The Disneyland Resort is popping 70 in July, and it has by no means missed a chance to throw a celebration — particularly one rooted in nostalgia. For the year-long occasion, numerous fan favorites are making their return, along with some new reveals and tweaks to favourite sights.
The festivities formally launch Might 16, though not all choices might be obtainable straight away. Some might be rolled out to coincide with Disneyland’s official birthday on July 17. The celebration is deliberate to final by means of summer time 2026.
Right here’s every part you’ll want to know in regards to the Disneyland Resort Seventieth Celebration — together with particulars on a ticket deal.
Disneyland Park
The return of a fan-favorite parade. Night parade Paint the Evening made its debut in Anaheim throughout Disneyland’s sixtieth anniversary a decade in the past, and it’s again for the Seventieth. A form of religious successor to the on-again/off-again Primary Avenue Electrical Parade, Paint the Evening has a fast-moving soundtrack, greater than 1 million LED lights and glittering, shimmering floats that honor franchises akin to “Toy Story,” “Frozen” and “Cars.” Paint the Evening is a vibrant, high-energy present that intersperses dance, tech and the requisite quantity of night sparkle.
Anna and Elsa will rejoin the Paint the Evening parade on the float impressed by “Frozen.”
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A legendary journey will get an replace. It’s a Small World is so full of particulars — playful dolls, lovable creatures, colourful vignettes, all of it designed within the fashion of artist Mary Blair — that it’s unimaginable to see all of it on one journey by means of. And when the attraction reopens on Might 9, it’ll have much more characters, as Disney is including Miguel and Dante from the movie “Coco” to the journey’s Mexico part. That’s not the one tweak deliberate for this legendary journey. Coming in July might be an extra verse to its memorable tune, this one written by authentic co-composer Richard Sherman shortly earlier than his loss of life in 2024. Sherman wrote the verse to have fun the tune’s sixtieth anniversary, because the attraction opened on the New York World’s Honest in 1964 earlier than being put in at Disneyland in 1966.
Miguel and Dante from the Disney/Pixar movie “Coco” might be added to basic It’s a Small World when the journey repoens in Might.
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A brand new projection present involves It’s a Small World. The work and magnificence of Blair additionally might be honored by way of a brand new projection expertise that may unfold on the façade of It’s a Small World. Titled “Tapestry of Happiness,” this nighttime present, described by Disney as an “animated mosaic of Disneyland attractions, moments and memories,” will embody many songs related to the park in addition to the brand new tune “Celebrate Happy.” Count on a projection present that digs into Disneyland historical past and is excessive on nostalgia, with little doubt a second or two designed to carry longtime followers to tears.
A night efficiency that celebrates animation. The fireworks present “Wondrous Journeys” will return for Disneyland’s Seventieth. Launched for the one centesimal anniversary of the Walt Disney Co., “Wondrous Journeys” focuses on the historical past of the corporate’s animated works. Some wonderful print: Not each night time of “Wondrous Journeys” will function fireworks, however it stays one in every of Disney’s better-received night reveals, because it options snippets of greater than 60 movies in addition to nods to many shorts that helped outline the studio.
A brand new character cavalcade will launch Might 16 and proceed all year long. Characters akin to Duffy and ShellieMay, not often seen in Anaheim, will participate.
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Take a tour that honors Disneyland historical past. Disneyland will launch a brand new guided tour for its Seventieth anniversary, this one targeted squarely on the historical past and growth of the park. The 2-hour expertise, obtainable for an extra cost, might be obtainable for reserving starting April 24. Disney says the tour will place a particular emphasis on the park’s opening-day sights, in addition to Walt Disney’s authentic imaginative and prescient for the park.
An audio-animatronics determine of Walt Disney will seem within the present “Walt Disney — A Magical Life,” which is able to debut within the Primary Avenue Opera Home at Disneyland in July.
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Talking of Walt … Opening July 17 might be a present within the Primary Avenue Opera Home that may have fun the life and legacy of the park’s patriarch. “Walt Disney — A Magical Life” will for the Seventieth anniversary displace the present centered on Abraham Lincoln, and can function the first-ever audio-animatronic of Disney, which the corporate has teased is its most lifelike determine to this point. The determine, photos of which the corporate is presently preserving underneath wraps, might be delivered to life by way of audio recordings and might be located in a setting designed to evoke Walt’s workplace. After the present’s preliminary run in the course of the Seventieth, it’ll play in tandem with “Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln.” The exit corridor for the attraction will function idea artwork for Disneyland sights within the works.
Discover Disney tech at a historic artwork exhibit. Friends possible will need to arrive early for “Walt Disney — A Magical Life” as soon as the present launches, because the gallery within the Opera Home might be full of a brand new exhibit developed by the corporate’s archives division in collaboration with San Francisco’s Walt Disney Household Museum in addition to Walt Disney Imagineering, the secretive arm of the corporate dedicated to theme park experiences. First, discover a number of images and artifacts from earlier than and in the course of the Walt period that helps inform the Disneyland growth story. Many gadgets, together with never-before-shown artifacts from Disney’s non-public Disneyland house, are on mortgage from the Walt Disney Household Museum. A remaining part might be devoted to the event of audio-animatronic figures, taking a look at Walt’s ardour for the creations and the way they’ve developed over the many years.
