Everything you need to know about Disneyland's biggest event of the decade

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The Disneyland Resort is turning 70 successful July, and it has ne'er missed an accidental to propulsion a enactment — particularly 1 rooted successful nostalgia. For the year-long event, a fig of instrumentality favorites are making their return, successful summation to immoderate caller shows and tweaks to favourite attractions.

The festivities officially motorboat May 16, though not each offerings volition beryllium disposable close away. Some volition beryllium rolled retired to coincide with Disneyland’s authoritative day connected July 17. The solemnisation is planned to past done summertime 2026.

Here’s everything you request to cognize astir the Disneyland Resort 70th Celebration — including details connected a summons deal.

Disneyland Park

The instrumentality of a fan-favorite parade. Evening parade Paint the Night made its debut successful Anaheim during Disneyland’s 60th day a decennary ago, and it’s backmost for the 70th. A benignant of spiritual successor to the on-again/off-again Main Street Electrical Parade, Paint the Night has a fast-moving soundtrack, much than 1 cardinal LED lights and glittering, shimmering floats that grant franchises specified arsenic “Toy Story,” “Frozen” and “Cars.” Paint the Night is simply a vibrant, high-energy amusement that intersperses dance, tech and the requisite magnitude of evening sparkle.

Dancers successful ice-inspired outfits successful beforehand of a 'Frozen' parade float.

A legendary thrust gets an update. It’s a Small World is truthful filled with details — playful dolls, adorable creatures, colorful vignettes, each of it designed successful the benignant of creator Mary Blair — that it’s intolerable to spot each of it connected 1 thrust through. And erstwhile the attraction reopens connected May 9, it volition person adjacent much characters, arsenic Disney is adding Miguel and Dante from the movie “Coco” to the ride’s Mexico section. That’s not the lone tweak planned for this legendary ride. Coming successful July volition beryllium an further verse to its memorable song, this 1 written by archetypal co-composer Richard Sherman soon earlier his decease successful 2024. Sherman wrote the verse to observe the song’s 60th anniversary, arsenic the attraction opened astatine the New York World’s Fair successful 1964 earlier being installed astatine Disneyland successful 1966.

Dolls successful the Mexico conception of thrust It's a Small World.

A caller projection amusement comes to It’s a Small World. The enactment and benignant of Blair besides volition beryllium honored via a caller projection acquisition that volition unfold connected the façade of It’s a Small World. Titled “Tapestry of Happiness,” this nighttime show, described by Disney arsenic an “animated mosaic of Disneyland attractions, moments and memories,” volition see galore songs associated with the parkland arsenic good arsenic the caller tune “Celebrate Happy.” Expect a projection amusement that digs into Disneyland past and is precocious connected nostalgia, with nary uncertainty a infinitesimal oregon 2 designed to bring longtime fans to tears.

An evening show that celebrates animation. The fireworks amusement “Wondrous Journeys” volition instrumentality for Disneyland’s 70th. Introduced for the 100th day of the Walt Disney Co., “Wondrous Journeys” focuses connected the past of the company’s animated works. Some good print: Not each nighttime of “Wondrous Journeys” volition diagnostic fireworks, but it remains 1 of Disney’s better-received evening shows, arsenic it features snippets of much than 60 films arsenic good arsenic nods to galore shorts that helped specify the studio.

A drafting of an assortment of colorful characters parading down a taxable parkland street.

Say hullo to Duffy. First, the atrocious news: The terrific, modern dance-focused parade Magic Happens is presently not slated to tally during Disneyland’s 70th anniversary. The consolation prize? Disneyland is introducing a caller day quality cavalcade that volition diagnostic immoderate 70th-anniversary attire and the accomplishment of seldom seen characters astatine Disneyland, specified arsenic Duffy and ShellieMay. The teddy carnivore characters are planetary Disney superstars, and cult favorites among American Disney fans.

Take a circuit that honors Disneyland history. Disneyland volition motorboat a caller guided circuit for its 70th anniversary, this 1 focused squarely connected the past and improvement of the park. The two-hour experience, disposable for an further charge, volition beryllium disposable for booking opening April 24. Disney says the circuit volition spot a peculiar accent connected the park’s opening-day attractions, arsenic good arsenic Walt Disney’s archetypal imaginativeness for the park.

Concept creation of Walt Disney leaning against a table successful an office.

Speaking of Walt ... Opening July 17 volition beryllium a amusement successful the Main Street Opera House that volition observe the beingness and bequest of the park’s patriarch. “Walt Disney — A Magical Life” volition for the 70th day displace the amusement centered connected Abraham Lincoln, and volition diagnostic the first-ever audio-animatronic of Disney, which the institution has teased is its astir lifelike fig to date. The figure, images of which the institution is presently keeping nether wraps, volition beryllium brought to beingness via audio recordings and volition beryllium situated successful a mounting designed to evoke Walt’s office. After the show’s archetypal tally during the 70th, it volition play successful tandem with “Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln.” The exit hallway for the attraction volition diagnostic conception creation for Disneyland attractions successful the works.

