Diamond Celebration: 24 Hour Event @ Disneyland Resort May 22-23!

[figment_jii]

Another Parks Blog posting, announcing that the Dapper Dans, Five & Dam, and the Red Car Trolley News Boys will have new songs for the 60th! They should debut on the 22nd!
Favorite Musical Groups Sing New Tunes for the Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration

 

[mershell]

Apologies if this has already been posted. Just pulled it from Mousewait: Looks like GMA will indeed be taping live.

Diamond Celebration 24 Hour Kick Off Celebration Event-May 22-23 2015!

All in One Info Post

“To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past...and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America...with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.”- Walt Disney


Parking- Pumbaa lot will open for early arrivals at 10pm on the night of Thursday, May 21. Mickey and Friends will open at 4am and Toy Story Lot will open at 5am on Friday morning.


Opening Celebration- Starting at 4am, Guests who choose to start at Disneyland Park will be escorted onto Main Street for a special opening moment at 6am. Guests who choose to start their day at Disney California Adventure Park will be escorted onto Buena Vista Street at 5:30am. Also, “Good Morning America” will be filming live that morning from Main Street USA.


For more information about lining up early, what is allowed in line and Park Admission, click here.

Party Events:

Disneyland Park:

- Disneyland Forever Fireworks- 9:30pm (Reminder that viewing for this show can be seen from not just Main Street, but also from the “it’s a small world” mall and Rivers of America)

- Paint the Night Parade- 8:50pm and 1am

- Fantasmic!- 9pm and 10:45pm (Fast Pass Distribution will be the same as usual)

- Mary Poppins Sing Along- Main Street Opera House- 6pm, 10pm, 12:45am, 3:30am

- Mickey’s ToonTown Pajama Party (12am-4:30am)- Special party with Mickey and friends with photo locations, special food offerings and a live DJ.

- Royal Swing Big Band Ball- Royal Theater- 10:30pm, 11:15pm, 12:30am, 1:30am

- Super Hero Movie Marathon- Tomorrowland Theater (Guardians of the Galaxy 10pm and 3am, The Avengers 12:15am)

- TLT Dance Club- Tomorrowland Terrace, 12:30am-5am



Disney California Adventure Park:

- World of Color- Celebrate!- 9pm, 10:15pm, 3am (Fast Pass Distribution will be at Grizzly River Run like usual)

- Pixar Play Parade- 5:15pm

- Diamond Mad T Party- 8:30pm- 5am

- Pacific Wharf Dance Party- 10:45pm, 2:45am, 3:30am-5am


Tip: Make sure to grab an Entertainment Guide for all of the other Entertainment Offerings because of shows are adding more sets/shows than normal.


Attractions- The following attractions will be open from 6am-6am, unless otherwise noted.

Disneyland Park

- Alice in Wonderland
- Astro Orbiter
- Autopia
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (6am-4am)
- Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (6am-5am)
- Casey Jr. Circus Train
- Davey Crockett’s Explorer Canoes (11am-5pm)
- Disneyland Monorail
- Disneyland Opera House (Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln 12pm-5pm; Mary Poppins Sing Along 6pm-6am)
- Disneyland Railroad
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage (6am-3am)
- Gadget’s Go Coaster (7am-7pm, 12am-4:30am)
- Haunted Mansion
- Indiana Jones Adventure
- “it’s a small world”
- Jungle Cruise (6am-3:45am)
- King Arthur Carrousel
- Mad Tea Party
- Mark Twain Riverboat (9am-5pm)
- Matterhorn Bobsleds (6am-2:15am)
- Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
- Pinocchio’s Daring Journey (6am-2:45am)
- Pirates of the Caribbean (6am-5am)
- Roger Rabbit’s Cartoon Spin (7am-7pm, 12am-4:30am)
- Sailing Ship Columbia (11am-4pm)
- Sleeping Beauty Cast Walkthrough
- Snow White’s Scary Adventures
- Space Mountain
- Splash Mountain (6am-3am)
- Star Tours
- Storybook Land Canal Boats (closes 1 hour before parade, opens 1 hour after parade)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Tomorrowland Theater (Tomorrowland Preview/Super Hero Movie Marathon)
- Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room


