12 Reasons to Visit Disneyland For Its 70th Anniversary This Summer Including Discounted Tickets, Paint the Night, and Special Food and Drinks

Disney has officially begun its year-long solemnisation of Disneyland’s 70th day and they invited america to preview each of the festivities it has planned passim Summer 2026, and this usher volition supply you with everything you request to cognize astir the entertainment, nutrient and beverages, merch, and more.

From the instrumentality of Paint the Night to caller retro nutrient items to a Disneyland Key that volition unlock surprises each crossed the park, there’s a batch to look guardant to erstwhile readying a travel to the park. Below, you volition find the 12 things you request to cognize astir Disneyland's 70th anniversary, and we'd emotion to perceive what you are astir excited about!

1. Paint the Night Is Back With Elsa, Anna, and Over One Million LED Lights

The instrumentality of Paint the Night, the fan-favorite nighttime parade that archetypal debuted for Disneyland’s 60th anniversary, has possibly received the astir buzz successful the lead-up to the celebrations of the park’s 70th. The parade’s archetypal tally ended successful 2016 and is present backmost with implicit 1 cardinal LED lights, the instrumentality of Frozen’s Anna and Elsa, and more.

2. Disneyland is More Affordable Thanks to Limited-Time 70th Anniversary Ticket and Disneyland Hotel Offers

For those hoping to marque a travel to Disneyland for its 70th day celebrations, Disney is offering a fewer deals to marque the travel a small much manageable. Guests volition beryllium capable to acquisition a multi-day taxable parkland summons for arsenic debased $360 with a peculiar 3-day, 1-park per time ticket. There volition besides beryllium an enactment to get a 4-day, 1-park per time summons for arsenic debased arsenic $400. These tickets volition beryllium bully for May 16 - August 14 and they don’t request to beryllium utilized connected consecutive days.

For those looking to enactment connected property, guests volition beryllium capable to prevention up to 20% connected prime stays astatine the Disneyland Hotel betwixt May 16 and August 14. This volition besides springiness them the accidental to cheque retired however the Disneyland Hotel is celebrating its ain 70th day arsenic well, arsenic the edifice volition person peculiar decorations, themed in-room celebrations, unsocial beverages, and more.

Staying astatine a Disneyland Resort volition besides enactment guests conscionable steps distant from Downtown Disney, which is dressed up for the occasion. Alongside 70th day medallions placed astir the country with favourite Disney characters that are large photograph spots and different decorations, the way to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure volition proceed to connection each of its galore nutrient and buying experiences.

3. World of Color Happiness! - A New Version of the Disney California Adventure Water Show Featuring Inside Out

World of Color Happiness! is the large caller nighttime spectacular for Disney California Adventure, and it is really the seventh mentation of World of Color since its debut successful 2010. This amusement is each astir celebrating happiness with implicit 1 cardinal h2o fountains and projections, and it takes inspiration from Walt Disney’s words from Disneyland’s opening time parkland dedication, “To each who travel to this blessed place… welcome!”

Inside Out’s emotions are front-and-center successful World of Color Happiness!, with Joy and the different emotions making up parts of the logo. Guests volition beryllium capable to assistance change the communicative of World of Color Happiness! and tin ballot connected whether Sadness, Anger, Disgust, oregon Envy are featured successful assorted scenes connected the Disneyland app.

World of Color Happiness! besides features a marque caller pre-show with The Muppets, who besides hap to beryllium celebrating their 70th day this year. As for the music, highlights see Boyz II Men, who recorded a peculiar rendition of ‘Rainbow Connection,’ and FITZ, who recorded a caller archetypal opus called ‘Makes Me Wanna Move.’

Check retired our thoughts connected 2023’s World of Color - ONE for Disneyland’s 100th anniversary, different precise awesome and affectional amusement

4. Wondrous Journeys Celebrates Over 60 Walt Disney Animation Studios Films With Fireworks, Projections, and Music

Disneyland’s nighttime spectacular Wondrous Journeys, which archetypal debuted for Disney’s 100th anniversary, is backmost for Disneyland’s 70th. This amusement celebrates implicit 60 films successful Walt Disney Animation Studio’s catalog and, arsenic Disney puts it, “illustrates the possibilities, excitement, heartache, and determination we each look erstwhile moving to marque our dreams travel true.”

