New and Fresh at Disneyland® Park
Guests visiting Disneyland® Park will notice new venues and shows and some new looks for some of their favorite attractions.
The Matterhorn Bobsleds, a Disneyland® Park landmark since 1959, just reopen following a five-and-a-half month refresh of the attraction. The mountain has new paint and “snow caps” on the outside and some lighting changes inside. A new three-person bobsled will allow guests to be seated individually.
The mountain climbers will also return from their hiatus this summer to thrill guests as they scale the Matterhorn slopes.
The weather will be changing in Pixie Hollow this fall when a new fairy arrives to visit Tinker Bell. Frost fairy Periwinkle, from the upcoming Disney video Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings joins Pixie Hollow, but not without some changes. Tinker Bell’s snow-making machine will be added to help keep Periwinkle cool.
Additional new faces at Disneyland® Park are Merida, the adventurous heroine of the upcoming Disney•Pixar movie Brave, and her three bear cubs. Hailing from the Scottish Highlands, Merida will be visiting guests in an interactive meet-and-play experience near “it’s a small world®.”
In Frontierland®, the newly premiered Big Thunder Ranch Jamboree brings music, dancing, crafts, pin trading and plenty of Disney characters (in Western wear) to the space previously known as Festival Arena. Guests may join in and kick up their heels with Billy Hill and the Hillbillies at an old-fashioned Cowboy Roundup or gather to enjoy live performances by visiting schools and community groups, presented by the Disney Performing Arts Program.
The west side of Main Street, U.S.A.® Area now features an array of refreshed shops and restaurants. All of their turn-of-the-century interiors are newly redecorated with period signs, lighting fixtures and woodwork.
- Guests visiting Carnation Café can now enjoy indoor as well as outdoor seating. New menu items include apple-granola pancakes and huevos rancheros for breakfast, plus fresh fish and Walt Disney’s favorite beef-and-pork meatloaf for dinner. Beloved Carnation Café cast member Oscar Martinez will continue to greet guests as he has for more than five decades!
- Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor has expanded its scooping space and added registers, all the better to serve guests. The menu includes classic sundaes and new ice cream floats.
- The Penny Arcade has returned with vintage games and silent movie Mutoscope viewing machines, plus the mystical fortune-telling Esmeralda and the classic Welte Orchestrion organ-and-percussion music machine, purchased for Disneyland® Park by Walt Disney himself.
- The expanded kitchen at the Candy Palace allows guests to watch two kinds of candy being prepared at the same time. The Candy Palace is still making all the favorites like caramel and gourmet candy apples, toffee and fudge, and the extremely popular handmade candy canes made each holiday season.
- Jolly Holiday Bakery Café, which opened in early 2012, has become a popular stop for breakfast, lunch or dinner on Main Street, U.S.A.® Their menu features baked goods, sandwiches, salads and beverages and the whimsical décor of “Mary Poppins” adds to diners’ enjoyment.
In the Main Street Opera House, the Voices of Liberty, an a cappella vocal group inspired by the popular Voices of Liberty at The American Adventure attraction in the Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida will perform patriotic songs to entertain guests awaiting the “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln” presentation.
Lastly, Disneyland® Park fans, dedicated gardeners and admirers of the Resort’s landscape will all want to experience the Cultivating the Magic Tour, which explores Disneyland® Park horticulture. Presented by a Resort Tour Guide, the tour explores landscaping highlights of the park from the “Flower Mickey” at the Main Gate to the spectacular plantings in the Jungle Cruise and Storybook Land.