Disney California Adventure Park

- California Screamin’ (7am-4am, closed during World of Color)
- Flik’s Flyers (6am-2am, 2am-6am)
- Francis’ Ladybug Boogie (6am-4am)
- Golden Zephyr (closes for Pixar Play Parade)
- Goofy’s Sky School
- Heimlich’s Chew Chew Train (6am-12am, 2am-6am)
- It’s Tough go to be a Bug
- Jumpin’ Jellyfish (closes for World of Color)
- King Triton’s Carousel
- The Little Mermaid- Ariel’s Undersea Adventure (6am-12am, 4am-6am)
- Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree
- Mickey’s Fun Wheel (closed for World of Color, 6am-4:30am)
- Monster’s Inc, Mike and Sulley to the Rescue
- Radiator Springs Racers (7am-3am)
- Red Car Trolley
- Redwood Creek Challenge Trail (6am-11pm)
- Silly Symphony Swings (closes for World of Color)
- Soarin’ Over California
- Toy Story Midway Mania
- Tuck and Roll’s Drive’Em Boogie
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (7am-6am)


Food

For special food offerings for this event, make sure to check this post by the Disney Parks Blog. To view, click here.



Merchandise

Merchandise for the 24 hour event will be available at the following locations:

Disneyland Park:
- Emporium
- Disney Clothiers
- Little Green Men Store Command

Disney California Adventure Park
- Elias and Company

Downtown Disney
- World of Disney

Along with the 24 hour event product, the 60th anniversary merchandise will also be on sale at many various locations around the Resort starting on Wednesday, May 20th. To preview some of the merchandise that will be available these days, click here.


All information subject to change.
If you have any questions or tips you would like to add, please comment below! Hope to see you there!

 

[Angrose]

Yeah, I asked when I was there a couple of weeks ago and no one could answer whether or not a FP would be needed for the 3AM. Best guess is yes. My plan is to shoot over to DCA around 9 or 10 just to grab a pass. If I get a 3AM, great. If not, I guess I'll be skipping WoC. But, in my case I'm not the biggest fan of WoC anyway, so no big deal.

I just read in the "comments and replies" section of the Disney Parks blog (yesterday's blog about lining up and such) that the 3am WOC show will have a dedicated FP distribution alongside the regular FP kiosks. I was thinking that one would have to wait for the first two shows to be distributed first, but looks like that's not the case. I'm not sure how to approach this now. I was going to pop over there around noon to check on FP before taking a break at the hotel. Looks like I may need to check on them earlier now. Ugh!

 

[kangamama]

I just read in the "comments and replies" section of the Disney Parks blog (yesterday's blog about lining up and such) that the 3am WOC show will have a dedicated FP distribution alongside the regular FP kiosks.

oh this is good news!

 

[nansmama]

I know that no one can answer this for sure, but what are the chances the park reaches capacity in the morning? We are driving in from Las Vegas and will need to get at least some sleep before we leave because my daughter has dance all day Thursday. We were planning to leave here early Friday and arrive at DL around 9-10am. Is that way too late? I am now thinking that maybe a better plan would be just driving there after my daughter's last dance class, arriving around 1am, and sleeping in the parking lot in our car until 6am or so. We don't care about the opening ceremony or the goodies, but we don't want to get locked out entirely.

 

[ThisGirlLovesDL]

I don't think the park will reach capacity until the locals start to get off work and head to the parks.

I do think it will be more crowded than the other 24 hour events before it. I work for a local hotel that hasn't sold out for any of the prior 24 hour events. This time we are totally sold out Friday night (as is our sister property).

