food IS a theme park
Disney California Adventure Park in Disneyland Resort is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year!
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The theme park opened as an extension of Disneyland in 2001. (Can you believe it’s really been 20 years??) Of course, Disneyland is celebrating the theme park’s birthday with loads of goodies. We stopped at Disneyland Resort to check out all the limited-edition merchandise!
Some recipes for Disneyland and Disney World restaurants are so iconic that they deserve to be locked in a vault of their own!
Salt & Straw
And much like Disney movies, Salt & Straw at Downtown Disney in Disneyland Resort is “unvaulting” a few of its most epic flavors from the past decade!
How dreamy does this sound — peanut butter, marshmallows, and chocolate covering a toasty, warm churro?
Willie’s Churros
OMG. We’re drooling just thinking about it. Last year, Disney California Adventure debuted quite possibly the churro of our dreams with the Fluffernutter Churro. We thought we might never see this sweet treat again and, thankfully, we were mistaken.
With the stay-at-home order now lifted, guests can once again eat and drink at Disneyland Resort.
Carthay Circle at California Adventure
Recently, we saw a few restaurants announce when they would reopen for in-person dining and dining reservations became available at those spots. We then shared that Carthay Circle Lounge would be reopening soon for its Alfresco dining experience, and two other Disney restaurants would be reopening on Buena Vista Street. Well, if you’ve been wanting to make reservations for Carthay Circle, the wait is over! Reservations for this Disney spot are now available.
Here at DFB, we’re big fans of seasonal Disney snacks, and we know our readers are too!
Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle
That’s why we’ve been checking out all of the Valentine’s Day snacks in Disney World and Disneyland. We’ve had cupcakes, marshmallow wands, and even special Dole Whips! Now, another sweet treat has been announced for Disneyland Resort, and you NEED to see it!
Welcome back! We’re here with another What’s New at Downtown Disney!
Downtown Disney
It’s been a busy week so we’ve got plenty of dining, construction, and merchandise updates to share with you! So, what are you waiting for? Let’s jump right on in!
Disney California Adventure Park officially opened at Disneyland Resort on February 8th 2001, and it has definitely changed quite a bit over the years. This year, we’re celebrating 20 years of getting to enjoy this unique Disney theme park!
Disney California Adventure
At the moment, Disney California Adventure Park is closed, but guests can still visit parts of it and even eat at some of the park’s restaurants since Downtown Disney has expanded onto part of Buena Vista Street. And soon fans of Disneyland Resort’s second park will be able to celebrate this special 20th anniversary with limited edition merchandise!
It’s gonna be a gas!
WandaVision Cake
We’re just about mid-way through WandaVision, and so far fans have already been treated to a special mid-season trailer (with peeks at future episodes), some fun WandaVision merchandise, and a new WandaVision cake is available right now in Disney World. But, in just a few days WandaVision fans in California near Disneyland will be able to step back in time with a special WandaVision photo op!
There’s been lots of excitement at Disneyland’s Downtown Disney District recently.
Downtown Disney
As restaurants gradually reopen, we’ve also seen the transformation of Rainforest Café into what is expected to become the Star Wars Trading Post (which we previewed a while back). And now, we have an official opening date for the new spot!
In late 2020, Buena Vista Street reopened as an extension of Downtown Disney at Disneyland Resort.
Carthay Circle at California Adventure
We were once again reunited with corn dogs from Award Wieners, and more! We even got to try the new Carthay Circle Lounge — Alfresco Dining experience. Bot too long after, dining was prohibited at Disneyland due to a stay-at-home order. But, the stay-at-home order has now been lifted and restaurants have started offer in-person dining again at Downtown Disney. And now Carthay Circle and 2 other Buena Vista spots have official reopening dates!
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