Hey, howdy, hey, Gabriella!
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You've got a friend in me" here at planDisney. Members of the planDisney Panel can offer you personalized information, tips, and advice to help you make the most of your Disneyland Resort vacation. As regular Guests like you, we are happy to guide you toward the online and mobile app tools and the Disney Cast Members who can help you make reservations and plans for your travel to the Disneyland Resort.
The easiest way to put together a magical adventure to the Disneyland Resort is to book a
Vacation Package. A Disneyland Resort Vacation Package includes both hotel accommodations and theme park tickets. You can
book your Vacation Package online or by calling the
Vacation Packages phone line. I recommend the phone line, as the Cast Members there can help with the trickiness of booking a larger suite or multiple rooms for larger parties.
If you prefer to book your hotel reservations and purchase tickets separately, you may call the
Hotel Reservations phone line or
book your hotel stay online. Theme park tickets can then be
purchased online or by using the
Disneyland mobile app. Although many Guests choose to purchase tickets using the mobile app, my preferred method for ticket purchases is online. When you purchase tickets on the website, your tickets will still automatically be linked to your Disneyland Resort account so that they show up on the mobile app. You can find linked park tickets on the Tickets and Passes screen accessed from the mobile app's ☰ feature menu.
To experience the excitement of ringing in the new year from within the Disneyland Resort theme parks, your regular theme park admission and a
theme park reservation for your preferred park on December 31 are all that are required. Disneyland Park may offer special entertainment leading up to midnight and beyond. When we celebrated the New Year at the Disneyland Resort, we enjoyed dance parties and party favors. And, of course, Disneyland Park is famous for its New Year's Eve Fantasy in the Sky Fireworks Spectacular. Disney California Adventure Park will present the Disney Festival of Holidays until 1:00 AM that night. The Festival of Holidays is a great way to experience the lights, sounds, tastes, and joys of various seasonal holidays celebrated by many different cultures.
My family opted to enjoy the early showing of Fantasy in the Sky at Disneyland. We then returned to our Downtown Disney District view room at the Disneyland Hotel, which happened to feature an amazing view of the midnight fireworks at Disneyland Park. We also caught sight of a surprise fireworks spectacular at Disney California Adventure Park! Note that entertainment offerings are subject to change and not guaranteed due to weather and other unforeseen conditions.
Celebrating New Year's Eve at the Disneyland Resort is very popular and reservations are limited. So I recommend booking your park reservations as soon as possible. If you book a Vacation Package within 180 of your visit, you have the opportunity to book your park reservations at the same time. Disneyland Resort theme park tickets purchased separately using the Disneyland Resort website or the Disneyland mobile app will automatically include the steps to book park reservations.
Have a most magical time, Gabriella!
~Tony