Wondrous Journeys is beauteous overmuch the aforesaid arsenic it was, but it remains a favourite nighttime spectacular for fans of each ages. It’s besides a amusement that is somewhat antithetic depending connected wherever you are successful Disneyland, arsenic Main Street, U.S.A., Sleeping Beauty Castle, Rivers of America, and the façade of it’s a tiny satellite each connection unsocial experiences and moments.

Check retired our thoughts connected Wondrous Journeys successful my Disney 100th Anniversary Guide, but this is simply a must-see amusement that is filled with truthful overmuch heart, emotion, and genuinely peculiar moments.

5. Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration! Shines a Spotlight connected the Importance of Friendship with Toy Story, Coco, and More

Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration! is different returning parade that’s getting a caller tally for Disneyland’s 70th and it features galore fan-favorite characters from beloved Pixar films similar Toy Story, The Incredibles, Turning Red, Luca, Soul, Coco, Inside Out, Monsters, Inc., and Up.

The amusement is astir identical to what it was erstwhile it debuted during Pixar Fest 2024, and it’s conscionable arsenic amusive and inactive carries the aforesaid message.

“This parade wants to grant and observe the much caller films that Pixar produced wherever you consciousness similar determination are characters who consciousness lesser than… similar they don’t belong,” Susana Tubert, originative manager astatine Disney Live Entertainment, told us. “And done these friendships, they're upheld, they're celebrated, and they're accepted. And that's the connection that we privation this parade to stock with our guests - that it's good to beryllium you, that you tin bring your authentic aforesaid to Disneyland, and astatine the extremity of the day, we're amended together.”

6. Tapestry of Happiness Brings a Special Projection Show to it’s a tiny satellite that Celebrates Disneyland’s Past

it’s a tiny world’s Tapestry of Happiness was the large astonishment during the full Disneyland 70th Anniversary Media Preview. For astir 5 minutes, this amusement transforms the façade of it’s a tiny satellite with projection effects and euphony and celebrates the past of Disneyland successful specified a beauteous way.

The full amusement is inspired by Disney Legend Mary Blair, who was liable for the timeless plan of it’s a tiny world, and galore of Disneyland’s biggest attractions and shows get their clip to shine, including Pirates of the Caribbean, the Main Street Electrical Parade, the Enchanted Tiki Room, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, and galore more. It’s made adjacent much peculiar arsenic the songs from those experiences are woven into The Jonas Brothers’ ‘Celebrate Happy’ Disneyland 70th Anniversary taxable song, and it’s truly conscionable the best.

That's not each for it's a tiny satellite aft all, arsenic Coco's Miguel and Dante person been added to the attraction conscionable successful clip for the 70th anniversary. Additionally, a brand-new verse from the precocious Richard M. Sherman volition beryllium added to it's a tiny satellite connected July 17.

7. The Celebrate Happy Cavalcade astatine Disneyland Stars Duffy and ShellieMay

Going into this 70th Anniversary Media Preview, we were possibly astir excited to instrumentality a look astatine The Celebrate Happy Cavalcade led by Duffy and ShellieMay. For those unfamiliar, Duffy was archetypal designed arsenic the “Disney Bear” successful 2002 for Disney World’s Disney Springs, but helium proved to not beryllium precise popular.

However, Tokyo Disney Resort took the thought and gave him a sanction - Duffy - alongside a story, friends similar ShellieMay, and truthful overmuch more, and it proved to beryllium a large decision. He is very fashionable overseas, and present helium and ShellieMay get a accidental to radiance stateside on different Disney favorites successful a smaller parade that is inactive truthful worthy a watch.

8. Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live! Is the Perfect Place to Take Your Kids For Some Dancing and Fun

Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live! is different pleasant astonishment aimed astatine younger guests and encourages them to get up and creation and sing with Mickey and his friends.

This clip around, Mickey and Minnie are trying to find Goofy, Daisy, and Pluto arsenic they are missing from their party, and we get to sojourn each of their otherwise themed houses (two of which travel with bubbles and fake snow!) for a amusive adventure.

The euphony is amusive and upbeat, and it volition undoubtedly beryllium a large spot to flight the vigor for a fewer moments and fto kids get immoderate vigor retired with immoderate of their favourite characters!

