Fall Fun Arrives at the Disneyland Resort Starting Today

Fall Fun Arrives at Disneyland Resort

Fall fun has officially arrived at the Disneyland Resort! The celebration of fall favorites begins today with limited-time decorations, entertainment, food, merchandise, and more. Families and friends can enjoy all the spooky thrills and honored autumn traditions together. You can also still experience select special anniversary entertainment and experiences as the Disneyland Resort’s 70th Celebration continues. Be sure to check Disneyland.com and the Disneyland app for performance schedules.

Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort brings spellbinding fun, seasonal décor and attraction transformations for guests of all ages through Oct. 31, 2025. Guests can marvel at autumnal decorations around the resort, including the iconic giant Mickey Mouse pumpkin on Main Street, U.S.A. Three attractions in Disney California Adventure Park have taken on Halloween transformations: Luigi’s Honkin’ Haul-O-Ween, Mater’s Graveyard JamBOOree and Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark. In Disneyland Park, guests can enjoy the Haunted
Mansion Holiday overlay inspired by “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

Additional experiences, such as encounters with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and their pals in unique new Halloween looks inspired by the joyful spirit of the 70th Celebration, the “Halloween Screams” nighttime spectacular with fireworks on select nights, “Mickey’s Trick and Treat” show, and Disney’s Happiest Haunts: The Villains’ Trail Guided Tour make visiting during Halloween a unique experience for all ages.

Guests can test their seeking skills in Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit – a resort-wide search activity where guests can purchase maps to locate Disney-themed pumpkins within both theme parks and the Downtown Disney District and receive a special keepsake.

Within the Downtown Disney District, guests can extend the fall fun with festive décor, limited-time food and beverage offerings at select locations, and entertainment. New this year, weekly movie nights will take place at the Downtown Disney Live! stage and lawn every Wednesday from Sept. 24 through Oct. 31, 2025, with an accompanying sweet treat cart. Multiple merchandise collections, including the Mickey Mouse Family Halloween Collection, are available for purchase. Guests can nosh their way throughout the resort with autumnal items
such as the bulgogi potato and fried elote corn on the cob.

Halloween experiences at the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort include a confectionery display at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, themed treatments at Tenaya Stone Spa, an all-new Disney Villains-themed cocktail menu at Broken Spell Lounge at the Disneyland Hotel, plus special treat trails for overnight guests on select afternoons.

The Hotels of the Disneyland Resort offer limited-time character dining experiences for the Halloween season beginning Aug. 22. At Storytellers Cafe in Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, guests can enjoy Mickey’s Autumn Adventures Breakfast Buffet and Clarabelle’s
Enchanted Halloween Dinner, a new evening offering. Additionally, the Goofy’s Kitchen Celebrates Halloween experience returns to the Disneyland Hotel.

Plaza de la Familia honors the spirit of Día de los Muertos

Disney California Adventure Park kicks off Plaza de la Familia, a vibrant celebration honoring the spirit of Día de los Muertos through music, food, art and storytelling inspired by Pixar Animation Studios’ “Coco.” Through Nov. 2, 2025, guests can enjoy live music at the Paradise
Gardens Bandstand, themed craft activities, colorful décor and a celebratory menu of Mexican cuisine at Paradise Garden Grill. Releasing in early September, the new Disney Pixar Coco Collection will introduce new apparel, accessories, headwear and more inspired by the film.

Sing and dance along as “The Storytellers of the Plaza de la Familia Celebrate the Musical World of Coco!” street performance brings to life the everlasting bonds of family. After each performance, guests may pose for photos and make new memories with Miguel, brought to life
as a hand-animated dimensional figure. Frontierland in Disneyland Park also pays tribute to Día de los Muertos by adorning the area near Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante with skeleton figures, brilliant marigolds and other decorative items typically displayed on ofrendas.

Delectable Mexican food
Paradise Garden Grill is serving a limited-time menu that invites families to enjoy a meal together that is inspired by Mexican cuisine. Menu highlights include:

• NEW! Loaded chicken quesadilla: achiote chicken, roasted red peppers and onions, topped with chipotle crema, guacamole and pico de gallo
• Al pastor tacos: pineapple-achiote-marinated pork with avocado spread and tomatillo salsa, served with Spanish rice and refried beans, topped with queso fresco
• Bunuelos biónico: fried tortilla chips coasted in cinnamon and sugar, loaded with fresh fruit, toasted coconut and sweetened condensed banana milk

Heartwarming entertainment featuring favorite ‘Coco’ songs
Beginning Aug. 22, 2025, “The Storytellers of Plaza de la Familia Celebrate The Musical World of Coco!” show features cherished songs from the Pixar film such as “Remember Me” and “The World Es Mi Familia,” as well as the classic Mexican folk song, “La Llorona.” Through song and dance, the travelling troupe of storytellers bring to life the everlasting bonds of family in this heartwarming celebration. At the Paradise Garden Bandstand, guests of all ages are invited to sing and dance along to live Mariachi music and traditional songs that touch the hearts of all.

Family crafts and photo opportunities

• Overflowing with images, colors and symbols, the Árbol de la Vida (Tree of Life) provides a vibrant backdrop for photos. Its branches sprout flowers, animals and evocative calacas (skeletons) interconnected by the theme of family.
• At the Memory Wall, guests can add remembrance notes to honor their loved ones.
• Plaza de la Familia visitors may design their own paper mask of Pepita or Dante from “Coco”, inspired by alebrijes. (Traditional alebrijes are small figurines representing fantastical creatures with a mix of physical characteristics from many different animals.)
• After each performance of “The Storytellers of Plaza de la Familia Celebrate The Musical World of Coco!”, guests may pose for photos and make new memories with Miguel, brought to life as a hand-animated dimensional figure. He and his performer appear at a beautiful artistic mural entitled “Recuérdame” (“Remember Me”), the iconic song from the film.
• Miguel’s Memory Box art piece is an homage to Miguel’s beloved family members and the friends he meets on his travels in the Land of the Dead.

