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Disneyland
Resort Celebrates the Holidays with New Fun and Entertainment,
including Festival of Holidays, the Nighttime Spectacular ‘World of
Color—Season of Light’ and the Debut of Princess Elena of Avalor
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Festival of
Holidays Invites Guests to Enjoy Heartwarming Festivities from Many
Cultures with Music, Dance, Food and More
“World of Color—Season of Light’ Creates a Sparkling Winter Fantasy
with Classic Holiday Songs and Treasured Disney Animation |
ANAHEIM, Calif.–It’s the season for
celebrations as Holidays at the Disneyland Resort
began Nov. 10, inviting family and friends to make magical
memories together. This year, guests will have even more to
celebrate as they discover the new Festival of Holidays, with
music, dance, food and heartwarming holiday festivities inspired by
cultural traditions from around the world.
Also new for the season is the holiday-themed “World of
Color—Season of Light,” a nighttime water spectacular that will
inspire guests with cherished holiday music and treasured Disney
animation. This fourth all-new production of “World of Color”
creates a sparkling winter fantasy with magical storytelling,
brilliant lights, lasers and high-definition projectors, along with
fountains that shoot as high as 200 feet to create the giant screens
of water.
Princess Elena of Avalor also makes her debut at the Disneyland
Resort during Festival of Holidays, performing in a colorful
cavalcade.
Holidays at the Disneyland Resort is a time many guests celebrate as
an annual tradition, visiting the parks for Disney-themed treats,
snowfall on Main Street U.S.A., the glistening décor and holiday
entertainment. This year, guests will find Santa Claus in a fun, new
location at Disney California Adventure Park, at Redwood Creek
Challenge Trail, and guests at Disneyland Park will enjoy the
one-of-a-kind transformations that create “it’s a small world”
Holiday, Jingle Cruise and Haunted Mansion Holiday. Now celebrating
its 20th holiday season, “it’s a small world” Holiday has added some
“Hidden 20s” for guests to discover on their voyage.
At Disney California Adventure Park |
- The new Festival of Holidays
celebrates holiday festivities of diverse cultures with music,
dance and craft-making, plus food at the Festive Foods
Marketplace. The daily lineup of entertainment includes nearly
50 performances of nine unique shows, with special Disney
characters, street parties, cavalcades, musical ensembles and
dance performances. The celebrations include Diwali, Hanukkah,
Kwanzaa, Christmas/Navidad and Three Kings Day. Guests can look
for performances of traditional Indian dance that builds to a
Bollywood party, a Klezmer band with a new global sound, the
Mariachi Divas and an a cappella vocal group that puts an R&B
spin on holiday songs.
- Princess Elena, the first
Disney Princess inspired by diverse Latin American cultures,
will make her Disneyland Resort debut as part of the Festival of
Holidays. She will perform a song in “Princess Elena’s Musical
Grand Arrival,” and she will appear at a character greeting
location. Guests will recognize this brave and adventurous
teenager from the Disney Channel series “Elena of Avalor.”
- The popular Disney ¡Viva
Navidad! also returns as part of the fun at Festival of
Holidays, with a wonderful finale to celebrate Three Kings
Day (Dia de los Reyes). The special festivities for Three
Kings Day will run Jan. 5-8, 2017, including music and
storytelling in Paradise Garden. Treats for this holiday will
include traditional Rosca de Reyes bread.
- “World of Color – Season of
Light” brings the warmth and heartfelt spirit of the
holidays to this stunning, nighttime water spectacular, with its
1,200 powerful fountains shooting water as high as 200 feet to
help tell the story. The show’s musical soundtrack features some
well-known musical artists performing popular holiday tunes,
including “Let it Snow” by Dean Martin and “Baby, It’s Cold
Outside” by Michael Buble and Idina Menzel. With classic holiday
music, humor and memorable moments from Disney animated films,
this becomes an ideal way for guests to conclude their holiday
visit.
