Paint The Night … when will it be ending

[cindy17]

Any updates whether Paint the Night will still be running in mid November? If I remember correctly this was relaunched for 70th and since that technically lasts til next summer I’m hoping the holiday celebrations and parades won’t interfere with PTN. Any insight? Thx!

 

[joseph821]

Most likely in late October. The PTN Plaza Inn Packages end on October 26. I would bet Sunday October 26. Allows enough time to move the parade to storage and take down Halloween decorations and transition to Holiday Time.

 

[OlliePop27]

Most likely in late October. The PTN Plaza Inn Packages end on October 26. I would bet Sunday October 26. Allows enough time to move the parade to storage and take down Halloween decorations and transition to Holiday Time.

My impression was that PTN would be running through the holidays, as they did in 2015 during PTN's first run. I may be wrong, but I find it unlikely they will move PTN to storage since it's supposed to run through next August.

Per Scott Gustin's post at the beginning of the 70th, PTN will run the ENTIRE time, including through the holidays.

 

[disneychrista]

I am pretty sure I read that Disney confirmed that it would not be pausing for the holidays and would continue to run.

 

[joseph821]

My impression was that PTN would be running through the holidays, as they did in 2015 during PTN's first run. I may be wrong, but I find it unlikely they will move PTN to storage since it's supposed to run through next August.

Per Scott Gustin's post at the beginning of the 70th, PTN will run the ENTIRE time, including through the holidays.

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Then there will be no Holiday Garland on Main Street this year if it runs. Plaza Inn always does the parade packages for the main parade then why is it ending on October 26? Scott is reliable but not always right. So there will be a Christmas parade during the day? I do not think there is enough storage in Disneyland for both PTN parade and Christmas parade.

Disneyland always has a nightime Christmas parade.

 

[joseph821]

I am pretty sure I read that Disney confirmed that it would not be pausing for the holidays and would continue to run.

So what about the Christmas Fantasy parades? What about the Holiday tour which features priority viewing area for Christmas parade?

 

[disneychrista]

Then there will be no Holiday Garland on Main Street this year if it runs. Plaza Inn always does the parade packages for the main parade then why is it ending on October 26? Scott is reliable but not always right. So there will be a Christmas parade during the day? I do not think there is enough storage in Disneyland for both PTN parade and Christmas parade.

Disneyland always has a nightime Christmas parade.

There is enough backstage parade storage for 2 parades. As far as I can tell Christmas Fantasy is still currently backstage. Both parades ran during the 60th, so there is no reason they can't for the 70th.

 

[disneychrista]

So what about the Christmas Fantasy parades? What about the Holiday tour which features priority viewing area for Christmas parade?

They can run both. They did during the 60th.

There is no reason they can't have the tour with Christmas Fantasy viewing.

 

[mom2rtk]

Then there will be no Holiday Garland on Main Street this year if it runs. Plaza Inn always does the parade packages for the main parade then why is it ending on October 26? Scott is reliable but not always right. So there will be a Christmas parade during the day? I do not think there is enough storage in Disneyland for both PTN parade and Christmas parade.

Disneyland always has a nightime Christmas parade.

They managed to do a Christmas parade and PTN during the 60th. You are correct though, they will have to leave the garland down, just as they did during those years.

 

[joseph821]

There is enough backstage parade storage for 2 parades. As far as I can tell Christmas Fantasy is still currently backstage. Both parades ran during the 60th, so there is no reason they can't for the 70th.

The Christmas parades will be daytime then.
I believe the Christmas parade is stored in the new facility building that Disney bought.

 

[joseph821]

Then the paint the night parade will end in May 2026 or Early August 2026. If the parade is tied to the 70th whenever that ends is when the parade ends. The 71st is in 2026.

 

[disneychrista]

The Christmas parades will be daytime then.
I believe the Christmas parade is stored in the new facility building that Disney bought.

It is possible. But there was nothing on social media about Christmas Fantasy being moved off stage. And you know everything Disney does or doesn't do is splashed all over the internet.

 

[joseph821]

It is possible. But there was nothing on social media about Christmas Fantasy being moved off stage. And you know everything Disney does or doesn't do is splashed all over the internet.

They can move it in trucks at anytime and no one would know.

 

[disneychrista]

Then the paint the night parade will end in May 2026 or Early August 2026. If the parade is tied to the 70th whenever that ends is when the parade ends. The 71st is in 2026.

