Disneyland Holidays 2023: A Magical Celebration
The holiday season at Disneyland Resort returns from November 10, 2023, to January 7, 2024, transforming The Happiest Place on Earth into a winter wonderland. Disneyland Holidays 2023 invites guests to create cherished memories through festive entertainment, seasonal decor, themed attractions, and delicious holiday treats.
Disneyland Holidays 2022
Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure
Disney California Adventure Park will once again host the Disney Festival of Holidays, celebrating Christmas, Navidad, Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Three Kings Day. Guests can savor diverse flavors with new and returning dishes like southern mac and cheese and beef brisket sliders. Live performances will light up the Palisades Stage, Sonoma Terrace, and—for the first time—the Hollywood Backlot.
Food lovers can purchase a Sip and Savor Pass, offering eight entitlement tabs redeemable for select food and nonalcoholic beverages throughout the Festival of Holidays. The pass lets families sample their way through the celebration.
¡Viva Navidad! Celebrates 10 Years
In Paradise Gardens Park, Disney ¡Viva Navidad! Returns for its tenth season with The Three Caballeros hosting a vibrant street party. Expect Mexican folklórico dancers, mariachis, Brazilian samba dancers, giant puppets, and appearances by Mickey, Minnie, and Mirabel from “Encanto.” Guests can also enjoy a new menu at Paradise Garden Grill.
Festive Decor Across the Resort
Disneyland Holidays 2023 will bring festive decor throughout Disneyland Park, Disney California Adventure, Downtown Disney District, and the Disneyland Resort hotels. Guests will marvel at towering Christmas trees, Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle draped in icicles, and nightly snowfall on Main Street, U.S.A. Don’t miss the giant gingerbread house at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.
Beloved attractions will shine with holiday overlays, including “it’s a small world” Holiday and Haunted Mansion Holiday in Disneyland Park, plus Luigi’s Joy to the Whirl and Mater’s Jingle Jamboree in Cars Land.
Parades, Shows, and Entertainment
Mickey and friends will debut midcentury modern-inspired holiday outfits in Disneyland Park. Guests can catch Santa Claus posing for photos at Critter Country, Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, and Disneyland Hotel.
“A Christmas Fantasy Parade” returns with characters from “Frozen” and “Toy Story,” while “Believe…In Holiday Magic” lights up the sky with fireworks and snow. Disney California Adventure’s “Mickey’s Happy Holidays” and the Holiday Toy Drummers will delight families multiple times daily.
The season wraps up each night with “World of Color – Season of Light,” celebrating love and togetherness through fountains, lights, and music. Downtown Disney District adds live holiday music at the Downtown Disney LIVE! Stage and cozy entertainment at Disneyland Resort hotels.
In addition to holiday shopping and dining in the Downtown Disney District. Guests can groove to various “mistle-toe-tapping” live musical performances on select evenings at the Downtown Disney LIVE! Stage. On some nights at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa and Disneyland Hotel, live entertainment will create a wonderfully cozy atmosphere.
