Welcome to Pardon Our Pixie Dust! The monthly Update series where we talk about the new things in the Disney Parks! So please pull down on the lap bar and stay seated because lets begin!

DISNEYLAND:

A lot has changed this summer at The Disneyland Resort so lets start with Disneyland Park

DISNEYLAND PARK:

In Disneyland the Diamond Celebration has officially ended as of September 5th and took Paint The Night, Disneyland Forever, and World of Color Celebrate with it.

In Star Wars land news it’s coming along nicely and The Disneyland Railroad, and all the stuff on the river are planned to re-open in July 2017, My feet are cheering! This also includes Fantasmic which will also open in July with minor differences.

On September 10th we got a new firework show, the old not-so-classic classic Fantasy In The Sky!

I know it’s classic as the very first firework show but it has not stood the test of time. As said last time IT’S FOUR MINUTES LONG! Ugh any way without a nighttime parade Mickey’s Soundsational Parade is making a 7:30 performance. But in early 2017 We get back THE MAIN STREET ELECTRICAL PARADE!!!!!!!

It’s Preeeeeeeeeeeeeety! Any way I love this parade! Its classic unlike… other things, hem hem Fantasy in the Sky hem hem but unlike 15 years ago its coming back to Disneyland Park.

That is all the news in Disneyland Park, Now lets move on to D.C.A.

DISNEY’S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE.

As mentioned before World Of Color Celebrate has ended it’s almost year and a half run in Paradise Bay. As of September 10th the original Wonderful World of Color is back obliterating peoples eyebrows all across Paradise Bay.

That of course is small news. But HUGE news came out a few months ago about the beloved Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

Next year T.Z.T.O.T will go under a overhaul to be transformed into Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout.

The hardcore fans are pissed off but I don’t think this is a bad idea (DISCLAIMER: I am mostly passing on the opinion of the you tuber Some Jerk With A Camera because I agree with him so here is the link to his video where he talks about this stuff:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AfZNRmg_no) I don’t want to repeat what is in the video so just go watch it. Here I will give you the link again:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AfZNRmg_no. That is about all but there is a tiny bit of news in Downtown Disney.

DOWNTOWN DISNEY:

The House of Blues restaurant closed a little while ago to make way for something new.

The building is currently looking kind of creepy

but coming soon will be a bowling sports bar. And That is it. This post is running a little long so I will talk about WDW and it’s huge news next time so remember to stay seated until the post comes to a complete stop and watch your step as you exit.

Of cores there is no “Right way” but… There’s always, my way! Disneyland for me is easy because it’s only an hour plane ride away. But if you’re like me here is my way: At D.P.A, (Disney Parks Ace) We think that the best times to go are always the second week of December, and the third or fourth week of April. They are both weeks that have less crowds than Christmas break and summer. Any way last time we said that we love to stay at the Disneyland Hotel.

But if you must, or are only going with 2 people instead of 3 or 4 we recommend the Grand Californian Hotel and Spa.

Allow me to explain. The Disneyland Hotel is all the way at the end of Downtown Disney, which means it a longer walk, and since there are no cast members around except on the monorail, you have to walk a very far walk just to get back to the hotel. At the Grand, not only are you 5 minutes away from Disneyland Park, you also have your own entrance to Disney’s California Adventure, which is probably why it’s more expensive. So after school on Friday you immediately go to the airport and hop on your plane to SNA or John Wayne Airport. It is the easiest to go from SNA to Disneyland that any other airport.

Nighttime Experience:

So when you get there check, into the hotel and go into the park. Which park? Well it depends on what kind of Nighttime show you like. Disneyland Park will have 2 shows by spring, and as of right now 1. They will be The Main Street electrical Parade,

and the fireworks Fantasy in the Sky. F.S is the only show in Disneyland Park right now.

The Main Street Electrical Parade is awesome, but in my opinion the Fantasy in The Sky fireworks are not that good. I know that they the show is charming as the first firework show ever done by Disney but, It has not stood the test of time. Heck its FOUR MINUTES LONG! Even Wishes is 12 minutes!

But If you Don’t like fireworks you can see The Wonderful World Of Color, A marvel of earth sea and sky! Or just sea, and light, and fire.

World of color is not great but its good and worth seeing… Once.  But after that the park is closed so you can’t have an extra 2 hours in the park. But that’s the end of day 1, See our next post about day 2.