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6 Reasons to Stay at On-Site Hotels During the Holiday Season at the Disneyland Resort

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Holidays at the Disneyland Resort is one of the most enchanting times to visit the theme parks, and also stay at one of the three on-property hotels. Here are six reasons to enjoy the holidays at the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort:
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Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort is on and Tower of Terror Begins its Final Check-out

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Official Disney Press Release:

Halloween Thrills Also Include New ‘Frightfully Fun Parade’ at Mickey’s Halloween Party, Plus Haunted Mansion Holiday and
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Aug. 30, 2016) –Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort offers two new reasons for guests to visit this year­­––a special celebration at The Twilight Zone™ Tower of Terror with a chance to “drop in” like never before, and the debut of the “Frightfully Fun Parade” at Mickey’s Halloween Party, a separate-ticket event. The parade features some popular Disney villains and a procession of grim, grinning ghosts, while The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow appears for the first time at Mickey’s Halloween Party.

Those treats add to the family-friendly thrills, popular seasonal attractions and spooky decor that make Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort so magical. The season runs from Friday, Sept. 9, through Monday, Oct. 31, offering the popular Haunted Mansion Holiday and Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy attractions, themed foods and merchandise, plus spirited decor that features a giant Mickey Mouse jack-‘o-lantern on Main Street, U.S.A.

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A 7-Story Parking Garage and Elevated Walkway is Coming to the Disneyland Resort

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With parking currently a mess and very limited at Disneyland, it’s nice to see that Disney is finally taking some action. The plan is to build a new transportation hub, a new parking structure similar to Mickey and Friends, and a pedestrian bridge that will go over Harbor Blvd. Not only does this increase parking for the Disneyland Resort, it will also help the traffic flow on Harbor Blvd. With Star Wars Land coming, this will help bring more people in with less hassle.

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This is welcome news and the Orange County Register has more info and a video explaining Disney’s plans.

Main Street Electrical Parade Returns to Disneyland for a Limited Time

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As the Disney Parks blog announced the end of the Main Street Electrical Parade for Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, they also announced that the popular nighttime parade will return to Disneyland for a limited time.

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On the same post the Disney Parks Blog also confirmed that, “Paint the Night” will return during the holidays on select nights. Paint the Night is scheduled to go down on September 5th.

Here is the full blog post.

Last Chance to see Main Street Electrical Parade at Walt Disney World before it ‘Glows Away’ Oct. 9

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Official Disney Press Release:

Parade Heads to Disneyland in California For a Limited Engagement Beginning Early 2017

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (August 11, 2016) – An enduring Disney Parks classic, the Main Street Electrical Parade, will take its shimmering farewell trip through Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World in Florida on Oct. 9, 2016.

Since making its Florida premiere in 1977, the parade has become one of the most beloved entertainment spectacles anywhere. Watching the Main Street Electrical Parade has to become a rite of passage with parents and grandparents eager to share the nostalgic experience with their children. Families will have one more chance to see the parade and share this special memory, on select nights, before it departs.

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The vibrant parade, a perennial favorite with Disney guests, will next travel cross-country to Disneyland Park in Anaheim, Calif., for a limited engagement beginning early next year.

Brought to light in the early 1970s, the original Main Street Electrical Parade helped establish a Disney Parks reputation for innovative, trend-setting live entertainment. As lights go down along the parade route, the parade brings a variety of beloved Disney animated feature films to life through three-dimensional floats covered with approximately half a million colorful LED twinkling lights. The parade’s iconic musical theme, the electrically synthesized “Baroque Hoedown,” is interwoven with favorite Disney themes. It all adds to the unique upbeat excitement of the procession.

Some of the parade’s most impressive scenes are the 23-foot-tall Clock Tower over Cinderella’s Ball, complete with elegant ballroom dancers in light-covered costumes; the smoke-breathing, tail-wagging Pete’s Dragon; and the 108-foot-long red, white and blue flag finale. Other characters who make appearances include Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and, of course, Mickey Mouse.

The Main Street Electrical parade at Walt Disney World Resort will not appear during Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party nights. Walt Disney World guests interested in seeing the parade before it departs on Oct. 9 can check for the latest parade dates and times on WaltDisneyWorld.com or in the My Disney Experience app.