Disneyland
Amusement park in Anaheim
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| 2025 | Disneyland launched 'Shadows of Memory: A Skywalker Saga', a new entertainment projection experience commemorating the Star Wars franchise and exploring its narrative history. |
| March 7 2025 | The DRR reopened after a closure for track maintenance between the Main Street, USA and New Orleans Square sections. |
| January 2025 |
The Disneyland Railroad closed for track maintenance between the Main Street, USA and New Orleans Square sections.
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| 2024 | The Pan Pacific Hotel is renamed to Pixar Place Hotel, continuing the resort's ongoing transformation and rebranding efforts. |
| 2024 | Fire of the Rising Moons fireworks show introduces a new nighttime entertainment experience at Disneyland. |
| 2024 | Critter Country was renamed to Bayou Country, reflecting a new thematic approach for the park section. |
| October 2024 | Disney began piloting the 'Lightning Lane Premier Pass', allowing guests to enter faster lines at any time for an additional $400 per person per day. |
| May 18 2024 | Disneyland character performers voted to join the Actors' Equity Association, with 79% voting in favor, marking the first unionization since Disneyland's opening in 1955. |
| May 11 2024 | The Disneyland Railroad's roundhouse was opened to guests for the first time as part of the new Disneyland Railroad Guided Tour. |
| May 7 2024 | The DisneylandForward expansion plan was approved by the Anaheim City Council. |
| 2023 | The Heartbeat of New Orleans — A Living Mural entertainment feature was introduced at Disneyland, offering a new themed entertainment experience. |
| 2023 | Wondrous Journeys fireworks show first performed at Disneyland. |
| 2023 | Tarzan's Treehouse is rethemed to Adventureland Treehouse. |
| 2023 | Attendance further increased to 17.25 million visitors, approaching pre-pandemic levels. |
| May 31 2023 | Splash Mountain log flume attraction, which contained one of the DRR tunnels, permanently closed to be rethemed as Tiana's Bayou Adventure. |
| May 26 2023 | A DRR locomotive broke down on a trestle bridge over the Critter Country section near Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge entrance, forcing a 45-minute train evacuation. |
| April 13 2023 | Disneyland announced its first official 'Pride Nite', supporting the LGBTQ community. |
| January 27 2023 | Disneyland launched the Disney100 celebration for The Walt Disney Company's centennial, introducing Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway attraction and Wondrous Journeys fireworks show. |
| 2022 | Closure of Donald's Boat and Goofy's Playhouse, with Donald's Boat re-themed to Donald's Duck Pond and Goofy's Playhouse transformed to Goofy's How-To-Play Yard. |
| 2022 | Reintroduced 'Disneyland Forever' fireworks show during the summer season. |
| 2022 | Continued recovery with attendance rising to 16.88 million visitors. |
| 2022 | At D23 Expo, announcement made that 'Magic Happens' parade would return to Disneyland in spring 2023. |
| December 28 2022 | A fire broke out in the New Orleans Square section, damaging the freight depot. The cause of the fire was under investigation at the time of reporting. |
| October 2022 | A seventh pricing tier was added to Disneyland's admission pricing system. |
| 2021 | Tarzan's Treehouse attraction closes after 22 years. |
| 2021 | Park attendance began recovering, increasing to 8.57 million visitors. |
| October 2021 | A sixth pricing tier was added to Disneyland's admission pricing system. |
| June 15 2021 | Disneyland and other California theme parks were permitted to return to full capacity as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. |
| April 30 2021 | Disneyland reopened after COVID-19 pandemic closure. |
| April 30 2021 | Disneyland and Disney California Adventure officially reopened with limited capacity and social distancing guidelines after 13 months of closure. |
| March 25 2021 | Disney announced DisneylandForward, a plan to expand the park with more rides, restaurants, and shops. |
| March 18 2021 | Disneyland launched 'A Touch of Disney', a limited-capacity ticketed event allowing guests to shop and dine. |
| March 5 2021 | California Department of Public Health announced Disneyland could reopen with capacity restrictions beginning April 1, 2021. |
| 2020 | Closure of Chip 'n Dale's Treehouse. |
| 2020 | Dramatic drop in annual attendance to 3.67 million visitors, likely due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. |
| 2020 | Brief two-week debut of 'Magic Happens' parade before COVID-19 pandemic closure, with a limited-time virtual parade also available. |
| July 9 2020 | Downtown Disney reopened after nearly four months of closure. |
| March 14 2020 | Park closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and safety protocols. |
| March 14 2020 | Disneyland closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and safety protocols. |
| March 14 2020 | Disneyland Park, Disney California Adventure, Downtown Disney, and resort hotels closed indefinitely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| February 2020 | Disneyland switched to a multi-tiered pricing system with 5 initial pricing tiers, covering approximately 64% of days at Tier 4 and above. |
| 2019 | Launched 'Disneyland Forever' fireworks show during the summer season. |
| 2019 | Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge was added to Disneyland, introducing a new immersive themed land to the park. |
| August 11 2019 | The No. 5 locomotive broke down on a trestle over Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge entrance due to a broken axle, requiring train evacuation. The Disneyland Railroad returned to service the following day with no injuries reported. |
| January 2019 | Mickey's Mix Magic fireworks show first introduced at Disneyland. |
| 2018 | The Frightfully Fun Parade concluded its run at Disneyland after three seasons of Halloween entertainment. |
| 2018 | Introduction of the 'B-show' format with 'Believe... In Holiday Magic', featuring smaller fireworks shells and low-level pyrotechnics to accommodate potential weather issues. |
| April 2018 | Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular fireworks show debuts at Disneyland. |
| 2017 | Paint the Night parade concludes its original run at Disneyland. |
| 2017 | Bob Joles became the current voice narrator for the Disneyland Railroad's pre-recorded commentary. |
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