Explore Disney tech astatine a humanities creation exhibit. Guests apt volition privation to get aboriginal for “Walt Disney — A Magical Life” erstwhile the amusement launches, arsenic the assemblage successful the Opera House volition beryllium filled with a caller grounds developed by the company’s archives section successful collaboration with San Francisco’s Walt Disney Family Museum arsenic good arsenic Walt Disney Imagineering, the secretive limb of the institution devoted to taxable parkland experiences. First, research a enactment of photographs and artifacts from earlier and during the Walt epoch that helps archer the Disneyland improvement story. Many items, including never-before-shown artifacts from Disney’s backstage Disneyland apartment, are connected indebtedness from the Walt Disney Family Museum. A last conception volition beryllium dedicated to the improvement of audio-animatronic figures, looking astatine Walt’s passionateness for the creations and however they person evolved implicit the decades.

Disney California Adventure

A brand-new “World of Color” amusement that you tin ballot on. “World of Color Happiness!” is simply a caller lagoon-based amusement for the 70th anniversary, this 1 inspired by Walt Disney’s archetypal dedication for the park. “To each who travel to this blessed place, welcome,” Disney said successful July 1955. “Disneyland is your land. Here property relives fond memories of the past, and present younker whitethorn savor the situation and committedness of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that person created America.” Although here’s betting the World of Color amusement — definite to diagnostic awesome fountains, projections and pyrotechnics — doesn’t delve excessively heavy into immoderate “hard facts.”

A big of Disney characters, led by those from "Inside Out."

Some of the animated works featured successful the show see “Turning Red,” “A Goofy Movie,” “Tangled” and “The Lion King,” and it volition beryllium hosted by the blue-haired quality of Joy from the “Inside Out” films. Arrive aboriginal and ballot via the Disneyland app to spot assorted “Inside Out” characters — Sadness, Anger, Disgust oregon Envy — fixed greater prominence during the show. A caller opus from Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums fame volition beryllium featured successful the production, and Boyz II Men person recorded a rendition of “Rainbow Connection” for it.

Carthay Circle volition outpouring to beingness each night. The façade of the park’s upscale restaurant, Carthay Circle, volition morph into a show space. While Disney hasn’t elaborate excessively heavy what audiences whitethorn expect to spot connected the building, expect a projection-based amusement with inventive lighting and music. The projections and lighting volition beryllium acceptable to the 70th-anniversary taxable song, “Celebrate Happy,” which is to beryllium recorded by the Jonas Brothers.

Concept creation of a thrust conveyance with passengers firing a artifact blaster astatine a screen.

New surprises adorn Toy Story Midway Mania! While not the archetypal video game-inspired ride, Toy Story Midway Mania! was rather perchance the archetypal palmy implementation of one. The thrust works good with what is present known arsenic Pixar Pier, a onshore afloat of carnival rides and games. It inactive holds up acknowledgment to its simplicity. Of course, a unsocial thrust conveyance — a carnival car with a spring-action launcher — doesn’t hurt. Now, the 2008 attraction volition person an ever-so-slight makeover for the 70th. Look for caller animations that motion to the festivities peppered passim the ride’s integer games.

A Pixar-focused daytime parade makes a comeback. Last twelvemonth California Adventure unveiled a caller daytime parade, “Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration,” and it’s returning for the 70th. Colorful floats that motion to caller films similar “Luca” and “Turning Red,” the second implicit with a larger-than-life reddish panda Mei, are contrasted with smaller, much playful units that interaction connected “Toy Story” and “Monsters, Inc.” Throughout, there’s an underlying taxable of friendship.

Dining, merchandise and more

A barbecue buffet, with a broadside of duck. Duck isn’t connected the menu, but a definite waterfowl is the prima of this meal astatine the Grand Californian’s Storytellers Cafe. Donald’s Tales of Adventure Dinner Buffet launches May 16 and features what’s described a a campfire-style barbecue. Expect spareribs, fried chicken, premier rib and more, and look for the likes of Donald, Daisy, Clarabelle, Goofy and Pluto successful caller adventure-inspired outfits. Reservations are recommended and the repast starts astatine $62 for adults and $36 for children.

Donald and Daisy Duck, with friends specified arsenic Clarabelle and Goofy, successful a restaurant.

Specialty merchandise abounds. Disneyland is launching aggregate merchandising lines for its 70th anniversary, immoderate of which person already started to infiltrate the parks. The alleged “celebration collection” features brash colors and caller collaborations with Loungefly and Dooney & Bourke. The “castle collection” is conscionable that, featuring regal deterioration and jewelry inspired by Sleeping Beauty Castle, portion the “vault collection” is wherever each those seeking Disneyland nostalgia volition privation to head. The vault postulation volition beryllium released successful waves passim the year, the archetypal rendition looking astatine Disneyland maps. The “Disneyland Resort 70th Anniversary Walt Disney Nostalgia Collection” is said to boast vintage-style accessories and attire outfitted successful immoderate of Walt’s celebrated quotes. There’s plentifulness more, including pouch watches and charms, and a elephantine interactive cardinal that volition airy up and play euphony arsenic guests research the park.

A young antheral and pistillate exemplary Disneyland apparel astatine the park.

And you tin spot it each for a (slight) discount. Disneyland fans consenting to perpetrate to much than a time successful the parkland tin instrumentality portion successful a limited-time summons offer. An day summons is connected merchantability now, bully for visits from May 16 to Aug. 14. It’s a three-day, one-park-per-day summons that sells for $360, which works retired to $120 per day. That’s a flimsy savings, arsenic highest outpouring and summertime tickets typically can’t beryllium recovered for little than $142 per time and tin tally arsenic precocious arsenic $206. Those who opt successful for a four-day $400 summons volition beryllium capable to entree the parks for $100 per day. The tickets bash not person to beryllium utilized connected consecutive days.