Disney California Journey
A brand-new “World of Color” present which you can vote on. “World of Color Happiness!” is a brand new lagoon-based present for the Seventieth anniversary, this one impressed by Walt Disney’s authentic dedication for the park. “To all who come to this happy place, welcome,” Disney stated in July 1955. “Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America.” Though right here’s betting the World of Shade present — certain to function spectacular fountains, projections and pyrotechnics — doesn’t delve too closely into any “hard facts.”
The brand new “World of Color Happiness!” will debut in Disney California Journey in Might to have fun Disneyland’s Seventieth anniversary.
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A number of the animated works featured within the efficiency embody “Turning Red,” “A Goofy Movie,” “Tangled” and “The Lion King,” and it will likely be hosted by the blue-haired character of Pleasure from the “Inside Out” movies. Arrive early and vote by way of the Disneyland app to see varied “Inside Out” characters — Unhappiness, Anger, Disgust or Envy — given higher prominence in the course of the present. A brand new tune from Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums fame might be featured within the manufacturing, and Boyz II Males have recorded a rendition of “Rainbow Connection” for it.
Carthay Circle will spring to life every night time. The façade of the park’s upscale restaurant, Carthay Circle, will morph right into a efficiency house. Whereas Disney hasn’t detailed too closely what audiences could anticipate to see on the constructing, anticipate a projection-based present with creative lighting and music. The projections and lighting might be set to the Seventieth-anniversary theme tune, “Celebrate Happy,” which is to be recorded by the Jonas Brothers.
Toy Story Halfway Mania! might be up to date with animations that nod to the Seventieth anniversary.
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New surprises adorn Toy Story Halfway Mania! Whereas not the primary video game-inspired journey, Toy Story Halfway Mania! was fairly probably the primary profitable implementation of 1. The journey works properly with what’s now often known as Pixar Pier, a land stuffed with carnival rides and video games. It nonetheless holds up because of its simplicity. In fact, a novel journey automobile — a carnival automotive with a spring-action launcher — doesn’t damage. Now, the 2008 attraction will obtain an ever-so-slight makeover for the Seventieth. Search for new animations that nod to the festivities peppered all through the journey’s digital video games.
A Pixar-focused daytime parade makes a comeback. Final 12 months California Journey unveiled a brand new daytime parade, “Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration,” and it’s returning for the Seventieth. Colourful floats that nod to latest movies like “Luca” and “Turning Red,” the latter full with a larger-than-life purple panda Mei, are contrasted with smaller, extra playful models that contact on “Toy Story” and “Monsters, Inc.” All through, there’s an underlying theme of friendship.
Eating, merchandise and extra
A barbecue buffet, with a aspect of duck. Duck isn’t on the menu, however a sure waterfowl is the star of this dinner on the Grand Californian’s Storytellers Cafe. Donald’s Tales of Journey Dinner Buffet launches Might 16 and options what’s described a a campfire-style barbecue. Count on spareribs, fried hen, prime rib and extra, and search for the likes of Donald, Daisy, Clarabelle, Goofy and Pluto in new adventure-inspired outfits. Reservations are advisable and the meal begins at $62 for adults and $36 for youngsters.
Storytellers Cafe at Disney’s Grand Californian will host a brand new Donald Duck-led character dinner buffet.
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Specialty merchandise abounds. Disneyland is launching a number of merchandising traces for its Seventieth anniversary, a few of which have already began to infiltrate the parks. The so-called “celebration collection” options brash colours and new collaborations with Loungefly and Dooney & Bourke. The “castle collection” is simply that, that includes regal put on and jewellery impressed by Sleeping Magnificence Fortress, whereas the “vault collection” is the place all these looking for Disneyland nostalgia will need to head. The vault assortment might be launched in waves all year long, the primary rendition taking a look at Disneyland maps. The “Disneyland Resort 70th Anniversary Walt Disney Nostalgia Collection” is alleged to boast vintage-style equipment and apparel outfitted in a few of Walt’s well-known quotes. There’s lots extra, together with pocket watches and charms, and a large interactive key that may gentle up and play music as visitors discover the park.
Disneyland is launching a number of new merch traces for the Seventieth anniversary, together with one which options quotes from Walt Disney.
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And you may see all of it for a (slight) low cost. Disneyland followers prepared to decide to greater than a day within the park can participate in a limited-time ticket provide. An anniversary ticket is on sale now, good for visits from Might 16 to Aug. 14. It’s a three-day, one-park-per-day ticket that sells for $360, which works out to $120 per day. That’s a slight financial savings, as peak spring and summer time tickets usually can’t be discovered for lower than $142 per day and may run as excessive as $206. Those that decide in for a four-day $400 ticket will be capable of entry the parks for $100 per day. The tickets wouldn’t have for use on consecutive days.
All through the occasion, search for standard characters in new celebratory apparel.
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