 

[figment_jii]

I think there will be a big crowd right at 6:00 am (but not at capacity) and then a portion of those guests will leave to go to work/school and then there will be another bump in the afternoon/evening. I don't think the parks are going to hit capacity mid-morning (I could be wrong of course!).

 

[john398]

Apologies if this has already been posted. Just pulled it from Mousewait: Looks like GMA will indeed be taping live.

Diamond Celebration 24 Hour Kick Off Celebration Event-May 22-23 2015!

All in One Info Post

“To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past...and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America...with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.”- Walt Disney


Parking- Pumbaa lot will open for early arrivals at 10pm on the night of Thursday, May 21. Mickey and Friends will open at 4am and Toy Story Lot will open at 5am on Friday morning.


Opening Celebration- Starting at 4am, Guests who choose to start at Disneyland Park will be escorted onto Main Street for a special opening moment at 6am. Guests who choose to start their day at Disney California Adventure Park will be escorted onto Buena Vista Street at 5:30am. Also, “Good Morning America” will be filming live that morning from Main Street USA.


For more information about lining up early, what is allowed in line and Park Admission, click here.

Party Events:

Disneyland Park:

- Disneyland Forever Fireworks- 9:30pm (Reminder that viewing for this show can be seen from not just Main Street, but also from the “it’s a small world” mall and Rivers of America)

- Paint the Night Parade- 8:50pm and 1am

- Fantasmic!- 9pm and 10:45pm (Fast Pass Distribution will be the same as usual)

- Mary Poppins Sing Along- Main Street Opera House- 6pm, 10pm, 12:45am, 3:30am

- Mickey’s ToonTown Pajama Party (12am-4:30am)- Special party with Mickey and friends with photo locations, special food offerings and a live DJ.

- Royal Swing Big Band Ball- Royal Theater- 10:30pm, 11:15pm, 12:30am, 1:30am

- Super Hero Movie Marathon- Tomorrowland Theater (Guardians of the Galaxy 10pm and 3am, The Avengers 12:15am)

- TLT Dance Club- Tomorrowland Terrace, 12:30am-5am



Disney California Adventure Park:

- World of Color- Celebrate!- 9pm, 10:15pm, 3am (Fast Pass Distribution will be at Grizzly River Run like usual)

- Pixar Play Parade- 5:15pm

- Diamond Mad T Party- 8:30pm- 5am

- Pacific Wharf Dance Party- 10:45pm, 2:45am, 3:30am-5am


Tip: Make sure to grab an Entertainment Guide for all of the other Entertainment Offerings because of shows are adding more sets/shows than normal.


Attractions- The following attractions will be open from 6am-6am, unless otherwise noted.

Disneyland Park

- Alice in Wonderland
- Astro Orbiter
- Autopia
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (6am-4am)
- Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (6am-5am)
- Casey Jr. Circus Train
- Davey Crockett’s Explorer Canoes (11am-5pm)
- Disneyland Monorail
- Disneyland Opera House (Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln 12pm-5pm; Mary Poppins Sing Along 6pm-6am)
- Disneyland Railroad
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage (6am-3am)
- Gadget’s Go Coaster (7am-7pm, 12am-4:30am)
- Haunted Mansion
- Indiana Jones Adventure
- “it’s a small world”
- Jungle Cruise (6am-3:45am)
- King Arthur Carrousel
- Mad Tea Party
- Mark Twain Riverboat (9am-5pm)
- Matterhorn Bobsleds (6am-2:15am)
- Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
- Pinocchio’s Daring Journey (6am-2:45am)
- Pirates of the Caribbean (6am-5am)
- Roger Rabbit’s Cartoon Spin (7am-7pm, 12am-4:30am)
- Sailing Ship Columbia (11am-4pm)
- Sleeping Beauty Cast Walkthrough
- Snow White’s Scary Adventures
- Space Mountain
- Splash Mountain (6am-3am)
- Star Tours
- Storybook Land Canal Boats (closes 1 hour before parade, opens 1 hour after parade)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Tomorrowland Theater (Tomorrowland Preview/Super Hero Movie Marathon)
- Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room


