation unit volition find the destination. Additionally, those seated successful the ride’s “engineer” positions volition beryllium capable to pass with Grogu, colloquially referred to arsenic “baby Yoda.”

Disneyland is teasing further “Star Wars” promotions successful 2026, noting that the Hyperspace Mountain overlay of Space Mountain volition instrumentality April 28.

Bid farewell to Monsters Mike & Sulley

Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! volition beryllium retired astatine Disney California Adventure.

The Disneyland Resort remains successful a authorities of flux and changeless reimagining. That means that immoderate beloved attractions are occasionally earmarked for destruction. Such is the lawsuit for California Adventure’s Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!, which volition adjacent successful aboriginal 2026 to marque mode for an “Avatar” thrust and experience. The second volition instrumentality implicit the Hollywood Backlot country of California Adventure.

Disney hasn’t yet specified a closing day beyond narrowing it down to the archetypal portion of the caller year. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! isn’t an archetypal California Adventure attraction, but it’s a charmer, arsenic the slow-moving, old-fashioned household thrust takes guests though the streets and restaurants of the fictional metropolis of Monstropolis, wherever silly, cartoonish details abound. The thrust was added to the parkland successful 2006, replacing the ill-fated and disastrous Superstar Limo, a short-lived conception involving paparazzi and celebrities that lasted astir a year.

A timeline hasn’t been fixed for the caller “Avatar” thrust and area, but it’s apt a fewer years of operation away, arsenic its accomplishment is babelike connected Disneyland reimagining its proscription hub connected the eastbound broadside of the resort. This multi-year operation task has been stated to statesman successful 2026.

Soarin’ turns its spotlight to America

An attraction poster for Soarin' Across America.

Soarin’ Around the World astatine Disney California Adventure volition successful 2026 beryllium converted to Soarin’ Across America, a determination timed to the 250th day of the United States. The makeover volition motorboat July 2.

Disney unveiled the quality successful October via a societal media station with histrion Patrick Warburton, who plays the main formation attendant of Soarin’. In the clip, Warburton, arsenic the instrumentality favourite quality of Patrick, promises “amber waves of grain” and “purple upland majesties” portion showcasing red, achromatic and bluish rodent ears acceptable for the Fourth of July. A station connected the Disney Parks Blog hints that the caller movie volition besides seizure assorted American cityscapes.

Party astatine Disneyland aft hours

Enjoy shorter thrust times and themed events astatine 1 of the 5 Disneyland After Dark festivities. New adjacent twelvemonth is the 70 Years of Favorites party, which volition necktie into the park’s 70th day celebration. The nostalgic evening volition see nods to past shows, philharmonic events and attractions, and is acceptable for March 3 and March 5. Tickets spell connected merchantability to the wide nationalist Dec. 11.

Sweehearts Nite returns for 9 evenings passim January and February. Expect quality couples and the opportunities to dance. General nationalist tickets besides spell connected merchantability Dec. 11.

Later this twelvemonth look for Disney Channel Nite for 3 evenings successful April, Star Wars Nite for 4 evenings successful April and May, and Pride Night connected June 16 and June 18. Ticket connected merchantability accusation has not yet been announced for the second three, but enactment tuned to the Disneyland tract for much information.

Disneyland is for festivals

Disneyland's 2026 festival and peculiar time calendar.

Disney’s vacation calendar successful caller years has expanded, and though the resort’s Lunar New Year festival at California Adventure doesn’t instrumentality implicit the parkland successful the aforesaid mode arsenic Christmas oregon Halloween, it’s go a reliably festive root for inventive nutrient and quality interactions that purpose to research Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean traditions. For the Year of the Horse, vintage quality Horace Horsecollar volition beryllium connected hand. The lawsuit runs Jan. 23 to Feb. 22.

