2026 Disneyland Events


Seasonal Events at the Disneyland Resort are frequent, and can be difficult to keep track of. California Adventure's Food and Wine, holiday celebrations, attraction overlays, and new attraction debuts keep the parks dynamic. You can find information on these scattered through the official website, but there isn't an easily accessible annual calendar to help you plan you visit. To help you plan your visit, we've collected some of the big events of 2026 here. This list includes major attraction reopenings and upgrades, openings for new attractions, and separate ticketed events.

(Last updated January 1, 2026)

Events

  • Disneyland's 70th Anniversary Celebration
    • January 1 through August 9
    • Includes World of Color Happiness at California Adventure and the Tapestry of Happiness at "it's a small world"
  • Monsters, Inc.: Mike and Sully to the Rescue closes
    • Early 2026
  • Lunar New Year
    • January 23 through February 22
  • Celebrate Gospel
    • February 20, 21, 27, 28
    • In the Downtown Disney District
  • California Adventure Food & Wine
    • March 6 through April 27
  • Bluey debuts at the Fantasyland Theater
    • March 22
  • Hyperspace Mountain
    • Returns April 28
    • End date not yet announced
  • Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run gets new mission based on The Mandalorian and Grogu
    • May 22
  • Soarin' Across America debuts
    • July 2

Attraction Poster for Soarin' Across America, opening at Epcot "by Memorial Day" 2026
  • D23 Day at Disneyland Resort
    • August 13
  • Disney Jr. Let's Play! Party
    • August 13 through 16
    • August 13 will have activities at California Adventure
    • August 14 through 16 will have activities at Downtown Disney
  • Halloween Time
    • August 21 through 31
  • Coco: Plaza de la Familia
    • August 21 through November 2
  • The Holidays Begin Here
    • November 18 through the New Year
  • Earl of Sandwich opens in Downtown Disney
    • Date not yet announced
  • Gordan Ramsay at the Carnaby opens in Downtown Disney
    • Date not yet announced

Disneyland After Dark and Oogie Boogie Bash (Separate Ticketed Events)

Sweethearts' Nite and other Disneyland After Hours    


  • Sweethearts' Nite
    • January 22, 25, and 27
    • February 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, and 17
  • 70 Years of Favorites
    • March 3 and 5
  • Disney Channel Nite
    • April 12, 14, 16
  • Star Wars Nite
    • April 28 and 30
    • May 4 and 6
  • Pride Nite
    • June 16 and 18
  • Oogie Boogie Bash
    • August 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, and 30
    • September 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20 , 22, 24, 27, and 29
    • October 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29, and 31
  • EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
    • March 4 through June 1
  • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Reopens with new story updates
    • Specific date not yet announced
  • Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin Reopens with new blasters and targets
    • Specific date not yet announced
    • Blasters will be tethered to the vehicle like Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters at Disneyland instead of mounted to the vehicle.
  • Cool Kids' Summer

Other

As the year progresses, Disney will make more events available; but this should cover most of the major things we'll see. Keep an eye out for discounts and special offers, too. This year may mark the beginning of construction for the Avatar area, the Coco dark ride, the Avengers expansion in California Adventure, and the new transportation hub across Harbor Boulevard. At this point, construction is focused on California Adventure. Once these projects are complete, the next ones to start will likely be either the new project on the Toy Story parking lot or the westward expansion of the two parks into the limited parking areas around Downtown Disney and the Disneyland hotels.

Concept Art for the potential westward expansion of Disneyland, part of Disneyland Forward


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