Disney has introduced that Halloween Time at Disneyland and California Journey will return with frightfully enjoyable experiences and leisure starting August 22, 2025. With limited-time leisure, meals and drinks, merchandise and extra, this season brings household and associates collectively to thrill in foolish scares and honored traditions.
Along with spooktacular thrills, the Disneyland Resort seventieth Celebration continues to supply particular anniversary leisure, experiences and extra. Which means that company will be capable to each ‘Rejoice Blissful’ and have a good time Halloween–extra on what is going to and received’t be supplied from the seventieth throughout Halloween under.
The August 22, 2025 begin date is sooner than ever, beating final 12 months by at some point when Halloween Time at Disneyland started in August–the primary time ever it had ever kicked off that early. For many years, Halloween used to begin the primary Friday in September, typically with a gentle opening on the Thursday earlier than that. As is nearly at all times the case, Halloween Time at Disneyland will run by October 31, 2025.
At Disneyland, the beloved Haunted Mansion Vacation attraction overlay invitations you right into a world the place Halloween’s spooky appeal collides with Christmas’s magical glow. It’s a must-see for followers of “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas” who wish to reunite with Santa Jack, Sally and Zero contained in the eerie property.
Catch “Halloween Screams,” the nighttime spectacular crammed with haunting projections and particular results displaying creatures of the evening and Disney Villains like Hades and Ursula. On choose nights, your expertise could also be accompanied by fireworks over the skies of Disneyland.
Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and their associates will gown to impress this Halloween in vibrant new appears that includes swirling colours of purple, inexperienced and orange — a twist on their Disneyland seventieth Anniversary Celebration outfits! I completely love these–Mickey Mouse appears like a wizard of the underworld!
These costumes change yearly and are an enormous hit with followers, and make for enjoyable merchandising tie-ins. Assembly the characters for Halloween could be a tad difficult. All of those meet & greets are in City Sq., however the areas aren’t clearly marked, the characters rotate, and most shouldn’t have PhotoPass. If you wish to meet them, your greatest guess is being in City Sq. between 9:45 am and a couple of pm, which is when most of them seem.
Failing that, a few of them are again out within the evenings. These appearances are extra sporadic, and characters will not be out throughout the fireworks or Paint the Evening (they do roam the parade route shortly earlier than the primary Paint the Evening, which is fairly enjoyable to see). Another choice is seeing them on the very starting of the day, shortly after Disneyland opens and so they seem on the Practice Station; additionally they do the identical factor on the finish of the evening. This isn’t a meet & greet, however you will get selfies and see them far more simply.
Over at Disney California Journey, Radiator Springs will tackle its wheelie boo-tiful transformation — Radiator Screams — that includes Halloween overlays like Luigi’s Honkin’ Haul-O-Ween and Mater’s Graveyard JamBOOree. Lightning McQueen and his associates will participate within the enjoyable of their artistic car-stumes!
Out there within the evenings at Avengers Campus, Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: BREAKOUT! transforms into Guardians of the Galaxy — Monsters After Darkish. This implies you’ll be able to expertise two variations of this attraction in the identical day.
Monsters After Darkish has a unique plot, beginning instantly after the conclusion of Mission: BREAKOUT when (spoiler alert!), the Guardians have efficiently escaped the Collector’s Fortress. Sadly, Groot was unintentionally left behind. So now you’re serving to Rocket distract the creatures whereas he saves Groot. There’s additionally an oddball tune, “Monsters After Darkish,” created particularly for this attraction.
One thing’s brewing within the Disney Theater for youths and the children at coronary heart… it’s Mickey Mouse and his friends dressing as much as have a good time Halloween in “Mickey’s Trick and Deal with” on the Disney Theater in DCA.
This interactive present will briefly change “Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Dwell!” throughout the fall season, ringing within the spirit of spooky with none actual scares. You’ll even get to take dwelling a particular deal with. (Right here’s hoping it’s stickers.)
Mickey’s Trick and Deal with usually has a number of showings per day between round 10 am and 5 pm. It’s a number of enjoyable for youths–and an ideal possibility in case you received shut out of Oogie Boogie Bash. Our toddler, Megatron, is a large fan of each Mickey’s Trick & Deal with, and the brand new Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Dwell present.
A number of merchandise traces, together with the Mickey Mouse Household Halloween Assortment, can be accessible throughout the season. Company can nosh their means all through the resort with autumnal gadgets such because the Oogie Boogie lemonade and new jalapeño-cream cheese bread.
Everybody’s a winner in Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit! Out there from Aug. 29 by Oct. 31, you should buy an exercise map to assist your seek for Disney-themed pumpkins hidden in Disneyland park, Disney California Journey or Downtown Disney District. Search for them, full the map and trade it for a depraved prize.
When you’re on the lookout for a premium upcharge expertise, Disney’s Happiest Haunts Guided Tour reveals chilling tales and thrilling experiences in a two-hour strolling tour throughout Disneyland. The tour consists of Lightning Lane entry to a choose attraction and reserved viewing for “Halloween Screams.”
Halloween on the Motels of Disneyland Resort
Uncover what décor may very well be lurking across the nook on the Motels of the Disneyland Resort. Goofy’s Kitchen is as soon as once more again with a Halloween twist for 2025, as Goofy and his friends will don their seasonal outfits for a eating expertise like no different at Disneyland Lodge. We attended this final 12 months for Megatron’s 1st Birthday! Learn and see extra in our put up: Goofy’s Kitchen Celebrates Halloween Character Eating Expertise (Images & Assessment).
