food IS a theme park
We’ve been using Mobile Order a TON lately all throughout Disney World, and placing mobile orders through the Disneyland App as well.
Jingle Bell Sipper
Ever wished you could just use a Disney app in some way to speed up your merchandise shopping experience while in the parks too? Well, Disney is now testing out something that could do just that, and we got to check it out today!
Downtown Disney has been gradually reopening various shopping and dining locations, in line with California’s health and safety guidelines.
Christmas decorations in California Adventure
It’s been pretty slow-moving, but hey, we’ll take what we can get. We’ve been hanging out at Downtown Disney to check out their holiday decorations, snacks, and more. It looks like its hours are going to be extended a tiny bit as seen on Disney’s website!
Recently we saw Orange County, in which Disneyland Resort is located, push-back to the purple tier for coronavirus cases.
Disneyland Main Entrance
While Buena Vista Street reopened earlier this month, the California theme parks have remained closed due to guidelines from the state. Now, Los Angeles County has issued a safer-at-home order as cases continue to rise in the area.
With Buena Vista Street now open, we’ve got LOTS more shopping and dining to do all throughout Downtown Disney at Disneyland Resort!
Carthay Circle
Come with us on a trip today throughout all of Downtown Disney to see what’s new! We’ve got comfy and cute spirit jerseys, a holiday cupcake, a new overhead announcement, and more!
Disney dining can be a curious thing, and at times it can almost seem like a tale of two dining experiences. On the one hand, you can easily find your fair share of cheeseburgers, pizza, plastic cheese, chicken fingers, and corndogs. On the other hand, Disney is no stranger to cranking out solid signature dining restaurants with top-notch service and dishes that would rival many fine-dining restaurants around the world.
Carthay Circle
Our recent visit to Buena Vista Street in Disney’s California Adventure, the newest extension of Downtown Disney to reopen on November 19th, was a perfect example of this juxtaposition. After chowing down on our beloved corndogs over at Award Wieners and eating a rather…sad…cheeseburger at Smokejumpers Grill, we sat down at Carthay Circle Lounge Alfresco Dining for a “total 180.”
If you’ve been following along with us at DFB for the past few weeks, then you’ve probably seen TONS of holiday posts and articles from Walt Disney World.
Christmas at Magic Kingdom
However, we’ve also been spending time celebrating on the West Coast at Disneyland Resort! Even though the parks aren’t open, we’ve been checking out all the holiday offerings in Downtown Disney and the newly reopened Buena Vista Street. We’ve tried holiday snacks, shopped for holiday merchandise, and even gotten to experience Christmas decorations! And when strolling through Buena Vista Street in Disney California Adventure today, we spotted an adorable Christmas cupcake that we couldn’t resist!
We’re strolling through Downtown Disney today and we stumbled across some Christmastime FAVORITES!
Buena Vista Street
Did someone say jingle bells? We already spotted the GREEN Jingle Bell Sipper in Disney World and we’ve already fallen in love with the (pretty much matching) Mickey Jingle Bell Glow Cube. Now, Disneylanders get the chance to too as these FAVORITE souvenirs arrive in Downtown Disney!
When we first learned about Avengers Campus at Disneyland Resort, we were SUPER excited! And although Disneyland Resort’s closure delayed the project, we’re still hoping to see it sometime next year.
Avengers Campus Progress
We’ve already spotted construction progress, and we previously got sneak peeks of a SUPER COOL stunt Spider-Man, interesting food offerings, and some awesome merch, like the remote-controlled Spider-bots! We recently got word that the Interactive Remote Control Spider-bots would soon be available for purchase at Downtown Disney, and guess what?
Disneyland Resort reopened a small portion of Disney California Adventure Park for shopping and dining.
Carthay Circle
Buena Vista Street welcomed guests last week with modified gift shops and outdoor dining options. The Carthay Circle Lounge was adjusted to fit the California health mandates that require restaurants to seat diners outdoors. The lounge is now serving guests on a new make-shift patio. Upon opening, the lounge was only taking walk-up reservations for guests visiting Buena Vista Street…until now!
Downtown Disney has been continuing its slow and steady phased reopening with the addition of Buena Vista Street reopening for shopping and dining last week. With Orange County currently in the most restrictive reopening tier, only outdoor dining is permitted at this time.
UVA Bar
That said, outdoor dining is still available, and another restaurant in the Downtown Disney District will be reopening its doors TODAY for guests!
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