The 70th ends in August 2026. I would not expect Paint to end before then.

 

[disneychrista]

They can move it in trucks at anytime and no one would know.

You'd think and it is possible that it was moved off property. However, I believe that it is still backstage. They have the space for both Paint & Christmas Fantasy. So why move CF off property if they don't need to?

 

[joseph821]

The 70th ends in August 2026. I would not expect Paint to end before then.

That is what I said either may or August 2026. It will end at the conclusion of the summer season which based on this years dates will be Sunday August 2 2026.

 

[joseph821]

You'd think and it is possible that it was moved off property. However, I believe that it is still backstage. They have the space for both Paint & Christmas Fantasy. So why move CF off property if they don't need to?

They spent over 120 million for a huge storage facility. Why wouldn’t they move it?

 

[joseph821]

You'd think and it is possible that it was moved off property. However, I believe that it is still backstage. They have the space for both Paint & Christmas Fantasy. So why move CF off property if they don't need to?

Read this:

Disneyland buys $124 million parade warehouse in Anaheim​

The 400,000-square-foot warehouse provides extra elbow room as the theme park resort embarks on the $1.9 billion DisneylandForward project.​

The new Magic Happens Parade on Main Street U.S.A. inside Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, Feb 27, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

By Brady MacDonald | bmacdonald@scng.com
UPDATED: February 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM PST

Disneyland is making extra elbow room for new attractions based on the Avengers, Avatar and Coco as the Anaheim theme park embarks on an ambitious $1.9 billion expansion plan over the next four decades.

Disney bought a 400,000-square foot warehouse in Anaheim about 2 miles from Disneyland for $124 million in January, according to the Orange County Business Journal.


Disneyland was already the tenant of the Cerritos Avenue warehouse where the Anaheim theme park stored parade floats and seasonal decorations, according to OCBJ.

The purchase of the massive warehouse gives Disneyland extra storage space as the park embarks on the sweeping DisneylandForward project that will completely reimagine the 500-acre resort district over next four decades.

The Paint the Night parade rolls down Main Street as part of Disneyland’s 60th anniversary celebration in 2015. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
“Over the past several years, the Disneyland resort has reportedly moved a lot of their backstage facilities away from the parks to allow for more room for expansion via DisneylandForward,” according to WDW News Today.

























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Disneyland recently closed the Timon parking lot and mothballed the Red Car Trolley so construction could begin on the Avengers Campus expansion at Disney California Adventure.

Concept art of the Avengers Infinity Defense attraction coming to Disney California Adventure. (Courtesy of Disneyland)
The new Avengers Infinity Defense and Stark Flight Lab attractions will double the size of the Marvel super hero themed land. Disneyland has not yet announced opening dates for the new Marvel attractions – which are expected to debut in 2026 or 2027.


Construction will start at Disney California Adventure in 2026 on the world’s first Coco attraction that will take riders on a musical journey to the Land of the Dead along with Miguel and other characters from the 2017 Pixar film.

Concept art of the Coco attraction coming to Disney California Adventure. (Courtesy of Disneyland)
A new Avatar themed land coming to DCA based on “The Way of Water” and other upcoming films in the franchise will take visitors to the wide-open seas of Pandora.

Disneyland has not yet announced when construction will start or set an opening date for the Avatar-themed destination — which likely won’t debut before 2028 or 2029.

Concept art of the Avatar destination coming to Disney California Adventure. (Courtesy of Disneyland)
Beyond the Avengers, Avatar and Coco projects already in the pipeline, DisneylandForward has dangled eight more themed lands based on Tangled, Frozen, Peter Pan, Zootopia, Encanto, Toy Story, Black Panther and Tron as potential expansion projects in Anaheim.

Disney’s purchase of the 1968 warehouse was the largest industrial real estate transaction in Orange County over the past eight months, according to OCBJ.

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[hardcorestitch]

I hope they keep this parade for the holidays… this may be a key evening part of my script for a Disneyland return.

 

[JerrodDragon89]

There is enough backstage parade storage for 2 parades. As far as I can tell Christmas Fantasy is still currently backstage. Both parades ran during the 60th, so there is no reason they can't for the 70th.

Not saying they can't but I want to point out they did loose some space in the back stage area because of Mickey and Minnies ride

I've seen it used as an excuse on why they dont run two parades is because of space but could also just be budget

Anyway not saying we wont have both at the Holidays and excited to see PTN with all the lights up