Disney California Adventure Park

- California Screamin’ (7am-4am, closed during World of Color)
- Flik’s Flyers (6am-2am, 2am-6am)
- Francis’ Ladybug Boogie (6am-4am)
- Golden Zephyr (closes for Pixar Play Parade)
- Goofy’s Sky School
- Heimlich’s Chew Chew Train (6am-12am, 2am-6am)
- It’s Tough go to be a Bug
- Jumpin’ Jellyfish (closes for World of Color)
- King Triton’s Carousel
- The Little Mermaid- Ariel’s Undersea Adventure (6am-12am, 4am-6am)
- Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree
- Mickey’s Fun Wheel (closed for World of Color, 6am-4:30am)
- Monster’s Inc, Mike and Sulley to the Rescue
- Radiator Springs Racers (7am-3am)
- Red Car Trolley
- Redwood Creek Challenge Trail (6am-11pm)
- Silly Symphony Swings (closes for World of Color)
- Soarin’ Over California
- Toy Story Midway Mania
- Tuck and Roll’s Drive’Em Boogie
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (7am-6am)


Food

For special food offerings for this event, make sure to check this post by the Disney Parks Blog. To view, click here.



Merchandise

Merchandise for the 24 hour event will be available at the following locations:

Disneyland Park:
- Emporium
- Disney Clothiers
- Little Green Men Store Command

Disney California Adventure Park
- Elias and Company

Downtown Disney
- World of Disney

Along with the 24 hour event product, the 60th anniversary merchandise will also be on sale at many various locations around the Resort starting on Wednesday, May 20th. To preview some of the merchandise that will be available these days, click here.


All information subject to change.
If you have any questions or tips you would like to add, please comment below! Hope to see you there!

I wonder what there source is on GMA

 

[nansmama]

Thanks for the replies! That's good to know and quite a relief. We really should sleep before a four hour drive and 24 hours in the parks, LOL.

 

[vladimir p]

is there going to be a dance party at the castle this year, with the dj and the jumbo screen like last year??

 

[figment_jii]

It hasn't been mentioned so far, but that doesn't mean it won't be one of the surprises!

 

[john398]

is there going to be a dance party at the castle this year, with the dj and the jumbo screen like last year??

well they are having a pajama party with a DJ in toontown if your looking for something similar

 

[figment_jii]

The Parks Blog will be live streaming the Media Night Performances of Paint the Night and Disneyland Forever (Thursday, starting around 8:30 pm).
Watch Premiere Performances of ‘Paint the Night’ Parade and ‘Disneyland Forever’ Fireworks and Disneyland Resort 24-Hour Event LIVE on Disney Parks Blog

The same blog posting also confirmed that there will be webcams in the park for the 24-hour day.

 

[beachdreamr1229]

I just read in the "comments and replies" section of the Disney Parks blog (yesterday's blog about lining up and such) that the 3am WOC show will have a dedicated FP distribution alongside the regular FP kiosks. I was thinking that one would have to wait for the first two shows to be distributed first, but looks like that's not the case. I'm not sure how to approach this now. I was going to pop over there around noon to check on FP before taking a break at the hotel. Looks like I may need to check on them earlier now. Ugh!

I swear, every time I think I have it all planned out, something else changes! Maybe I'll go to DL for the opening ceremony, run over to DCA to get my fastpass, then run back? That seems like a lot of running though...

On a not as important note, but one that matters to me, do you guys think the Matterhorn's single rider line will be open? I'm really hoping it will so I can save a little time. I have this plan in my head, but I'm trying to decide whether to ride HM first to see Hattie, or Matterhorn since I know the line will be long all day.

