food IS a theme park
Something new AND spooky is coming soon to Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar!
Trader Sam’s Enchanted Tiki Bar
A nightmare-ish treat is making its way to this unique lounge at the Disneyland Hotel, and you need to see it!
Our minds still can’t get over the fact that it won’t be too long before we get a new Coco attraction in Disney California Adventure!!
Together Forever at Pixar Fest ©Disney
During the D23 2024: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, we had the confirmation of the new attraction and that it will be a boat ride where we’ll see music play a large role. So, now we wanted to do a deep dive into the concept art and see if we could glean any info about the new Coco attraction coming to Disney California Adventure!
Some big changes are taking place at Disneyland Park!
Disneyland
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is under construction and set to open soon, the area around Haunted Mansion is getting an overhaul, and Critter Country is becoming Bayou Country. There are quite a few new additions! And amid all this construction, Disney added an adorable new detail to the park.
Y’all…there is SO much construction going on in Disneyland right now.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Disneyland
Yes, it’s awesome that we’re getting so many new things, including an Avatar-themed land and a new Coco ride. Downtown Disney is FULL of construction walls, but SO MANY NEW RESTAURANTS are coming to the area. Haunted Mansion is getting a new queue and gift shop! We’re also excited about Critter Country becoming Bayou Country and bringing a re-themed Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree with it. We’re MOSTLY excited about Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, though, which is making BIG progress: we spotted ride testing recently!
Planning a Disney trip can be challenging, but we’ll tell you this: it’s easier to plan for Disneyland than it is for Disney World.
Disneyland
Okay, why are we bringing this up? Well, NOW is a great time to go to Disneyland, especially with it being Halloween Time (which is a VERY big deal at the resort), although the holidays are a great time to visit, too. We’ll also admit the weather is SO nice this time of year (and you may even need a sweater at nights), especially if you don’t want to deal with humidity (it’s non-existent!). If you have a Disney Visa, though, you have a NEW excuse to book a Disneyland trip because you can save money RIGHT NOW.
Disney California Adventure’s incredibly popular World of Color show almost looked very different.
World of Color – ONE
The World of Color water show debuted at the Disneyland Resort in 2010 and has gone through a few different iterations over the past several years. Today, it has evolved into World of Color — ONE, honoring Disney’s centennial. The show occurs at Paradise Gardens Park (formerly Paradise Pier) in Disney California Adventure and features special water effects, projections, and sound and lighting effects. It also almost featured drones.
You know what makes us more excited than Disney food? NEW Disney food.
Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen
Yes, we love it when Disney introduces new items to restaurant menus and we love it when new snacks drop. In Disneyland, we’re seeing new food being added ALL THE TIME (and it’s almost too hard to keep up with it, but we do TRY). However, we recently saw some menu changes at Jazz Kitchen Coastal Grill & Patio in Downtown Disney, so you KNOW we had to go check it out. Come with us!
Celebrities may not be juuust like us, but in some ways, they are, at least when it comes to being Disney adults.
Halloween in Cars Land
EVERYONE knows that John Stamos is the BIGGEST Disney adult around, right (and we love him for it). We’ve also seen celebrities visit Disney Parks often, including Jordan Fisher (who provided vocals for “Happily Ever After,” one of our FAVORITE Disney Parks songs), Iain Armitage from Young Sheldon, celebrity power couple Ciara and Russell Wilson, and more. One celebrity just visited Disneyland, and let’s just say this isn’t the first time the Oscar winner has graced us with her presence in Disney Parks.
It is not only Disney World that uses Virtual Queue!
Virtual Queue
Disneyland is no stranger to using Virtual Queues as both Rise of the Resistance and WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure once used Virtual Queue. Well, there are still two Virtual Queues available at Disneyland: one for Haunted Mansion Holiday and one for World of Color — ONE. However, things will be interesting when another attraction opens at Disneyland later this year.
Disneyland is undergoing some MASSIVE changes. There are so many that you might have trouble keeping up with them all. That’s why we’re here to help!
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Disneyland
Not only is the first Coco-themed ride EVER coming to Disney California Adventure, but that park is also getting a brand-new Avatar-themed land (completely different from the one in Disney World, too!). Over in Disneyland, construction is well underway for a new queue and gift shop for Haunted Mansion, and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is getting closer to completion ahead of its opening date in November. Well, now, we’ve noticed something NEW at Tiana’s Bayou Adventure — and of course, we had to share!
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