Happy 2025 from Mouse Brief! Disneyland Resort is celebrating a big 70th anniversary this year, and there is so much happening at Disneyland Park, Disney California Adventure Park, Downtown Disney District and the whole resort in 2025. Ready to plan a visit? We have Step-by-Step Disneyland Prep to help you plan a trip to Disneyland Resort in 2025. Come with us!
Plan Your 2025 Disneyland Visit
We can help you plan your 2025 Disneyland trip with step-by-step advice.
We are excited that you are considering a trip to Disneyland Resort in 2025 and thrilled that you are looking for tips here at Mouse Brief. We have a ton of information on this site, so we have created a step-by-step guide to help you access it all and plan a 2025 Disneyland visit. Let’s start with picking dates.
When to Visit Disneyland Resort
The best time to visit Disneyland Resort is going to be different for each person, but we can guide you through the decision process about when to go to Disneyland. Check-out our article: Your Best Time to Visit Disneyland: A Complete Guide.
Want to plan around special events at Disneyland in 2025? We cover that later in this post. Stick with us!
Which Disneyland Tickets to Purchase (And How Many Days to Visit)
Like dates, your best Disneyland ticket type will be specific to your group. Again, we help you decide with Essential Advice for Disneyland Tickets and Park Reservations. We will take you through the different ticket types and add-ons, and we will help you find discounts.
Plus, we tell you how to make and change park reservations (you cannot visit without them).
Where to Stay at Disneyland
Whether you want to stay at a Marriott across the street or at an on-property Disneyland Resort Hotel, you have plenty of choices for lodging near Disneyland Resort. We help you make your decision about where to stay with our article Staying Near Disneyland: Book the Best Hotel for You.
How to Get to Disneyland
Once you know when you are going to Disneyland and where you will be staying, let us help you get there! We provide information about transportation options, share our top airport and more with Your Guide to Getting to Disneyland: Transportation Tips.
What to Eat at Disneyland
With your big decisions made about when, where and how, now you can start making some delicious plans for what you will eat at Disneyland Resort. We have tips that will help you save money or score a coveted reservation in our post How to Save Money & Eat Well with Disneyland Dining Tips.
You can totally wing it or make a plan for what to eat at Disneyland in 2025. Either way, that post will give you tips for saving money and time while eating well at Disneyland.
What to Bring to Disneyland
Now, what exactly do you bring to the Happiest Place on Earth? We share our packing list and tips for what to wear with Disneyland Travel Essentials: What You Need to Pack.
How to Save Time in Line at Disneyland
Finally, we want to help you make the most of your Disneyland Resort vacation, so we have guides to various time-saving services. It is time to take a look at our (1) Disneyland Lightning Lanes: How to Super-Charge Your Visit, (2) Disneyland Virtual Queue Guide, (3)Disneyland Mobile Ordering Guide, (4) How to Use a Multiple Experiences Pass at Disneyland and (5) Make the Best of Your Time in Line at Disneyland and Have Fun.
We even have tips about downtime with Maximize Value: Take a Rest Day at Disneyland, 5 Best Places to Relax in Disneyland Park and 5 Best Places to Relax in Disney California Adventure Park.
What is Special at Disneyland in 2025? Plan to Party
This is a quick overview of the 2025 Disneyland Resort schedule. For a more in-depth look at the holidays, festivals and after hours parties, be sure to check-out: Disneyland Schedule for 2025. In that post, we also offer tips about crowds and other seasonal considerations.
Disneyland Resort’s 70th Anniversary Celebration
May 16, 2025 through Summer 2026, Resort Wide
Disneyland’s celebration of seventy happy years, starts on May 16, 2025 and continues through summer 2026 with special anniversary decor, character costumes, limited-time food and extra entertainment
Disneyland Park will bring back the super popular “Paint the Night” parade and “Wondrous Journeys” nighttime spectacular and fireworks show. Disney California Adventure Park will celebrate with the brand new “World of Color Happiness” nighttime spectacular and a nightly “special moment” with projections and music on Carthay Circle Restaurant. Plus, daytime entertainment includes the return of the parade “Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration!”
Lunar New Year
January 17 to February 16 at Disney California Adventure Park
Lunar New Year is an annual celebration at Disney California Adventure Park inspired by Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean traditions. In 2025, it is happening from January 17 to February 16.
