Annual Passholder Event: Sleeping Beauty's 55th Anniversary

Last week, on January 31, to celebrate Sleeping Beauty's 55th Anniversary of it's theatrical debut, Disneyland offered Annual Passholders the opportunity to watch the film on Main Street at the Opera House, and to remain in Fantasyland 2 hours after the rest of the park closed. They also hosted classic Sleeping Beauty characters not often seen in the parks, such as Aurora, Prince Phillip, Maleficent, and the 3 fairy godmothers, Fauna, Flora and Merriweather. The event was pretty full, but it was awesome to stay in the park late and see all the characters around Fantasyland!

Limited Time Magic: Unleash the Villains!

This month, Disneyland hosted a special Friday the 13th event welcoming the Halloween season into the parks. There were a lot of special events, limited time treats, and guest villains throughout the park. Ryan and I Disneybounded as Vanessa and a hypnotized Prince Eric. One of the special dance clubs going on was at the New Orleans Square train station. There was a dance floor placed on the tracks, and quite a few rare villains came out to party including Hades, Dr. Facilier, Maleficent, and Judge Frollo. The park stayed open until the 13th hour. It was super crowded and super fun!

Limited Time Magic: Long Lost Friends

As a part of the Limited Time Magic this year at Disneyland, this week hosted the Long Lost Friends character event. They brought out a ton of characters rarely seen anymore in the park and I was so excited for the lineup for this event. There were even more characters than were listed online, and when the group from Robin Hood showed up I almost had a heart attack! There was a separate line for each group, but the groups also rotated out about every half hour so it was difficult to see everyone. They will be out until 6pm today, and tomorrow is the last day for this event in case you want to see them for yourself.

In February, Disneyland celebrated "True Love" weekend, in honor of Valentine's day. I drove down to SoCal to visit Ryan, and we spent a day in the park. There were a lot of special events going on for the weekend which was exciting since this was the first time the park has really celebrated for Valentine's. Last year we went to the park after classes, and Disneybounded as Carl and Ellie from Up.

The park featured special decorations along Main Street.

There were also special food options, like the "True Love" cupcake at Jolly Holiday, and the strawberry chocolate chip pancakes at the Carnation Cafe.

But the highlight of the day was the character lineup. All the princesses were joined by their princes at the temporary Princess Walk in Fantasyland! One of Disney's favorite characters who is practically never seen in the parks (except for the Christmas parade), THE BEAST was out with Belle. I know we are crazy for waiting 4 hours to see him, but it was worth it!