What’s on tap at Disneyland for 2022 and what’s still missing

The phased reopening of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure that has dilatory but steadily unfolded implicit the past 8 months and volition proceed to rotation retired done 2022 could yet agelong into 2023 and beyond.

Disneyland and DCA’s amusement lineup for 2022 offers a glimpse astatine however agelong it could instrumentality for the Anaheim taxable parks to instrumentality to a pre-pandemic mean pursuing the yearlong coronavirus closures.

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The COVID-19 pandemic enactment fireworks, nighttime spectaculars, parades and unrecorded shows connected clasp during the phased reopening of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure owed to the ample crowds they attract. Since the parks returned successful precocious April, Disneyland has brought backmost fireworks successful clip for the Fourth of July and resumed the archetypal parade arsenic portion of DCA’s Oogie Boogie Bash successful aboriginal September.

Let’s instrumentality a person look astatine what volition beryllium returning successful the abbreviated term, what’s connected pat further retired successful the calendar and what inactive remains chartless for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.

Disney has announced dates for the returning Lunar New Year event celebrating Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cultures and traditions which volition tally Jan. 21 done Feb. 13.

Sweethearts’ Nite — the archetypal of 3 separate-admission after-hours events announced for 2022 — volition tally connected Feb. 1, 3, 8, 10 and 14 astatine Disneyland.

Celebrate Gospel volition relocate from DCA’s Hollywood Land to Disneyland’s Fantasyland Theatre successful February. Live choirs featuring section singers volition observe Black History Month — which runs passim February. Firm dates person not yet been acceptable for the multiday Celebrate Gospel event.

Disney has besides announced dates for different returning seasonal lawsuit — the DCA Food & Wine Festival featuring local, personage and Disney chefs connected March 4 done April 26.

Villains Nite — the 2nd batch of the separate-admission, after-hours parties — volition instrumentality spot connected March 8 and 10 astatine Disney California Adventure.

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Mickey’s Toontown volition close successful March 2022 for operation and won’t reopen until sometime successful 2023 arsenic Walt Disney Imagineering reimagines the cartoon themed onshore up of the motorboat of the caller Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway attraction.

The “Tale of the Lion King” volition beryllium moving from DCA to the Fantasyland Theatre astatine Disneyland sometime successful the outpouring — which could beryllium anytime betwixt precocious March and precocious June.

The “Fantasmic” and “World of Color” spectaculars arsenic good arsenic the “Disneyland Forever” fireworks amusement volition besides instrumentality successful outpouring — which apt translates to precocious March oregon aboriginal April successful clip to sorb Spring Break crowds.

Disney California Adventure has begun refilling Paradise Bay pursuing an extended refurbishment of the fountains, mist screens and flamethrowers utilized successful the “World of Color” nighttime spectacular. The “Fantasmic” fountains and mist screens person besides undergone an extended refurbishment successful the Rivers of America astatine Disneyland.

Will some nighttime spectaculars travel backmost connected the aforesaid date? A springtime amusement bundle featuring “Fantasmic” and “World of Color” could assistance drum up involvement successful the parks portion fans await the motorboat of the re-themed Splash Mountain and the summation of the caller Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway.

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Star Wars Nite — the 3rd of the separate-admission, after-hours parties — volition tally connected May 3, 4 and 27 astatine Disneyland.

Why the large spread betwixt the dates for Star Wars Nites?

The archetypal brace of dates autumn connected the eve and time of the unofficial commemorative day celebrating the Star Wars franchise — arsenic successful May the Fourth Be With You.

The 3rd Star Wars Nite falls during the Star Wars Celebration — which runs astatine the Anaheim Convention Center connected May 26-29 successful 2022.

The Main Street Electrical Parade volition instrumentality erstwhile again to Disneyland successful clip for the venerable nighttime parade’s 50th day — which falls connected June 17.

The Disney Auditions website — which presently has nary casting calls posted for Disneyland oregon Disney California Adventure — volition connection the archetypal hint erstwhile the Main Street Electrical Parade, “Tale of the Lion King” amusement and “Fantasmic” nighttime spectacular volition debut successful 2022.

The D23 Expo instrumentality normal besides planned for the Anaheim Convention Center volition beryllium held Sept. 9-11.

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What’s inactive missing from the pre-pandemic lineup?

The Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway acheronian thrust planned for Mickey’s Toontown has had its initially announced 2022 opening day pushed backmost to 2023.

The different large attraction successful the pipeline — the transformation of Splash Mountain with a “Princess and the Frog” taxable — doesn’t yet person an announced opening date. The Splash Mountain makeover was notably absent from Disneyland’s precocious announced 2022 lineup.

Also missing from the 2022 amusement lineup was the Magic Happens parade — which debuted successful precocious February 2020 conscionable a fewer weeks earlier the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 13-month closure of Disneyland.

The Hyperion Theater — which was past location to the “Frozen Live” Broadway-style amusement — was besides near disconnected the 2022 amusement lineup.

The aforesaid goes for the smaller Royal Theater successful Disneyland that offered up witty and fast-paced versions of the “Tangled” and “Beauty and the Beast” tales.