At Disney’s Grand Californian Lodge & Spa, Storytellers Cafe will conjure an all-new autumn-inspired breakfast and brunch, full with seasonal décor and characters debuting new festive appears. Learn and see extra in our put up: Mickey’s Autumn Adventures Halloween & Thanksgiving Character Eating Expertise (Images & Assessment).
In a single day company on the three lodges can get pleasure from particular perks, equivalent to deal with trails on choose afternoons and the choice to buy a Halloween-themed in-room celebration, which incorporates festively themed reward baskets and decorations.
For the primary time, Damaged Spell Lounge on the Disneyland Lodge will function a cocktail menu themed to Disney Villains!
You’ll uncover a skeleTON of seasonal delights at Disney’s Grand Californian Lodge & Spa! Watch pumpkin carvers flip gourds right into a masterpiece, feast your eyes on a confectionery show within the foyer and deal with your self to Halloween-inspired therapies at Tenaya Stone Spa.
Plaza de la Familia
Extending past the tip of Halloween Time by November 2, 2025, Disney California Journey welcomes the return of Plaza de la Familia, a vibrant celebration honoring the spirit of Día de los Muertos by music, meals, artwork and storytelling impressed by Pixar Animation Studios’ “Coco.”
Via tune and dance, “The Storytellers of the Plaza de la Familia Rejoice the Musical World of Coco!” road efficiency brings to life the eternal bonds of household. Different returning choices embrace stay music on the Paradise Gardens Bandstand, themed craft actions, colourful décor and a celebratory menu of Mexican delicacies at Paradise Backyard Grill. Releasing in early September, the brand new Disney Pixar Coco Assortment will introduce new attire, equipment, headwear and extra impressed by the movie.
Frontierland in Disneyland additionally pays tribute to Día de los Muertos. The world close to Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante can be adorned with skeleton figures, sensible marigolds and different ornamental gadgets usually displayed on ofrendas.
Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Social gathering
The individually ticketed Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Social gathering again at Disney California Journey on choose nights from August 17 by October 31, 2025. Admission to the after-hours occasion additionally consists of entry to DCA three hours earlier than the social gathering begins and limitless Disney PhotoPass digital picture downloads from the social gathering.
Throughout this family-friendly, after-hours occasion, you’ll be able to creep by Villains Grove at Redwood Creek Problem Path, fulfill your candy tooth and encounter characters at immersive Deal with Trails and benefit from the “Frightfully Enjoyable Parade.” You may as well make your parade viewing further candy by reserving spots for the Oogie Boogie Bash Dessert Social gathering.
Mark your calendars! Tickets for Oogie Boogie Bash go on sale to most of the people on June 26, 2025, no sooner than 9 a.m. PT. Pre-sale tickets can be accessible for Magic Key holders no sooner than 9 a.m. PT on Disneyland.com starting on the under dates:
- Encourage Magic Key holders (restricted quantity of tickets for pre-sale): June 24, 2025
- All Magic Key holders (restricted quantity of tickets for pre-sale): June 25, 2025
When you’re ready within the on-line queue to buy tickets, you will be notified by way of electronic mail when it’s your time to enter the ticket retailer. As soon as within the queue, select the “notify me” possibility and enter your electronic mail handle.
Disneyland 70th Anniversary Celebration Continues
The fusion of fall favorites and the Disneyland Resort 70th Celebration is really a sight to behold.
Not solely will you get to expertise all of those superior autumn festivities, however you continue to get to get pleasure from seventieth Celebration leisure. Anniversary choices that may proceed all through the Halloween season embrace the dazzling “Paint the Evening” parade, the nighttime spectacular “World of Colour Happiness!,” “Tapestry of Happiness” projections and thematic nods on Toy Story Halfway Mania!
Areas and points of interest across the resort will retain particular touches, together with ornamental accents and the colourful fort picture alternative within the esplanade. Interactive MagicBand+ areas and the Key to Disneyland lock stations will stay accessible.
Which means that the “Mickey and Associates Rejoice Blissful!” cavalcade, “Wondrous Journeys” nighttime spectacular and “Higher Collectively: A Pixar Friends Celebration!” parade will briefly pause to make means for seasonal Halloween leisure choices, then resume at a later time.
Primarily based on previous precedent and the language of the press launch, our expectation is that a number of the Disneyland seventieth Anniversary decorations will finish with the beginning of Halloween. The big Mickey Mouse pumpkin is prone to return to City Sq., as that’s a fan favourite; which means it’ll displace the smaller 70 picture op that includes Mickey & Minnie, which may very well be situated elsewhere.
All of this can be a massive win for company. The very best facets of the Disneyland seventieth Anniversary proceed all through Halloween, and solely the middling ones (apart from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Dwell) go on hiatus. Visiting throughout the dwelling stretch of the 12 months ought to current an ideal alternative to double-dip on the highlights of seasonal occasions and the anniversary celebration!
This is kind of what we noticed with Disney100 a few years in the past. The distinction is that Disneyland has totally dedicated to the seventieth Anniversary being an 18-month celebration, whereas Disney100 simply type of fizzled out by itself throughout Halloween and Christmas, and didn’t return early the subsequent 12 months.
Against this, Disneyland’s seventieth can be again in early 2026. In reality, we’d anticipate the celebration to get a ‘second wind’ of kinds, with new additions for the house stretch in 2026. However that’s one other story for an additional day. For now, it’s time to get excited for the 2025 Halloween Time at Disneyland!
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