Disneyland Resort starts holiday season on 13 November
Published on 11/14/2026 at 17:39 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael MĂĽller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSHoliday programme and resort history
- Disney Festival of Holidays begins at Disney California Adventure Park on 13 November 2026.
- Sleeping Beauty Castle and Paradise Gardens Park receive seasonal programming during Holidays at the Disneyland Resort.
- Disneyland Resort opened its original park in Anaheim on 17 July 1955.
Disneyland Resort (Disneyland) began Holidays at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim on 13 November 2026, bringing seasonal entertainment and decorations to its two theme parks. The programme continues through 6 January 2027 and gives visitors from Western Europe a range of specific shows, parades and festive installations to find during the current travel period.
Holidays at the Disneyland Resort begins on 13 November
The resort operator announced the programme for 13 November 2026, with Disney Festival of Holidays taking place at Disney California Adventure Park through 6 January 2027. The official holiday programme announcement names the Anaheim resort as the venue and sets out the entertainment returning for the season.
Disney Festival of Holidays combines cultural performances with seasonal food marketplaces at Disney California Adventure. Its programme includes the Holiday Toy Drummers, the Mickey’s Happy Holidays cavalcade and selected performances of Mirabel’s Gifts of the Season at Paradise Gardens Park. The Disney ¡Viva Navidad! Street Party is scheduled for Saturdays and Sundays in Hollywood Land, with folklórico dancers, mariachis, Brazilian samba performers and Disney characters.
At Disneyland Park, A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Believe...In Holiday Magic and the holiday versions of Haunted Mansion and it is a small world are part of the wider season. The operator also says that Santa Claus will meet visitors at Mickey’s Toontown Trolley Barn and at Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, while a new holiday version of Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Dance Off! is planned for Avengers Campus.
Seasonal programme links both parks with resort history
The holiday programme uses named areas across both parks rather than a single event space. Sleeping Beauty Castle becomes Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle, with more than 80,000 lights during Wintertime Enchantment, while Paradise Gardens Park and Hollywood Land host much of the live cultural programme. This places the current event across the resort’s landmark castle, themed lands and performance stages.
The season fact sheet describes the resort as a complex in Anaheim with Disneyland Park, Disney California Adventure Park, three hotels and the Downtown Disney District. The original park opened on 17 July 1955, while Disney California Adventure Park opened in 2001, giving the current holiday programme a setting built in two major stages.
The City of Anaheim identifies the resort as a 490-acre collection of Disney properties within the wider Anaheim Resort district. Its Anaheim Resort fact sheet lists the two theme parks, Downtown Disney District and the resort hotels, as well as the Mickey & Friends and Pixar Pals parking structures.
Visiting Disneyland Resort: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- Holidays at the Disneyland Resort runs from 13 November 2026 through 6 January 2027 across Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park.
- Entry to a park requires a valid theme park ticket and a park reservation for the same park and date; entertainment and attractions may change.
- The resort is in Anaheim, California, and includes Disneyland Park, Disney California Adventure Park and the Downtown Disney District.
- The site combines themed park areas, seasonal attraction overlays, parades, live performances and named viewing areas including Paradise Gardens Park and Hollywood Land.
- Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.
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Frequently asked questions about Disneyland Resort
When does Holidays at the Disneyland Resort take place?
The programme runs from 13 November 2026 through 6 January 2027 across the resort in Anaheim.
What is included in the holiday programme?
Disney Festival of Holidays includes cultural performances, seasonal entertainment and food marketplaces at Disney California Adventure Park, while Disneyland Park presents parades and holiday attraction versions.
Where is Disneyland Resort and how do you get there?
Disneyland Resort is in Anaheim, California, and includes two theme parks, three hotels and the Downtown Disney District.