Celebrate with special entertainment including “Hurry Home – A Lunar New Year Celebration” before World of Color as well as “Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession” on certain days. Disney California Adventure Park will also have six marketplaces just for the festival.
Celebrate Gospel
February 8 and 15 at Disneyland Park
Community choirs and acclaimed artists will perform at Disneyland Park on February 8 and February 15. Disneyland Resort is also highlighting Black heritage and culture during the month of February with special food, music, art and character moments.
Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival
February 28 to April 21 at Disney California Adventure Park
Disney California Adventure Park celebrates California cuisine from February 28 through April 21, 2025 with ten marketplaces featuring limited-time food and beverages plus event entertainment. This festival also sees the return of the California version of the Soarin’ attraction: Soarin’ Over California.
Star Wars Season of the Force
March 28 to May 11 at Disneyland Park
Disneyland Park is celebrating all things Star Wars from March 28 to May 11. There will be enhanced nightly performances of “Fire of the Rising Moons” over Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Over in Tomorrowland, Space Mountain will transform into the Star Wars themed Hyperspace Mountain.
On select nights during Star Wars Season of the Force, there will also be Disneyland After Dark special events (see below). These require a separate event ticket.
Halloween Time
August 22 to October 31, Resort Wide
Disneyland Resort celebrates a long Halloween season with special decor, entertainment, dining and character costumes during Halloween Time, running from August 22 through October 31 in 2025.
Some attractions even “dress up” for the holiday: Haunted Mansion Holiday, Mater’s Graveyard JamBOOree, Luigi’s Honkin’ Haul-O-Ween and Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark.
Disney California Adventure Park will close early on days when it is hosting Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party. (Keep reading for dates for Oogie Boogie Bash.)
Plaza de la Familia, A Celebration with Coco
August 22 to November 2, Disney California Adventure Park
Disney California Adventure Park celebrates family and Día de los Muertos from August 22 to November 2. The offerings center around Paradise Gardens Park with special entertainment and interactive crafts featuring the Pixar film Coco.
At Disneyland Park, there is also a tribute to Día de los Muertos in Frontierland.
“The Holidays Begin Here,” Winter Holidays Schedule at Disneyland Resort for 2025-2026
November 14 to January 7, Resort Wide
Disneyland Resort celebrates the winter holidays with glittering decor, special character costumes, limited-time dining options and holiday entertainment big and small from November 14, 2024 through January 7, 2025. There’s even snow!
Several attractions also transform for the holidays, so you can visit during this time to ride “it’s a small world” Holiday, Haunted Mansion Holiday, Luigi’s Joy to the Whirl and Mater’s Jingle Jamboree. The facade for “it’s a small world” Holiday is really something special.
Disney Festival of Holidays
November 14 to January 7 at Disney California Adventure Park
At Disney California Adventure Park, holidays from around the world are celebrated with festive marketplaces and limited-time entertainment.
Disneyland After Hours Events Schedule in 2025
Disneyland Resort after hours events are special parties that happen after the parks close. They usually have entertainment and food specific to the event, rare character interactions and shorter wait times for select attractions.
These events require a separate ticket from general admission, and the host park will close to regular guests during the party.
Disneyland After Dark at Disneyland Park in 2025
Sweethearts’ Nite: January 21, 23, 28 and February 4, 6, 9, 11, 13
A tribute to love with character couples, a cavalcade and Royal Ball.
90s Nite: March 4 and 6
Celebrate 1990s pop culture the Disney way.
Star Wars Nite: April 8, 10, 22, 24, 29 and May 1, 4, 6
On these select nights during Star Wars Season of the Force, there will be special after hours parties.
Pride Nite: June 16 and 18
Pride Nites are after hours celebrations of the LGBTQIA+ community with rainbow decor and special entertainment.
Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party
for 31 nights at Disney California Adventure Park on August 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31; September 2, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30 and October 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 31
Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party has unique entertainment, fan favorite character sightings and trick-or-treat trails for guests. This is also the rare opportunity for adults visiting the Disney parks to dress in full costume (with some exceptions).
Thank you for trusting us to share good advice for your 2025 Disneyland trip plan.
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