If you’re headed to Disneyland Resort this month, you’ll need to check several popular rides off your list. Here are the six Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park attractions that will be closed for refurbishment for some or all of April 2026. Toy Story Midway Mania! Credit: Disney In February 2026, Disneyland Resort announced that Toy Story Midway Mania! ...

Disney is preparing to reshape one of its most immersive theme park lands, and longtime visitors to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge may soon find Batuu looking and feeling very different. Credit: Disney After nearly seven years of operation, Disneyland Resort has confirmed a sweeping evolution for its Star Wars-themed land. Originally designed to exist within the timeline of the sequel ...

A house fire in Anaheim triggered a full evacuation of the Disneyland Hotel on March 30, sending guests out of the property as black smoke rolled across the sky above the original Southern California Disney Resort hotel. Smoke Fills the Sky On March 30, thick black smoke was captured on video inside Disney California Adventure Park, billowing visibly behind both ...

Disneyland is a park that rewards guests who pay attention to the details. Credit: Inside the Magic The original California Disney destination, open since July 1955, has been refined and layered over seven decades in ways that make every visit slightly different from the last — a new land here, a refreshed attraction there, a seasonal overlay that changes the ...

It’s Monday, March 30, and the original Disneyland Resort Monorail system is now closed. The Southern California Disney destination first announced its plans to indefinitely close the tram system in February and still hasn’t confirmed a reopening date. The History of the Highway in the Sky Credit: Disney The Disneyland Monorail first opened in June 1959. Walt Disney, who had ...

There are some changes coming to Disneyland Resort that guests may want to plan around—and this one could impact how you start your entire park day. The Disneyland Monorail, one of the most recognizable and historic transportation systems in any Disney park, is officially preparing to shut down for refurbishment. While closures like this aren’t unusual, the timing and lack ...

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland is one of the most ambitious land-scale achievements in theme park history. Credit: Inside the Magic When it opened in 2019, it dropped guests directly onto the planet Batuu with a level of environmental storytelling and physical detail that had never been attempted at that scale before. Every surface, every prop, every overheard conversation ...

Main Street, U.S.A. is one of the most carefully controlled environments in the entertainment world. Credit: Brandi Alexandra, Unsplash Every storefront, every lamppost, every cobblestone detail along Disneyland’s central thoroughfare has been deliberately designed to evoke a romanticized version of early twentieth-century small-town America. The buildings are built at five-eighths scale. The smells are piped in. The music transitions seamlessly ...

Few attractions in theme park history carry the cultural weight of Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland. The original ride opened in 1967, two years after Walt Disney’s death, and became one of the most influential dark rides ever built. Its blend of atmospheric storytelling, audio-animatronics, and seamless world-building set a standard that shaped the design of theme park attractions ...

Disney fans are furious about a recent trend of guests receiving “strikes” via email. A lot has changed about Disney parks since the COVID-19 pandemic, but few updates unanimously irk fans quite like the park reservation system. Guests are now largely required to reserve a date to visit Walt Disney World Resort (unless they have a dated ticket) and Disneyland ...