- Jolly old St. Nick arrives at
Redwood Creek Challenge Trail for Santa’s Holiday Visit.
His joyful elves have transformed the trail into a magical
playground of holiday fun and games, including opportunities for
guests to join the ranks of Santa’s elves.
- The residents of Cars Land
decorate for the holidays, beginning with a whimsical “snowcar”
that greets guests on the road to Radiator Springs. Each address
along Route 66–from Flo’s V-8 Café to Luigi’s Casa della
Tires–features holiday décor that reflects the personality of
the “Cars” character who lives there.
- “a bug’s land” transforms
for the holidays, too, as Flik and his bug friends deck their
land with oversized lights and ornaments.
- A dazzling, 50-foot Christmas
tree adorns Carthay Circle, drawing guests into the holiday
magic along Buena Vista Street. The tree and surrounding
buildings, inspired by Los Angeles as it appeared when Walt
Disney arrived in the 1920s, create scenes of another era with
vintage-style decor.
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- Disney characters celebrate the
season in “A Christmas Fantasy” parade, a daily
procession with floats, music, marching “tin soldiers” and
holiday cheer. Santa, who makes a jolly appearance in the
parade, also will be found welcoming guests at his special
location in Critter Country while he visits Disneyland.
- The classic Sleeping Beauty’s
Winter Castle brightens the park nightly with magical
snowfall moments along Main Street, U.S.A., concluding with
“Believe … in Holiday Magic” fireworks and its stirring snowfall
finale.
- Twinkling lights, festive
holiday garland and nearly 1,800 ornaments decorate the soaring
Christmas tree in Town Square, Main Street, U.S.A., an ideal
place for guests to begin their holiday traditions. The
Christmas tree becomes an enchanting place for guests to take
their holiday photos, up close or with all 60 feet of the
shimmering tree.
- On Friday, Nov. 18, guests and
cast members in Disneyland will celebrate the birthday of
Mickey Mouse, applauding him as he appears in a special
birthday cavalcade preceding “A Christmas Fantasy”
Disneyland guests definitely will want to experience the popular
seasonal transformations of these park attractions:
- “it’s a small world”
becomes “it’s a small world” Holiday for the 20th
time, celebrating children around the world and the
distinctive holiday traditions of their nations. (The
Holiday theme debuted in 1997.)
- Haunted Mansion becomes
Haunted Mansion Holiday, with Jack Skellington
and his friends from Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before
Christmas” causing a collision between Christmas and
Halloween.
- Jungle Cruise is
transformed into Jingle Cruise, as the jungle
skippers gather jettisoned holiday gifts and decorations
to brighten the rugged landscapes surrounding their
riverboats.
The Downtown Disney shopping,
dining and entertainment district and the Hotels of the
Disneyland Resort join in the holiday festivities with twinkling
lights and ornaments, holiday displays, special entertainment and
holiday dining with themed menus. One highlight is the gingerbread
house in the lobby of Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.
Designed to resemble the exterior of the hotel itself, the
gingerbread house stands 7 feet six inches tall and 12 feet wide.
Holiday snacks, cider and hot chocolate are sold from a window in
the gingerbread house.
Haunted Mansion Holiday inspired by “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare
Before Christmas. |
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About the Disneyland Resort
The Disneyland Resort features two spectacular theme parks –
Disneyland (the original Disney theme park) and Disney California
Adventure Park – plus three hotels and the Downtown Disney District,
comprising unique dining, entertainment and shopping experiences.
The Resort’s hotels are the luxurious, 948-room Disney’s Grand
Californian Hotel & Spa, which also features 50 two-bedroom
equivalent Disney Vacation Club units; the magical, 973-room
Disneyland Hotel – both AAA Four Diamond properties – and the
481-room Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel with its “day-at-the-beach”
theme. Located in Anaheim, Calif., the
Disneyland Resort opened July 17, 1955. Open daily, year-round. |
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