There is a debate that surfaces every fall among Disney Halloween enthusiasts, and it runs so reliably that both sides have well-worn arguments for their positions. Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World has its devoted defenders, and for good reason. The Boo-To-You Parade is iconic, the villain appearances are beloved, and the event has decades of tradition. But ...

Summer has arrived at Disneyland Resort, but the crowds many guests expected haven’t followed. When you visit Disneyland Resort, long waits are usually part of the experience. Even with Lightning Lane helping guests skip some of the busiest queues, summer typically brings some of the highest crowd levels of the year as schools break up and families head to Southern ...

Disney has shared an update after unexpectedly closing a California Adventure attraction for nearly four months. While Disney routinely closes attractions for refurbishment, it is typically transparent about how long those closures are expected to last, even when only a rough timeframe is available. Credit: Disney Earlier this year, however, Disney closed Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind for what was initially ...

There are attractions at Disneyland that function as landmarks in the truest sense of the word. Structures so iconic and so permanently woven into the visual and emotional identity of the park that their presence on the skyline is part of what makes Disneyland feel like itself. The Matterhorn is one of those ride structures, and it has been since ...

There is a specific kind of magic that happens when the people behind a beloved film show up at the place where that film lives in the physical world. Not a press junket. Not a talk show appearance. An actual visit to the park, to the attractions, to the characters, standing in the same spaces that fans have been standing ...

A Disney dining package is ending soon, leading guests to wonder why that decision was made, as an important experience continues to draw families to the Resort. Credit: Jeremy Wong, Flickr Disney Dining Package at Disneyland to End Soon For many Disneyland guests, some of the most memorable moments happen after the sun goes down. The crowds begin gathering along ...

A trip that began in Sweden and ended in a Disneyland Resort parking lot with a cardboard sign begging for theme park tickets is making the rounds online. Here’s everything we know about the incident. The Sign That Gave It Away On June 9, X (formerly Twitter) user @magicnextdoor_ shared photos of a woman standing in a Disneyland Resort parking ...

Massive entry changes are heading to the first-ever Disney theme park in the world, Disneyland Resort California. Disneyland Entry Changes to Disrupt Future Vacations For decades, there has been something unmistakably unique about arriving at Disneyland. Unlike many modern theme parks that funnel visitors through sprawling transportation hubs and elaborate arrival complexes, Disneyland has always felt surprisingly intimate. Guests step ...

For six years, guests at Disneyland have been quietly frustrated. Even after the parks reopened and things began to return to normal, one lingering pandemic-era restriction remained, like an unwanted souvenir. If you had a Park Hopper ticket, you were unable to switch parks until 11:00 a.m. There were no exceptions or flexibility—just a hard barrier keeping you from entering ...

Disney is preparing to unveil its Toy Story ride as the fifth movie in the franchise gets ready to drop. Walk through Tomorrowland at Disneyland these days, and something feels off. One of the land’s most familiar experiences has been sitting dark since April, tucked behind construction walls and scrim while crews worked through what Disney has described in absolutely ...