food IS a theme park
The Disneyland Resort is officially reopening next month.
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland
We’re working on digesting ALL of the details about this reopening for you. For one, theme park reservations will be required for park entry, but that’s not the only stipulation guests will need to meet.
We officially have a Disneyland reopening date!
Sleeping Beauty Castle
After a year of being closed, we finally have a date that Disneyland theme parks are expected to reopen. Now, we’re working on fleshing out the details of what that reopening might look like and what YOU need to be able to get into the Disneyland parks.
Disneyland Resort has been closed since mid-March 2020 in response to the global health crisis.
Disneyland Entrance
While the Disney World parks reopened back in July, Disneyland postponed its previously announced reopening due to guidance and mandates from government and health officials. Downtown Disney has since reopened, as well as Buena Vista Street. And recently Disneyland introduced its “A Touch of Disney” event, which is coming to Disney California Adventure soon. Earlier, we shared that Disney was aiming to reopen Disneyland in late April. But, now Disney has officially announced when its California theme parks will reopen!
It’s just a matter of days before we’ll be able to return to Disney California Adventure for the “A Touch of Disney” even taking place!
Disneyland Gate
While we’re already looking forward to all the food booths, there’s an extra bit of entertainment you can enjoy ahead of “A Touch of Disney” AND Disneyland’s grand reopening soon, which we should hear more about soon.
2020 was QUITE the year.
Disney World
You may remember the day that you heard Disney World or Disneyland would be closing temporarily due to the pandemic — I know I do. And you might remember watching Shanghai Disneyland reopen, that park being the first Disney park around the world to reopen after the closures. But, did you remember that Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway opened in Disney World literally DAYS before the parks closed? Or that several new movies in EPCOT debuted in early 2020? SO much happened in just one year. And today we’re breaking it all down for you.
The Disneyland theme parks have been closed for over a year now.
Disneyland
For much of this time, Cast Members who were not affected by lay-offs have remained furloughed. Now, a new round of Cast Members are being recalled — and they’ll be back at work soon. What does this recall date mean?
A Touch of Disney at Disney California Adventure officially kicks off this week!
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After a bumpy start of trying to purchase tickets, we couldn’t be more excited to head to the event on March 18th! The event will feature several food booths, characters, and more, plus guests will get to visit more of Disney California Adventure than just Buena Vista Street.
Earlier this year, Disneyland announced that it would be discontinuing its Annual Passholder program.
Legacy Passholder Logo ©Disney
We’ve gotten a few indications about what Disneyland’s new passholder program could look like, although no new membership has been announced yet. But, fans with active Disneyland Annual Passholder memberships as of March 14th, 2020, who are now known as Disneyland Legacy Passholders, have still been able to get some discounts on food and merchandise all around Disneyland. And now some Disneyland Legacy Passholder discounts are being extended!
You may have once heard the adage that Disneyland is a “local’s park,” whereas Disney World is more of a tourist destination. While Disney never releases the exact breakdown of their attendance, it’s not difficult to tell after just a few visits to the Happiest Place on Earth that there are a lot of Annual Passholders. Like, A LOT.
Disneyland Entrance
In fact, analysts suggest that Disneyland had upwards of one million Annual Passholders when the park closures began in March of 2020 and accounted for an average of 50% of the parks’ daily attendance numbers. Even if that’s just an educated guess, the fact that one million is a feasible approximation is bonkers! How in the world did Disney get to this point, and what could it tell us about the future of Disneyland’s most loyal attendees?
It’s been exactly one year since Disneyland Resort closed its doors.
Disneyland Main Entrance, taken just a few days after the resort’s closure began
Several other Disney Parks have opened, although Hong Kong Disneyland has closed and reopened again, and Disneyland Paris has closed and has not reopened again. But, has Disneyland remained closed throughout the year due to California’s strict theme park reopening guidelines.
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