Disneyland During Christmas - A Great and Exciting Spectacle - Starts Nov 11th

Disneyland During Christmas Full Rundown.

Disneyland During Christmas is a neat site to see!

The festivities kick off on Friday, Nov. 11, and run through Sunday, Jan. 7.

Holidays at the Disneyland Resort allow families to enjoy treasured traditions at the “Happiest Place on Earth.” This year, the parks offer plenty of joyful activities for “kids from 1 to 92.”

While snow is rare outside the mountain communities in Southern California, beginning on Nov. 24, parkgoers can enjoy nightly snowfall at Downtown Disney.

Come Take Pictures with Santa

Through Christmas Eve, Santa Claus will be available to pose for family photos and will make frequent stops in Critter Country in Disneyland, as well as the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail in Disneyland California Adventure, the Disneyland Hotel, and Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.

Disney Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure Park will offer cuisine celebrating Navidad, Kwanzaa Diwali, Hanukkah, and Three Kings Day.

Also at Disney California Adventure Park, Disney ¡Viva Navidad! returns to Paradise Gardens Park for its tenth season, where families can enjoy menu items such as torta and chocolate cake flan.

The Christmas Decor is Out!

Mickey Mouse and crew will wear all-new outfits that will intertwine classic red and green with mid-century modern-inspired looks.

At night, Disney fans can enjoy “A Christmas Fantasy” Parade at Disneyland with characters from Disney’s “Frozen” and Pixar’s “Toy Story.”

As if that wasn’t enough, the sky will be illuminated each night with the spectacular fireworks show titled “Believe… In Holiday Magic.”

Disneyland Overview

Disneyland is a theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It was the first theme park opened by The Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney, and opened on July 17, 1955.

Disney initially envisioned building a tourist attraction adjacent to his studios in Burbank to entertain fans who wished to visit; however, he soon realized that the proposed site was too small for the ideas that he had. After hiring the Stanford Research Institute to perform a feasibility study determining an appropriate site for his project, Disney bought a 160-acre (65 ha) site near Anaheim in 1953. The park was designed by a creative team hand-picked by Walt from internal and outside talent.

The Park Founded Walt Disney Imagineering.

They founded WED Enterprises, the precursor to today’s Walt Disney Imagineering. Construction began in 1954 and the park was unveiled during a special televised press event on the ABC Television Network on July 17, 1955. Since its opening, Disneyland has undergone expansions and major renovations, including the addition of New Orleans Square in 1966, Bear Country in 1972, Mickey’s Toontown in 1993, and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in 2019. Additionally, Disney California Adventure Park opened in 2001 on the site of Disneyland’s original parking lot.

Disneyland is Monumental

Disneyland has a larger cumulative attendance than any other theme park in the world, with 757 million visits since it opened (as of December 2021). In 2022, the park had approximately 16.9 million visits, making it the second most visited amusement park in the world that year, behind only Magic Kingdom, the very park it inspired. According to a 2005 Disney report, 65,700 jobs are supported by the Disneyland Resort, including about 20,000 direct Disney employees and 3,800 third-party employees (independent contractors or their employees). Disney announced “Project Stardust” in 2019, which included major structural renovations to the park to account for higher attendance numbers.

Disneyland Park consists of nine themed “lands” and a number of concealed backstage areas, and occupies over 100 acres (40 ha) with the new addition of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway that came to Mickey’s Toontown in 2023. The park opened with Main Street, U.S.A., Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland, and has since added New Orleans Square in 1966, Bear Country (now known as Critter Country) in 1972, and Mickey’s Toontown in 1993, and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in 2019.

In 1957, Holiday land opened to the public with a nine-acre (3.6 ha) recreation area including a circus and baseball diamond, and was closed in late 1961. Throughout the park are “Hidden Mickeys”, representations of Mickey Mouse heads inserted subtly into the design of attractions and environmental decor. An elevated berm supports the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge Disneyland Railroad that circumnavigates the park.