This Disney California Journey and Disneyland journey refurbishment calendar for 2024 lists short-term attraction closures so you realize what received’t be working earlier than planning your trip. Moreover, we provide information about reimagining tasks which are underway to reinforce experiences across the resort. (Up to date April 1, 2024.)
Whereas nobody needs attraction closures throughout their go to, they’re a vital a part of conserving Disneyland and Disney California Journey in good situation, as routine upkeep, security upgrades, and attraction enhancements are all performed throughout scheduled journey closures. Often, there are solely a handful of simultaneous closed rides, plus new sights being constructed.
Having an thought of which sights are closed at Disneyland and Disney California Journey is necessary, however we suggest consulting our 2024 Disneyland Trip Planning Information for extra complete information. That covers the whole lot from saving cash on park tickets and accommodations to the place to eat, when to go to, and extra.
Along with scheduled attraction refurbs, unscheduled downtime also can happen throughout a go to. This often solely happens for just a few hours at a time, so when you discover an attraction is closed throughout your go to to Disneyland Resort and it’s not listed under, it’s probably a brief closure that may final just a few hours. Verify with close by Solid Members to substantiate.
Under is a schedule of Disneyland and Disney California Journey refurbishments, when the closure begins, and when the refurbishment will conclude. To the extent that particular dates should not but listed, these shall be up to date as soon as Disneyland Resort gives exact begin and/or finish dates. The next day shall be when the attraction is scheduled to reopen.
Listed below are the closure schedules for Disney California Journey and Disneyland…
Disney California Journey
- Beast’s Library within the Disney Animation Constructing – Completely closed
- Higher Collectively: A Pixar Buddies Celebration! Parade – Debuts on April 26, 2024
- Membership Pixar – Debuts on April 26, 2024
- Incredicoaster – Closed April 8-18, 2024
- Paint the Evening Parade – Return Date Unknown
- Redwood Creek Problem Path – Closed in Spring 2024 (Reopening TBD)
- Rogers: The Musical – Return Date Unknown
The excellent news is that refurbishment ‘season’ is over. All through the winter, there have been a couple of half-dozen completely different journey closures, all of which ended earlier than the center of Spring Break. With California’s vacationer season quick approaching, there may be one other window throughout which journey closures may very well be added within the second half of April and Might 2024. So it’s doable this isn’t the ultimate record for the following couple of months–we’ll maintain you posted if extra is added on the final minute.
Subsequent, let’s check out the 2024 Disneyland attraction closure calendar…
Disneyland
- Adventureland Treehouse – Now open!
- Astro Orbitor – Reopens April 5, 2024
- Fantasmic – Returns Might 24, 2024
- Nice Moments with Mr. Lincoln – Closed April 16, 2024 till TBD
- Haunted Mansion – Reopening Date TBD (Probably Fall 2024)
- Predominant Avenue Electrical Parade – Return Date Unknown
- Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – Closing Might 1, 2024 (Probably Reopening in Fall 2024)
- Matterhorn Bobsleds – Closed April 15-18, 2024
- “Mickey’s Combine Magic” – Returns April 15-25, 2024
- Splash Mountain – Completely closed
- Story of the Lion King – Completely closed
- Collectively Without end – A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular – Returns April 26 to August 24, 2024
- Wondrous Journeys Fireworks – Now taking part in by way of April 14, 2024
The massive closure on the calendar for Disneyland is Haunted Mansion, which is probably going closed for the following a number of months. As mentioned in Haunted Mansion New Grounds & Retailer Coming in 2024 to Disneyland, this can be a huge venture–a lot bigger in scope and scale than the conventional Nightmare Earlier than Christmas overlay removing.
Our expectation at this level in watching the work progress during the last couple of months–and seeing the queue completely torn up–is that the common Haunted Mansion received’t reopen in any respect in 2025. At this level, Haunted Mansion Vacation opening with the beginning of Halloween season in late August 2024 even feels prefer it may very well be a stretch.
One other main closure on the horizon is close by Haunted Mansion–all of Critter Nation goes down beginning Might 1, 2024 aside from Hungry Bear Restaurant. This consists of the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, plus the present retailers and the character meet & greets.
Disneyland’s acknowledged motive for the closure is to transform two of the present retailers into Princess and the Frog themed places. Nevertheless, this can be a comparatively small scale change and will probably be completed in brief order with out closing the entire land. Our perception is that there are considerations about crowd movement (with Haunted Mansion already down) as soon as Fantasmic returns. Between that and a need to have the whole thing of Critter Nation closed to facilitate smoother building on Tiana’s Bayou Journey, it simply is smart to shut the land till the reimagined journey is prepared.
Talking of which, Splash Mountain is formally closed to be reimagined into a brand new journey primarily based on The Princess and the Frog. There are already seen indicators of the transformation into Tiana’s Bayou Journey.
The transformation timeline is an aggressive one, however Tiana’s Bayou Journey is already taking form and progress seems to be transferring at a brisk tempo. Nonetheless, Splash Mountain closed a number of months later at Disneyland than it did Walt Disney World, and there’s zero probability the Disneyland model is completed by Summer season 2024.
Finest case situation for Tiana’s Bayou Journey at Disneyland is a Fall Break opening in mid-October 2024. Extra lifelike is it debuting between Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. And that’s assuming there aren’t any delays.
Now, just a few notes concerning the above refurbishments. Disneyland is infamous for altering its refurbishment schedules, including or canceling deliberate downtimes weeks or days prematurely. Whereas this follow remains to be comparatively unusual within the grand scheme of issues, it’s value stating as a result of it does occur.
