Disneyland opened a new land called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. The land is adjacent to Fantasyland, and pops out next to the Hungry Bear restaurant in Critter Country. Reservations are required from May 30 until June 23rd, which sold out on the day they were released. The other […]
Dapper Day is an unofficial weekend event held at Disneyland, Walt Disney World and Disneyland Paris, where people get dressed up and stroll around the resort. It is held twice a year, and last Fall, Stephen and I participated for the first time. We enjoyed it so much, […]
Ballast Point is a brewing company based in San Diego, California. They have 4 locations in San Diego, one in Temecula, Long Beach, Chicago (IL), Daleville (VA) and one in downtown Disney, Anaheim. The location used to belong to Build a Bear, but Disney wanted more eateries, and […]
I was trying to find something special for Valentine’s Day and came across the “Classic Disney Afternoon Tea” inside Steakhouse 55 at the Disneyland Hotel. The hotel was also integrating the “Mickey’s 90th Celebration” as a tea theme, so their “normal” afternoon tea included specially decorated treats for […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Disneyland Resort is in full holiday mode, and Disney California Adventure is celebrating the Festival of Holidays until January 8th. Throughout the park, there are food stands offering tasting size menus of food celebrated from around the world. Guests and […]
On September 18th, Mickey celebrated his 90th birthday, and there were commemorative items at Disneyland available only that day. So, as foolish as we are, we decided to go to Disneyland on that day, only to find out that pretty much everyone thought of doing the same thing. […]
Dapper Day is a celebration of refined style of today and yesterday. The events are held at Disneyland, as well as Disney World, and Disney Paris, and other locations. From the Dapper Day website: What is DAPPER DAY? The DAPPER DAY organization produces events that let you “step […]
On the Disneyland website, they had information on the Happiest Haunts Tour. It looked interesting, and I figured for $85 it must be a special tour… so I called guest services and grabbed the 1:05 tour for October 21st. As an annual passholder, I did get a discount […]
It’s Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort. Stephen and I wanted to try some of the seasonal goodies that was being offered. On the Disneyland website, they had the breakdown of the goodies, and the locations. We started off at Disney California Adventure (DCA) for the special Oktoberfest […]
Happy Birthday to Stephen! For his birthday, I decided to splurge and make reservations at the River Belle Terrace for the Fantasmic Preferred Viewing Dining at 8:00 pm. Our day started off at 9:am with breakfast at Carnation Café, and used our Disney Max Pass to get on attractions […]
National Fried Chicken day was Friday, July 6th but Disneyland Resort took it a step further and had the Fried Chicken Festival for the entire weekend. There was no additional perk or discount, but if you purchased a fried chicken dinner, you would get a commemorative button at […]
Happy 4th of July! This year America’s birthday landed on a Wednesday, so unless I took the Monday and Tuesday prior, or the Thursday and Friday after, I only had one day off. Stephen and I decided to spend it at Disneyland (despite the 90 degree heat!). We […]
In January 2018, Disney California Adventured closed the Paradise Pier section of the park to give it a rebranding called Pixar Pier, where everything is themed with characters from the Pixar movies. Last weekend, the pier reopened, and in the rebranding was the Lamplight Lounge, formerly the Cove […]
Happy 55th Anniversary to the beloved attraction, The enchanted Tiki Room. On Saturday, June 23rd, to commemorate the anniversary, Disney was selling a park exclusive Tiki Room Funko at both Disneyland and Disney World. My friend Chrissy was going to be out of town, and really wanted one, so I woke […]
The weekend of January 6-7 was a busy one at Disney California Adventure. Not only was it the first non black out weekend for most passholders, it was the last weekend for the Festival of Holidays, and the last weekend for The Cove Bar. The Cove Bar is […]
With the holidays over, it’s time for Disney California Adventure to close down their Festival of Holidays event. Stephen and I had some tabs left on our “sip and savor” pass, and went on Saturday, January 6 to use them before meeting up with Shellie at the Cove Bar, […]
While having lunch at Carthay Circle, I decided to purchase the “Max” Fastpass, a new feature offered by Disneyland Resort. A regular Fastpass is free, but you need to go to the actual attraction location to get a ticket which will “hold your place in line”. The Max […]
