(Editorial Note: This article was originally published as Disneyland’s 75th birthday, when in actuality 2025 will be Disneyland’s 70th Birthday! Apologies for the mistake, the original notation was definitely read wrong!)
It’s hard to believe it’s been seventy years of magic. Disneyland resort opened in 1955, and against all odds grew into one of the most beloved and innovative themed entertainment venues in the entire world. To celebrate such a joyous occasion, Disneyland Resort is kicking off its 70th Birthday Bask on May 16th, 2025, to help bring joy and magic to all who visit the home of some of the imagination’s greatest achievements.
Across Disneyland Resort in California – including Disneyland, Disneyland California Adventure, the Downtown Disney District, and three Disneyland hotels – celebration will be in full swing in 2025, ensuring that this upcoming year’s milestone birthday is the biggest and best of them yet! Featuring limited-time festivals, separately ticketed events to celebrate Disneyland’s birthday in bigger and better ways, exclusive food, beverage, entertainment, and merchandise in honor of this momentous jamboree, and even some old favorites returning, Disneyland is going to have it all in 2025!
This festive time of reflection and excitement for Disneyland’s future will be run from May 16th, 2025, all the way through summer of 2026, so there will be plenty of opportunity for guests to experience the joy of Disneyland’s 70th birthday celebration!
Announced along with the upcoming entertainment, decor, food and beverage, and collectible merchandise is the “Paint the Night” parade, which will be returning to help celebrate some of Disneyland’s most cherished traditions – but looking to the beloved memories of Disneyland past isn’t all guests will be able to experience! The all new “World of Color Happiness!” nighttime spectacular will debut at Disney California Adventure as well, drawing inspiration from the most famous words uttered by Walt Disney himself – words that changed the world: “To all who come to this happy place… welcome!”
“Wondrous Journeys” and “Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration” will also be returning to Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, respectively, but will temporarily pause during the holiday seasons.
And perhaps one of the most anticipated attractions of 2025 will be debuting alongside the opening of Disneyland’s 70th birthday celebration; announced earlier in 2024 at D23, Walt Disney – a Magical Life will debut at the Main Street Opera house theater in Disneyland Park on May 16th, 2025. This attraction has been carefully crafted to honor Walt Disney’s life and his journey in creating a lasting legacy of passion, creativity, and imagination that has touched the lives of countless people all across the world. From his early animations to the inception of Disneyland park, Walt Disney has had an undeniable impact in the lives of children and adults throughout the last century.
This attraction, as mentioned at D23, will feature a replica of Walt’s office, where guests will see Walt brought to life for the first time ever through the magic of Audio-Animatronics – a technology that he himself helped pioneer in the 60s!
This attraction will be a momentous piece of history, and is a must-see for anyone visiting the Disneyland park in California. Combined with the promise of a truly dazzling birthday celebration at Disneyland this upcoming year, there’s no doubt that the happiest place on Earth is going to be happier than ever before!
Are you sure you know how math works…?!? 🧐
I’m a writer, I never claimed to know math! But in all seriousness, thanks so much for pointing this out!! I definitely transposed a number there, so sorry about that!
The title of this article is “Disneyland Resort in California Celebrates 75th Birthday in 2025”. Disneyland will celebrate its 70th birthday in 2025, not its 75th. 1955 + 75 = 2030.
Thank you so much for pointing this out! I definitely transposed a number there!