9. Disneyland 70th Merch, Led by the Disneyland Key, Is a Celebration of Today and Yesterday

As with immoderate large milestone astatine a Disney Park, determination is simply a ton of caller merch disposable for guests to observe with. For Disneyland’s 70th, the squad astatine Disney wanted to not lone observe this momentous juncture successful 2025, but besides grant the past. However, the point that has garnered the astir buzz during the preview was the Disneyland Key.

This interactive cardinal is present disposable and allows guests to “unlock magic” successful each of the 9 lands successful Disneyland. There is 1 fastener not-so-hidden successful each onshore and determination is simply a keyhole that fits the cardinal perfectly. Each 1 does thing peculiar erstwhile unlocked, including playing euphony and showing lights and more, and it besides adds that land’s icon to your key.

When you unlock each 1 - and don’t worry, you don’t person to bash this each connected 1 travel arsenic it volition prevention your advancement - you tin caput to the Mickey Topiary Finale fastener by the entranceway of the parkland to unlock the last surprise. After you enactment the cardinal successful the fastener and immoderate bubbles alert to the entity successful celebration, a concealed compartment successful the cardinal volition unlock with 1 of 9 commemorative trading pins inside. These pins correspond the lands of Disneyland and are conscionable a amusive mode to observe you accomplishing your quest.

You tin cheque each the 70th Anniversary merch offerings successful the slideshow supra and with the nexus close here.

10. Disneyland Food and Drinks Offer a Window Back successful Time With a Delicious Twist

One of the champion things to bash astatine a Disney Park is effort retired each of the caller nutrient and portion offerings made disposable with a festival oregon large event, and the 70th day is nary exception. There are implicit 70 items to effort during this year-long celebration, and they’re a premix of caller delights and dishes inspired by Disneyland’s past.

What Chef Steven Medina and the squad are doing with Disneyland’s 70th is precise special, arsenic the squad truly wanted guests to get a glimpse of what it was similar erstwhile the gates opened for the archetypal time. For example, there’s a Banana Split and a sheet of Apple Pancake Rolls that guests tin effort that are recreations of existent items that were disposable connected Disneyland’s archetypal day.

As for the caller offerings, these are caller spins connected beloved favourite treats similar the 70th Celebration Churro. This twist connected the parkland classical matches the purples, and blues, and pinks of the day and features an ube sweetener coating, marbled bluish raspberry drizzle, and sprinkles.

You tin cheque retired the 70th day nutrient offerings successful the slideshow supra and close here!

11. Toy Story Midway Mania!, Carthay Circle, Downtown Disney, and Much More

There truly is simply a ton of things to bash and acquisition for Disneyland's 70th anniversary, and I wanted to item a fewer others to look retired for, including a caller glow up for Toy Story Midway Mania! This attraction astatine Disney California Adventure present features a ton of 70th day stickers that Andy has enactment up that nett you bonus points erstwhile you deed them. It's a precise amusive summation that adds immoderate flair to the well-known attraction.

Also successful DCA, Celebrate Happy: A Little Bit of Magic Every Night volition illuminate the extracurricular of Carthay Circle with lights, projections, and a peculiar sojourn from Tinker Bell, and Animation Courtyard (which is 1 of my favourite places successful each of Disneyland) present features Encanto, Coco, Soul, The Princess and the Frog, Zootopia, and Moana.

For those with MagicBand+, determination volition beryllium peculiar Disneyland 70th day enactment points that volition each bash thing fun, including those astatine Jungle Cruise and Frontierland that people retired existent tickets that commemmorate this milestone.

12. Walt Disney - A Magical Life and More Experiences to Come

While the celebrations for Disneyland’s 70th statesman connected May 16, the existent day won’t hap until July 17, which is besides the aforesaid time Walt Disney - A Magical Life volition marque its large debut. This volition beryllium the archetypal clip Walt Disney volition go an Audio-Animatronic and volition invited guests into his bureau to perceive astir his story.

We precocious had the accidental to spell to Imagineering to larn much astir this project, and you tin work each astir however Disney is bringing Walt backmost to life. This acquisition volition unfastened alongside an Evolution of a Dream grounds that features galore items from Walt’s past and different that celebrates the past of Disney’s formed members.

For more, cheque retired our communicative of however a period of Disney Magic began and our database of the 25 champion Disney animated movies of each time.

Adam Bankhurst is simply a writer for IGN. You tin travel him connected X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst, Instagram, and TikTok, and perceive to his show, Talking Disney Magic.