food IS a theme park
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa is home to a ton of unique offerings!
Grand Californian Lobby
Most know about Grand Californian’s dedicated entrance into Disney California Adventure and their Halloween and Christmas lobby displays (that smell amazing, by the way)! But today, we tried one of their lesser-known offerings — their Hot Dog of the Month!
Happy holidays from the Grand Californian Hotel & Spa in Disneyland Resort!
Grand Californian Tree
It’s officially the holiday season, with the Festival of Holidays at Disney California Adventure and Merriest Nites at Disneyland well underway and plenty of holiday treats to enjoy! Today, we’re trying a new holiday treat over at one of the Grand Californian Resort’s restaurants — it’s an…interesting one.
Disneyland has been transformed for the holiday season, and you can find a show-stopping Christmas tree on Main Street, U.S.A..
Main Street lookin’ pretty!
That means there’s a special holiday makeover in a Disney hotel too, and you don’t need a park ticket to see this beautiful display! Check it out.
Halloweentime has begun at Disneyland!
Halloween at Disneyland
There are fan-favorite characters dressed in their spookiest looks, Oogie Boogie Bash is going on, and there are all kinds of tasty treats available. Now, we’ve found a very special Halloween snack that is essentially a dessert churro hot dog without a true hot dog in it?!
For some time now, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa has been without the spa part.
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa ©Disney
The Mandara Spa inside the Grand Californian closed in July of 2019, and since then Disney announced their plans to replace it with the Tenaya Stone Spa. The opening of Tenaya was delayed but it’s now scheduled to open on September 16th. Today we were invited to attend an event to get a first look at this new spa space, and you can come along to check it out!
Some time ago, the Mandara Spa at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel closed its doors permanently. But, Disney announced that the new Tenaya Stone Spa would replace it.
©Disney
The spa was originally set to debut in the Spring of 2020, but its opening was thereafter delayed. We’ve been waiting for quite some time to hear when this new spa would finally open and now we finally have a date!
Earlier today, Storytellers Cafe at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa at Disneyland Resort brought back their character dining breakfast.
There’s Minnie!
And while many meals that were formerly served as buffets in the Disney parks have been converted to family-style meals, Storytellers Cafe is actually serving up a BUFFET! While that buffet contains a bunch of options you’re used to seeing — Mickey waffles, bacon, etc. — it’s also got some drinks served in a unique way!
Lots of things have changed at Disney World and Disneyland over the past several months.
Hey There Mickey!
One of the big things we’ve seen particularly in Disney World is that generally all of the restaurants that used to offer buffet-style meals have been converted to family-style meals, prix fixe menus, or a la carte dining. But, when Storytellers Cafe at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa at Disneyland Resort started offering its character dining breakfast/brunch again today we experienced something different.
We’ve seen quite a few reopening announcements at Disneyland Resort recently.
Disneyland Resort is reopening gradually!
It seems like everything from rides to restaurants to resorts are getting reopening dates, and we’re very excited to check it all out. Recently, it was announced that character meals are coming back to the resort, and today you can make reservations for one of those meals!
It’s another exciting day over on the west coast!
Grand Californian
We were able to go back into Disneyland for the first time in over a YEAR yesterday, ahead of its official reopening tomorrow (and spoiler: it was AMAZING). Things are slowly opening up around property, and today is a big day over at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa. That’s right: this resort is officially BACK open!
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