Like its Halloween parties, Disneyland is bringing the limited-capacity, after-hours treatment to Christmas for five nights only in November and December.
You can still see all of the familiar holiday favorites any night at Disneyland, including A Christmas Fantasy Parade, snow on Main Street and the seasonal makeovers of “it’s a small world” and the Haunted Mansion.
But the separately-ticketed Disney Merriest Nites teases lighter crowds for all of those and adds in a half-dozen music and dance-filled character areas, including a Victorian-dressed Mickey Mouse and Christmas-caroling Muppets on Main Street, along with Princess Tiana in New Orleans Square, Coco’s Miguel in Frontierland, Lilo & Stitch in Adventureland, Elsa in Fantasyland and Buzz Lightyear in Tomorrowland.
The evening also promises more festively-dressed characters, themed backdrops (with unlimited downloads for portraits snapped by the park’s PhotoPass photographers) and hot chocolate and cookies.
Tickets go on sale September 14 around 9am, but the prices aren’t exactly merry: Admission costs $165 (plus an extra $10 on opening night), a notable premium over standard admission tickets around the holidays, depending on the day. You’ll be allowed to enter the park at 5pm during the final few normal park operating hours before things switch over to the ticketed party from 8pm until midnight. Also, just a heads up that Mickey’s Toontown, Critter Country and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge won’t be available during the party.