Tributes to Día de los Muertos across Disneyland Resort

• Guests cruising through Cars Land will find that Ramone, one of the local “car-acters,” pays tribute to Día de los Muertos at his detailing shop, Ramone’s House of Body Art, with a traditional ofrenda display honoring Doc Hudson.
• Disneyland Park offers a vibrant tribute inspired by a traditional Día de los Muertos display at Zócalo Park in Frontierland. The magnificent installation features marigolds and banners of papel picado, along with two traditional ofrendas, sugar skulls known as calaveras and an iconic figure of La Catrina. The Rancho del Zócalo Restaurante offers delicious Mexican cuisine for lunch and dinner year-round.

At Disney California Adventure Park, Lightning McQueen, Mater and the “car-acters” of Cars Land transform the town of Radiator Springs into Radiator Screams for Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort, Aug. 22-Oct. 31, 2025. As part of their Haul-O-Ween celebration, the local residents decorate their establishments and don their favorite “car-stumes.” Two family-friendly attractions receive seasonal transformations, revved up with themed décor and unique music: Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree becomes Mater’s Graveyard JamBOOree, and Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters becomes Luigi’s Honkin’ Haul-O-Ween.

Fun facts about Haul-O-Ween at Cars Land

• Scary the Scare-car greets guests as they enter Radiator Screams. Guests can hear the lore behind how Scary came to be while riding Luigi’s Honkin’ Haul-O-Ween.
• At Mater’s Graveyard JamBOOree, the tractors spin to Haul-O-Ween themed takes on the popular songs: “Monster Mash” (“Monster Truck Smash”) and “Purple People Eater” (“Purple Fender Bender”).
• Guests can discover Sarge’s patch of seasonal pump-kins. He plans on gifting these gas cans on a vine to his neighbor, Fillmore, to make some “organic fuel.”
• The resident cars get into the Haul-O-Ween spirit with fun “car-stumes.” Mater dresses up as a “van-pire,” Lightning McQueen is a super hero and Red the Fire Truck is a clown.
• In the lobby of the Cozy Cone Motel, Sally displays a themed miniature model of the motel made of candy.
• Guests will find 30 “car-achnids” lurking around Radiator Screams! One of which is an eight-legged Spider-car at Flo’s V8 Cafe, made from a repurposed “Toadmobile” from Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. It’s a great photo opportunity!
• An out-of-service “zombie” car with an undead battery refuses to “rust in pieces” as it attempts to come back to life in front of Lizzie’s Radiator Springs Curios. Contrary to popular rumor, these are not the remains of her beloved Stanley.
• Each evening, Cars Land is taken over by supernatural spirits for a haunting Sha-BOO! Sheriff’s voice can be heard returning the town to order and welcoming guests to Radiator Screams.
• Luigi and Guido never celebrated Haul-O-Ween before moving to Radiator Springs. Now it’s their favorite holiday, and they’re inviting the cousins to celebrate at Luigi’s Honkin’ Haul-O-Ween. Their “Terror-antella” tells the story of how Luigi and Guido built the town’s beloved Scare-car, Scary.
• The mysterious Horn-O-Plenty was unearthed on Haul-O-ween Night in 1936. Every year, the residents of Radiator Screams bring it back to its rightful home and adorn it with seasonal gifts.
• Strange things are brewin’ over at the old courthouse. A mad scientist has hooked up jumper cables, giving the old building new life (with moving eyes in the window).
• A tempting menu of Halloween food and beverages is available throughout Cars Land, including a Slow Burnin’ mac and cheese cone, spicy chicken and fries, and a Mater Haul-O-Ween Cone.
• Adding to the fall festivities, Ramone is celebrating Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at his detailing shop, Ramone’s House of Body Art. Painted hoods, marigolds and a sugar car (named Sugar) decorate the outside. Inside, Ramone has built an “ofrenda” to celebrate the life and career of the town’s good friend, Doc Hudson.

Throughout the year, Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! thrills guests with wild drops and an irreverent storyline at Disney California Adventure Park. Beginning in the late afternoon each day during Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort, Aug. 22-Oct. 31, 2025, the attraction transforms into Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark. In this daring adventure, guests are in for a startling treat as creatures on the loose and Rocket scheming to save Groot add chaos to the high-energy action.

• In Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!, Rocket finds his fellow Guardians of the Galaxy trapped in the Fortress of The Collector, Taneleer Tivan, and guests assist him with a daring escape plan. The Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark transformation picks up moments afterward, as Rocket discovers that they have inadvertently left Groot behind. Rocket then enlists guests to distract the monsters unleashed inside the Fortress, while he rescues his little friend.
• The attraction’s transformation happens later in the afternoon each day. The Collector’s Fortress goes dark, alarms sound and special lighting on the exterior of the Fortress alerts guests that something inside has gone awry. Guests may check the Disneyland app or Disneyland.com for the timing of this transformation.
• Guests entering the lobby of the Fortress may be startled by flashing alarms and creepy sounds – warning signs that creatures have escaped their vitrine cages and chaos is erupting. The Collector’s ever-resourceful assistant Apheta tries to keep calm by reassuring guests that all is in order, and this is just a momentary setback.
• An original 1970s-style punk rock song, “Monsters After Dark,” enhances the thrill of the experience. The song was written especially for the attraction by Tyler Bates, composer for the first two “Guardians of the Galaxy” films.

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