Now, right here’s a little bit of our philosophy regarding refurbishments, with the precise instance of the current multi-year Disneyland Railroad refurbishment used for instance…
Ideas on Refurbishments
No one likes a favourite attraction to be refurbished throughout their trip. It means lacking out and probably not having the ability to expertise the journey for one more 12 months or longer, relying upon the frequency of your visits to Disneyland. A few years in the past, the Disneyland Railroad closed for an prolonged refurbishment as a result of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge building.
At first, we have been actually upset. This would possibly look like an odd attraction to lament the closure of, however as Southern Californians with Disneyland Annual Passes, this was an absolute favourite of ours. We rode often after we needed to relaxation our toes, or just a break from the crowds. Apart from perhaps ‘it’s a small world’, we did Disneyland Railroad greater than another attraction.
Nevertheless, that preliminary disappointment fairly rapidly gave method to pleasure. We started occupied with methods Disneyland Railroad may very well be plussed, enhancing the expertise for years to come back. Disney had already introduced that some modifications can be made (because the monitor wanted to be re-routed), and we have been excited for the prospect of recent present scenes or different visuals.
From my perspective, investing within the long-term high quality of an attraction is much extra necessary than the short-term satisfaction I’ll get out of using it on my subsequent go to. Because of this it all the time perplexes me when regulars contend that their trip shall be ruined as a result of their favourite attraction shall be closed.
If it’s your favourite attraction and also you’re energetic within the Disney fan group, which means you’ve been to Disneyland earlier than and doubtless will go to once more. It might thus stand to motive that you’d need one thing you like to get the TLC it deserves, and proceed to enhance.
Disneyland Railroad works as a great instance right here…largely as a result of it did obtain important modifications and enhancements. (Arguably, the Rivers of America suffered as a result of being condensed, however that’s one other matter for one more day–we cowl all points of this in our New-Look Grand Circle Tour of Disneyland put up.)
The purpose extends to different sights which have seen related plussings, but in addition have extra of an issue with results breaking. Take Indiana Jones Journey, for instance. This can be a journey that appears to get a refurbishment about each different 12 months (generally extra ceaselessly) and we’d argue that it may in all probability use extra common upkeep than that.
If you’re a long-term fan, would you quite expertise Indiana Jones Journey each single go to with 75% of the consequences working, or each single go to minus one or two with 95% of the consequences working? For me, the reply to that’s simple. I’ll take a superior long run expertise each time.
Past that, there’s the way more compelling justification for normal refurbishments: they’re important for the security of sights. Whereas we could consider these sights as all enjoyable and video games that provide a protected sense of exhilaration, that’s when they’re correctly maintained.
It’s disagreeable to consider, however there have been a number of preventable deaths within the historical past of Disney’s parks. Throughout a darkish period of Disneyland historical past, improper upkeep was the reason for loss of life on Massive Thunder Mountain. Likewise, years of neglect at Disneyland Paris have led to incidents of damage that may very well be attributed to an absence of upkeep. In each circumstances, this has been addressed, and upkeep has improved significantly.
This isn’t meant to scare anybody or provoke an emotional response. Disney’s worldwide security report is sterling as in comparison with different park operators. It’s nonetheless necessary to keep in mind that these enjoyable, ‘magical’ locations additionally exist in the true world and use a whole lot of probably harmful parts if security isn’t seen as key. (Or, in Disney’s case, one of many 4 Keys.)
In terms of upkeep that isn’t important to the protected operation of an attraction, we’re left to ponder what quantity of present high quality ought to be accepted. If following a strict Nunis-ian interpretation of the 4 Keys, present is a vital consideration, and it ought to all the time be 100%. This can be a good objective to attempt for, however the sensible actuality is that 100% present high quality is an unworkably excessive threshold generally.
In my estimation, this can be a good instance of balancing visitor pursuits with present high quality. Get the consequences working which are simply fixable, and discover different methods to handle results which are ceaselessly breaking. We’re not speaking about security right here, simply random results. Indiana Jones Journey has had a variety of results disabled or changed through the years as a result of they have been unreliable.
Friends are understandably involved when it seems an inordinate variety of sights are closing throughout their trip, particularly out of state guests. Journeys to California should not low cost and are sometimes as soon as in a lifetime experiences; first-timers definitely don’t need to miss out on experiences about which they’ve learn intensive hype.
With that mentioned, Disneyland and Disney California Journey should be publishing their routine refurbishment schedules a number of months prematurely, permitting visitors to plan round closures. Disney plans upkeep properly prematurely, and this information ought to be handed alongside to visitors. For probably the most half, it’s.
Clearly, unplanned upkeep can happen, which takes rides out of fee for hours and even days on the final minute. That is an unavoidable a part of refined theme park sights, and there’s no actual method to “plan round” this. It simply is what it’s.
Nevertheless, the issue with a “not throughout my trip” perspective like that is that it’s all the time going to be somebody’s (or tens of 1000’s of someones) trip. If Disneyland and Disney California Journey sights with present high quality points aren’t shut for refurbishments for concern of some visitors throughout a time-limited window lacking out, all visitors in perpetuity are going to have a lesser expertise.
The tip results of that pondering is a duct-tapped method to attraction upkeep, with no matter work that may be performed in a single day completed, and two parks stuffed with sights with half their results damaged. First-timers can be left questioning why there was a lot hype about Disneyland within the first place, as so many parts of rides merely don’t work. When you’re studying this as a lifelong fan, properly…perhaps you wouldn’t have turn into a lifelong fan if this have been truly Disneyland’s modus operandi.
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Your Ideas…
Any questions concerning the present refurbishments at Disneyland Resort? What do you consider refurbishments on the Disney Parks? Are you extra involved about an improved long-term expertise, or do you assume “not throughout my trip!”? Another elements you assume are value contemplating? As talked about, we predict this can be a dialog, so please share your ‘refurbishment philosophy’, or another ideas or questions you’ve got, within the feedback!