Starting soon aft Lunar New Year ends and extending into the outpouring is the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival. Expect a fistful of pop-up nutrient marketplaces offering tiny bites, cocktails and an accent connected California brew and wine. The lawsuit boasts a fig of tasting seminars and cocktail-making sessions and typically features immoderate upscale dinners astatine edifice restaurants and bars. Goofy successful his cook costume is usually fixed a starring role, but our favourite item of the Food & Wine festival is nary snack oregon sugary beverage. It’s agelong been the yearly instrumentality of Soarin’ Over California, the archetypal rendition of the formation simulator attraction. Disney, however, declined to remark connected if the archetypal mentation of the attraction would instrumentality this year. The Food & Wine Festival runs March 6 done April 27.

Smaller-scale festivities are peppered passim the year. Next twelvemonth the Bluey lawsuit volition unit Celebrate Gospel — the weekends of Feb. 20 and Feb. 27 — to determination to the Downtown Disney District. Look for concerts from Hezekiah Walker (Feb. 21) and Yolanda Adams (Feb. 28). Local hockey fans volition privation to bookmark Feb. 22 for Anaheim Ducks Day and families with small ones whitethorn beryllium funny successful the Disney Jr. Let’s Play! Party. The second runs Aug. 13 successful California Adventure earlier moving to the Downtown Disney District.

Start reasoning astir adjacent Halloween and Christmas

Sleeping Beauty's Castle astatine Disneyland is typically transformed into wintertime decor each vacation season.

Summer, increasingly, means Halloween. While the parks’ Halloween Time won’t officially motorboat until Aug. 21, the ticketed after-hours California Adventure lawsuit the Oogie Boogie Bash volition big its archetypal gathering Aug. 18. The evening, which typically features unsocial meet-and-greets with Disney villains arsenic good arsenic a parade and an illuminated, ever-so-slightly spooky locomotion done the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, usually sells out.

Oogie Boogie volition tally connected 33 nights from mid-August to Oct. 31. On merchantability accusation has not yet been announced. Coinciding with the accomplishment of Halloween Time connected Aug. 21 is California Adventure’s Plaza de la Familia, a Día de Los Muertos solemnisation that heavy relies connected imagery from the Disney/Pixar movie “Coco.” It runs done Nov. 2.

Holidays astatine the Disneyland Resort volition travel soon after, opening Nov. 18 and lasting done aboriginal January. While Disney has not yet elaborate adjacent year’s offerings, expect staples specified arsenic the makeover of It’s a Small World and Haunted Mansion attractions, arsenic good arsenic the instrumentality of California Adventure’s Festival of Holidays. It’s 1 of our favourite times to visit.

A summertime woody for kids

Disneyland, of course, is not cheap. If you’re funny to sojourn the edifice but looking to prevention a small connected tickets, Disneyland has announced a caller California summons connection that goes connected merchantability Dec. 3 and takes effect Jan. 1. The woody is for a three-day park-hopper ticket, which tin beryllium utilized connected non-consecutive visits, and starts astatine $249 per person, which amounts to $83 per day.

Coming adjacent year, however, volition beryllium a caller summons connection for those ages 3 done 9. Available to acquisition Jan. 21, the Kids Summer Ticket Offer is bully for dates May 22 though Sept. 7, and tin beryllium had for $50 per kid for a one-day, park-hopper ticket. For an further fee, 1 tin adhd up to 3 days arsenic good arsenic line-skipping features. Details and good people tin beryllium recovered connected the Disneyland site.

New — and revamped — eating experiences

Concept creation for Gordon Ramsay astatine The Carnaby, planed to get astatine Downtown Disney successful 2026.

Set to reopen successful aboriginal 2026 aft being closed for much than a twelvemonth is the Disney Grand California’s upscale eating destination Napa Rose. An authoritative day has not yet been set, but Napa Rose was the park’s destination for a formal, multi-course meal.

Downtown Disney volition besides proceed its years-in-the-making revamp. Though there’s inactive a ways to spell connected construction, Disneyland is inactive targeting 2026 openings for its Earl of Sandwich outpost and Gordon Ramsay astatine The Carnaby, the second pegged arsenic an upscale gastropub with ‘60s-influenced entertainment, making it, nary doubt, a aboriginal hangout for the Disney big crowd.

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