 

[mershell]

Is anyone planning on arriving around 2am? I don’t know anything about the Pumbaa lot. Is it large enough that there would still be available parking at 2am? Can someone tell me exactly where the lot is and if there is a tram or do you walk from it to the park? Thanks much.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

is there going to be a dance party at the castle this year, with the dj and the jumbo screen like last year??

I hope not, although it wouldn't surprise me. Whenever there is a DJ at the castle and a swing band at PFF, no one, not even the band, can hear a thing over the DJ's music. It is really exhausting trying to dance to a band you can't even hear!

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Is anyone planning on arriving around 2am? I don’t know anything about the Pumbaa lot. Is it large enough that there would still be available parking at 2am? Can someone tell me exactly where the lot is and if there is a tram or do you walk from it to the park? Thanks much.

The Pumbaa lot is located behind Garden Walk (on Disney Way?), by the Ramada Maingate.

 

[GenGen22]

I know that no one can answer this for sure, but what are the chances the park reaches capacity in the morning? We are driving in from Las Vegas and will need to get at least some sleep before we leave because my daughter has dance all day Thursday. We were planning to leave here early Friday and arrive at DL around 9-10am. Is that way too late? I am now thinking that maybe a better plan would be just driving there after my daughter's last dance class, arriving around 1am, and sleeping in the parking lot in our car until 6am or so. We don't care about the opening ceremony or the goodies, but we don't want to get locked out entirely.

Your not alone on that one... We are getting up at 4:30am & flying to SNA droppin, our bags at our hotel & then catching the Toy Story lot shuttle to the parks. We will probably be there around 9am or a little later... You definitely need your sleep tho...

 

[figment_jii]

On a not as important note, but one that matters to me, do you guys think the Matterhorn's single rider line will be open? I'm really hoping it will so I can save a little time. I have this plan in my head, but I'm trying to decide whether to ride HM first to see Hattie, or Matterhorn since I know the line will be long all day.

That's an interesting conundrum...I would probably keep an eye on the Matterhorn as you approach it to see if it's running (someone in another thread mentioned that it was delayed in opening the first morning after the refurbishment ended last time). If it is, I would head there and hope for the SRL. The only time I've been there when the SRL wasn't open was when the SRL was "full" and CMs had cut it off because it had reached the turnstile. If Matterhorn isn't running, then I'd head to HM.

Is anyone planning on arriving around 2am? I don’t know anything about the Pumbaa lot. Is it large enough that there would still be available parking at 2am? Can someone tell me exactly where the lot is and if there is a tram or do you walk from it to the park? Thanks much.

The Pumbaa lot is within walking distance and they normally do not run shuttles to and from it. My guess is that they are guessing that the line will extend far enough down Harbor initially that they won't need to shuttle guests to the parks. Truthfully though, I don't know how it'll work this year.

(Alas, Pumbaa is spelled wrong, but it's tough to fix it at this point. Sorry about that!)

I hope not, although it wouldn't surprise me. Whenever there is a DJ at the castle and a swing band at PFF, no one, not even the band, can hear a thing over the DJ's music. It is really exhausting trying to dance to a band you can't even hear!

I completely agree! Last year, the DJ was so loud it was uncomforable on the ears even over at Jolly Holiday! I can't imagine what it must have been like at PFF or even closer to the castle!

 

[GenGen22]

I swear, every time I think I have it all planned out, something else changes! Maybe I'll go to DL for the opening ceremony, run over to DCA to get my fastpass, then run back? That seems like a lot of running though...

On a not as important note, but one that matters to me, do you guys think the Matterhorn's single rider line will be open? I'm really hoping it will so I can save a little time. I have this plan in my head, but I'm trying to decide whether to ride HM first to see Hattie, or Matterhorn since I know the line will be long all day.

. Thank god for park hoppers..lol. I will be heading straight to the WOC FP hoping to get one before they run out & then running off to DL...