Updated November 2023 Some general reminders about visiting Disneyland Resort during the holidays season. This year it runs November 10, 2023 – January 7, 2024. They still require valid tickets and valid park reservations to gain entry to the parks. They sell MagicBand+ which is completely optional. I highly recommend that you use the official …
Updated June 2024 On September 6, 2022, we went to Disneyland Resort for the after-hours Halloween party at California Adventure called Oogie Boogie Bash. This party runs on select nights in California Adventure throughout August, September, and October. Tickets for this special event went on sale in July 2022 (this year it goes on sale …
Kiwi Co makes several types of science-based craft “crates”. They offer individual crates you can buy, but mostly offer subscriptions. This is not a sponsored post, but I do have a referral code to get you $10 off your first purchase: https://www.kiwico.com/refer?i=RebeccaA322 Kiwi Co offers 9 different themes of crates. Some are structured by age …
Updated January 2025 If you need a quiet place to rest, get away from the crowds and stimulation, or let a toddler sleep in the stroller, I have made a list of my favorite quiet places at Disneyland and California Adventure below: In Disneyland: In California Adventure: Other things to do for rest: If it’s …
If you’re looking for a way to engage your child throughout your day at Disneyland, I made a free character checklist! I designed one for toddlers with just a few popular characters, so it can be completed fairly easily during your Disneyland day. I also made a longer version but depending on how crowded your …
We took a weekend trip with our 3 year old and 20-month-old. One of our best friends was getting married, my husband was a groomsman, and they asked Lily to be a flower girl. We took a 2.5-hour flight there, and 3.5-hour flight back. My children did so well on their first flight. We planned …
In February 2022, we bought tickets to the special after-hours event of Sweethearts’ Nite at the Disneyland Resort. We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, because the event ran until midnight and we didn’t want to have to drive home with our toddlers after that (and we love any excuse to stay at the Disneyland Resort …
Updated December 2024 Disney has released a series called “Disney Paper Parks” designed by imagineers that enable people to create paper versions of some park favorites. I went through and tried to find the complete set of them for myself, and decided to put my list up here in case anyone else needs it. If …
My now 3-year-old toddler daughter loves sharks so we decided that was going to be her third birthday theme. She is not very into baby shark, though, just real sharks. Her favorite species of shark was hammerhead shark (until, of course, the week of the party, when she informed me that it’s actually great white …
We have gotten the privilege of getting to stay at the Disneyland Hotel at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. We had a fantastic experience and wanted to tell you more about it. It was the first of the 3 Disney-owned hotels on-property at the Disneyland Resort. We had previously stayed at the Grand Californian …
