Salute to All Things Disney but Mostly Disneyland from January 2017

2017 Lunar New Year Celebration at Disney California Adventure

January 23, 2017 by Laura Gilbreath

In 2017, Disneyland has expanded the Lunar New Year Celebration to 17 days, from January 20 - February 5. This year celebrates the Year of the Rooster. All events take place at Disney California Adventure. This report is from the media preview of the event.

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2017 Disneyland Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend – Part 3, Half Marathon

January 22, 2017 by Laura Gilbreath

Sunday – January 15, Star Wars Half Marathon We’d scheduled a wakeup call for 4:00 – but we never got it. Fortunately Lee is a “belt-and-suspenders” guy and had also set the alarm on his iPhone, so we were still up at 4:00. Since we knew from the day before that security wasn’t going to … Continue reading "2017 Disneyland Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend – Part 3, Half Marathon"

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2017 Disneyland Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend – Part 2, 10K

January 21, 2017 by Laura Gilbreath

Saturday – January 14, Star Wars 10K I know I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s so much easier to run races at Disneyland! The start area and all of the hotels are all walking distance, so we don’t have to get up really early to catch a bus to the start. The race started at … Continue reading "2017 Disneyland Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend – Part 2, 10K"

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2017 Disneyland Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend – Part 1, Expo

January 20, 2017 by Laura Gilbreath

For the third year Lee and I participated in the 10K and half marathon races at Disneyland’s Star Wars Half Marathon. Or Star Wars Half Marathon – the Light Side as they now call it, to distinguish it from the Star Wars Half Marathon – the Dark Side at Walt Disney World. 🙂 Unlike previous … Continue reading "2017 Disneyland Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend – Part 1, Expo"

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Disneyland Resort Updates – 1/13/17

January 16, 2017 by Jason Dz

Contributing photographer Jason of disneygeek.com sends us these photos from his trip to the parks on Friday, January 13, 2017. These updates include a quick video overview of the Star Wars construction site from the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure.

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Three Kings’ Day at Disneyland

January 10, 2017 by Laura Gilbreath

For a number of years Disneyland has celebrated Three Kings’ Day – El Dia de los Reyes Magos. January 6 (Epiphany) is the official day, but this year the events took place January 5-8. Three Kings’ Day celebrates the visit of the kings to the Christ child on the 12th day after his birth. Traditionally … Continue reading "Three Kings’ Day at Disneyland"

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