Disneyland Preview — Week of November 25

Thanksgiving is in the rear view mirror as we move forward through the holiday season! Read on to find out what to expect in this week’s Disneyland preview.

Special Events and Notes

Lots of holiday touches at every turn at Disneyland! Make sure you check out the Festival of Holidays at California Adventure. In addition to food and drink kiosks sprinkled throughout the park, which are always well-received, Princess Elena of Avalor has a special show, and Disney ¡Viva Navidad! will be taking place throughout the Festival.

Over at Disneyland Park, the daytime parade has been replaced by A Christmas Fantasy Parade and Believe… In Holiday Magic takes over for the evening fireworks. Also, the holiday overlays for it’s a small world and Haunted Mansion remain in place for the season. Over at Disney’s California Adventure, a couple of Cars Land attractions get the holiday treatment for the first time this year: Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters transforms into Luigi’s Joy to the Whirl, and Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree becomes Mater’s Jingle Jamboree. The resorts are all decked out with holiday decorations, including a gingerbread replica of the Grand Californian in that hotel’s lobby! Make sure you check out Rikki’s preview to learn more about what you can expect for the holidays.

During the Festival, Annual Passholders are eligible to pick up a Sip & Savor Pass for $45 that is good for eight Festival food and beverage offerings (excluding alcohol). In addition to potentially saving you some money, you’ll also get a lanyard and a special AP button at each kiosk where you redeem a coupon.  Passholders can stop by the AP Corner at Sonoma Terrace for exclusive photo opportunities and a complimentary commemorative collectible art button.

Coco was released this past Wednesday, and Disney is currently holding “A Coco Celebration,” including a sneak peek of Disney•Pixar’s upcoming movie Coco at the Bug’s Life Theater through January 7, 2018 at Disney’s California Adventure.

Let this serve as a quick reminder that a new scene has been added to Star Tours from the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie. You’ll be visiting Crait during a battle, which you may have seen in the trailers.

Crowds

The remainder of the holiday weekend will be fairly busy, but the rest of the week will be very nice from a crowd standpoint. Even the weekend days are manageable, however.

Full details, including park-by-park crowd levels, are available on our Crowd Calendar.

Weather

Consistently pleasant weather this week in Anaheim!  Mid-to upper-70s all week with lows in the 50s and only a hint of a chance of rain on Monday.

As always, it’s wise to double check the weather as the day of your visit approaches. Check out the most up-to-date forecast here.

Shows

Back to the norm with the holidays behind us — full slate of shows on the weekend, thin schedule during the week. Detailed show schedules, including smaller productions like Storytelling at Royal Theatre, can be found here.

Show	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Fantasmic!	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
A Christmas Fantasy Parade	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
Believe … In Holiday Magic	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
World of Color	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

Admission and Hours

Several Passholder blockouts to be aware of this week: Southern California and Deluxe Passholders are blocked out on Saturday, while Southern California Select Passholders are blocked out Saturday and Sunday. All other Annual Passports will be honored all days of the week. For those of you buying tickets as day guests, single-day tickets are at Peak cost ($124/$118) Saturday, Sunday, and Friday, and Regular ($110/$104) the remainder of the week.

Regular park hours (excluding Extra Magic Hours/Magic Mornings) are as follows this week:

	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thur	Fri
Disneyland	9-12	8-12	9-9	9-9	9-9	9-10	9-12
California Adventure	9-10	8-10	9-8	9-8	9-8	9-8	9-10

As per usual, the parks will open one hour early for eligible guests at Disneyland Park Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and at Disney’s California Adventure Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Resort guests can take advantage of these hours every day of their stay for Extra Magic Hours, while guests eligible for Magic Mornings can use that benefit one day at Disneyland Park only. Full park hours can be found by clicking on each date in the Crowd Calendar.

Refurbishments

Most everything is currently operational at Disneyland. At Disneyland Park, Sailing Ship Columbia is undergoing a brief refurbishment Monday-Friday this week, and River Belle Terrace remains indefinitely closed. At California Adventure, Goofy’s Sky School is currently closed. Everything else is currently open, and no other refurbishments are scheduled for the remainder of the year. That said, just as attractions can go down unexpectedly over the course of the day, more significant issues can result in unexpected closures; as of now, however, it should be a more or less full slate of attractions until the new year.

As always, you can see the full slate of refurbishments by checking here.

That should do it for this week’s preview. Check back next week and every week to find out what’s coming down the pike! Got questions? Aware of anything else that prospective guests should know about? Let us know in the comments!