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Disneyland’s Pixar Fest is ongoing through August 4th, 2024.
Pixar Fest in Disneyland:
- Together Forever Pixar Nighttime Spectacular in Disneyland. Since Disneyland started using Sleeping Beauty’s Castle—as well as the buildings down Main Street—as giant movie screens, the night time shows at Disneyland have gotten so much more exciting! My kids will walk right by fireworks or Fantasmic to take advantage of short lines on Jungle Cruise and Pirates of the Caribbean during the night time shows, but they will stop for a couple minutes to gawk at the cool projection shows every time. If you don’t want to buy Park Hoppers or dedicate a whole day of your Disneyland vacation to California Adventure, this is the perfect way for your kids to experience seeing all of their favorite Pixar Pals.
- Pixar Pals Playtime Party: This is another way to get your Pixar fix if you don’t want to go to California Adventure. This is an open amphitheater show. Your best plan is to pick up some portable food like a corn dog or giant turkey leg, along with a cold drink, before you head to the show. There’s also a coloring area if your kids need some extra chill time before or after the show. Back in the days of Big Thunder Ranch it always made me a little crazy that my kids wanted to color forever…even though they never colored at home. To me, it’s a time waster, but if relaxing for a few minutes helps your kids make it to park close so you can get your money’s worth on your full day, go for it.
Pixar Fest in California Adventure:
- Pixar parade in California Adventure. This is the latest version of the typical Pixar parade in California Adventure.
- Club Pixar in California Adventure. This is a time waster if you want to ride rides; it’s the newest iteration of better-done night time uses of this space like Tron. It’s basically a brightly lit farmer’s market with really expensive drinks.
Season of the Force (Extra Star Wars theming, merch, food, etc.) is ongoing through June 2nd, 2024.
- View Star Wars themed fireworks from inside Galaxy’s Edge (AKA Star Wars Land) on select nights.
- If this is a big “must do” for your family, make sure you have Disneyland tickets on multiple nights when the Star Wars fireworks are scheduled, because Disneyland does cancel the fireworks show when there are high winds.
- New ride experiences on Star Tours. If you were getting bored with The Force Awakens Star Tours modules, it’s time to ride Star Tours again.
- Hyperspace Mountain. This is the Star Wars overlay to Space Mountain, and Hyperspace Mountain is my family’s favorite ride version.
- The other offerings are either time wasters (the scavenger hunt) or “influencer” magnets with pricey add-on tickets (Disneyland After Dark, which is sold out but for some reason, Disneyland keeps it on their list of Season of the Force attractions).
- Extra Star Wars themed merchandise and food & drink items are always a hit with my family.
How to get a lot of free food and merch at Disneyland: Sign up for a Chase Disney Visa! The best part about the newest Disney Visa bonus is that you get the bonus as a statement credit, not Disney Reward Dollars, so even if you’re close to your Disneyland trip, you can erase $400 off your Disneyland vacation with that statement credit. The effective bonus is $351 after the annual fee of $49 is figured in.
Use my link to get a $400 statement credit when you spend $1000 in 3 months on the Chase Disney Premier Visa.
- Note that your new card won’t arrive for up to 10 full days after you’re approved for the Disney Visa (nope, Chase doesn’t overnight cards anymore, and they won’t let you add the card into digital wallets), and the current bonus of $400 is $100 more than the typical $300 bonus (duh), so if you’re planning on paying a large bill to hit the minimum spending requirement (car insurance, amiright?) try to apply at least 10 days before the bill is due.
